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Will The Fat Guy Get Out Of The Internet?

Set your TiVos, the season finale of Fat Guy Stuck In Internet is this Sunday on Adult Swim. Which means no more fat jokes, cyber zombie redneck cracks or hilarious banter for at least a few months. Watch the show’s creator and “Fat Guy” Josh Gemberling, playing Ken, and his friend, bounty hunter Chains, take…

io9 Meredith Woerner

Dealzmodo: Free Home Media HD-DVR For a Year With Verizon FiOS

Sign up for some sweet, sweet fiber pipes via Verizon FiOS between now and October 4th and you can bag a year’s worth of free Home Media multi-room DVR-the nifty recorder that can play three different saved shows on up to six TVs simultaneously, with individual pause/play controls on each set. You know, the one…

Television John Mahoney

The Best Rocket Ship Hiding Place You Ever Saw

If you look at the space-age scene on the left, you see the amazing carving technique of Johnna Y. Klukas, a former computer scientist who transforms wood burls into otherworldly scenes. But if you look at the image on the right, you see the true genius of Klukas’ work, which is that many of her…

io9 Annalee Newitz

Dark Knight Scribe Turns Invisible Man Steampunk

David Goyer, the co-writer of The Dark Knight that everyone always seems to forget about, is a busy man. Fresh from directing upcoming horror movie The Unborn, he’s about to launch into an io9-centric two-fer, writing the scripts for X-Men Origins: Magneto and a new version of The Invisible Man which takes the familiar story…

io9 Graeme McMillan

You’ll Never Guess Who’s Having A Kid!

One of the movies or shows covered in this morning’s spoiler roundup includes a surprising character having a kid. Is it one of the stars of Star Trek? Or maybe we find out that Jason Statham’s scowling race-car driver in Death Race has a baby? Or it could be part of our insane motherlode of…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

When You’re Not Really Sorry that Your Sea Monster Ate Your Date’s Poodle

In this scene from sadly-cancelled show Surface, we learn a valuable lesson: Sometimes a poodle deserves to be eaten by a baby sea monster. After finding weird glowing egg in the ocean, fourteen-year-old Miles rears the baby sea monster that hatches from it — even though it’s somewhat fierce and has the power to electrocute…

io9 Annalee Newitz

Scifi’s Reign Of Animation Is Only Just Beginning

Click to viewFor the first time ever, two animated science fiction movies will open the same day, this Friday. Of course, Star Wars: Clone Wars will smush the flies-in-space epic Fly Me To The Moon like… well, like a bug. But this animated traffic jam is still significant, because of what it signals: the rise…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

252 Typhoon Survivors Buried In A Mall — How Long Until They Start To Steal?

If you’re trapped in a mall at the end of the world, at least you can still get an Orange Julius – until all of the lights go out and people start to go all Lord of the Flies. The new Japanese natural disaster flick 252 takes place after the world’s largest typhoon crashes through…

Movies Meredith Woerner

The Doctor’s Daughter Joins A Sexy, Sexy Dystopia

If you wish that future dystopias had more scenes of hot young fashion models violating your civil liberties, then the BBC’s new show Spooks: Code 9 is for you. A spin-off from the BBC’s 24 clone, Spooks, Code 9 takes place after a nuclear attack destroys London. With the central government wiped out, it’s up…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Catch the Perseid Meteor Shower Tonight

Every summer, the Earth passes through the space wreckage left behind by Comet Swift-Tuttle. And you know what that means: Meteorites. Early Tuesday morning, after the moon goes down around 1:30 AM, is the best time to see the bits of junk burning up beautifully in the Earth’s atmosphere. Everybody knows space explosions are romantic,…

io9 Annalee Newitz

Robots To Redefine Role Of Teachers In The UK?

The latest argument to hit the British educational establishment isn’t about falling grades or the poor state of school dinners, but something far more serious – and interesting: How far technology can go in the classroom. Can robots help “our” children learn how to read, write and fear their new technological overlords?The cause of the…

io9 Graeme McMillan

You Could Become Batman, Says Scientist

Click to viewSure, Batman is cool and all, but he’s a work of pure fiction, right? Well, a Canadian scientist and lifelong Batman aficionado has examined the Dark Knight’s skills and figured out how regular people could transform themselves into real-life Batmen and Batwomen. There are only six not-so-easy steps to a Bat-enhanced you. Better…

io9 Ed Grabianowski

Six WorldCon Breakout Stars to Watch

At WorldCon, where SF literary reputations are made and writers jockey for attention, there are always standouts. You know, a few people and publishers who seem to be on everybody’s minds — or who should be. We’ve got six bookish breakouts we brought back from Denver for you, below. Publisher set to ignite: Pyr Books…

io9 Annalee Newitz

Universe’s Greatest Garbage Ship Finally Conquers DVD

The silliest science fiction comedy of all time is finally coming to DVD. The short-lived 1970s show Quark bounced between parodying Star Wars and Star Trek, and just making up its own demented jokes about Ficus the plant guy. We were pleased to discover we weren’t the only ones who loved this show, when we…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Blockbuster Online Download Store Screenshot Tour

Blockbuster’s just expanded their movie store beta test to an audience size that includes me, so here’s a screenshot walkthrough of what you’re going to see on their service. First, it’s really quite similar to their rental pages except for the fact that you’ll see prices and labels next to everything. Renting costs anywhere between…

Movies Jason Chen

Joss Whedon’s Batman Movie That Never Was

Click to viewThe center off all things cult worship, Joss Whedon, opened up to MTV Splash about his Batman pitch to Warner Brothers, pre-Christopher Nolan. “It wasn’t what they did but the vibe was very similar,” Whedon explained. “Mine was a bit less epic. It was more about the progression of him and it was…

io9 Meredith Woerner

Journey To The Center Of Bankruptcy

Click to viewWe may have liked the remake of Journey To The Center Of The Earth more than we expected, but here’s something we don’t like so much: 130 special effects artists who worked on the movie have been forced to take the producers to court – and worse yet, involve star Brendan Fraser –…

io9 Graeme McMillan

C3PO to Parents: If You Love Your Children, You Will Buy These Toys

Pardon me while I have a MARF (momentary age-related freakout): I saw Star Wars in the theater when it first came out—and that was thirty-one frakkin’ years ago. Holy time warp! Anyway, here’s a commercial for the first round of Star Wars toys, in which C3PO speaks (and R2D2 whistles, gleeps, and trills) at parents,…

io9 Lynn Peril

Self Aware Slave Brains Threaten To Ruin Muffy’s Tea Party

The wealthy get to escape from all those annoying little tasks by outsourcing their awareness to a Human Processing Unit, in the new short film Outsource. These unfortunate HPU’s live in a world surrounded by computer screens, and take over when the wealthy tire of doing the simple boring things… like the third charity luncheon…

io9 Meredith Woerner

The Hugos! The Parties! The Glamour!

At WorldCon on Saturday, the Hugo Awards were an occasion for scifi book lovers to don their finery and come out for what can only be called geek prom. The Hugos are chosen by popular vote, and have the power to boost an author’s reputation and book sales: Past winners include stars like Ursula Le…

io9 Annalee Newitz

Will The Fat Guy Get Out Of The Internet?

Dealzmodo: Free Home Media HD-DVR For a Year With Verizon FiOS

The Best Rocket Ship Hiding Place You Ever Saw

Dark Knight Scribe Turns Invisible Man Steampunk

You’ll Never Guess Who’s Having A Kid!

When You’re Not Really Sorry that Your Sea Monster Ate Your Date’s Poodle

Scifi’s Reign Of Animation Is Only Just Beginning

252 Typhoon Survivors Buried In A Mall — How Long Until They Start To Steal?

The Doctor’s Daughter Joins A Sexy, Sexy Dystopia

Catch the Perseid Meteor Shower Tonight

Robots To Redefine Role Of Teachers In The UK?

You Could Become Batman, Says Scientist

Six WorldCon Breakout Stars to Watch

Universe’s Greatest Garbage Ship Finally Conquers DVD

Blockbuster Online Download Store Screenshot Tour

Joss Whedon’s Batman Movie That Never Was

Journey To The Center Of Bankruptcy

C3PO to Parents: If You Love Your Children, You Will Buy These Toys

Self Aware Slave Brains Threaten To Ruin Muffy’s Tea Party

The Hugos! The Parties! The Glamour!

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

Don’t Get Too Attached to Any AI App

‘Paradise’ Writer Teases What’s Coming in Season 3 After That Huge Twist

Trump’s New White House App Is Mildly Concerning and Weird for a Lot of Reasons

Bloodsucking Ticks Can Survive Inside Your Home Longer Than You Might Think

The Best New Toys of March 2026

Judge Denies Liking LinkedIn Post Critical of Elon Musk But Reassigns His Cases Anyway

Amazon Slashes 50% Off Keurig K-Cup Pod Coffee Maker, Now a Budget Alternative to Breville and Nespresso Espresso Machines

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

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