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A steaming hot pile of our favorite things from around the internets.
- Phillyist Sarah is always tempting this Phillyist with articles on food blogs about inventive things to do with bacon, but this may be our favorite yet - bacon chocolate chip cookies with maple cinnamon glaze. Imagine Homer Simpson with his held tilted back, his eyes glazed over, and drool dripping out of his mouth, and you will understand our reaction.
- The first Speed Racer trailer is here. And unfortunately it looks like those photos from the other day weren't a fluke - the whole movie looks like that! We're still trying to be optimistic - maybe it will work when we see the complete film. But right now, we can't help but think that this thing looks pretty terrible.
- While we're talking new trailers, this one for Will Ferrell's basketball comedy Semi-Pro is actually quite entertaining. (Via)
- Johnny Depp is going to play John Dillinger in a movie by Michael Mann called Public Enemies, about the the great crime wave of 1933-34, and how it transformed J. Edgar Hoover’s FBI into the country’s first federal police force. Wow, that sounds awesome. The perfect subject for Mann.
- Reality TV star Jamie Chung has joined the cast of Dragon Ball Z as Goku's love interest, Chi Chi.
- Sci Fi Wire has more hints and teasing from the writers of Lost about where the show is headed next. Frankly the show's been off the air for so long, and we were so disappointed by some of the things that happened at the end of last season, that we barely care anymore.
- Does your friend or loved one enjoy World of Warcraft so much that they're actually applying lessons learned in the game to real life in order to save themselves from angry moose? You might want to consider buying them an action figure of their character for Christmas.
- And while we're talking MMOs, how about a list of the 5 Most Influential Events In MMO History?
- The new trailer for GTA IV doesn't look like an ad for a video game - it looks like an ad for a computer-animated epic about an immigrant coming to our shores to grasp the real American dream: success through crime! Pretty impressive. And the last scene is pretty funny.
- The first screenshot from Star Trek Online looks neat.
- The execution will probably suck, but we have to admit the concept of having a video game award show itself be a video game is quite ingenious. If you watch Spike TV's Video Game Awards this Sunday night on DirecTV or Dish Network, you'll be able to use your remote "to interact with the broadcast to unlock cheat codes, play arcade games, vote in polls, and watch exclusive content."
- Best. Christmas. Lights. Ever.
- Are you, or do you know someone who is, one of those people who has a horrible fear of eating soggy cereal? Then the Eatmecrunchy cereal bowl might be just the thing!
- The Cloverfield marketing people have successfully made a faux Japanese commercial that's even weirder than the real thing. It's an ad for a drink called Slusho whose importance to the story of the film has not yet been made clear. Click through to check it out, but beware! It'll start playing immediately.
- All right, that's it: we officially hate the WGA strike. Anything that can hold up the production of Castlevania is an absolute evil.
- That silly Vii commercial we posted the other day is back, only this time much shorter and with amusing fake subtitles!
- People are always keeping an eye on patents and trademarks in an attempt to guess what technology companies are going to do next. A recent Apple patent leads some to believe that gaming will be coming to the iPhone and iPod Touch soon (which actually would be a pretty good bet even without the patents - I mean, c'mon). Meanwhile, others believe that Sega's renewal of their trademark on the name "Dreamcast" could signal the development of a new console, but Joystiq points out that that's not bloody likely.
- A breathtaking photo tour of the insides of the Church of Scientology's "Psychiatry: An Industry of Death" museum in LA. Anybody ever think that maybe scientologists dislike psychiatry so much because they're all TOTALLY FREAKING BONKERS?! (Via Brian)
- And finally... bah ha ha ha!
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My roommate demanded a hardwire internet connection specifically for use in WOW (he actually calls it that). He is a level 70 Elf Hunter or some shit. I'm an Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Fan myself.
I'm a Battle Mage. Trust me, non-geeks - that's way cooler than a friggin' Elf Hunter.