THQ Employee Pours a Saints Row 40 Out for His Homies [Video]
The whole THQ bankruptcy thing has pretty much just been a sad and depressing debacle. It’s great and all that a number of franchises and studios will live on, but there are still definitely a number...
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Buy Jonathan Coulton’s Cover of Glee’s Cover of His Cover of “Baby Got Back”...
Here’s a quick recap for those who haven’t been following this story: Indie musician Jonathan Coulton recorded a cover of Sir Mix-a-Lot’s “Baby Got Back” back in 2005. This year, the television...
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Not a Hoax: Facebook Might Have to Give You Ten Bucks
Yesterday a friend of mine told me about the very convincing bit of spam he received from someone posing as Facebook’s legal department telling him he is part of a class action lawsuit. Turns out,...
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Anonymous Says They’re Responsible for Taking Down U.S. Sentencing Commission...
Continuing a string of threats and attacks following the death of Aaron Swartz, Anonymous claims to be responsible for taking down the United States Sentencing Commission website yesterday. They also...
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It’s Now Illegal to Unlock Your Subsidized Phone, But Does it Matter?
As of yesterday, it is now illegal to unlock a carrier-subsidized phone for use on another network. Doing so before your contract expires now puts you in violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright...
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Geekolinks: 12/27
Here’s how science got that sweet giant squid footage (Mental Floss) There’s a beautiful miniature 10th Doctor figure (The Mary Sue) YouTube stripped 156 million views from Lady Gaga (The Daily Dot)...
View ArticleWatch a Dog Try to Carry a Giant Stick Through a Gap That’s Too Small
This dog gets an A+ for perseverance, but fails when it comes to spatial reasoning. It found a giant stick on one side of a fence, and wants desperately to get it to the other side, but oh noes! The...
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Iran Put A Monkey In Space, And Apparently Got It Back Safely, Too
Reuters is reporting that the aerospace arm of Iran’s defense ministry has successfully launched a monkey into space and retrieved it alive, thereby pushing Iran’s young space program leaps and bounds...
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New Bioshock Infinite Trailer Plays Like An Educational Film Strip, Is...
The latest trailer for Bioschock Infinite takes its cues from those history filmstrips you probably saw a lot of in second grade. The one exception: this one plays out the way those would if you...
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Twitter’s Vine Service is Already Crawling With Porn, Obviously
This took… actually a little bit more time than we would have expected, but it looks like users have already started using Twitter’s new Vine app to post sexually explicit material. Vine is a service...
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Right In Our Wheelhouse: New British Citizenship Test Demands Knowledge Of...
The United Kingdom has updated it’s citizenship test to better reflect a knowledge of the nation’s history and culture, rather than practical skills in everyday life. Questions about whether you can...
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France Could Fine Twitter $1,300 Per Day If It Doesn’t Name Noms
As if replacing the word “hashtag” with their own French word “mot-dièse” wasn’t enough, France could soon begin charging Twitter fines of $1,300 per day if they don’t comply with a new court ruling....
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China Could Lift Its 13-Year Game Console Ban
Good news for Chinese gamers! China is thinking about lifting its ban on game consoles. The news is just speculation right now, and it’s based on the Playstation 3 receiving a quality certification...
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Dolphins Form Life Raft To Try And Save One Of Their Own [Video]
OK, fine — we’re not totally sure that a pod of dolphins forming a life raft to help a dying dolphin breathe is what’s actually happening here. Are we being snookered by the overwhelming desire to...
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This Just Got Real: Swedish Police Raid Call Of Duty Session
When a ten-person strong team of Swedish police officers responded to an emergency call over the weekend, they didn’t know what they were in for, but considering the details they had to go on — the...
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New Study Says Quit Smoking by Age 40 to Live Almost as Long as Non-Smokers
A new study done by a University of Toronto professor says that smokers who quit by the age of 40 can get back most of the decade of life they could otherwise expect to lose due to smoking. Professor...
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Geekolinks: 1/28
This is the best “Cup and Balls Illusion” video you will see all day, promise (Mental Floss) Star Trek and The City Twitter feed is exactly what it sounds like (The Mary Sue) This is a first draft of...
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Facebook Launches Meaningless New “Ask Our CPO” Feature
Facebook is trying to make it look like they are keeping their public dialogue on user privacy going by introducing their new “Ask Our Chief Privacy Officer” feature. It allows users to ask direct...
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Short Film “Many Worlds” Changes in Real Time Based on Audience Biometrics
The short film “Many Worlds” is like a choose-your-own-adventure story, but instead of making a conscious decision about which page to turn to, the film automatically edits itself in real time, as the...
View ArticleThis “Homemade” Star Trek Into Darkness Trailer is Adorable
The trailer for Star Trek Into Darkness looked pretty amazing, but it lacked that “homemade” feeling. That’s why the folks at Dust Films went ahead and made their own homemade shot-for-shot version....
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