Jesuits say take word of God to Second Life

Catholic missionaries have always trekked to dangerous parts of the Earth to spread the word of God — now they are being encouraged to go into the virtual realm of Second Life to save virtual souls.
In an article in Rome-based Jesuit journal La Civilta Cattolica, academic Antonio Spadaro urged fellow Catholics not to be scared [...]

Claymore woe

I find it a bit insulting that they attempted to pass Clare off as a man in episode 16 of Claymore.
It is just a bit ridiculous, really. Maybe if they actually made her look like a man; but they decided to go for the Sailor Moon effect.
Let’s see if anyone reading this can tell the [...]

Mystery Smash Bros. mode revealed

 
Super Smash Bros. Brawl has plenty of surprises in store it seems, and this is one of them: a new mystery gameplay mode that appears to allow you to fight with trophies.
Fans of the previous game will remember the several dozens of trophies that were awarded for completing certain tasks in the game. But [...]

Full Scale Gundam in Japan!

Here’s a gallery of a 59-feet-tall 1:1 Gundam robot, lying down in its base at Mount Fuji. I know the world is entranced by Transformers right now, but please excuse my enthusiasm when I say… “it’s full-scale Gundam! A REAL GUNDAM! Look at those pics! LOOK AT THAT DETAIL! OMFG!” OK, much better now. We [...]

Harry Potter geeks transcribe book from pictures

A torrent containing a text PDF file of the first ten chapters of “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows” has started to appear on torrent sites all over the web.
We first spotted it on mininova, when a reader tipped us off. It has also shown up on several other BitTorrent sites such as The Pirate [...]

Sony expected to lower 80GB PS3 to $499

News that the newly discounted PS3 would be discontinued in the coming months left many gamers slightly frustrated on Friday, but Sony will likely stick with its $499 price point when 60GB inventory depletes says analyst Micheal Pachter.
“Although we think that Sony’s public relations gaffe was unfortunate, we do not believe that the company has [...]

LucasArts Leaks New SIXAXIS?

On the LucasArts website promoting their new Star Wars game, publicity shots show images of an unseen controller with the Sony branding. In this redesign, the left analog stick has been swapped with the D-pad (in a similar fashion to the 360 and Gamecube controllers). So is it real? At E3, Kotaku received confirmation [...]

This is what the web looked like in 1994

Wow. We never thought about it this way before, but if the web still looked like this, you wouldn’t need an iPhone with Safari to surf the web on your phone.
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1l6aBgX5UY]Remember back when the web was basically text and an occasional logo or product picture on a plain background? And remember when the idea of [...]

Sony Confirms PS3 Price Cut

Confirming Internet reports from late last week, Sony Computer Entertainment America has officially confirmed the company will be dropping the price of the 60GB PlayStation 3 SKU to $499, effective Tuesday. Additionally, Sony will be introducing an 80GB SKU in August for $599 bundled with a copy of MotorStorm.
So far, the price drop is only [...]

Donna says “I do!”

Catherine Tate accepts proposal to star in fourth series.

Catherine Tate is set to return to the TARDIS for the complete 13 week run of Series Four of Doctor Who.
Award winning comedian Tate will reprise her role as Donna, the runaway bride from last year’s Christmas special, [...]