On the video game screen, geometric shapes come alive. Swiss university ECAL (also spelled éc al and stands for École cantonale d’art de Lausanne) merged an iPhone with IKEA items in order to create new ways of playing video games. The project is called OpenControllers, whose primary mastermind is Marc Dubois. In the blurb that…
In the past, Pixar has taken us under the sea, into the sky, and to other worlds, but now they are going somewhere completely new with their upcoming film: into the mind of an eleven-year-old girl. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1t0A_tZGrYw] It’s been awhile since we’ve seen a new original film from Pixar, as they have been focusing…
This week, Google updated its Google Maps Street View functionality to include some breathtaking views of thoroughfares you have likely not traveled: the ancient sands of the Liwa Desert located in the United Arab Emirates. The images, which look like something out of Star Wars, were taken about 100 km south of the Persian Gulf and provide for some excellent other-worldly…
An odd form of identity theft is emerging, taking the form of a prank. According to PCMag, the threat of downloading mobile apps from legitimate sources can carry Trojans. When downloading seemingly innocent mobile apps that have malicious components, the risk lies in using text messages after the fact. The cited source, which is the…
A New Empire Star Wars Rebels premiered on DisneyXD last week to an audience of 2.74 million viewers. This much-anticipated tie-in to the movie franchise is the first addition Disney has made to the Star Wars canon, and the first glimpse we have of what is to come on the silver screen. So Rebels is significant…
Wait in limbo no more and rest your weary hearts for Robert Downey Jr. has confirmed Iron Man 4. Even though Downey gave grave notions earlier that the Iron Man franchise ended with the socially divided yet widely lucrative threequel, all seemed fine as Marvel promoted Captain America as their front runner and Guardians of…
September is typically considered one of the worst months of the box office year, but in 2014 it wasn’t so bad in terms of the quality of movies we saw. October movies look pretty good too. The variety of titles spread throughout the month, mean that you can probably find something you want to see…
Pretty much any gamer who was around in the 90s will rave about the glory days of video game publisher CAPCOM’s ultra-successful survival horror series, Resident Evil. A select group of those gamers—comprised mainly of huge Resident Evil fans and hardcore survival horror enthusiasts—will also reminiscent about a lesser known survival horror series published by…
It seems that 28-year-old actress-turned-fashion prodigy Amanda Bynes has landed herself in hot water with the law again. After making it two years into a three-year probation period that was slapped on her due to a reckless driving charge (brought on by a DUI that she received in 2012 and two hit-and-run incidents in which…
Whine-and-diners of Quick Stop Groceries and Mooby’s can rejoice: Kevin Smith, writer and director of Clerks and Clerks II, has officially green-lit a third and final entry in his sharp-tongued film series about the everyday lives of people who stand behind the counter and ring the register for a living. Perhaps because of its heart…
Recently, we had the pleasure of getting our hands on not one, but two custom controllers from the creative folks over at Imagine Customs. Who is Imagine Customs, you ask? They are a pretty incredible custom hardware company that has been on the scene for about 2 years. The specialize in customization options for a numerous amount…
J. K. Rowling, the author who brought a certain dark-haired wizard to life in the pages of the Harry Potter books, is currently in the middle of another debate after she left another series of cryptic-sounding messages on Twitter earlier today. A New Screen Play From Rowling? Here’s Hoping! The original mention of the screenplay…
Just last week, DotA 2 received one of the most extensive patches in it’s relatively short lifespan. Not only was there a complete remodel of one of the characters, but two of the most iconic heroes were reworked entirely, an entirely new item was added, and nearly everything in the game, from heroes to items…
Hollywood seems to have a thing for raising the dead. And no, I’m not talking about the horrendous flood of zombie related media that seems to be all the rage. No, I’m talking about how Hollywood hasn’t had an original idea in the better part of 10 years, so they just keep resurrecting old books…
Star Wars geeks may not have to wait much longer to get their hands on real-life light sabers. A joint effort between the physicists of Harvard University and those of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has unearthed a way to solidify light. According to Harvard physics professor Mikhail Lukin, this new technology is a theoretical…