Well, what can go wrong with this? I can’t imagine anyone be upset at the exploitation of the struggling and downtrodden for their own gain. At SXSW this year, a marketing group has turned homeless locals into wandering wi-fi hotspots. I can’t believe  people are mad.

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I’d see it. That in mind, I should also mention I’d see anything starring Gosling at this point.

Comic books! Don’t put em down, they ain’t dead yet. Or, at least that’s what I extrapolate from the news that single-issue sales rose 22% this past February.

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There’s an excitement in my loins for the Hunger Games  flick, and almost 33% of it is due to reasons other  than Jennifer Lawrence running around in a skin-tight track suit kicking ass. Oh god, that track suit. Unless you’re a dullard-dunce you know that after Hunger Games,  Suzanne Collins churned out two sequels. What is going on with them?

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If the Metal Gear Solid  series taught me anything, it was that long-winded existential masturbation sessions can  get old. It was news to me. If the series taught me two things, it was that DARPA is a bunch of future-killing robo-bastards. Now that DARPA director  Regina Dugan is stepping down to take a job at Google the obvious is confirmed: Google is Skynet.

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I may be a bit late with this, but whatevs! What can you do. You may know Quantic Dream as the developers who brought the world’s most interesting shaving simulator to life in the form of Heavy Rain. (I be trollin’, I know) At this year’s GDC they dropped their new motion capture technology in the form of the short called Kara. Jokes aside, it’s fucking amazing.

Hit the jump to check it out.

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Hello there, `fraidies and gentle-hams. My name is Rendar Frankenstein, and once upon a time I was one of the captains of the fine vessel known as Omega-Level. With Caffeine Powered, I helped steer this nerd-craft through the Interweb Ocean, fending off the ever-present threat of vibe-pirates and soul-trolls. In those early days, I’d write reviews and drink casks and even occasionally lend my word-vomit to the back of comic books.

But these days, I’ve taken to the dark underbelly of SPACESHIP OL. I like it here, where I can chat with the suspected mutineers about their murderous visions and incorrigible bloodlusts. And no, I wasn’t demoted to chomping on fish-heads and tossing the shit-barrels overboard by the powers-that-be, I volunteered for this spot. It fits me just fine.

Because the fact of the matter is that I’m Rendar Frankenstein — the hack writer extraordinaire who wears a heart on his sleeve that bleeds so profusely you’d swear he’s menstruating.

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This here’s the MONDAY MORNING COMMUTE, a weekly show-and-tell session that promotes the cross-pollination of all things in the pop-nerd sphere. To get things started, I’m going to show you the various ways I’ll be staving off workweek ennui. Your job is to then hit up the comments section and share what you’ll be watching/reading/eating/playing/drinking/doing to exorcise the forty-hour-a-week demons.

Let’s do this.

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Ya’ll want some Skyfall  set photos upside your dome-pieces as well as some new information from the flick? ‘Course you do. Unless you’re just here to stare at Daniel Craig’s happy trailer. Sadly this is the one batch of pictures that don’t feature it.

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The day before Avengers  drops, AMC is holding the mega-wowie of all marathons. Do you have the power to bare witness to the  Ultimate Marvel Marathon? Do you, foolish mortal?

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I had no damn idea there was an Achievement Policy when it came to games Xbox Live Arcade games. Intriguing. I assume it was to prevent cheap games from being covertly marketed as achievement farms? (Not that it stopped them)

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