Nov 17th, 2008 · The comic book is the new spec script in Hollywood, if this list is anything to go by. Den Of Geek has uncovered 75 comics that are in the process of being turned into films, along with their estimated year of arrival. It's scary, brilliant and bizarre …
see also: Hollywood · comic · spec · bizarre · measureRead · Of Geek
Nov 5th, 2008 · EA's brightest minds have put their synapses into overdrive in order to whip up a comical work-around. 'There is currently a work-around that may allow you to bypass this issue. Since you have the first 19 characters of the code already, you can basically …
see also: CD · customers · comic · hilarious · EA · Overdrive · synapses
Oct 9th, 2008 · Comic creator Randall Monroe suggested in a recent xkcd strip that YouTube comments would be better — or, more precisely, less idiotic — if only those posting them were forced to hear their words read aloud first. Well, YouTube has gone and …
see also: audio · Internet · Creator · preview · comic · YouTube · idiots
Oct 9th, 2008 · Berkley Breathed has announced that he has drawn the final comic containing the greatest penguin ever, Opus. The author is now going to write children's books. For those of you in your mid-30's and older, you remember Bloom County as a staple of the comic …
see also: retiring · presidency · Children · animals · comic · bill · vice
Sep 29th, 2008 · On my drive in to the office today I heard an interview with a comic creator. Since I started the car mid interview, it took me just a few moments to figure out who it was: Chris Onstad from Achewood (NSFW Somedays. Possibly including today depending …
see also: office · interview · Creator · comic · amusing · Achewood · Chris Onstad
Sep 12th, 2008 · The demo version of Star Wars: The Force Unleashed was released a few weeks ago for download through Xbox Live and the Playstation Network. Now, LucasArts has announced that the game shattered records for the number of downloads on Xbox Live, taking only …
see also: PC · video · Star Wars · download · interview · Xbox · multimedia
Sep 11th, 2008 · The demo version of Star Wars: The Force Unleashed was released a few weeks ago for download through Xbox Live and the Playstation Network. Now, LucasArts has announced that the game shattered records for the number of downloads on Xbox Live, taking only …
see also: PC · video · Star Wars · download · interview · Xbox · multimedia
Sep 1st, 2008 · Google announced their very own browser project called Google Chrome — an announcement in the form of a comic book drawn by Scott McCloud, no less. Google says Google Chrome will be open source, include a new JavaScript virtual machine, include …
see also: Google · Machine · JavaScript · browser · virtual · comic · default
Aug 22nd, 2008 · The National Center for State Courts, a nonprofit organization, has sent file-sharing propaganda to thousands of students. The supposedly 'educational' materials, presented in the form of a comic strip, are intended to frighten students with gross exaggerations …
see also: Online · Music · laws · students · download · Public · creation
Aug 11th, 2008 · Nintendo has added a new title to their WiiWare shop, Strong Bad Episode 1: Homestar Ruiner from developer Telltale Games. The new title features the infamous boxing-glove-adorned character in the first of five installments of Telltale's "Strong Bad's …
see also: pictures · adventure · player · console · friends · virtual · comic
Jul 24th, 2008 · We were a bit disappointed when we heard the recent two-episode Watchmen series announcement since it was to be set as a brawler. However, it seems that these two games will be set as a prequel with the ability to play either Nite Owl or Rorschach in …
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Jul 21st, 2008 · I forgot to mention the other bit of exciting comic book movie news this week: DaSpudMan noted that the Watchmen trailer is out — from the Director of 300, which spawns mixed feelings at our office. But it looks pretty good.Read more of this story …
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Jul 14th, 2008 · Although I'm not sure the corporate overlords will let me retroactively expense a movie ticket, I wanted to take a few minutes to write my review of Hellboy II. It's been a pretty good summer for movies already: but Wall-E and Iron Man were pretty much …
see also: corporate · expense · movie · comic · II · overlords · Spoiler
Jul 7th, 2008 · A Russian man has just been crowned world champion in the sport of chess boxing. Apparently the idea originated in a French comic strip from the early '90s. In 2003 a Dutch artist decided to bring the 'sport' to life. The 'sport' is played by starting …
see also: world · Russia · artist · 2003 · comic · life · french
Jul 7th, 2008 · A Russian man has just been crowned world champion in the sport of chess boxing. Apparently the idea originated in a French comic strip from the early '90s. In 2003 a Dutch artist decided to bring the 'sport' to life. The 'sport' is played by starting …
see also: world · Russia · artist · 2003 · comic · life · french
May 29th, 2008 · Den Of Geek has been talking to comics legend Dave Gibbons about the upcoming transition of the Watchmen from the comic book to the silver screen. 'There are hardcore fans out there who'll be satisfied with nothing less than a word-for-word, line-for-line, …
see also: interview · movie · transition · Legend · comic · watchmen · hardcore
May 3rd, 2008 · Slashdot reader stoolpigeon wrote about the start of summer blockbuster season, and the latest comic book to make it to the big screen. He says "Iron Man is an entertaining movie, as they go. I never was really into comic books - so I have no knowledge …
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Apr 15th, 2008 · In a recent CBR interview about his new continuation of the Marvel comic-book series 'Invincible Iron Man,' Matt Faction provides information about the the new series (debut will be May 7). The villain is Ezekiel Stane, son of Obadiah Stane (the villain …
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Mar 10th, 2008 · Let there be no doubt — Douglas Wolk loves comics, and his is a tough love, the sort of love that leaves comics out in the rain pounding on the door because they snuck out after curfew again and wrecked the car. I've never dived deep enough into …
see also: industry · comic · doors · Michael · criticisms · curfew · reviewRead
Feb 24th, 2008 · I work at a local comic and games shop, and I've been kicking around what it would take to implement a barcode scanner and more detailed inventory control. Currently, the setup is a low-tech register that tracks general areas of sales: new comics, ccgs, …
see also: Linux · datamining · Tech · register · implementation · local · comic