Video: ‘AVENGERS’ Deleted Scene: Steve Rogers’ alternate intro will break you.

Man. Grab me a tissue. Or two. This deleted alternate introduction for Steve Rogers gets the waterworks going in my flabby, easily-moved corpus.

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The Dude’s High 5s: Superpowers

Hello friends.  Look, I’ve been doing this for a while now and its about time we had that talk.  There’s no easy way to say this, so I’m just going to say it.  You’re a geek.  If you’re reading this, then there is some part of you that is a geek, plain and simple.  Don’t bother denying it.  Its ok, there’s nothing wrong with it.  I certainly don’t mean it as a pejorative.  After all if you are simply a geek for reading this, what does that say about the guy writing it?  So today we’re going to tackle The Geek Question.  That question is of course what super powers would you want to have?  Lift them from books, movies or comics, or simply make your own.  No rules here.  Hit the jump to see mine, and don’t be shy in the comments about yours.

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Now Listening: Coheed and Cambria – Domino the Destitute [Video]

Saturn ninjas its own rings with SHADOWS of DOOM. Or something.

Cassini has been capable of capturing some pretty righteous space pictures as it goes about in the Saturn system. This little bit of lighting awesomeness is only the latest example. Where be the rings, you ask? Double doi! I respond. In the shadow.

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Watch: Breaking Bad Remix (Seasons 1 and 2). DANCE TO THIS.

Apple awarded patent that could stop texting in theaters. Maybe. Odd.

On one hand, this is a pretty radical concept. Preventing people form texting in theaters! Huzzah! On the other hand, what about emergency calls from your loved ones? There is that weird line between being helpfully connected, and hopelessly inundated with the data stream.

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Square Enix launches COREONLINE, a new cloud gaming service. Why?

Square Enix likes to laugh at us after farting a sugary dollop of turd on our tongue. This is evident. They could be doing so many fruitful things, but instead they’re making Final Fantasy XIII-3: Lightning Knickers and launching cloud gaming services. It is evident there are no fucks given around those headquarters.

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Researchers grow HUMAN TISSUE around nanowires and transistors. CYBORG FLESH, ya’ll.

Isn’t much time until Caprica Six is launching nuclear strikes and boning wily, narcissistic scientists. Researchers have found a way to grow human flesh around all sorts of technology. We’re talking nanowires! Pow! We’re talking transistors! Pow! The future isn’t arriving, it is here. Eating out of your refrigerator and casting uncomfortable looks at your Mom’s legs.

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Superman and Lois may NEVER date now? Oh New 52. You Funny.

Doesn’t matter that it has been nearly a year, the New 52 continues to entertain. You know, with its opaque canon. With its head-scratching decisions. One of those decisions being to send the DCU’s trajectory full Kingdom Come.

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ABC greenlights JOSS WHEDON-powered ‘S.H.I.E.L.D’ TV series. F**k yes.

Fuck yeah. I didn’t see this coming out of the Joss Whedon deal with the Marvel Monolith. At all. The good sir has received the greenlight to rock out on a S.H.I.E.L.D. television series. This is…weird. But awesome.

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