Whiz of the Web: Wednesday Whiz-Up

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Shiny Shiny has a photo gallery looking back on the best of CES 2009, while Wii Fanboy examines a sweet crossbow-style Wii Zapper, and Joystiq gives us a closer look at Mattel's new brain-powered toy, the MindFlex.

Rumor has it that the Nintendo DSi will be released in America on April 4th with a price of $180.

Tuesday, January 27th will be Lewis Carroll's 177th birthday, which will be celebrated for the fifth year running as Rabbit Hole Day, when bloggers are encouraged to write about their lives, not as they are, but as they would be down the rabbit hole. Very cool.

The Pennsylvania Tourism Office has launched a very strange website called Groundhog Dreams. The premise is that a groundhog was struck by a car and is now in a coma, dreaming strange and disturbing dreams which you can watch. It's really... something! (Via)

Sci Fi Wire takes a closer look at yet another new book from J.R.R. Tolkien—who's a pretty prolific author these days, considering he's dead! This time it's a volume of rare Norse epic poetry called The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrun.

Samuel L. Jackson says he might not be playing Nick Fury after all because Marvel doesn't want to pay him enough. Oh no! Here's hoping they pony up the cash, or Jackson agrees to work for less. We want Sam L.!

Keep in mind that Friday's new episode of Battlestar Galactica will be 3 1/2 minutes longer than your average episode.

A detailed look at The Prisoner.

Underwire gives us the highlights from a recent conversation between Joss Whedon and TV critics on Dollhouse, amongst other things. And hey, apparently Whedon likes Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles! Cool.

The folks at Cinematical pick their 12 most anticipated films from this year's Sundance, and also provide a trailer for one.

A Moonlighting movie could be in the works.

Steampunk Ghostbusters.

Real gadgets with official LEGO styling.

Some of Andrew Lloyd-Webber's most famous works could be getting the video game treatment soon. We're hoping that in Cats you'd get to play as T.S. Eliot, and the goal would be to kill as many of the "Cats" as you could get your hands on.

Three new images from the film Kick-Ass.

We recently passed along a comment from a screenwriter that the Shazam film was dead in the water, but the movie's producer insists that the reports of Captain Marvel's death have been greatly exaggerated.

Here's an interesting message board thread: recreate your favorite gaming moments using MS Paint. (Via)

Believe it or not, it's the 20th anniversary of The Simpsons this year. Fox is celebrating with a poster contest.

The Rock Band 2 online music store has opened for business.

A wooden labyrinth toy controlled with the Wii Balanca Board.

A photo series which seems to be from the perspective of a serial killer. (Via)

An article in Variety reporting that this year's Golden Globes received the lowest ratings ever for the ceremony was headlined "Golden Globes, '24' solid in ratings." The headline has since been changed.

A new collection of minigames called Medieval Games is coming to the Wii. Huzzah!

A bill has been introduced that would require video games rated T or higher to carry this notification: "WARNING: Excessive exposure to violent video games and other violent media has been linked to aggressive behavior." The only thing is, no such link has ever been conclusively established. Here's hoping this attempt to censor video games crashes and burns like all the others.

Word has it a "major online title" coming to Wii in 2009 won't require Friend Codes.

The Writers Guild of America has announced five nominees for best video game writing in 2008.

Reuters says Sony is likely to have an operating loss of approximately $1.1 billion this year. Wow.

Producer Roberto Orci talks with Sci Fi Wire about a number of his projects, including Star Trek, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, and Cowboys and Aliens.

A court conference scheduled for Tuesday between Fox and Warner Brothers attorneys has been canceled, suggesting that perhaps a settlement in the Watchmen case is imminent.

Sci Fi Wire just got to watch the same presentation on 3D and Monsters vs. Aliens that we saw about a month ago. Here's their report.

We didn't know Doctor Who's scarf had its own website. (Via Jill, via Planet Green)

An interview with George Lucas' 20-year-old daughter Katie Lucas about the upcoming episode of Star Wars: The Clone Wars that was written by her.

Sci Fi Wire gets the lowdown on various TV shows, including Dollhouse and Terminator, from Fox's president of entertainment.

The secret fetish art of Superman artist/creator Joe Shuster will be revealed in an upcoming book.

The ten greatest Star Wars moments from The Simpsons.

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