Saturday, August 15, 2009

Gaming

The Real Tron’s Space Paranoids Arcade

11:07PM August 15, 2009 | Jesus Diaz

Despite their demise, arcade machines are one of my dearest passions. That’s why I can’t believe I missed the real version of Space Paranoids, created for real for the new Tron movie. I want this machine, badly. [Thanks Meredith Woerner]


Big Baddass Lego Spock’s Ship

4:00PM August 15, 2009 | Jesus Diaz

Jason — and myself and every fanboy and fangirl — will love this, even while he hates Lego: A giant model of Spock’s Ship from JJ Abrams Star Trek. Especially when every other Lego model is about Star Wars. Check out the gallery. More »


Science

Asteroids May Destroy Earth Thanks To Tightfisted Bozos

2:04PM August 15, 2009 | Jesus Diaz

You thought that Ares facing delays or cancellations was bad? Well, what about a freaking huge honkin’ asteroid obliterating Earth because NASA doesn’t have enough funding to track every potentially deadly object out there? Yes, exactly my freaking thoughts. More »


Gadgets

Remainders—Things We Didn’t Post

1:00PM August 15, 2009 | Wilson Rothman

Adam Savage’s New Gig…Sony Ericsson Satio Hits FCC (Minus Super Hot Model)…The Ballsiest Go-Kart Ever… More »


Mobile

North American GSM Palm Pre Reveals Itself (In Name Only)

12:50PM August 15, 2009 | Adrian Covert

Some dedicated Palm Pre fanboys/Pre Central readers did a bit of snooping around and found a model number for a North American, GSM Palm Pre in the certification database for Wi-Fi.org. Intrigue! More »


Geek Out

Canucks Create Mathematical Model For Zombie Outbreaks

12:20PM August 15, 2009 | Adrian Covert

A handful of stats students at the University of Ottawa decided to create a working mathematical model for zombie outbreaks, and possible ways of thwarting the attack. What did they learn? We’re screwed. Kind of. More »


Gaming

Saturday Night Gamer: Rugby Nations 09

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12:00PM August 15, 2009 | Nick Broughall

As part of our ongoing commitment to bringing you more and more Aussie content, say hello to the first installment of Saturday Night Gamer – a weekly post where I get to pretend to be a games reviewer review whatever game has tickled my fancy over the past week. More »


New Incase DSLR Bags Aren’t So Ridiculous Looking

12:00PM August 15, 2009 | Adrian Covert

If you haven’t noticed over the last year, Incase have been knocking their messenger/laptop/skateboarding bags out of the park with products that are equally techie and stylish. Their new DSLR bags are no exception. More »


Who Pays $US1000 For A Damn iPhone Case?

11:50AM August 15, 2009 | Adrian Covert

Apparently, the Japanese do. Because that’s exactly where the Japan Texture cases from SoftBank BB are going on sale. But really, this is ridiculous—these things don’t even have diamonds on them. More »


Entertainment

Battlestar Galactica Movie Is Official

11:20AM August 15, 2009 | Adrian Covert

Just a quick bit out of Hollywood: Universal confirmed that a Battlestar Galactica movie is on the way and will be Produced and Directed by Valkyrie chief Bryan Singer. The movie will not pick up where the SyFy TV Show left off, but rather fall in line more with the original series from the 1970s. Original creator Glen Larson will join Singer as a producer. [EW via Slashdot]