Quick Bits

Colbert and Quesada Challenge President Elect Obama

Comic Book Resources is reporting that the Thursday November 13 episode of “The Colbert Report” will feature the talk show pundit and Marvel EIC challenging the President Elect to appear to recieve an autographed Amazing Spider-Man comic by the duo.
Update: Here’s the video


Street Fighter: The Movie Coming to Blu-Ray

One truly has to wonder, why? Please don’t buy this.
Joystiq


This is Just a Link to an Amazing Photo

Seriously, that’s all it is, where you expecting more? Still, it’s an amazing photo.
Amazing Photo


Gears of War 2 Tops 2 Million Sales in One Weekend

Wow, far more people were anticipating a sequel to what I considered a mediocre shooter than I ever could have guessed. Two million copies over it’s first weekend makes Gears of War 2 an amazingly successful game for Microsoft.
Gizmodo UK


Watch 15 Minutes Of Left 4 Dead

15 minutes of gamplay from the upcoming 4 player co-op zombie horror survival game.
Kotaku


Best Buy Gift Cards Double As Speakers

No where near as cool as Targets Digital Camera gift card, Best Buy’s holiday cards will double as really crappy speakers for you iPod, or Walkman.
Engadget


Far Cry 2 Sells A Million Copies Worldwide

Ubisoft just announced that Far Cry 2 has achieved sales of 1 million copies worldwide. Ubisoft Montreals run continues, even though this is their most flawed (but still fun) game in a while.


Captain America Film Finds a Director

Joe Johnston has signed on to direct Marvels upcoming Captain America film.


Zack Snyder Changes the End of Watchmen

Zack Snyder has confirmed that he has made changes to the end of Watchmen, and those changes no longer include a giant squid. Apparently the moral delima is still represented (it wouldn’t be Watchmen without it), but something about the power of that image the first time you read Watchmen, and knowing that it wont [...]


Blackberry, Palm Failure Rates Much Higher Than iPhone

A new study shows that falure rates of Blackberry’s and Palm’s are much higher than iPhone’s. This actually came as quite a suprise to me, but if your Blackberry or Treo have a faulty battery at least you can just swap it out (hey, I just took a dig at the iPhone! but I have [...]