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This Is What Overstimulation Does to Us

Because you know what? A nice human sacrifice does sound pretty exciting. [Bizzaro via The Daily What]

Custom Eyeballs Can Tailor Your Eyesight to Your Career

Need to see a thousand meters in the dark? Want one eye that’s perfect for reading and another for long distances? Some eye surgeons are already at work reshaping corneas not only to fix patients’ vision, but fit their careers. Laser eye treatment is two decades old, and adept surgeons have gone far beyond giving…

io9 Lauren Davis

Will The Spore Movie Include Sporn’s “Tent In Your Pants” Music Video?

Fox is readying an evolution movie based on the create-your-own-creature video game Spore. But will the new feature also include the Spore-inspired creature fad Sporn, in which genitalia inspired creatures dance for your amusement? (NSFW video.) The video above comes from our roundup of Spore’s most demented and inspired pornographic creations, a while back, gathered…

Movies Meredith Woerner

Paranormal Activity So Scarily Good, Everyone Can See It

After two weekends of sold-out midnight-only limited release, Paranormal Activity (AKA, this year’s new Blair Witch) has been allowed out during daylight. Has the film become less scary, or just convinced the studio that it can make money? The news of a wider release for the movie comes after a second weekend of sold-out midnight…

Movies Graeme McMillan

If Cavemen Wrote Pessimistic Science Fiction, We’d Never Get Anywhere

Webcomic Dresden Codak takes aim at science fiction that portrays technology in a negative light, by imagining what cavemen’s pessimistic science fiction would look like. Needless to say, digging latrines and harnessing fire don’t go terribly well. [Dresden Codak via Reddit]

Books & Comics Lauren Davis

K-9 Series Looks Set To Ruin Who’s Winning Streak

Not content with guest-starring in The Sarah Jane Adventures, former Doctor Who sidekick K9 goes solo in a new Australian television show that sees the robotic dog get a new look and a new family. Click through for the trailer. The new show comes about thanks to a bizarre rights situation that sees creator Bob…

Television Graeme McMillan

Iron Man 2 Photo, Predators Casting, Crazy Doctor Who And Lost Set Reports, And Action-Packed Caprica Footage!

Spoilery overload! There’s a new Iron Man 2 photo, plus another piece of Predators casting. Set reports include Doctor Who regeneration clues, and Locke’s fate on Lost. Crazy new Caprica/Supernatural/FlashForward footage! Sexy Heroes pics! Plus Sarah Jane, Dollhouse and Fringe. Iron Man 2: Entertainment Weekly posted a new set pic from this superhero sequel, showing…

Television Charlie Jane Anders

Heroes Promo Pics

Heroes!!

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Romero Crazies Remake Actually Pretty Insane, Plus Twilight Sings

Remember the effeminate boy from High School Musical with all the fabulous hats? Well, he’s a singing vampire now. But in better news, the Romero Crazies remake seems actually crazy, which is a good thing. The Crazies This recent remake seems to be similar in spirit to Romero’s original. Town gets infected, starts killing its…

Movies Meredith Woerner

Looking Back On Three Months Of Wednesdays

DC recently completed its latest weekly series, the twelve-part anthology Wednesday Comics. Although the stories themselves are somewhat uneven, the cumulative effect of fifteen giant stories unfolding in an homage to the Sunday comics sections makes this worth seeking out. I’m not terribly optimistic that comic books will ever regain the kind of popular readership,…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins

Choose Your Own Disaster!!

Hello friends. Over the past few months I’ve been telling you what was a disaster, now the time has come for you to pick your own. Fall is officially in full effect, which means the big bad summer sci-fi season is over! Now, personally, I set my bar so impossibly high that no film could…

Movies GarrisonDean

Hockey-Playing Tooth Fairy Trailer Puts the Rock in the Penalty Box

We warned you that Dwayne Johnson‘s hockey player turned tooth fairy movie was on its way. Now the trailer has arrived and you can watch the Rock sneak into kids’ bedrooms, battle cats, and get taunted by Billy Crystal. https://gizmodo.com/the-rock-as-the-tooth-fairy-hilarity-must-ensue-5364758 In the vein of his recent slew of family comedies, The Tooth Fairy star Johnson…

Movies Lauren Davis

10 More Toys For Hollywood To Co-Opt

With Transformers and GI Joe amongst the most successful movies of the summer, it’s no surprise that studios are looking for the next big toy thing. But Battleship isn’t going to cut it… Not while these playthings are available. http://io9.com/5368428/what-was-the-most-successful-summer-movie Sectaurs The Set-Up: A toyline that only lasted one year – perhaps because the world…

Movies Graeme McMillan

Tron 2 “The Most Difficult Thing I’ve Ever Done,” Says Star

House star Olivia Wilde has been talking about her experience shooting Tron Legacy, calling it an “epic undertaking” and saying that it was the most difficult thing she’d ever done. Who knew Jeff Bridges was so hard to work with? Talking to Coming Soon, Wilde said, We shot some 20-hour days, we were wearing the…

Movies Graeme McMillan

Is V In Trouble Because ABC Is Scared Of Aliens?

Hidden in a recent report about the reformatting of Day One is a strange rumor about why ABC’s relaunch of V is in such trouble: Is the alphabet network afraid of one of the most basic ideas behind the show? Entertainment Weekly speculates that both the Day One mini-series change and V production stoppage are…

Television Graeme McMillan

Is Syfy Better Than Sci-Fi?

It’s been months since Syfy changed its name, and now that the uproar has died down – and we’ve had a chance to see what Warehouse 13 and Stargate Universe are all about – we wonder: Was it worth it? Variety reports on the fact that Warehouse 13, the show that became the flagship for…

Television Graeme McMillan

Surrogates Producers Create Superhero Classwar

Fresh from the release of Surrogates last weekend, Mandeville Films is staying with science fiction comics for its latest project, a movie version of the critically-acclaimed British political superhero thriller Cla$$war. Rumored to be in the works before its official announcement yesterday at this weekend’s Long Beach Comic-Con, Benjamin Shahrabani of publisher Com.X confirmed the…

Movies Graeme McMillan

Official: SGU Bigger Than Dollhouse… For Now

Despite being on a cable channel versus broadcast network, Syfy’s Stargate Universe won the first round of its timeslot clash with Fox’s Dollhouse on Friday, delivering the most viewers for the Stargate franchise in four years. Syfy eagerly announced the news in a subtle press release with a header stating “SGU Outdelivers FOX’s Dollhouse at…

Television Graeme McMillan

Watch Dollhouse — Or The Baby Gets It!

It takes guts to turn your heroine into a horror-movie monster, and sorta mean it. Last night, Echo’s propensity for going beyond her mission parameters finally turned scary and wrong. Won’t somebody think of the children? Spoilers below. Last night’s Dollhouse is never going to be most people’s favorite episode of the series, but it…

Television Charlie Jane Anders

Many Best Buy Store TV “Sales” Still Priced Higher Than BB Website

HDGuru already has tomorrow’s Best Buy circular, and while there are some genuine deals—certain Sony and LG TVs are at their lowest Best Buy price ever—most “sale” prices are still higher than BB online. See details at [HDGuru]

Television Wilson Rothman

This Is What Overstimulation Does to Us

Custom Eyeballs Can Tailor Your Eyesight to Your Career

Will The Spore Movie Include Sporn’s “Tent In Your Pants” Music Video?

Paranormal Activity So Scarily Good, Everyone Can See It

If Cavemen Wrote Pessimistic Science Fiction, We’d Never Get Anywhere

K-9 Series Looks Set To Ruin Who’s Winning Streak

Iron Man 2 Photo, Predators Casting, Crazy Doctor Who And Lost Set Reports, And Action-Packed Caprica Footage!

Heroes Promo Pics

Romero Crazies Remake Actually Pretty Insane, Plus Twilight Sings

Looking Back On Three Months Of Wednesdays

Choose Your Own Disaster!!

Hockey-Playing Tooth Fairy Trailer Puts the Rock in the Penalty Box

10 More Toys For Hollywood To Co-Opt

Tron 2 “The Most Difficult Thing I’ve Ever Done,” Says Star

Is V In Trouble Because ABC Is Scared Of Aliens?

Is Syfy Better Than Sci-Fi?

Surrogates Producers Create Superhero Classwar

Official: SGU Bigger Than Dollhouse… For Now

Watch Dollhouse — Or The Baby Gets It!

Many Best Buy Store TV “Sales” Still Priced Higher Than BB Website

Anker 160W Laptop Charger Briefly Returns to Black Friday Pricing in a Last-Minute Amazon Spring Sale Deal

The New ‘Backrooms’ Trailer Is Packed Full of Endless Dread

Logitech Wireless Keyboard and Mouse Combo Falls Under $25, a Budget Bundle Deal in the Final Hours of Spring Sale

Liquids Crack With an Audible Snap, Study Finds

Dyson V15 Detect Plus Cordless Vacuum Is a Late Spring Sale Deal at a Record Low on Amazon

The New ‘Supergirl’ Trailer Is Filled With Krypto, Lobo, and ’60s Soul

Vaping Comes With a Cancer Risk, Review Finds

ASUS Eye Care Monitor Hits an All-Time Low, Only Hours Left to Grab a 27″ Screen at a 15.6″ Budget Price on Amazon

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

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