March 13, 2008
Whiz of the Web: Thirsty Thursday
A tall, icy glass of our favorite internet junk, just for you.

- Settle in, folks, because we've got a great big bundle of trailers for you today: a new one for Wall*E (via); Incredible Hulk (via); The Lost Boys: The Tribe (via); extremely creepy-looking horror flick The Strangers (via); and animated movie Batman: Gotham Knight. The trailer for Incredible Hulk is freaking FANTASTIC. We may just have a new most anticipated movie of 2008.
- "As part of a viral marketing campaign for the upcoming Batman sequel The Dark Knight, Warner Brothers will be dispatching 'Dentmobiles,' campaign buses ostensibly supporting Gotham City's Harvey Dent for district attorney, to various cities throughout March." Looks like they'll be in Philadelphia this Saturday!
- God of War II designer Cory Barlog is going to hook up with George Miller to make an action-adventure video game based on Miller's famous Mad Max series.
- The latest Wikipedia scandal: founder and president Jimmy Wales is accused of trading an article rewrite for a multi-thousand dollar donation. (Via Jill)
- Did you hear about the guy who put together a sweet gaming machine using company funds and tried to pass it off as a backup server? Even if you haven't, we suspect you'll still laugh as Penny Arcade works its magic on the story.
- What's with all the Guitar Hero lawsuits? "Activision has filed suit in U.S. district court asking that a 1999 patent belonging to Gibson, related to technological simulations of musical performance, be declared invalid." This is after Gibson sent Activision a letter asking it to obtain a license or stop selling the game. D'oh.
- Despite the fact that Sony Electronics US president Stan Glasgow said it was happening, Microsoft has just denied that it's talking with Sony about making a Blu-ray drive for the Xbox 360. Time to get your stories straight, guys!
- US researchers have reported that implanted heart defibrillators can be hacked from the outside using inexpensive equipment. But they also claim there is no immediate danger to patients, and that they have a fix. (Via)
- An examination of Blender's 20 biggest record company screw-ups of all time. (Via Jill)
- The results of some very important research are now available online. Ladies and gentlemen, we present the Frozen Pizza Taste Test. (Via Sarah, via SlashFood)
- YouTube is doing some pretty interesting stuff. They've launched an API that will let users upload and edit YouTube videos from any web page. YouTube is also headed to TiVo, and giving you the option to watch higher quality video.
- Check out the Star Wars Last Supper Mosaic. (Via)
- Computer artist Joseph DeLappe is going to recreate Gandhi's historic 1930 240-mile "Salt March" protesting British control of India by walking 240 miles on a specially designed treadmill that will beam his steps to an avatar in Second Life.
- Betty Boop Meets Dracula. We're not sure what else to say... (Via)
- One of the Cinematical guys just joined the writing staff of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia. Aww, that's nice.
- Now that its Take Two buy-out bid has been thoroughly rejected, EA is taking its money to the shareholders.
Truly horrifying, and mostly unrelated, photo by Flickr user hamilton.lima.








The pizza survey was interesting, but even better is the review of the worst pizza toppings. Check that out and then proceed to throw up.
Heh. Thanks for the link. I actually think most of those look pretty tasty...
The Japanese mega pizza totally had me (hot dogs wrapped in bacon instead of a crust?!) until the ketchup and maple syrup toppings. ::Shudder::