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Stationary Houses Are So Ten Minutes Ago

Looks like Baba Yaga and Wizard Howl were onto something. According to Danish artists Ion Sørvin and Øivind Alexander Slaatto and MIT student Samuel Kronick, walking houses are the ultimate living spaces of the future. The team of three designed a solar-powered, six-legged abode with a living room, bed, toilet, kitchen, and wood stove —…

io9 Nivair H. Gabriel

Bat-Manga Ignites Online War Of Words Between Fans And Author

Newly-published retrospective Bat-Manga!: The Secret History Of Batman In Japan has been making headlines – but not the right kind. The book, which collects Jiro Kuwata’s little-seen 1966 Batman manga as well as other ephemera from Japan’s mid-60s bout of Adam West-inspired Batmania, was curated by uber-designer Chip Kidd, but it’s the book’s credits that…

Books & Comics Graeme McMillan

The Lost World Gets a Makeover and a City Full of Readers

Claymation characters Wallace and Gromit have a new gig: encouraging Scots to read. The plasticine pair grace the covers of thousands of copies of Arthur Conan Doyle’s The Lost World, which are available for free in libraries and schools throughout Edinburgh. It’s part of the city’s annual campaign to foster literacy, community engagement, and local…

Books & Comics Lauren Davis

5 Things You Need To Know About Twilight

Love it or hate it – and judging by your comments, most of you are in the latter camp – there’s no escaping the fact that Twilight is already one of the most anticipated movies of the year, and may become one of the most successful, as well. Because we know that you’re all about…

io9 Graeme McMillan

Play With Your Own Bruce Campbell

You can admit it, you’re amongst friends here; you’ve always wanted to play with Bruce Campbell. And who can blame you? That chin, those eyes, that resume… It’s not every day that you’d get to share quality time with a man who’s starred in The Hudsucker Proxy, all three Spider-Mans and, of course, Maniac Cop.…

io9 Graeme McMillan

Opéra Comique: Manhattan Takes the Met

Going to the opera is like having a separate browser just for porn: You do it because you’re married. But when my wife called me at work to say we had free tickets to something called Doctor Manhattan at the Met and asked if I wanted to go, I was intrigued. With all the hoopla…

io9 Josh Wimmer

Bring Back Star Wars’ Second Best Bad Guys

Now that The Force Unleashed and the Clone Wars TV show have successfully demonstrated that there’s still life in the Star Wars franchise, it’s time to demand the return of the series’ second greatest villains – I mean, sure, we’d happily watch Count Dooku and his apprentices cause animated havoc for weeks on end, but…

io9 Graeme McMillan

27 Million Pixels of Space Porny Joy

Click to view This gorgeous image — which you can bet is beastly in size at full resolution — features the endless parade of faraway stars that occupy our universe. It’s the deepest photograph of its kind ever taken from a ground-based telescope, enabling us to see constellations from Earth that are a billion times…

io9 Nivair H. Gabriel

Harold and Kumar Director Takes a Bite Out of Corporate Zombies

When your coworkers stumble into work with a glazed look in their eyes and try to bite your head off before their first cup of coffee, how do you know they’re still your same old coworkers and not brain-chomping zombies? The latest project from Harold and Kumar director Danny Leiner finds a group of office…

Movies Lauren Davis

Batman Sues Christopher Nolan Over Success Of The Dark Knight

Click to viewIt’s not a dream or an imaginary story – The Dark Knight director Christopher Nolan really is being sued by Batman over unauthorized use of the “Batman” name. But before we all start celebrating the first proof that, as we all suspected all along, let’s face it, Bruce Wayne’s troubled crimefighter is actually…

Movies Graeme McMillan

Transformers Is Still Filming After All?

So was Michael Bay’s blog announcement that Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen had wrapped another of his planned internet misinformation leaks, or is there more than meets the eye to this set report from the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis from this week? Either way, we have pics and very minor spoilers for you.The…

Movies Graeme McMillan

Heaven’s Gate UFO Cult Sneakers – Creepy, Wrong, or Fake?

Click to view Rumors are swirling that Nike discontinued work on this sweet black-and-purple prototype Dunk shoe because it reminded consumers too much of the Heaven’s Gate cult mass suicide. Really? On the Nike Skateboarding blog, they offer up this image of the shoe side-by-side with one of the victims of the Heaven’s Gate suicide…

io9 Annalee Newitz

Whiny Anakin And Star Wars Techno Expose Clone Wars’ Shortcomings

Last night’s Clone Wars may not have looked promising from the teasers (Anakin loses R2 and whines about it! Oh no!), and perhaps that lack of interest was felt by the people behind the show, as well. How else to explain the sudden appearance of a distractingly non-John Williams-esque, Alias-like quasi-electronica soundtrack? Or, for that…

Television Graeme McMillan

Carnivorous, Aphrodisiac Tribbles Overrun the Sanctuary

Sanctuary returned this week with another episode that was light on character development and heavy on the CG. And this week’s monsters are a set of deceptively cute, computer-generated puffballs that reproduce like super-powered rabbits and make everyone around them long to do the same. It sounds like a recipe for sexy, Star Trek-inspired fun.…

Television Lauren Davis

Beyonce Knowles As Wonder Woman? Yes, Please

Now that we know that it’s not Megan Fox, you may be thinking to yourself, well, who should be the movie Wonder Woman? One independent woman currently has her eyes on the role – and she’s doing her best to put a ring on it before it’s time to ring the alarm. Okay, I’ll stop…

Movies Graeme McMillan

Help Michael Moorcock Keep Writing

Friendly literary promoter guy Matt Staggs writes in to ask for help on behalf of his friend Michael Moorcock, author of about twenty million amazing multiverse novels (including the popular Elric saga) and occasional lyricist for Blue Oyster Cult. Moorcock is ailing and needs some geeky help finding an unusual kind of PC keyboard that…

Books & Comics Annalee Newitz

Tina Fey Uses Her Jedi Mind Powers

Liz Lemon, the sexy comedienne played by Tina Fey in NBC’s 30 Rock, knows a foolproof way to get out of jury duty every single time her number is up. It involves a Princess Leia costume and a dash of mind control; if you missed it, you’d better check out this 7-second video dose of…

Television Nivair H. Gabriel

Is It Time To Say A Pre-Emptive Goodbye To Dollhouse?

Is Dollhouse going to go down in history as the most troubled show ever to make it to air? The LA Times is reporting that production of the show is about to be delayed again because of concerns over the quality of the script – and this is after the show’s second longterm pause to…

Television Graeme McMillan

Terminator Creator On New Movie: “It Could Be Art Or Crap”

James Cameron, writer and director of The Terminator and Terminator 2: Judgement Day, has been talking about his feelings about McG’s upcoming fourth movie in the series, Terminator: Salvation and – while he may be trying to be supportive – there’s something about his comments that don’t give us the greatest amount of hope for…

Movies Graeme McMillan

Repo’s Graverobber Talks To io9 About Opera, Horror And Porn

As the skulking Graverobber in the modern camp sensation that is Repo! The Genetic Opera, he drew Alexa Vega to the dark side and gave Paris Hilton her neon painkilling fix. And it turns out he wrote half the thing as well. In our chat with Terrance Zdunich, he took us through the decade-long zigzag…

Movies Nivair H. Gabriel

Stationary Houses Are So Ten Minutes Ago

Bat-Manga Ignites Online War Of Words Between Fans And Author

The Lost World Gets a Makeover and a City Full of Readers

5 Things You Need To Know About Twilight

Play With Your Own Bruce Campbell

Opéra Comique: Manhattan Takes the Met

Bring Back Star Wars’ Second Best Bad Guys

27 Million Pixels of Space Porny Joy

Harold and Kumar Director Takes a Bite Out of Corporate Zombies

Batman Sues Christopher Nolan Over Success Of The Dark Knight

Transformers Is Still Filming After All?

Heaven’s Gate UFO Cult Sneakers – Creepy, Wrong, or Fake?

Whiny Anakin And Star Wars Techno Expose Clone Wars’ Shortcomings

Carnivorous, Aphrodisiac Tribbles Overrun the Sanctuary

Beyonce Knowles As Wonder Woman? Yes, Please

Help Michael Moorcock Keep Writing

Tina Fey Uses Her Jedi Mind Powers

Is It Time To Say A Pre-Emptive Goodbye To Dollhouse?

Terminator Creator On New Movie: “It Could Be Art Or Crap”

Repo’s Graverobber Talks To io9 About Opera, Horror And Porn

Elon Musk’s Lawyer Claims Jury’s 420 ‘Joke’ Proves He Didn’t Receive a Fair Trial

‘Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice’ Is a Genre Blending Delight

Leaked Anthropic Model Presents ‘Unprecedented Cybersecurity Risks,’ Much to Pentagon’s Pleasure

Don’t miss out: Bitdefender, One of the World’s Best Antiviruses, Is Now on Sale

The Secret to Better Sperm? It’s Probably Already on Your Schedule

Lego Is Leaning Into Your Marvel Memories With a New Helicarrier Set

Toshiba’s 65-inch Smart Fire TV Now Matches 43-Inch Pricing After 44% Drop on Amazon

Kash Patel’s Email Account Hacked, Iran-Linked Group Takes Credit

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

Nintendo’s Talking Flower Is Annoying as Hell. I Love It

Level Lock Pro Review: As Good as a Secret Smart Lock Gets

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