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NASA Releases Disappointing Dark Side of the Moon Video

Jeremy Conrad — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 21:00:58 +0000

NASA has a Grail spacecraft orbiting the moon and taking pictures of the far side (which we can’t see from Earth), and they’ve released a “video” of the dark side. Unfortunately it isn’t much of a video. It really just looks like a still picture that they pan past the camera pretty quickly. It’s far [...]

This Bike Gestated Inside a Living Human Host

Jeremy Conrad — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:00:24 +0000

In the growing line of geek motorcycles that include a Predator bike and a working lightcycle comes this awesome xenomorph bike. This thing must look awesome speeding down the freeway, and it’s guaranteed to make people crap their pants when they see it in their rear-view-mirror.

5 of the Most Unbelievable Alien Conspiracy Theories

Jeremy Conrad — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:00:27 +0000

Like most scifi fanboys, we love a good alien conspiracy theory. Almost every week there seems to be some kind of new UFO footage online, and one or two of these spark into larger flames of conspiracies theories that span the years. There are plenty of amazing UFO sightings, but those are best saved for [...]

The Game of Thrones RPG isn’t Game of Thrones

Jeremy Conrad — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:00:36 +0000

After that Game of Thrones strategy game came out last year to tepid reviews, fans of Martin’s books have been wondering when they’ll get a good game. Based on this new trailer for Game of Thrones: Riversong; fans will just have to keep waiting. The RPG coming out on consoles and PC in “Early 2012″ [...]

The Old Republic Has 1.7 Million Subscribers

Jeremy Conrad — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 21:00:07 +0000

Star Wars: The Old Republic is officially a success. EA has announced their earnings for the past quarter, and TOR sold 2 million copies (40% digitally through Origin) and has 1.7 current subscribers. The 1.7 number includes players who have paid as well as those who have entered their credit card information, but haven’t been [...]

You Won’t Like Me When I’m Constipated

Jeremy Conrad — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:00:27 +0000

Finally, the real way Bruce Banner turns into the Hulk is revealed. You think we’ll see this scene in The Avengers?

Watchmen Prequel is Official

Jeremy Conrad — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:00:46 +0000

The worst kept secret in the comic industry is now a reality, as DC Comics has officially announced Before Watchmen. The massive mini-series will consist of one smaller mini-series based around each character from the original Watchmen, with each book having a small backup story titled “CURSE OF THE CRIMSON CORSAIR” which sounds like it’ll [...]

VW’s 2012 Star Wars Superbowl Spot is Epic

Jeremy Conrad — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:00:09 +0000

Everyone saw last year’s awesome VW Superbowl spot with little Vader, but this year’s is even more awesome. VW previously released a teaser for the ad where dogs where barking the Imperial March, which meant the ad would somehow cross dogs and Star Wars. And the way it does is awesome. Yes there’s a dog, [...]

17 Seconds From the Avengers Superbowl Trailer

Jeremy Conrad — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 21:00:17 +0000

Even though this Sunday’s Superbowl is a boring rematch only people on the East Coast will care about, there will definitely be some cool commercials to check out. Marvel will have a new Avengers trailer, and they’re teasing us now by releasing short clips of it online. The first clip is now out and shows [...]

Gold Farmers IP Blocked from TERA

Jeremy Conrad — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 18:00:12 +0000

There’s a new Korean MMO coming to the US titled TERA. The game’s been hyped up for along time, and the Korean version was released more than a year ago, but US gamer’s won’t get their hands on it until later this year. The US publisher, En Masse, has a massive pair of balls as [...]