Pac-man’s skull

PacMan’s skeleton, conceived by Le Gentil Garçon, in collaboration with François Escuilié, palaeontologist, from the comparative observation of human and various predatory animal skulls. 2004, Resin, diameter: 65 cm.
This is a pretty awesome concept, I didn’t even know Pac-Man had a skull! I figured he was just a soft gel like creature. Today, I was [...]

When Internet Gaints collide

A contrite Google Inc. canceled a party that irked eBay Inc. and –
according to a source — prompted the online auction firm
to
remove all of its ads from Google’s U.S. network earlier this week.
On Monday, Google announced it would throw a party in Boston on Thursday
evening designed to attract eBay merchants who would be in town [...]

Serenity’s Colllectors Edition Coming Soon!

On August 21, 2007, Universal Studios Home Entertainment will release Serenity (Collector’s Edition) on DVD. The Joss Whedon smash hit, based on his hit series Firefly, will feature two discs worth of bonus materials and extra features, and will be available for the MSRP (Manufacturer’s Suggested Retail Price) of $26.98.The Serenity (Collector’s Edition) DVD [...]

Where Fantasy Meets Architecture

 

There’s something reminiscent of an alien landscape in the towering silver whorls of architect Frank Gehry’s Experience Music Project in Seattle. And, really, who doesn’t see spaceships when looking at I.M. Pei’s Rock ‘n Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland?
What [...]

WWDC 2007 Keynote Coverage

After watching Macrumors live stream here are some of the things I find exciting about the future of the new OSX and Apple’s new hardware coming out.
* Apple has made deals with EA and ID software to port more games over to the Mac.
* A brand new GUI for OS 10.5
* Better networking
* The first [...]

Masters of Science Fiction To Air on ABC

Beginning August 4, 2007 (Saturday, 10PM ET/PT) and running for four straight weeks on the ABC Television Network, the same producers behind the Showtime runner “Masters of Horror” will bring “Masters of Science Fiction” to the small screen.
Each hour-long story will come from such well known SF writers as Harlan Ellison, Ray Bradbury or Robert [...]

Cory Doctorow’s “See no evil?”

In recent postings concerning the LiveJounral fiasco I made constant comments concerning the idea of a free and strong Internet. There are two sides to the argument; of course; but I can only see it one way. The way some see it, the internet is like anything else and should be censored with rules by [...]

Sylar as Spock?

Zachary Quinto, who plays the menacing Sylar in NBC’s hit series “Heroes” could be in the running to play one of the icons of science-fiction television and movies–Mr. Spock.
Since the news that J.J. Abrams was helming a revival of the “Star Trek” film franchise that would recast the original crew, Quinto says there has been [...]

Finally, A Pikachu Nintendo DS!

Nintendo is releasing yet another Nintendo DS, this time with popular Pokémon branding and a brilliant Pikachu yellow paintjob. While this special edition Nintendo DS Lite will retail for the regular price of 16,800 yen, getting your hands on one is going to be challenging. To secure this yellow piece of kit, you’ll need to [...]