Check Out Patton Oswalt’s Rejected ‘Batman’ Comics Pitches.
Stand-up comedian Patton Oswalt is an enormous fan of the geek world, a fact made knowable to anyone who has heard his routine. He’s also gotten a few stories published in the DC Universe, including JLA: Welcome to the Working Week. This week he decided to share a few pitches for Batman-related stories on his website. Stories that didn’t get approved.
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‘Gears of War 3’ Leaked Over The Weekend. Pirate Devils!
While you and I were loving freedom and capitalism and hamburgers over the weekend and into Monday evening, pirate scum Communists were out ruining everyone’s fun and hating our lovely country. They thumbed their noses at our free market and released an early version of Gears of War 3 onto torrent sites.
Storm Wraps All The Way Around Saturn. Friggin’ Amazing.
Celebrate 15 Years of NiGHTS With New Album. Saturn For Life, Cousin!
NiGHTS: Into Dreams is one of my favorite video games. Ever. I’ve long since given up dreaming of a worthy sequel, that Wii abortion having only offended the original’s legacy. Yet I still think of it longingly, and get totally hard titties when thinking about the magic I felt while romping through the title 15 fucking years ago.
Addidas’ Fall/Winter Star Wars Collection Preview Will Leave Geeks Moaning.
Want to get your geek fashion-clothing-fetish-object on? Yeah, me too. Check out this preview of Addidas’ Fall/Winter Star Wars Collection.
Hit the jump, prepare to moan.
Report Claims Game Industry Is Worth A Cool $74 Billion In 2011.
The game industry is anything but struggling. While my lemonade stand ain’t rakin’ in shit this summer, the companies behind some of our favorite distractions are cumulatively rolling in the cash. In large part thanks to the behemoth that is mobile gaming.
Most Water In the Universe May Come From Young Stars’ Erupting Geyers.
Scientists have observed a proto-star shooting water from its poles. This type of righteous action may continue on for thousands of years, and could account for most of the free-floating water in our good old Universe.
DC: Our Relaunch Isn’t A Reboot, It’s A “New Beginning.’ Corporate Talk, Yes!
Following DC’s recent Retailer Roadshow, senior vice president of sales Bob Wayne released a statement that was absolutely stunning in its semantics, double-speak and nonsense.
Rumor: ‘PlayStation 4’ Set For 2012 Release, With Kinect-Type Controls.
Take it with a grain of salt, but the rumor du jour is that PlayStation 4 is going to drop next year with Kinect-type controls. Oh goodie, the virus spreads!
Variant Covers: Blacklights, Fist Fights, and Tights.
This is Variant Covers. Comic book column. I tell you what I’m interested in this week. You share your pull-list with me. Together we form the comic book community that even the Heavens can only dream of! Or at the very least it is me blathering for hundreds of words in poorly constructed run-on sentences and way too many adverbs about superheroes and splash-pages.
Save me from myself.
