Whiz of the Web: Friday Fried Onions

• This post is from a couple months ago, but we missed it then, and it's really cool, so here you go: retro gaming-themed desktop wallpapers. (Via)
• Heh. 30 ways to lose a job on Twitter (via). Also, amusing alternate Twitter logo (via).
• Now we think Warren Ellis might just be effing with us. Captain Swing and the Electrical Pirates of Cindery Island? Really?
• Underwire reviews the new Spinal Tap tour.
• Wired picks its favorite world expiration dates.
• A lawyer representing one of the Pirate Bay dudes said his client will demand a retrial, as it turns out the preceding judge in the case was a member of several copyright protection organizations. Meanwhile, membership in the Swedish Pirate Party has more than doubled since the verdict.
• Threat Level scares the crap out of us by revealing that cyber criminals have become industrialized to increase their effectiveness.
• Seven underrated RDJ movies.
• The true origin of the Fantastic Four.
• LEGO Mega Man and LEGO Donnie Darko.
• Alice in Wonderland nesting dolls.
• Super Punch always has the most fascinating link collections. This one includes what a really questionable logo for the Catholic Church's Archdiocesan Youth Commission, and an awww-worthy photo manipulation of King Kong and a skyscraper.
• "THESE business cards have two ingredients: MEAT AND LASERS." (Via Angela)
• One of the minigames in Virtua Tennis 2009 requires you to launch food at hungry animals with your racket.
• Apparently the PS3 version of Batman: Arkham Asylum will feature downloadable Joker challenge maps.
• More Guitar Hero: Smash Hits tracks revealed.
• Rumor has it there's a new Clone Wars game in the works for Xbox 360 and PS3 called Star Wars: The Clone Wars - Republic Heroes. It'll be a third-person action title featuring two-player co-op.
• The first screenshots of Aliens vs. Predator 3 are showing up in gaming magazines around the planet.
• Spoilers from Fringe stars and producers. Don't click!
• Ain't It Cool News claims the leaked version of X-Men Origins: Wolverine is identical to the final release, just without the finished visual effects and some other technical tweaks. Ouch.
• Yet more images from Star Trek. We might be able to put together a flip book of this movie just from the online stills before it even comes out.
• Robert Rodriguez will produce and direct a reboot of the Predator franchise called Predators. Woah.
• Joseph Gordon-Levitt has officially joined the cast of Christopher Nolan's sci-fi action movie Inception. Rumor has it Gillian Anderson might play the legendary villain The Rani in the next season of Doctor Who. Also, Richard Dreyfuss has supposedly joined the cast of Piranha 3-D, and Stephen Fry will voice the Cheshire Cat in Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland
• An interview with the director of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.
• Pointless but amusing video: the Amazon Kindle 2 and the iPod Shuffle reenacting a scene from Blade Runner.
• The second part of Sci Fi Wire's look at the chances of various sci-fi TV pilots.
• Google Maps Typography.
• A researcher claims he can clone humans.

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