Phillyist Framed Returns!
Whole Hog Is All Heart
Across the Ist-a-Verse
Yo, Philly in the News
Photoist
The best of the internet, chopped into tiny bits and grilled for your enjoyment.
- A wonderful Flickr photo set: "Toys That Shouldn't Exist, But Do." (Via)
- You know what was an awesome show? Sifl & Olly! (Via)
- Since the Battlestar Galactica series finale aired, the internet has become a minefield for this Phillyist, who's been watching the show online and is still a couple episodes behind. So we have to admit we haven't read the following BG-related articles too carefully, for fear of spoilers. But what we saw of them looked pretty interesting. First up we've got a checklist for you: 12 plotholes that must be filled in the Battlestar finale (via); BG-themed drinks; series creator Ronald D. Moore talks about the finale; a sneak peek at the BG prequel movie, The Plan; a gallery of steampunk Cylons (via); and finally, the setup for Caprica.
- Exciting new images from Where the Wild Things Are.
- There's a lot of hate on the internet lately for IE6! There are polite and not so polite ways for letting people know they should upgrade from the clunky old browser. Or you could just join the cause to bring down IE6. Meanwhile, Microsoft advertises IE8 with some amusing observations about the internet.
- Super Punch has links explaining the X-Files mythos and how to break into comics.
- Kill Bill 1 & 2 in one minute.
- The Passive Aggressive Anger Release Machine is a vending machine full of china. Brilliant!
- Ah! Tentacle hot dog!
- Cool Coraline subway ad. (Via)
- A blog celebrating the worst cartoons ever takes a look at Super President (not Obama). (Via)
- The top 50 hottest sci-fi girls. (Via Tony)
- A lot of other countries are going to get to see Star Trek before we do.
- Wired tells the story of a DIY musical instrument competition in pictures.
- Cinematical reviews Tokyo!
- Director Christopher Nolan's brother is wanted in Costa Rica for the kidnapping and murder of a Florida businessman.
- The great majority of Facebook useres hate the redesign. But does it matter?
- It's the World's Worst Website! (Via)
- Download Squad lists 10 GMail Labs features worth enabling. Also, the supervillains describe some instances in which the new Undo feature would be useful.
- 50 of 2008's most beautiful icon sets. (Via)
- You can download a free Nine Inch Nails/Jane's Addiction EP! We're listening to it as we type this!
- Republican party chairman Michael Steele and Stephen Colbert engage in a rap battle.
- It's the Super Nintoaster!
- Wii Fit has outsold Halo 3. Woah! That's crazy.
- A survey suggests a Netflix service could be on the way for Wii.
- Joystiq reviews Bit. Trip: Beat.
- More info on Punch-Out!!
- Aww, what a cute wittle plush Rorschach. Also check out this totally cool Watchmen painting.
- LEGO versions of a podracer from Star Wars and a sentinel from the Matrix films.
- Six-word reviews of 1,302 SXSW MP3s. (Via)
- Finally, a new cover for The Bible.
- We've got trailers for Scratch: The Ultimate DJ, Wolfenstein, and Terminator Salvation: The Video Game. Scratch looks like a pretty uninspired Guitar Hero rip-off, but maybe we're missing something.
- Weird trend in video game marketing: scattering fake severed limbs all over London.
- A profile of the Bounty Hunter class in The Old Republic. (Via)
- GameStop says: "Recession? What recession?"
- Rumor has it that McG and Warner Bros. have revamped the ending of Terminator Salvation to change it completely from the ending leaked last year on several sites.
- Alyssa Milano will provide the voice of a new leading lady (not Dana Barrett) in the upcoming Ghostbusters video game. Barrett was written out when Sigourney Weaver declined to participate.
- 2K is aiming for a simultaneous release of BioShock 2 on Xbox 360, PS3, and PC.
- Finally, a flying car!
- As Geekologie points out, putting fake text message stickers on your iPhone is just sad.
- "The Imperial March" played on a hard drive.
Image Credit: Flickr user Kage Tora
add to stumble upon
add to reddit
tweet this
post to facebook
Post a comment (Comment Policy)