April 18, 2008
Whiz of the Web: Friday Fried Onions
A steaming hot pile of our favorite things from around the internets.

- Vintage porn posters! None of them feature any actual nudity, but you still might want to think twice about clicking at work. (Via Sarah, via Jezebel)
- An inmate in South Carolina has filed a request for a restraining order against Rockstar Games, GTA publisher Take-Two Interactive, and Grand Theft Auto itself, claiming that the group is responsible for his current prison sentence. He also says in the complaint: "I face imminent danger from violent inmates who played Grand Theft Auto who will knock me out and take my gold Jesus cross." The man has made prior suits against Michael Vick, Martha Stewart, Steve Jobs, President Bush, and Britney Spears. None of them were successful.
- ESRB President stated recently that developers have to "keep the content in the downloadable product consistent with the core rating." Which would mean that, for instance, Rockstar Games wouldn't be able to put out a director's cut of Grand Theft Auto with additional scenes of sex and violence after the original game had already been released and rated.
- THQ's Divisional Executive Vice President Jack Sorenson recently claimed that "disc-based software is on a permanent decline." He believes the market is shifting away from traditional retail models—at least in the PC space—and toward online-only business models.
- Enjoy "Wikipedia Brown and the Case of the Missing Bike." It's funny because it's true.
- Harrison Ford says he'd be interested in playing Indiana Jones again in a fifth film, if Lucas and Spielberg can get it together to make it soon, instead of 20 years from now.
- Turns out Uma Thurman was offered the role of Eowyn in Lord of the Rings. And apparently Sean Connery could have been Gandalf, and Nicolas Cage could have been Aragorn. Ugh! We're glad things turned out the way they did.
- A bill has been proposed in Finland to add yet another week to the already government-guaranteed 25 days of vacation a year plus 10 days of government holidays. And the extra week is meant to be used for "love vacations" to reduce the divorce rate and to get the Finns to bond with their mates "on an erotic as well as an emotional level." Wow. Will that be enforced? And if so, how?
- Brett Ratner is in negotiations to direct a comedic remake of The Incredible Shrinking Man with Eddie Murphy as the star. Oh, the humanity.
- Ronald D. Moore has signed with United Artists to create and write a sci-fi film trilogy. The details are being kept under wraps, but we're already excited.
- "French horror auteur Alexandre Aja, who is helming a remake of the camp 1978 horror film Piranha, told reporters that the movie will be made in 3-D and will push the limits of on-screen gore." Woo hoo!
- You should really watch the restricted trailer for Hamlet 2. It's totally worth your time. (Via)
- In honor of the release of Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Cinematical takes a look back at seven other Bad and Bitter Movie Breakups.
- A gamer is using Pokemon to quit smoking. Those Pokemon. What can't they do?
- According to Mortal Kombat Online, the next game in the MK series will be Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe. Hol-ee crap. We'd play that.
- Apparently there's a shorter, sleeker, better version of Risk! Exciting.
- Two consumer advocacy groups are asking the Federal Trade Commission to create a Do Not Call registry for the internet: a Do Not Track anti-cookie registry. Uh... can't you just turn off cookies on your browser?
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