Less than a week away from the 2013 Academy Awards and ABC Digital has given film freaks, celebrity hangers-on, and even red carpet mavens an impressive mobile app that delivers an award-worthy experience. Here’s ABC’s video introduction to the app: I’ve been using the Android version of ABC’s Oscars app for several days now, and […]
Beginning April 22, G4, the cable network known for its technology and gaming-centric programming, will be rebranded as Esquire Network. According to Adam Stotsky, G4’s general manager, the goal is to broaden viewership by tailoring programming to suit the tastes of “a vastly underserved audience in cable TV — today’s modern man.” This shift away […]
This weekend and this weekend only, the entire world is welcome to a festival made up of what are arguably the best movies ever made when the folks at Hulu put the fabulous Criterion Collection online for free (well okay, with commercials, but still, close enough). All of the Criterion movies are regularly available on […]
The guessing game is on for what’s going to happen in Star Trek Into Darkness from all the numerous previews, trailers, and sneak peeks of said movie. Somehow, the Enterprise will have to crash and stay hidden in the Pacific Ocean. Somehow, Benedict Cumberbatch will manifest some kind of healing powers (or the power of convincing […]
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 […]
On January 15, 2013, Disney Interactive announced via press release its newest video game project, Disney Infinity. [yframe url=’http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96U2gkgK0o4′] Essentially, this upcoming title features a line of collectible figures that erupt into photonic life on the TV (or handheld device) when placed on the Infinity Base. There’s an initial lineup of 17 character figures that […]
Way back in the far long days of May 2012, we published a story on the 1-BUD earphones and it’s rather surprising impact on my life as someone deaf in one ear. Now, feeling the literal weight of the holidays causing a greater gravitational pull on me, I realize I need to look for an […]
“Gangnam Style,” an international sensation and current YouTube Overlord, just hit one billion views, on December 21, 2012 no less. Look at it this way: that’s 1/7 of the world’s population; more than three times as many views as there are people who live in America. For your viewing pleasure in this most celebratory moment, feel […]
