Cyriaque Lamar, Author at Gizmodo

It’s Jack the Ripper vs. the 11th Doctor in this sneak peek of the Doctor Who comic

IDW Publishing has given us an exclusive preview of the latest issue of their Doctor Who comic series. In this excerpt, the TARDIS travels to 19th century London, where a not-quite-human Jack the Ripper is on the prowl. Here’s the solicitation information for Doctor Who #2, which hits stores tomorrow. You can read the preview…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Mar 15

Camera trickery turns Polish city into a whirring Lilliputian metropolis

The Warsaw videographer Velour has taken the Silesian city of Katowice and transformed it into a teeming clockwork village using time-lapse video — watch factories, neighborhoods, roads, and bus terminals morph into toy houses teeming with super-fast microscopic humans. [Velour via Kuriositas]

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Mar 13

Inception, in 60 seconds with old-timey paper dolls

For the Done in 60 Seconds film contest, Wolfgang Matzl has transformed Christopher Nolan’s Inception into a short film starring some dapper paper dolls and rather proper backdrops. Hat tip to everyone who gave us the heads up about this vignette.

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Mar 13

Magic the Gathering: a coming-of-age story

For some readers, Magic: The Gathering is a carefree pastime. For me, it was a cruel mistress, a cardboard school of hard knocks, a game that taught me that dragons die in the cigarette-scented storage rooms of hobby stores. NOTE: For those of you unfamiliar with Magic: The Gathering nomenclature, I’ve tried to keep the…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Mar 13

Watch “Tron: The Next Day,” a short film about what happened between Tron and Tron Legacy

Tron: The Next Day (Flynn Lives Revealed) is a 10-minute short that fills in the backstory between the first and second films. It recently appeared on YouTube and contains unused footage from Tron Legacy. The short also bears a passing resemblance to the teaser short that was rumored to be on the Tron Legacy DVD…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Mar 13

The strange case of the painter who let herself be possessed by ghosts

Looking for artistic inspiration? Why not follow the lead of 19th century spiritualist artist Georgiana Houghton? Rather than draw anything of her own volition, Ms. Houghton allowed herself to become possessed by ghosts and draw their netherwordly visions. John Ptak has acquired one Houghton’s gallery catalogues from an 1871 art show in London. In her…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Mar 12

Fox delays time travelers and dinosaurs show Terra Nova until Fall 2011

The premiere of Terra Nova, the Steven Spielberg-produced TV show about humans traveling 85 million years into the past to escape their crappy, everything-is-dead present, has been pushed back from May until next autumn. The reason? Fox needs more time to work on the special effects. Said Fox entertainment president Kevin Reilly: Terra Nova is…

Television Cyriaque Lamar Mar 12

Bid adieu to The Cape by watching its finale episode online

When we last left The Cape, Vinnie Jones was losing his shit over pastries. The final episode is now up on NBC for your viewing bemusement (geography restricted, apologies). Goodbye and safe travels, The Cape. You could have been the next Night Man. Hat tip to Raissa!

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Mar 12

Jeff Smith’s alternate universe-hopping art thief comic RASL may get the movie treatment

According to Deadline, Sherlock Holmes franchise producer Lionel Wigram has purchased the rights to Bone cartoonist Jeff Smith’s pandimensional art thief comic RASL — Smith himself has signed on as an executive producer. In Smith’s highly idiosyncratic comic, Rasl is an art thief who uses fantastic technology to “drift” between parallel dimensions and steal an…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Mar 12

According to the new Conan the Barbarian trailer, smoke is what’s best in life

Here’s the new teaser trailer for Conan the Barbarian — it’s low on Hyborean hijinks but high on the haze of war. By Crom, we hope that the next trailer will have antics on par with James Earl Jones turning into a snake, Arnold Schwarzenegger pushing a wheel for a decade, reptile-worshipping hippies, or that…

Movies Cyriaque Lamar Mar 12

How would a tsunami form in the Atlantic Ocean?

As Japan assesses the toll of yesterday’s 9.0 magnitude earthquake and tsunami, onlookers half a world away are likely wondering if a similar force of nature could strike in the Atlantic. The short answer? It’s improbable, but not impossible. Tsunamis have been a phenomenon primarily located around regions of intense geological activity, such as fault…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar and Esther Inglis-Arkell Mar 12

Explosion hits quake-damaged Japanese nuclear plant (UPDATED)

An explosion has wracked the Fukushima 1 nuclear power plant in Japan. Nuclear officials have detected radioactive cesium and iodine at the site and fear that the uranium fuel rods have begun melting. Notes the BBC: Air and steam, with some level of radioactivity, has been released from several of the reactors at both plants…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Mar 12

Earth Science Round-Up: Friday, March 11

Here’s a collection of stories pertaining to the Japanese earthquake and tsunami as well as articles about plate tectonics. Photo: Sendai Airport (Reuters/Kyodo) Jarring raw footage of the tsunami that inundated northeast Japan At 2:46 p.m, Tokyo time, an 8.9 magnitude earthquake off the northeast coast of Japan sent a powerful wall of water inland,…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Mar 11

A video of the Japanese tsunami rolling through the Bay Area

Mark Demma recorded this amazing footage from Emeryville, California of the Japanese tsunami coming through the San Francisco metropolitan area. Says Demma, “We saw this wave come ashore in Emeryville today. Remember it had to go through the Golden Gate first so they must have had a larger wave on the unprotected beach.” [Via Telstar…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Mar 11

Jarring raw footage of the tsunami that inundated northeast Japan

At 2:46 p.m, Tokyo time, an 8.9 magnitude earthquake off the northeast coast of Japan sent a powerful wall of water inland, destroying coastal towns and property. Waves as tall as 33 feet struck the city of Sendai in the Miyagi Prefecture, and the BBC is reporting that 88,000 people are missing and 200-300 are…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Mar 11

A jaw-dropping mind map of the history of science fiction

Artist Ward Shelley has created a massive timeline of the history of science fiction spanning from Aristophanes to Wall-E. You can see it in its positively gargantuan JPEG glory here (via of the Places & Spaces: Mapping Science competition). Seriously, embiggen this. [Via Futurismic]

Books & Comics Cyriaque Lamar Mar 9

Why build a homemade exoskeleton? To freak out your friends, of course

Skeletonics is a group of Japanese exoskeleton artisans who built an exosuit for the express purposes of A.) looking awesome; and B.) messing with their pals. Nobody will be wrangling with a queen alien in the Skeletonics rig, but it’s got the maneuverability to steal soft drinks and fire rockets. You can check out their…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Mar 9

Meet the steampunk arthropods who will infest your airship

Sculptor Tom Hardwidge builds pint-sized clockwork insects and spiders out of defunct ammunition and sundry watch parts. In another universe, these little buggers are climbing in your coal-powered, head-warming derby and spitting axle grease all over your telescopic monocle. You can check out many more of Hardwidge’s arthrobots at his site. And lest you dismiss…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Mar 9

10 ludicrous killbots (who would make the Terminator facepalm in shame)

Not every killing machine can be a T-1000, Megatron, or HAL. Some killbots are masses of sentient candy, evil skyscrapers, or half-gorilla aliens. Here are ten movie and TV killbots who flunked out of evil robot school. The Kandy Man from Doctor Who On the 1988 Who episode “The Happiness Patrol,” the TARDIS lands on…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Mar 9

Real-life Transformer can turn its wheels into legs

Roboticists at National Taiwan University’s Bio-Inspired Robotic Laboratory have built the Quattroped, a rectangular robot that can transform its wheels into legs when faced with stairs or rough terrain. Granted, it’s not on par with a mechanical planet that can transform into a giant robotic Orson Welles, but it’s a start. Design-wise, it’s reminding me…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Mar 9

Cyriaque Lamar

It’s Jack the Ripper vs. the 11th Doctor in this sneak peek of the Doctor Who comic

Camera trickery turns Polish city into a whirring Lilliputian metropolis

Inception, in 60 seconds with old-timey paper dolls

Magic the Gathering: a coming-of-age story

Watch “Tron: The Next Day,” a short film about what happened between Tron and Tron Legacy

The strange case of the painter who let herself be possessed by ghosts

Fox delays time travelers and dinosaurs show Terra Nova until Fall 2011

Bid adieu to The Cape by watching its finale episode online

Jeff Smith’s alternate universe-hopping art thief comic RASL may get the movie treatment

According to the new Conan the Barbarian trailer, smoke is what’s best in life

How would a tsunami form in the Atlantic Ocean?

Explosion hits quake-damaged Japanese nuclear plant (UPDATED)

Earth Science Round-Up: Friday, March 11

A video of the Japanese tsunami rolling through the Bay Area

Jarring raw footage of the tsunami that inundated northeast Japan

A jaw-dropping mind map of the history of science fiction

Why build a homemade exoskeleton? To freak out your friends, of course

Meet the steampunk arthropods who will infest your airship

10 ludicrous killbots (who would make the Terminator facepalm in shame)

Real-life Transformer can turn its wheels into legs

Disney Is Trying to Make Up for Its ‘Avengers: Doomsday’ IMAX FOMO

Anthropic Launches Claude Design, Figma Stock Immediately Nosedives

‘Avatar: The Last Airbender’ Has Always Deserved Better Than This

Sam Altman’s Creepy Eyeball-Scanning Company Gets in Bed With Zoom and Tinder

Ninja Ice Cream Maker Gets Another Price Cut to a Record Low, Get a Must-Have Ahead of Summer

The EV Collapse in America Shows Early Signs of Relenting

‘The Mandalorian and Grogu’ Has a Wild Deep Cut ‘Star Wars’ Toy Reference

NASA Plans to Start a Fire on the Moon in First-of-Its-Kind Experiment

What’s the Best Weather Day in the USA?

Two Action-Packed Dark Fantasy Anime Series About Accidentally Adopting a Kid

Alienware’s $350 QD-OLED Gaming Monitor Nixes Everything for a Pretty Screen

Sony Inzone H6 Air Review: A Perfect Case for Open-Back Gaming Headsets

Anker’s EufyMake E1 Finally Brings Printers Out of the Dark Ages

The Soundboks Mix Is Going to Make You the Most Popular Guy at the Park

Asus Zenbook A16 Review: Start Considering Snapdragon on PC, for Real

Aqara Thermostat Hub W200 Review: Almost Better than My Ecobee

HP Omen Max 45L Review: 4K60 Gaming Has Never Been So Easy

Ecovacs Winbot W3 Omni Review: Window Cleaning Robots Have a Long Way to Go

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