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From the annals of moving large objects come two stories, one of a rock, the other a bridge. More »
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Given that all things Dark Knight Rises have momentarily taken over the Pittsburgh news cycle, it should be unsurprising that pranksters at the Art Institute of Pittsburgh (near the film's shooting) bestowed the cowl upon their campus' Tyrannosaurus Rex statue. And here I thought that dinosaur trophy in the Batcave was getting a totally unexpected Chris Nolan update. More »
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Pittsburgh was plunged into a Tinseltown tizzy yesterday when The Dark Knight Rises dropped by to film some fight scenes. Unfortunately, the shoot also brought out the city's criminal lot, which was less cowardly and superstitious and more unlucky and dumb. More »
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We've always trumpeted local news as the most exciting news, and this report only validates our claims further. A ninja in Pittsburgh enacted shinobi vengeance against some hapless parked cars last Sunday, and local news was asking the hard questions. More »
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The Toonseum in Pittsburgh, PA is currently hosting the largest collection of art ever displayed from Katsuhiro Otomo's 1988 anime classic Akira. The exhibit only runs until July 18th, so grab your Capsule jacket and ride to the Steel City. More »
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We've already shown you zombie Simpsons today, but where were Zombie Bride, Zombie Jesus, and Zombie Sarah Palin this weekend? They were chilling with over a thousand of their undead cohorts at the Monroeville Mall in Pittsburgh, where the horrific and the consumer-driven collided for a gory two days. There to celebrate World Zombie Day were actors from Dawn of the Dead and Day of the Dead, as well as the band DEATHMOBILE, sponsor Weird Tales, and The Living Dead editor John Joseph Adams. Let your possibly scum-dripping eyes roam over our gallery of this ghoulish smash from the city that gave us Night of the Living Dead. More »
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If you’ve been putting off that trip to Pittsburgh, now might be the time to call your travel agent. Yesterday, the Steel City kicked off the Robot 250 Festival, a 17-day celebration of robot art and technology, featuring art exhibits, workshops, lectures, parties, film, and theater, all with a robot theme. Punctuating the festivities are 11 “BigBots,” installations that process and respond to sensory information, but “challenge the public perception of what a robot is.” Read about electric sheep, video gaming animals, and giant foam fingers after the jump. More »
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