The best of the internet, squirted out in flavorful neon globules, just for you. 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......

A steaming hot pile of our favorite things from around the internets. The new trailer for Max Payne is very, very cool. (Via) Cinematical lists seven good ideas for bad Shakespeare sequels. Alex Proyas says no, he's not directing Silver Surfer, and he would never consider doing so, because it would be for Fox, and he will never work with them again after his experience on I, Robot. Ah, so maybe it's Fox's fault that......

The shapeless dough of the internet, formed into tasty pellets and baked to perfection, just for you. A very amusing comic which imagines how Tarkin got the funding to build the Death Star. Well, Obama's victory is assured now: the lucky UFO alien supports him! (Via Sarah) Check out the very cool opening credits sequence for RocknRolla. (Via) Kristen Bell has signed to voice the female lead in the feature film adaptation of Astro Boy.......

Dear Scrabulous: I lost more games than I won (somehow, I always ended up with a board full of "u"s and "i"s). I wasted numerous hours of my time when I should have been doing other things—like writing my columns for Phillyist. One might think that I'd see the end of Scrabulous (on Facebook, anyway) as a blessing in disguise. But damn if you don't still have a hold on me. Having refused to install......

We mentioned the other day how Facebook's much-loved Scrabulous application bit the dust, to be "replaced" by the Hasbro-sanctioned "Scrabble Beta" application. (We're refusing to add Scrabble Beta to our Facebook on principle.) But take heart, for this morning we learned via the XPN Morning Show news that the makers of Scrabulous have essentially re-formed the game, and you can now find it as the WordScraper. We haven't played WordScraper yet, but apparently the functionality......

DCist reports, and we're confirming from our own sad, personal experience, that Facebook today removed Scrabulous, the popular Scrabble-like application, from their website at the behest (more like a suit) of Hasbro. We'd mentioned a couple months ago that Hasbro and Mattel were trying to shut down Scrabulous, and it sadly looks like they've now succeeded. The game is still available at Scrabulous.com, but the convenient workday time-waster on Facebook is gone for the foreseeable......

The best of the internet, chopped into tiny bits and grilled for your enjoyment. So, anybody want to pool their cash and buy Phillyist a deluxe LEGO Death Star? (Via Amy) Cinematical takes a look at the pros and cons of Netflix's recently released set-top box, the Roku. Yay! Finally a new episode of GameTrailers' Star Wars Retrospective! Spider-Man video games have generally been a disappointment, but we've gotta say this preview for Spider-Man: Web......

Looking back on a week's worth of local craigslist hijinks... This poster may not be very perceptive... "Bored moms" don't usually like to offer themselves up for "adult" photo shoots. Remember last week's headless deer? It's, oddly, still available. Place your bids before it's too late! Another treasure from the craigslist trove is this wonderful elephant foot/giant beer mug. Attention: MySpace/Facebook experts (everyone ages 15-30?)! Someone has a use for your useless skills! And your......

The current Facebook Status of our nation’s prominent political figures: Barack Obama is not agreeing with the comments of his Facebook Friends but he cannot block them either. Hillary Clinton is dodging sniper fire while she writes this. Bill Clinton is on the road again! Yeee-hawww! John McCain is committed to staying on MySpace and Facebook as long as is necessary. George W. Bush is sleepy. Dick Cheney is listening to Peter Gabriel’s So.......

What's new and/or interesting on TV this week. Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (Mon, 8PM-10PM, Fox) Terminator is finishing up its first season already (boo!) with a special two-hour episode, featuring John and Derek disagreeing over whether they can trust Cameron; Cromartie still tracking John; and Ellison finding out he has an enemy inside the FBI. Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood (Mon, 9:30PM-10:45PM, TCM) This brand new documentary explores the......

The best of the internet, squirted out in flavorful neon globules, just for you. In case you were waiting for the official word, yes, the WGA strike is really officially over now, and everyone is expected to go back to work immediately. Our long national nightmare is over. Even though Microsoft recently spent $240 million to buy a 1.6% stake in Facebook, Bill Gates recently decided to stop using the site because he was tired......

You gotta wonder about Penn students (and alums too, as it turns out): they shoot up terrorists, steal panties, and now apparently they adopt other people’s identities and swindle them out of loads of cash. To be fair though, Drexel does share some part of the latter, seeing as one of the accused is still a student there. You all know what we’re talking about right? Because it’s in the friggin international news! So Philly......

The shapeless dough of the internet, formed into tasty pellets and baked to perfection, just for you. Apparently, the producers of Lost really do listen to the fans - sometimes. The characters Nikki and Paulo were introduced when fans said they wanted to know more about the other castaways. But when fans complained about the Nikki and Paulo storyline taking away from the main story, the writers responded by burying those characters alive. The point......

While SFist cringed at the fatal dose of crime littering the Bay Area, it found solace in Hillary Clinton's San Francisco campaign headquarters opening, which featured loads of exposed mammary glands. In other news, SF Taxi Commission ruled that Satan's cab must keep its (in)famous medallion number, 666; and in an un-fashion-forward frenzy, San Francisco Fashion Week (chortle) bars bloggers from covering and getting smashed at their shows and parties, respectively. Also, they found a......

Seattlest has a talk with the photographer from last week's "Segway Mom" and then experiences some dissension in the ranks over the question of wine vs. beer. It's not West Side Story, but about as close as they'll get. They're also still waiting on some inbox relief after a spammer is arrested. As Chicagoist counts down the days to its third anniversary party, they found all-organic pizza to be underwhelming amidst the hoopla, tried......

The best of the internet, chopped into tiny bits and grilled for your enjoyment. Game|Life's got the logo and a screenshot from the next Katamari game, Beautiful Katamari. The Typing of the Dead is still probably the most ridiculous game we've ever heard of. We really thought it was a joke at first, but it actually exists! And to be honest, after we thought about it, we decided that learning to type by having to......

This Spring is the third anniversary of Lifeknot, online meeting place for people of all ages, based solely on interests and hobbies. The CEO and founder, Matt Muro, began Lifeknot after using online dating services that seemed to force an instant romantic relationship. “I felt that online dating sites rushed people into the relationship stage of a friendship and social networking sites linked you to so many people that the intimacy of establishing a......

We're also vaguely sophomoric (yeah, it is about Facebook, thanks). But the video made us giggle, and it was actually sent to us by a reader (who is not a Penn student)—we didn't just go in search of Penn-related vids, promise! (Thanks to reader Michelle!)......

Once in a while, Phillyist will get friend requests from people we don't know. We usually choose to "deny" these requests. But not before scrutinizing the profile of said requester to make sure that we truly do not know him. We got a really interesting one today. We couldn't figure out why a 37-year-old guy with no apparent ties to our alma mater, or any of our friends, would want to friend us. So we......

Valentine's Day is only a few days away, and we here across the Gothamist network wanted to express would like to tell you, in the spirit of the holiday, just how much we love you, our readers. Don't let it get to your heads, though. There are plenty of things we love, you included. Just be glad you're not amongst the things we hate. SFist saw their beloved mayor enter rehab, and they loved the......

This site should be seeing a lot more traffic. Apparently Facebook is no longer the procrastinatory means of choice for Penn kids wasting away precious study time at the library. My guess is that the people on "Bored at Van Pelt" have convinced themselves that as long as they're not having conversations on AOL Instant Messenger, they're not actually wasting time, but I imagine that if any of them actually find a new "fuck buddy"......

Facebook first reached Penn during first semester finals my sophomore year. I went on an “I will not sign up for this e-popularity contest” mission, which lasted for about two minutes. Then I joined. In the library. Where I was supposed to be studying. The site immediately ate my soul. I spent the remainder of college using Facebook as my main form of procrastination. I’d sign on with the intention of confirming a friend request......

Sometimes, we really have to wonder if there's any excuse for bad taste. The answer is yes. Poor judgement. Phillyist reader sfg tipped us off, via Democracy Project, to Penn student Saad Saadi, who went costumed as a suicide bomber to Penn President Amy Gutmann's annual Halloween party. Since the pictures made their way around the internets, Saadi has posted the following on his Facebook profile: My friend, Jason, and I express our condolences......

A 49-year-old woman apparently deliberately jumped to her death from the 21st floor of the Dorchester Apartments in Rittenhouse Square Sunday morning. We're just going to pull a direct quote for this one: "An Atlantic City man has been sentenced to three years of probation and community service at an animal shelter for beating a duck." Apparently on March 15th he was in the parking lot of the Fox Chase development where he worked......

You've read On the Road. You spend excessive amounts of time looking for high school crushes on Friendster, Myspace, and the Facebook. Ever thought of combining these two hobbies? Two twenty-something Philly artists are taking their show on the road: they'll be making a documentary about relationships in the information age to be filmed on a cross-country road trip called Roadorama. Since making art costs money, they're throwing a fundraiser tonight that looks pretty......