Almost 10 years after the final episode of Dexter’s Laboratory aired on Cartoon Network, the channel has finally released a much-rumored lost episode. This lost episode, called “Dexter’s Rude Removal”, was originally created to show during Cartoon Network parties and has only rarely been seen at a small handful of animation conventions. Why the secrecy […]
“We’ll be fighting in the streets, with our children at our feet And the morals that they worship will be gone, and the men who spurred us on Sit in judgment of all wrong.” “Won’t Get Fooled Again” by The Who If you know these words, chances are you’re a nerd. A milquetoast. A milksop. […]
Do you work at the Large Hadron Collider? Do you think it’s the coolest thing you could possibly do with your life? Then, you’re likely the physicist I met recently from CERN who enjoyed seeing pieces of his life reflected back in mainstream culture on The Big Bang Theory. This show. It’s amazing. People either watch it […]
The future America is an irradiated wasteland. On its east coast, running from Boston to Charlotte, lies Mega-City One — a vast, violent metropolis where criminals run rampant. The only force of order lies with the urban police force called Judges who have the powers of judge, jury, and executioner for every crime — littering, […]
Joss Whedon’s viral endorsement makes some interesting points, especially the one where my brains are eaten because I voted incorrectly. The short video exemplifies the utility and ease of spreading information, especially political news, but also encapsulates the charm and personality of the internet. [yframe url=’http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TiXUF9xbTo’] The internet, in its essence, is creative freedom in […]
There’s really nothing better than a splicer piloting a huge mech and repeatedly blowing up a zombie in another mech. Such was my experience at New York Comic Con this year, and yes, I was the one dressed up as a Bioshock splicer, thank you for asking. I almost felt bad for that zombie guy. […]
And there came a day, a day unlike any other, when Earth’s mightiest heroes and heroines found themselves united against a common threat. On that day, the Avengers were born—to fight the foes no single super hero could withstand! The Invincible Iron Man! The Incredible Hulk! The Mighty Thor! Captain America, the First Avenger! And […]
Marvel Comics announced they were making some changes to their digital initiative last week, introducing a new type of online comic format they’re calling Infinite Comics. This past weekend, I attended WonderCon in Anaheim and checked out the first Infinite Comics story, a new Nova story from writer Mark Waid and penciller Stuart Immonen. Somehow, the […]
For the past week, Marvel Comics’s new initiative, Infinite Comics, has been the biggest secret this side of Daredevil’s secret identity (which if that’s too much of an in-joke for you, you really should be reading Mark Waid’s excellent Daredevil series). Today, at SXSW Interactive’ s ScreenBurn Arcade, the company that brought you the X-Men, Spider-Man, […]
The U.S. Justice Department shut down commercial file hosting service Megaupload today, accusing them of copyright infringement in excess of one billion dollars. Founder of Megaupload, Kim Schmitz (known as “Kim Dot Com”), was taken into custody along with co-founder and CTO Mathias Ortmann, chief marketing officer Finn Batato, and programmer Bram van der Kolk. […]
