Cyriaque Lamar, Author at Gizmodo

Scenes from a 3-D, augmented reality metropolis

Keiichi Matsuda creates incredible short films that depict an augmented reality city where synthetic information clouds are grafted onto brick’n’mortar material spaces. Here are two of his futureshock videos. Matsuda created this first 3D video, “Augmented (hyper)Reality: Augmented City,” for his final year at the Bartlett School of Architecture in London. Here’s how Matsuda describes…

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New Walking Dead teasers to hit TV this week

Three new trailers for The Walking Dead will begin airing this week. The longest one showcases Rick limping through a hospital jam-packed with the undead. The latter two clips are just snippets from the trailer, but the first one gives an extended preview of Rick Grimes’ rude awakening in the hospital. The Walking Dead will…

Television Cyriaque Lamar Sep 5

Congratulations to the 2010 Hugo Award Winners!

The 2010 Hugo Award Winners were presented today at Aussiecon 4, the 68th World Science Fiction Convention, in Melbourne, Australia, Who were among the big winners? China Miéville, Paolo Bacigalupi, and Moon. Here’s the full list of nominees. Winners are below. BEST NOVEL [Tie for first place] The City & The City by China Miéville…

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A visit to the Soviet arcade game museum

In late 2009, two intrepid bloggers visited a museum of Soviet arcade games outside of Moscow. What did they find? A subterranean den of gaming classics from behind the Iron Curtain. Anjel Van Slyke and Connal Hughes stopped by the museum in December 2009. Here’s an excerpt from their curious journey to visit the not-so-easily…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Sep 4

The upcoming Judge Dredd movie is simply “Dredd,” will be “neo-noir action”

The 2012 Judge Dredd film starring Karl “Éomer Bones” Urban has a new title — Dredd — and a new plot synopsis. Also, Olivia Thirlby of Juno has signed on as the psychic Judge Anderson. Here’s the synopsis of the $45 million film from IM Global: DREDD takes us to the wild streets of Mega…

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What science fiction and horror flicks are on Hulu these days?

Hulu’s scifi and horror pages are chock full of worthwhile movies, even if the selection skews towards the ridiculous and low-budget. Here’s the cream of the crop. Apologies to our international readers! – Krull: It inspired some weird weddings! – Real Genius: A futurist classic! – Ultraviolet: Dystopian sexy vampires! – Short Circuit: 1980s robots…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Sep 4

The 10 strangest creative liberties ever taken on superhero TV shows

When a superhero makes the jump from comics to TV, you anticipate that the show will deviate from the source material somewhat. What you don’t expect is Spider-Man piloting a giant robot or the Thing hanging out with Fred Flintstone. Here are 10 superhero TV shows that played it fast and loose with their characters’…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Sep 4

This Tokyo “Mineral House” is like living in your own private Inception

Want to live in a home that would put Ariadne’s dreamscapes to shame? This Tokyo microhouse by Atelier Tekuto, “Reflections of Mineral,” is filled with enough twisting walls, reflective surfaces, and off-kilter windows to outwit any murderous subconscious projections. The house selectively uses light and reflection to expand and morph the resident’s perception of the…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Sep 1

Mr. Plinkett (a.k.a. “The Phantom Reviewer”) takes on J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek

Red Letter Media’s cantankerous old gadfly Mr. Plinkett has now focused his critical lens on 2009’s Star Trek, and surprise, surprise! He doesn’t hate it. He’s still as grumpy and weirdly monotone as ever, though. And here are Mr. Plinkett’s reviews of The Phantom Menace, Attack of the Clones, and Avatar. https://gizmodo.com/70-minute-review-of-phantom-menace-is-the-only-prequel-5431426 https://gizmodo.com/phantom-menace-reviewer-destroys-attack-of-the-clones-i-5509143 https://gizmodo.com/the-phantom-menaces-greatest-critic-takes-on-avatar-5461076 [Via…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Sep 1

Runaways movie to begin filming in March 2011

The big-screen adaptation of Brian K. Vaughan and Adrian Alphona’s Marvel comic Runaways will begin filming next spring in Los Angeles. Its production moniker, “Small Faces,” is a reference to the British band who had a hit single entitled “Runaway.” As of now, the names attached to the project are Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Sep 1

The entire movie Blade Runner as a hallucinatory video collage

François Vautier took every frame of Blade Runner, laid them out as one giant image, and allowed a virtual camera to pan over it. The result? “Blade Runner revisited,” a spectacle that will leave you dreaming of electric sheep. Here’s exactly what you’re watching: 1>first step : the “picture” of the film I extracted the 167,819…

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It’s a big crazy kaiju party and everyone’s invited (except Ultraman)

These massive pin-ups of Ultraman’s enemies appeared in a 1979 edition of Ultra Kaiju. Artist Toshio Okazaki really knocked this out of the park, and he included the best Ultraman foe of all…the dreaded Dino-Tank! Can you find him? For gigantic hi-res images of these rubber-suited tokusatsu baddies, stomp on over to Pink Tentacle, where…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Sep 1

The hurricane-damaged remains of Six Flags New Orleans

When Hurricane Katrina hit in 2005, one of its victims was Six Flags New Orleans, which was flooded for a month after the storm. The park has been closed indefinitely since then, but urban explorers will still venture in. Flickr user Brynne has captured dozens of shots of the rundown park, which opened in 2000…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Aug 31

Learn that dreams about bacon are evil with this 1800s snake oil catalog

The Kickapoo Indian Dream Book was a mail-order catalog from the 1800s that sold quack cures for ailments like dyspepsia and tapeworm. The best part of this pamphlet was the poetically absurd dream taxonomy, which warned readers about sinister bacon. There’s something kind of astonishing about all of the dream predictions below — way too…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Aug 31

This steampunk Optimus Prime runs on coal

If Transformers came out in the 1800s, Bumblebee would become a velocipede, Megatron would turn into General Custer’s mustache, and Optimus Prime would transform into a stately locomotive. Check out this anthracite-fueled Optimus by Encline Designs. Also, the 19th-century version of Transformers would have to be a theatrical performance, fraught with an exploding set and…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Aug 31

Spike from Buffy sinks his fangs into this week’s comics

James Marsters fans rejoice — your favorite too-cool-for-school, towheaded vamp this side of Eric Northman appears in two comics this week. Also, quirky graphic novels out the wazoo! First off, Spike will be making his appearance in Dark Horse’s Buffy the Vampire Slayer 36. Joss Whedon is penning this final arc, so now we get…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Aug 31

Female whale sharks may have a built-in sperm bank

The filter-feeding whale shark is the biggest fish in the ocean. A recent study indicates that female whale sharks may be able to save sperm from a single mating session and fertilize their eggs at a later time. This investigation of the whale sharks’ mating habits was led by Jennifer Schmidt from the University of…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Aug 31

Fantastic scifi graphic novels (that will get you hooked for life)

Comic books can be a difficult to get into, what with their years of serial storytelling and convoluted continuity. Luckily, there are plenty of one-and-done graphic novels out there. Here are some of the best four-color gateway drugs. In picking these books, I tried to avoid picking from the über-obvious (Watchmen) and those books about…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Aug 30

James Cameron has no love for Piranha 3-D

In a recent interview with Vanity Fair, Cameron, whose directorial debut was Piranha 2: The Swarming, was asked whether he had any nostalgia for the Piranha franchise. Cameron said no, and claimed the flick’s bad for 3-D cinema. Here’s what the director had to say: You’ve got to remember: I worked on Piranha 2 for…

Movies Cyriaque Lamar Aug 29

A road trip to Europe’s UFO memorials

Looking to get way off the beaten path on your next vacation? Check out Europe’s UFO memorials in Ängelholm, Sweden and Emilcin, Poland. They’re only a 15-hour drive away from each other! Let’s start with the Emilcin memorial (above). On May 10, 1978, farmer Jan Wolski was abducted by two small, green humanoids. The beings…

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Scenes from a 3-D, augmented reality metropolis

New Walking Dead teasers to hit TV this week

Congratulations to the 2010 Hugo Award Winners!

A visit to the Soviet arcade game museum

The upcoming Judge Dredd movie is simply “Dredd,” will be “neo-noir action”

What science fiction and horror flicks are on Hulu these days?

The 10 strangest creative liberties ever taken on superhero TV shows

This Tokyo “Mineral House” is like living in your own private Inception

Mr. Plinkett (a.k.a. “The Phantom Reviewer”) takes on J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek

Runaways movie to begin filming in March 2011

The entire movie Blade Runner as a hallucinatory video collage

It’s a big crazy kaiju party and everyone’s invited (except Ultraman)

The hurricane-damaged remains of Six Flags New Orleans

Learn that dreams about bacon are evil with this 1800s snake oil catalog

This steampunk Optimus Prime runs on coal

Spike from Buffy sinks his fangs into this week’s comics

Female whale sharks may have a built-in sperm bank

Fantastic scifi graphic novels (that will get you hooked for life)

James Cameron has no love for Piranha 3-D

A road trip to Europe’s UFO memorials

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