Kaila Hale-Stern, Author at Gizmodo

DC Universe panel promises new prices, new titles and a more romantic Batman

At NYCC, the traditional DC Universe fan circus hosted by executive editor Dan DiDio was dominated by the recession, mouthy fans, a mistake that made DiDio take his seat — and a peek at what’s coming up. The main point that DC Universe first sought to drive home was that in tough times when other…

io9 Kaila Hale-Stern Oct 10

Gawker Media Seeks Community Interns

Gawker Media seeks a few brave interns to learn about our commenting system and help us with our beloved communities. The interns will learn about behind-the-scenes administrative tasks and quality oversight under direction by our Community Manager. Applicants should have several days per week to devote to these duties. Strong communication skills, familiarity with Gawker…

io9 Kaila Hale-Stern May 13

Gawker Media Seeks Community Interns

Gawker Media seeks a few brave interns to learn about our commenting system and help us with our beloved communities. The interns will learn about behind-the-scenes administrative tasks and quality oversight under direction by our Community Manager. Applicants should have several days per week to devote to these duties. Strong communication skills, familiarity with Gawker…

Tech News Kaila Hale-Stern May 12

“Tron: Legacy” Secret Screening – An Awesome 15 Seconds

We checked out the Tron: Legacy “secret screening” today in Manhattan, along with about 100 other die-hard fans. Here’s what we discovered. The event was part of a viral marketing scheme for the film, which comes out in December. Fans had to sign up and create a profile on the site flynnlives.com and then request…

Movies Kaila Hale-Stern Feb 27

Gawker Media Seeks Community Management Interns

Gawker Media seeks a few brave interns to work in comments and serve our beloved communities. The interns will work on behind-the-scenes administrative tasks and quality oversight. Applicants should have several days per week to devote to these duties. Strong communication skills, familiarity with Gawker Media blogs and commenting communities, and excellent decision-making abilities a…

io9 Kaila Hale-Stern Dec 18

Champions Online Will Let You Make Your Own Enemy

Want to be a superhero? New MMO Champions Online gives you your chance – and lets you design your own nemesis, to boot. Cryptic Studios explained all at the New York Comic Con yesterday. Champions Online will be an vastly action-oriented MMO — the brief clip screened featured battles with exploding forcefields and clashing katanas.…

io9 Kaila Hale-Stern Feb 8

Star Trek Online May Bring You To Pleasure

Curious what the much-anticipated Star Trek Online will contain? We were there to get all the answers at the Cryptic Studios panel at NYCC, and those answers may be very pleasing indeed. During yesterday’s Cryptic panel, we got a sneak peak at the highly-anticipated Star Trek Online MMO game. This absolutely gorgeous-looking game is set…

io9 Kaila Hale-Stern Feb 8

Yatterman Is Live-Action Anime Done Brashly And Brilliantly

The new movie from maverick director Takashi Miike is a candy-colored confection with wickedly funny twists, non-stop action and tongue planted firmly in cheek. Did I mention the tit-shaped cannons? I’d been relatively unexposed to the original Yatterman, a late-’70s anime about two teenagers who use technology and ingenuity to fight bumbling evil-doers, with help…

Movies Kaila Hale-Stern Feb 7

Confessions Of A Virtual Dragonrider

Have you ever loved a narrative so much that it took over your life? That’s what happened to me with Dragonriders of Pern – especially when it became an online world. When I was young, I set stories in my favorite fictional worlds, and wrote fanfic based on my favorite games, books and TV series.…

io9 Kaila Hale-Stern Jan 9

Twilight’s Hidden Morality Plays

When will mainstream media stop claiming there’s a “positive” message in the Twilight books that inspired the eponymous teen-bait movie? The Twilight book series is many things, but empowering it is not. The more you examine author Stephenie Meyer’s themes, the more obvious it becomes that her books are a thinly-veiled religious screed against teen…

Books & Comics Kaila Hale-Stern Nov 21

Charlie Kaufman Will Break Your Brain in Synecdoche, New York

Click to viewSynecdoche, New York, the latest film from Charlie “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind” Kaufman, creates its own brand of magical realism crossed with science fiction. The tale of a theater director with a grotesque disease directing a play that never ends, Synecdoche, New York is a meditation on relationships — and time…

io9 Kaila Hale-Stern Oct 28

You Have 60 Minutes To Do Complex Math Or Else You’re Dead. Go!

Mathematics becomes more than the stuff of SAT nightmares in Fermat’s Room, a tense thriller screened last night at the Imagine Science Film Festival in New York City. When four skilled mathematicians solve a puzzle and are invited to a secluded conference, they’re promised the world’s greatest enigma. Instead, they find themselves in a slowly…

Movies Kaila Hale-Stern Oct 21

You Are Darth Vader’s Apprentice

We got to road test a little bit of the gameplay in the highly awaited Star Wars: The Force Unleashed at LucasFilm’s presentation at New York Comic-Con, and hear a round of carefully scripted PR patter about upcoming releases. We did learn a few new bits of information about the Clone Wars animated series… and…

io9 Kaila Hale-Stern Apr 21

‘Incredible Hulk’ Smashes All Expectations To Become Highlight of Comic-Con

If you were like me, and hated Ang Lee’s take on The Incredible Hulk with the burning hatred of a thousand radioactive test-sites, you’d be thrilled to attend the New York Comic Con’s Hulk event because it promised something completely different. If you were like me, your brain would have exploded at the results. Along…

Movies Kaila Hale-Stern Apr 20

DC Universe Will Give Us “Manazons” and Anatomically Correct Supergirls

A new Secret Six series, evil math and ‘Manazons’ for Wonder Woman to face, and a Supergirl without T&A were only a few of the announcements made by DC Comics uber-editor Dan DiDio (flanked by cosplayers as Good and Bad Mary Marvel) and the panel of DC writers and artists at New York Comic-Con. They…

io9 Kaila Hale-Stern Apr 19

io9 Asks Chris Carter Your Most Urgent Question About X-Files 2

At yesterday’s X-Files 2 panel at New York Comic-Con, creators Chris Carter and Frank Spotnitz were customarily tight-lipped about the movie’s storyline. But they did drop a few new hints — and io9 managed to ask them the one question you told us was burning in your minds: have Mulder and Scully been in touch…

io9 Kaila Hale-Stern Apr 19

Kaila Hale-Stern

DC Universe panel promises new prices, new titles and a more romantic Batman

Gawker Media Seeks Community Interns

Gawker Media Seeks Community Interns

“Tron: Legacy” Secret Screening – An Awesome 15 Seconds

Gawker Media Seeks Community Management Interns

Champions Online Will Let You Make Your Own Enemy

Star Trek Online May Bring You To Pleasure

Yatterman Is Live-Action Anime Done Brashly And Brilliantly

Confessions Of A Virtual Dragonrider

Twilight’s Hidden Morality Plays

Charlie Kaufman Will Break Your Brain in Synecdoche, New York

You Have 60 Minutes To Do Complex Math Or Else You’re Dead. Go!

You Are Darth Vader’s Apprentice

‘Incredible Hulk’ Smashes All Expectations To Become Highlight of Comic-Con

DC Universe Will Give Us “Manazons” and Anatomically Correct Supergirls

io9 Asks Chris Carter Your Most Urgent Question About X-Files 2

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