Modern Warfare 3 Teaser Site Opens

A teaser website featuring a countdown and a radar background animation has been put up. The site hints that the focus of the third Modern Warfare game will be finding Vladimir Makarov, the leader of the Ultra-nationalists who evaded the 141 in the hair raising conclusion of Modern Warfare 2.

In time (about 2 days and 13 hrs at the time of this post), we shall find out a bit more about it.

http://findmakarov.com/

Nintendo Mouse

Unfortunately, this is only a model, but we'd love to see this actually made.

Source.

Zelda's 25th Anniversary

Yesterday, the legend of Zelda celebrated its 25th anniversary.

The Legend of Zelda, the first game of the series, was first released in Japan on February 21, 1986, on the Famicom Disk System. A cartridge version, using battery-backed memory, was released in the United States on August 22, 1987, and Europe on November 27, 1987.

To celebrate, here is a mural painted by a Japanese artist (who's name we have yet to find out)

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You can view and download a hi-res version here and here.

Meet the new Wonder Woman

Adrianne Palicki has been casted to play the role of Wonder Woman/Diana Prince in the forthcoming reboot of the classic TV show, set to be aired on NBC.

Palicki has appeared in several other television shows, including Friday Night Lights,Supernatural, and Lone Star. She was also in last year’s film, Legion.

Thor Movie Trailer

Here's the trailer for the movie Thor. Set to be released on May 6th.

Will our future really be this awesome?

Watch "A Day Made of Glass" and take a look at Corning's vision for the future with specialty glass at the heart of it.

Call of Duty Black Ops Pro Gaming Glasses

You'd have to be a serious CoD fan to throw down $79 for one of these. Regardless of the price though, these glasses look pretty sweet, plus they come with a magnetic case and a 1GB USB Dog Tag.

More info here.

A Geeky History of Valentines

Alternately revered by romantics as a day to buy win their lovers’ hearts with sappy greeting cards and reviled by cynics (read: single women) as a Hallmark Holiday to stimulate the economy, the true meaning of February 14th is sorely neglected by modern society.

Thankfully the amateur historians at PrettiGeeky are here to remind you of your romantic roots. Here we’ll relay a tangled mishmash of Christian and ancient Roman tales, each as heartfelt as the last, that add up Americans buying over 150 million Valentine’s Day cards every year.

Read more...

From PrettiGeeky Wordpress blog.

Apple is said to be working on a cheaper iPhone model

Apple Inc. is working on new versions of the iPhone that are aimed at slowing the advance of competing handsets based on Google Inc.’s Android software, according to people who have been briefed on the plans.

One version would be cheaper and smaller than the most recent iPhone, said a person who has seen a prototype and asked not to be identified because the plans haven’t been made public.

Apple also is developing technology that makes it easier to use the iPhone on multiple wireless networks, two people said.

from Bloomberg.com

Free Internet for the World?

If ahumanright.org has it's way, then free worldwide internet access may not be so far away. The charity plans to buy the world's most capable communication satellite from Terrestar, a communication company that recently filed for bankruptcy.

While a single satellite would not be able to provide Internet access to the entire world, it is a first and huge step in the right direction. ahumanright.org's ultimate goal is to set up a worldwide network that allows everyone to have basic internet access.

You can find out more about this project and donate at buythissatellite.org.

Spidey joins the Fantastic Four!

Since the Jonathan Hickman, the current writer of the Fantastic Four comics decided to kill off the Human Torch, many a comic book geek wondered who would fill his smoldering shoes.

Well wonder no more, because it has been announced that none other than Spider-Man would team up with the remaining fantastic three under a new team name: The Future Foundation.

The first issue of the new comic drops March 23rd.

Flat Image of Yesterday's Google Doodle

In case anyone wanted to see the entire image that was used in yesterday's interactive Google Doodle that commemorated the birthday of 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea's famous author Jules Verne, here it is:

found here.

Captain America Superbowl Spot

In case you missed it, here is the Captain America: The First Avenger TV Spot that aired during the Superbowl last night.

Ghostbusters III...still waiting on Bill.

A fan made poster for the film.

As some of you may know, a third installment of the classic 1980's films Ghostbusters and Ghostbusters II is currently in the works. However according to slashfilm.com, the only thing standing in the way of starting the film's production is actor Bill Murray, who starred in the originals and is rescheduled to star in the 2012 sequel as well. Apparently Murray hasn't even read the script yet.

Let's hope some progress gets made on this highly anticipated project soon.

The Average Face of Women Across the World

Click image to Embiggen.

Anthropologists, using some amazing technology and a ton of photographs have approximated the average face of women from different parts of the world. Incredible.

First Official Poster for Captain America Movie

The first official poster for the movie Captain America: The First Avenger set to be released July this year.

This is probably what Bruce Wayne's pool looks like.

 

This has to be the coolest thing we've seen all year. Besides looking unbelievable high-tech and futuristically awesome, Hydrofloors movable floor is a motorised pool covering that enables you to use the space that your pool usually takes up as extra floor space. Check out their website for an animation of the transformation and more information about it.

5 Geeky Wedding Invitations

It seems like geeky wedding invitations are all the rage these days. Check out these five invitations that caught our eye.

This invitation is based on the intro for the game Bad Dudes for the NES.

This couple decided to go with a memeful comic.

Nothing says geek love like binary.

Kevin and Misako went with an invitation based on their Mii characters.

Front:

Back:

And finally, Darina and Niko decided that a simple geeky paper invite wasn't enough. They came up with an entire playable Mario-esque game as their wedding invitation. You can download and play the game here. Here's the Darina version of the game:

iPad Jacket (aka sex repellant)

Here's a fad we hope never catches on. It's a jacket with a front pocket for an iPad. We don't know who is responsible for this, but we sure hope the fashion police cracks down on them soon, before this catches on.

NES Cartridge Hard Drive

These unique external hard drives are crafted from NES game cartridges, and come in sizes of 500GB, 750GB and 1TB (priced at $129.99, $149.99 and $179.99 respectively). They are powered through the USB cable, so no need to plug it in to the wall. Several game cartridges are available, including classics such as The Legend of Zelda, Metroid, Excitebike, Dr. Mario and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

A fantastic Valentine's Gift for a nostalgic old-school gamer!

Get them at 8Bit Memory's Etsy Store.

Yoshi's Island - The Power of HTML5

Check out this interactive map of Yoshi's Island created using HTML5. Definitely the coolest thing we've seen all day.


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