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- LOLcats sing Metallica! Kind of. (Via Sarah)
- Speaking of Metallica, a music journalist for a Swedish paper included in his review of the band's latest album a link to a user-edited, condensed version of said album, and even suggested the edited version was better. In response, the band's representative's at Universal have threatened to cut off the paper's access not only to Metallica, but to all of the label's other releases.
- Marvel Comics is going to start putting up a couple of weekly, online-only comics to tie-in with their recent films: Iron Man: Fast Friends, about the relationship between Tony Stark and Jim Rhodes, and Incredible Hulk: The Fury Files, about Nick Fury's investigation into the Hulk. Unfortunately, you have to subscribe to Marvel Digital Comics (at a minimum of $4.99 per month) to read them. Lame! Whoever heard of paying for internet content? (Via Sarah)
- A researcher realized that players of an MMO were using the scientific method to determine how to defeat difficult bosses, and came to the conclusion that video games are becoming the new hotbed of scientific thinking for kids today. Her paper on the subject will be published this spring. (Via Sarah)
- There's an annual event in LA called the Hollywood Pitchfest, wherein aspiring screenwriters can pitch to movie and TV executives through a series of five-minute, speed-dating style meetings. The radio show Two Jacks in the Hole wanted to know if the whole thing was a scam (as apparently there are never any real execs there, the event costs an incredible $420, and none of the movies ever get made), so they sent in comedy writer Asterios Kokkinos with some hidden recording equipment, and he pitched some of the worst movie ideas of all time to see what kind of reactions he'd get. Check out the pretty hilarious audio here.
- Get the name Sarah Palin would have given you if you were her child with the Sarah Palin Baby Name Generator! Phillyist would have been Fowl Overtime Palin. (Via Jill)
- We are sad that the Fantastic Fest is so far away, but B-Side has brought it a little bit closer with their Fantastic Fest Online website, where 10 films from the festival will be streaming through Saturday 9/20.
- Between October 2nd and 7th, Netflix will be sponsoring a contest in Times Square, wherein eight contestants will attempt to cast the new Guinness World Record for most consecutive hours spent watching movies. When it's all over, the winner will walk away, not just with the world record, but also with a lifetime subscription to Netflix, the inaugural "Popcorn Bowl" trophy, and $10,000 in cash. Nice!
- How can Megan Fox just keep getting sexier?
- Cinematical has collected the latest comic book movie news.
- Joystiq reviews Castlevania Judgment, giving it the backhand compliment that it's no better or worse than expected.
- Rumor has it that Metal Gear Solid 4 producer Ryan Payton will direct Peter Jackson's Halo project.
- The critics are a bit mixed in their reactions to Star Wars: The Force Unleashed, a fact which the Slackerz find ridiculous and annoying. Meanwhile, Nerd World just gives it a big thumbs up.
- Microsoft and Cray have teamed up to produce the Cray CX1, the "most affordable super computer Cray has ever offered." By "affordable" they mean $25,000. Ouch! We think we'll wait until the price comes down a bit more, thanks.
- Santa Claus is upset that Facebook won't let him have more than 5,000 friends.
- Speaking of Facebook, did you know that David Hasselhoff now has his own social network? What's it called, you ask? Why, HoffSpace, of course! (Via)
- IMDB now has video!
- Shiny Shiny presents a gallery of ten USB drives that are NSFW. But don't worry, the gallery itself is not NSFW. Well, except maybe that one picture of the dog doing the thing. And while we're linking to Shiny Shiny, check out the camera lens coffee cup!
- An interesting discussion with Jon Favreau about Iron Man and where Favreau plans to go next with the story and characters.
- The full 22-character lineup for Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe has been announced. (BTW, as of this writing, the Sci Fi Wire article mistakenly says "Marvel vs. DC Universe" in the first line. Now there's a game we'd like to see!)
- Blizzard's number crunchers revealed the other day that the total cost of upkeep for World of Warcraft since the game's launch in 2004 has been an astounding $200 million and change. Then again, it's estimated that the game has generated from $75 to $150 million in revenue every month for the last four years, so we think they're doing fine, all things considered.
- How to cheat at Rock Band 2. (Via)
- Peter Molyneux claims a Fable II Pub Games glitch that allows players to rack up obscene amounts of money was actually included on purpose, and players who used it will get a surprise when they play the full game.
- Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips are responsible for one of the greatest comics on the shelves right now (Criminal), so we're pretty excited to learn that, starting in December, they're putting out a new book called Incognito which claims to be a twisted mash-up of noir and superheroics. We can't wait! Click through for a sample.
- The trailer for the new British comedy series No Heroics is pretty great, and Warren Ellis gives the show itself a thumbs up, so we're sold.
- Some set pics from The Picture of Dorian Gray. (Via)
- Turns out the makers of the first Terminator originally wanted Lance Henriksen to play the titular killing machine, and Arnold to play Kyle Reese. And James Cameron's first choice to play the T-1000 in Terminator 2 was none other than Billy Idol.
- Scott Adams has finally released that survey of economists he's been talking about, which reveals what a group of economists think of the two presidential candidates' economic policies. The short version is, the majority of economists support Obama.
- Underwire got some exclusive sample pages from the upcoming Ender's Game comic book adaptation. We were vaguely interested in the comic, having enjoyed the book, but now that we've gotten a look at the ugly art, we think we'll stay away.
- Underwire also has an interesting early look at the upcoming documentary on Alan Moore entitled The Mindscape of Alan Moore.
- Some possibly real early details on Activision's DJ Hero.
Image Credit: Flickr user Esparta
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I tried to buy one of those camera lens mugs, but it seems to be a photoshp creation.
Sadly, you are correct; I just followed the link chain back myself and found that the mug was merely a conceptual design. But hey, maybe somebody will now be inspired to turn the design into reality!