Whiz of the Web: Wednesday Whiz-Up

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One of our favorite TV shows, Mythbusters, is offering its Christmas special as a free download on iTunes!

Best. Nativity. Scene. Ever. (Via Sarcasmo's Corner, via ptvisiongrrl)

Disney and Walden Media have chosen to not co-produce and finance the next Narnia installment, citing "budgetary and logistical reasons." Argh! We can't believe the series might just stop with only two of the books adapted. That's sad. It's the worst Christmas ever!

This amusing video takes the Mac vs. PC debate to the next level by imagining the computers as Transformers physically fighting each other. Good times! Except they stole the wrong theme music: that's from Terminator!

Some video clips from the upcoming Hulk Vs DVD. Good stuff! (Via)

Possibly the creepiest and best Christmas story ever! (Via)

The Geek Beat at Cinematical picks out some fun holiday-themed comic books.

Bruce Boxleitner has signed on to reprise his role as Alan Bradley/Tron in Tron 2. Because really, what else was Bruce Boxleitner doing, besides starring in bad Sci Fi Channel movies?

New pics from Terminator: Salvation. And hey, check out this Terminator papercraft!

RZA is trying to get Rihanna to star in his remake of The Last Dragon.

We'd already heard the remake of Near Dark was a bust, and now it seems as if Platinum Dunes is dropping plans to remake Rosemary's Baby, as well. Whew.

The first image from James Cameron's Avatar is finally here! And it's actually... really boring. Ah, well.

Supposedly Warner, BMG, EMI, and Universal are talking about building their own site for music videos, sort of like Hulu.

Play the original Doom in your browser!

The 12th day of XPN's 12 Days of Local Music is finally here, and the final download is a track by one of our favorite local artists, Andrew Lipke: "A Winter Song" (mp3). (Via)

Ensemble has unveiled all the units and structures in their upcoming strategy title Halo Wars.

A preview for an animated Street Fighter comic.

Puzzle Quest is now available for your iPhone and iPod Touch.

World of Warcraft has hit 11.5 million users. That's more people playing the game than live in the state of Ohio.

The Invincible Super-Blog presents a poetic interpretation of a Christmas story wherein Batman fights a bear in a giant Christmas tree. God bless comics!

Underwire interviews Dave Gibbons, co-creator of Watchmen.

Apparently this year's fashionable Wii injury is the "Wii knee."

Rumor has it that game developer Factor 5 is about to shut down, another casualty of the bad economy.

Cute little figures of the major characters from Hellboy II. Weird. (Via)

Sony may actually begin to turn a profit with the PS3 early next year, which could mean a price drop by summer.

Joystiq shows off the sweet holiday cards it received from various video game companies.

Moviefone picks the 50 best movies of 2008, and the best movies in the theaters right now.

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