#January2012
English Copyright Ruling Proclaims Ownership of The *Idea* Of A Photo. Brain Hurts.
Do you know what the copyright of an image is? Generally I assume it’s the actual fucking photo. I also don’t know anything about law. So there’s that. Even with my admittedly neophyte understanding of copyright law, I still find this ruling by an English copyright House of Something or Whatever to be a bit wonky.
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Trailer: ‘Lockout’ Or TAKEN IN SPACE With Guy Pearce. F**k Yeah.
As Liam Neeson gets ready to punch the fuck out of wolves this weekend, a spiritual sequel to Taken (and apparently more loosely Fifth Element) by Besson gets itself a new trailer. We wanked over the leaky foreign trailer, now get it in ready made For-The-Empire version.
Press Start!: Nintendo Rectal Bleeds And Blizzard Blue Balls.
This is Press Start!, the only weekly column guaranteed to feature my dumb ass sprawling on, and on, and on about the past seven days in gaming. I mash the sumbitch together in a chintzy Top 5 list, and then solicit you to share everything I missed. It’s a square deal, man. Or woman. People! Humans! Sentient electronics. Everything-one-stuff is welcome. Let’s party.
Views From The Space-Ship: Dial Tone Vomit Party!
Views From The Space-Ship, aka Desktop Tuesdays, aka Desktop Thursdays is a (theoretically) weekly column where I show you my worlds. Share your own in the comments section!
Scientists In California Create Star Matter. What Could Go Wrong?
Scientists in California clearly don’t care about bringing along the end of the Everything with their little experiments. They’ve done gone and replicated matter that can only be found in stars and giant planets. Oh who the fuck am I kidding, maybe it’s completely safe. And pretty rocking.
Nintendo Posts First Annual Lost In 30 Years; IS THE COLOSSAL.
The Nintendo Destructo-Machine is beginning to grind to a halt. After years of bludgeoning their enemies, they’re about to post a serious loss. Even crazier, the first loss in 30 years.
DC’s ‘Dark Knight Rises’ Statues Feature Buff Dudes, Latex Objectification.
I’m happy to see that DC has done the honorable thing and put Anne Hathaway-As-Catwoman’s likeness into one of the most erotic poses possible in their line of Dark Knight Rises statues. I’d hate for them to totally just have her come off strong and not ready to troll hog.
Hit the jump to check out the line.
Video: Dude Plays Street Fighter Against Himself. Showin’ Off.
This duder is playing against himself in Street Fighter III with a proficiency on both sides that I can’t master playing by myself. Head hanging. Sadness.
Hit the jump to check it out.
Mutant Rice To Help Japanese Farmers Recover From Tsunami Damage? Future ++
Hacking the Good Lord out of rice. That’s what some wunder-brains are up to, and this good ole Thwarting Of God’s Plan may help Japanese farmers recover from the damage of last year’s disaster.
