The Father Of Video Games Fled The Nazis, Fought Them Then Took All Their Guns [Total Recall]
Ralph Baer is widely acknowledged to be the “father of video games”, thanks to his work in the 1960’s pioneering the device that would become the Magnavox Odyssey, the world’s first ever video game console. More »
Posted: May 3rd, 2011
at 7:20am by Luke Plunkett
Topics: History, Magnavox Odyssey, Original, Top, Total Recall, ralph baer
The House From Up! Now Exists In Real Life—and It Flies! [Awesome]
This is really nuts. The people from National Geographic have built a house inspired by the Pixar movie Up! Yes, a house tied to gas balloons that actually flies. I’m so giddy I can barely type. More »
Today Is the Ultimate Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, The Universe, and Everything [42]
Today is October 10, 2010. 10/10/10. In binary, that’s 42. And 42 is The Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe and Everything. Or at least, that’s what Douglas Adams says. More »
Posted: October 10th, 2010
at 4:00am by Jesus Diaz
Topics: 42, Hitchhiker guide to the galaxy, John Cleese, Lost, Secret of Life, Stephen Fry, Top, douglas adams
How Hector Hammond channeled Carl Sagan to become Green Lantern’s evil genius [Green Lantern]
After the flashy Green Lantern footage was premiered we sat down with cast and crew to talk about the ring-slinging space corps. But we were most surprised to learn Peter Sarsgaard’s inspiration for his mustachioed character. Spoilers ahead… More »
Posted: July 25th, 2010
at 6:30am by Meredith Woerner
Topics: Comic Books, Dc, Hammond, Mark Strong, Martin campbell, Movies, Ryan Reynolds, Sdcc2010, Top, carl sagan, green lantern, hector, science
Play the iPhone 4 Conference Scratch Lotto and Get a Free Pizza [Iphone 4]
Facing the worst image crisis in Steve’s Second Kingdom’s history, Apple will officially talk about the iPhone 4 antenna problem this Friday. Probably. Nobody really knows what they will say but, if you guess right, you can win a free pizza. More »
Posted: July 16th, 2010
at 5:20am by Jesus Diaz
Topics: Antenna problem, Apple, Iphone 4 conference, Reception problem, Top, iphone 4, lotto
