Lauren Davis, Author at Gizmodo

Clone Wars Bounty Hunter

Clone Wars Bounty Hunter Cad Bane, the galaxy’s most feared bounty hunter, with gear specially designed to counteract the Force Aurra Sing, a cold-hearted and cruel assasin Aurra Sing Head Shots Sugi, a tenacious bounty hunter and a skilled pilot Cato Parasitti Seripas Bossk, a cunning predator known to eat his prey Embo, a quiet…

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Pixar Animator Gives Characters a Lego Makeover

Pixar animator and BURN-E director Angus MacLane‘s most famous works may be computer-generated, but in his spare time he works in the more physical medium of plastic bricks, rendering his favorite characters in Lego. These are but a mere handful of MacLane’s dozens of CubeDudes, which include characters from the SuperFriends, Transformers, Dr. Horrible, and…

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Supernatural – The End

The End

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Echo Plays Croquet

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Fringe Momentum

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New Moon Shirtless

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First Glimpse Of New Iron Man 2 Footage, Plus Leonard Nimoy Returns To Fringe

A new Iron Man 2 video gives us Whiplash, Fringe flashbacks give us a second look at Leonard Nimoy, and Doctor Who set photos provide another glimpse of the new Doctor. Plus Toy Story 3, Supernatural, Dollhouse, Lost and Pandorum. Iron Man 2: Entertainment Tonight debuts some new footage from their Iron Man 2 set…

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Doctor North Face

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Fantastical Food Technologies That Bite Back

This past weekend, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs showed us how even the most well-intentioned culinary devices can go awry. We look at other foodie technologies that prove deadly, dangerous, or will at least wreck your appetite. Replicators (Star Trek): Despite their ability to replicate everything from heavy machinery to caviar, the replicators actually…

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The Wondermark Steam-Powered Genre-Fiction Generator

Need help on your chronopunk novel about a journeyman inventor in a post-apocalyptic Antarctica? Look no further than David Malki‘s Genre-Fiction Generator, a simple flow chart that will have you concocting that perfect science fiction story in no time. [Wondermark]

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xkcd’s Randall Munroe Answers All of Your Questions

Last night, xkcd creator Randall Munroe celebrated the release of his first book by answering fan questions about everything from writing about his sex life to explaining his fame to non-geeks to how he keeps his ball pit clean. Munroe, who just released xkcd: volume 0 last week, appeared at last night’s Electronic Frontier Foundation’s…

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Randall Munroe Q&A

Randall Munroe Q&A Does the need to produce comics three times a week ever lead you to draw something you really didn’t like? Any comics of yours you don’t like? And any comics out there you really, really hate? Are you ever going to get over this Megan chick? Is there anything you won’t draw,…

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Bioshock Fan Brings Big Daddy to Fearsome Life

One of the most impressive costumes at this year’s Dragon*Con was this elaborate and detailed Big Daddy. Artist Harrison Krix explains how he brought the Bioshock foe to life, with plenty of blood stains and a working drill arm. Krix, a graphic designer and propmaker, took Best Journeyman and Best Professional Costume Design at the…

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Passive-Aggressive Aliens Want to Steal Your Gravel

In the latest issue of The New Yorker, an alien civilization announces its intentions to visit our planet. But they’re not a benevolent race out to share their technology; they’re actually quite passive aggressive and have designs on our gravel. Television writer Paul Simms‘ piece “Attention, People of Earth” imagines the first extraterrestrial missive to…

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Studying the Human Animal from a Zoological Perspective [NSFW]

In 1994, the BBC aired a documentary titled The Human Animal, which examines human beings in the way a nature documentary would look at any animal, using zoological language and techniques to study and describe human anatomy and behavior. In 1967, Desmond Morris wrote The Naked Ape, a book that described human beings in terms…

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Futuristic Proposals for Boston’s Stalled Construction Sites

Many of Boston’s most ambitious and expensive construction projects have stalled out, leaving behind unsightly construction sites. The Boston Globe has asked architects for their ideas for making the sites more useful and attractive. The Globe asked 20 architects and firms for their ideas on sprucing up the currently vacant sites, prompting ideas for parks,…

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Life Magazine Remembers the Space Invaders

Ryan Snieder blends a classic photo spread with a classic video game to commemorate those more innocent days when young men would grab their dog and their shotgun and bring home a Space Invader for supper. [Behance Network via GeekTyrant]

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Gamers Play Fallout — In the Real World

A group of over 200 Russian role players enacted their own Fallout-style video game, offering a taste of how the nuclear apocalypse might look. Check out the gallery of their gameplay, complete with military encampments, radiation suits, and atomic zombies. S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl is a Ukrainian video game in a similar vein to the…

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Zombie Pin-Ups and Other Retro Horrors

Kristian Hammerstad‘s posters features well-dressed zombie women, an alien invasion, and other images out of scifi-influenced horror, rendered in a nostalgic, Charles Burns-influenced style. [Kristian Hammerstad via FFFFOUND!]

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Artists’ Portraits of Science Fiction’s Greatest Writers

Steven Gettis’ website Hey Oscar Wilde! It’s Clobberin’ Time!!! collects artists’ portraits of great writers from a variety of genres, creating diverse images of authors from William Gibson and Arthur C. Clarke to Neil Gaiman and Alan Moore. In addition to these author portraits, Hey Oscar Wilde! includes renderings of science fiction characters, including Barbarella,…

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Clone Wars Bounty Hunter

Pixar Animator Gives Characters a Lego Makeover

Supernatural – The End

Echo Plays Croquet

Fringe Momentum

New Moon Shirtless

First Glimpse Of New Iron Man 2 Footage, Plus Leonard Nimoy Returns To Fringe

Doctor North Face

Fantastical Food Technologies That Bite Back

The Wondermark Steam-Powered Genre-Fiction Generator

xkcd’s Randall Munroe Answers All of Your Questions

Randall Munroe Q&A

Bioshock Fan Brings Big Daddy to Fearsome Life

Passive-Aggressive Aliens Want to Steal Your Gravel

Studying the Human Animal from a Zoological Perspective [NSFW]

Futuristic Proposals for Boston’s Stalled Construction Sites

Life Magazine Remembers the Space Invaders

Gamers Play Fallout — In the Real World

Zombie Pin-Ups and Other Retro Horrors

Artists’ Portraits of Science Fiction’s Greatest Writers

Tesla Goes Ahead and Admits Its Robotaxis Are Sometimes Fully Human-Controlled

School Forced to Replace Toilets After Kids Flush Vapes

‘Scream 7’ Just Won’t Stop Making Money as ‘Scream 8’ Gets Started

The Curtain Has Closed on Meta’s Movie Rating-Inspired Content Filters

Good News! You Can Finally Change That Ridiculous Gmail Address

ExpressVPN Just Launched ExpressAI: Your Prompts Are Now Invisible

VR Just Took Another Massive Body Blow

The Best Gadgets of March 2026

‘Supergirl’ Will Feature David Corenswet’s Superman in a Sort of Big Brother Role

Report: FDA Set to Unban RFK Jr.’s Favorite Peptides

AirPods Max 2 Review: Still Ridiculously Expensive and Ridiculously Nice

DJI Osmo 360 Review: The Best 360 Camera for the DJI-Pilled

Aqara Smart Lock U400 Review: Hands-free Unlocking at Its Best

MSI Prestige 14 Flip AI+ Review: A Solid 2-in-1 Laptop With Some Glaring Flaws

Sonos Play Review: Call It a Comeback

Sonos Era 100 SL Review: The Cheapest Way Into Wired Sonos Sound

Asus ROG’s Massive Swift OLED Gaming Monitor Epitomizes Excess in the Best Way

The Ikea Varmblixt Smart Lamp Fills a Donut Hole in My Life

Nothing Headphone A vs. Headphone 1: Which Pair of ANC Wireless Headphones Wins?

Asus ROG’s Cetra Open Wireless Gaming Earbuds Might Be Better Than Wearing a Headset