Entries from Phillyist tagged with 'hacking'
June 23, 2008
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......
Continue Reading "Whiz of the Web: Monday Meat Slices"June 19, 2008
A tall, icy glass of our favorite internet junk, just for you. An amusing music video from Mindless Self Indulgence, directed by Jhonen Vasquez. (Via) A recent Wii update closed up a loophole that allowed hackers to run homebrew software through Twilight Princess, but apparently hackers have already broken the new code and opened up the loophole again. Good old hackers. Sienna Miller has confirmed that she will play Maid Marian in director Ridley Scott’s......
Continue Reading "Whiz of the Web: Thirsty Thursday"June 9, 2008
The best of the internet, chopped into tiny bits and grilled for your enjoyment. The villain in the next Iron Man film just might be The Mandarin; director Jon Favreau had some interesting things to say about the character. (Via Ross) The New York City Opera has commissioned Charles Wuorinen to compose an opera based on "Brokeback Mountain," the short story that has already famously been adapted into a movie. The opera is scheduled to......
Continue Reading "Whiz of the Web: Monday Meat Slices"June 6, 2008
A steaming hot pile of our favorite things from around the internets. Penny Arcade offers one possible explanation for the recent behavior of one Jack Thompson, Esquire. This Phillyist just recently finished reading Warren Ellis' mind-blowingly excellent graphic novel Ocean, and now comes word that it's going to be turned into a movie. Woo hoo! If you care, The Movie Blog has set pics from Transformers 2. What if, instead of helping invent rock and......
Continue Reading "Whiz of the Web: Friday Fried Onions"May 6, 2008
The shapeless dough of the internet, formed into tasty pellets and baked to perfection, just for you. Actress Isabella Rossellini's latest project is a series of two-minute films called Green Porno commissioned by the Sundance Channel. In them, she impersonates various small creatures to show how they reproduce. We kid you not. (Via Jill) Virtual-Vancouver has partnered with the New Music West festival to create the first massively multi-user online music festival. To attend, all......
Continue Reading "Whiz of the Web: Tuesday Torpedoes"March 5, 2008
The best of the internet, squirted out in flavorful neon globules, just for you. The sad news has spread quickly across the internet that co-creator of Dungeons & Dragons Gary Gygax has died. A local blogger and former Phillyist read that article we posted yesterday about the decade's most misogynistic films and got so pissed he decided to analyze and deconstruct the entire thing in an impressive rant. Thanks, yagathai! Now we feel good about......
Continue Reading "Whiz of the Web: Wednesday Whiz-Up"