Quick Bits
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 [...]
Target Gift Cards Double as Digital Cameras
Targets new Gift Cards will also include Digital Cameras. While I’m sure the quality on these will be less than perfect (probably even less than a Camera Phone), this is still an excellent idea.
Sesame Street Coming to YouTube, Hulu and iTunes
Sesame Street is making its way to YouTube, Hulu and iTunes. I love Sesame Street and still think it’s about the best thing out there for kids, so this is great news.
GTA IV DLC May Not Release This Year
Dan Houser of Rockstar games is now unsure if GTA IV DLC will release this year:
Rockstar Games’ Dan Houser isn’t positive that the exclusive Grand Theft Auto IV downloadable content for Xbox 360 will make a 2008 release. In an interview with Variety, when asked directly if he expects the DLC to release this year, [...]
Ubisoft Picks Up Massive Entertainment
Ubisoft became even larger today, with the acquisition of Massive Entertainment, makers of World in Conflict and the Ground Control series.
Barack Obama is a Geek
I knew there was another reason I like President Elect Obama. He’s a closet geek, collecting Spider-Man and Conan comic books .
Strangest Phone Bug of All Time
Google’s G1 Android phone has some strange problems, but this is the best of all, every time you type the word reboot on it’s built in keyboard, it reboots the phone.
Things that Should not be Made
EGM’s December issue gets a first look at the upcoming Watchmen Prequel Game, Watchmen: The End is Nigh. Poor, poor Alan Moore, Video Game writers creating a prequel to the greatest piece of comic book literature of our time. This shouldn’t be allowed.
