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- Guardian altered some photos of our president from the Olympics and created LOL Bush. Enjoy! (Via Sarah)
- Ooh, remote control zombie! (Via Sarah)
- Cinematical lists seven men gone too soon. It's been a rough year.
- The poorly named site Galactic Binder picks the top 31 bad-ass Star Wars moments. Some of these aren't exactly "bad-ass," but most of them are pretty cool moments. Still, how could they not have listed the most bad-ass moment in all of Star Wars, wherein Luke Skywalker deliberately throws himself into a bottomless chasm rather than join the Dark Side and Darth Vader? (Via)
- A spoiler-tastic review of the script for the upcoming Voltron film has hit the web, and it's very positive.
- Robert Englund said in a recent interview that Billy Bob Thornton might get the role of Freddy in the next Elm Street movie.
- This is actually really impressive: Boba Fett does Flashdance!
- A behind-the-scenes glimpse of Neil Gaiman's Coraline.
- Joss Whedon dropped some brief and fascinating details about a Batman script that he pitched to Warner Bros. back when Batman Begins was in early development. His story might find new life as a comic in the future.
- Eidos says they'll be putting out a "haunting, action detective game" called Batman: Arkham Asylum for the Xbox 360, PS3, and PC (nope, no Wii) in 2009. The game's story was written by Paul Dini, and centers on a trap set by Arkham Asylum inmates for Batman as he delivers Joker to the prison.
- Japan's Kosuke Kitajima, who won the gold for the men's 100m breaststroke, says he trained by playing Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games.
- Joystiq found a Japanese TV commercial for a Metal Gear game for mobiles that recreates scenes from the game by replacing all the characters with thumbs. Pretty hilarious.
- Look out for bad chips from NVIDIA.
- Joystiq was on hand for a big Madden release party, and helpfully details what's new in this version.
- Blizzard's Bob Colayco explains why it took the company so long to develop Starcraft II.
- Enjoy the Swedish Furniture Name Generator. Phillyist is a bed named Filliysjt! (Via)
- Sci Fi Wire lists seven reasons why they think Fringe will rule TV.
- Prepare yourselves, geeks! Universal Pictures has acquired the film rights to the Wheel of Time series of fantasy novels in a seven-figure deal.
- Dirk Blackman and Howard McCain have been hired to rework the script for Conan for Lionsgate. The two have also written a screenplay called Amazon about the famous women warriors, to which Scarlett Johansson is attached. That's hot.
- The Xbox 360's Fall Dashboard Update has supposedly leaked out all over YouTube.
- Check out shaky video of a fight scene from The Spirit. It seems terribly... silly, doesn't it? We're just not sure where Miller's going with this movie. (Via)
- Check out this sweet Dig Dug stained glass window.
- Underwire gives us the low-down on the 50-episode web series called Gemini Division that launches Monday. It stars Rosario Dawson.
- Is the new Strong Bad video game freezing your Wii? Try switching it out of widescreen display mode.
- What can't you do with the Wii Remote? It can also be used to make IR-light-seeking missiles!
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In light of LOLBush, LOLJohnMcCain recently came into existence as well.
I like Pundit Kitchen, myself.
Thanks for the linkage! Good stuff.