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Buy a Playstation 3, Get $50 From Amazon

If you buy a Playstation 3 between now and Saturday (March 12), Amazon will give you a $50 gift certificate, which you’ll probably put to use on a new game. [Amazon]

Commerce Adrian Covert

New study reveals how Tony the Tiger is controlling children’s minds

If you give a kid a choice between a healthy and a sugary cereal, the kid will tend to choose the healthy option. But what if you stick a beloved cartoon character on the box? Then all bets are off. Lots of breakfast cereals and other foods that are primarily targeted at children like to…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins

The Most Impressive Home Theater in the Entire Star System

Tucked away in a palatial Hawaiian home and packed with high-tech accouterments, I can’t imagine a better place to watch a film than this incredible Star Wars-inspired home theater. Unless you were trying to watch a Western or something. The house itself is stunning. 10,000 square feet of contemporary design; six flat panel HDTVs each…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert

Nearly Half of All 12-Year Olds Use Facebook Illicitly

According to Facebook’s rules and regulations, the site is strictly PG-13. And yet! According to a recent study, 46% of 12-year olds have profiles of their very own. There’s not much harm in that, really, although you do hate to see anyone exposed to Farmville at such an early age. More just notable (though understandable)…

Social Media Brian Barrett

Tiger Blood Is Real, and It’s In Singapore

Charlie Sheen! Tiger blood! Bi-winning! So many catchphrases we’ve culled from a man’s terribly unfortunate public spiral into oblivion. But did you know that Tiger Blood is an actual thing? Not only that! It’s a brand of anabolic steroids sold out of Singapore. Which, hey, appropriate! But sorry, anyone who was hoping to camp out…

Tech News Brian Barrett

Aaron Eckhart assembles his dream team of alien-killing actors

When aliens actually do attack Los Angeles and the extra-terrestrial shit hits the fan, Aaron Eckhart knows exactly what actors he’d round up to fight them off. He told us his alien-killing dream-squad…and why Battle: L.A.’s better than The Core. We sat down with Aaron Eckhart in an exclusive interview while he was promoting his…

Movies Meredith Woerner

Two-hour “The Event” event is a mind-asploding mess

If you want to know what it felt like to watch the two-part episode of The Event last night, just watch this video. It was an infinite loop of non-conversations. Plus an inexplicable celebration of lying to the American people. Spoilers ahead! You will know nothing! I loved that scene I looped for your viewing…

Television Annalee Newitz

Which film will be the next big indie hit to come out of SXSW?

Every year, at least one movie comes out of Austin’s South by Southwest film festival on its way to megahit status. Which of this year’s fantastical science fiction and fantasy films at SXSW will hit the big time this year? We’ll be there, previewing and reviewing all the films at 2011’s SXSW. Here are the…

Movies Meredith Woerner

An Ode to the Old Art of Making Prank Phone Calls

Remember when we were growing up (separately, obviously), and those few times we tried prank calling? That was fun. I still remember my parents scolding my younger sister after I dobbed on her. Fun times! The Hairpin revisits those innocent childhood games, which un/forunately are a thing of the past now thanks to caller ID.…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

The Best Deal of the Day

Here are 30 or so reasons you need a nice TV: The Wire, My So-Called Life, Cheers, Friends, M*A*S*H, Weeds, Mad Men, Sex and the City, Modern Family, Seinfeld, The Larry Sanders Show, I Love Lucy, The Sopranos, The Simpsons, Twin Peaks, Star Trek, Breaking Bad, The X-Files, Glee, Real World, Roseanne, Fraiser, Freaks and…

Tech News Gizmodo Deals

NASA Denies Scientist’s Claim of Finding Alien Life

We’ve already seen Richard B. Hoover’s claim of finding alien life get debunked. Now NASA, whom Hoover once worked for, is disavowing his report as well, saying no one supports Hoover’s claims. Apparently, to them, there’s a lot of stuff there but not too much science. [AP]

Tech News Casey Chan

Donate to the Charity That Watson Denied Money To

Watson’s defeat of man struck a hard blow against our hope of dominating computers in trivia party games ever again, but do you know who was hurt worse? The charity that Ken Jennings was playing for. Instead of taking home $1 million, Ken Jennings won $300,000 (and gave half of that to charity). Here’s your…

Tech News Jason Chen

Fantasy magazine relaunches with new editor, and genre-busting free stories online

Fantasy magazine has always been in the vanguard when it comes to publishing new and intriguing forays into magical worlds, and now it’s gotten a reboot from incoming editor John Joseph Adams. The magazine just relaunched this week with much fanfare, and it will be serving up new, free stories online every week to come.…

io9 Annalee Newitz

Before it hit Broadway, the Spiderman musical was a parade float (featuring Batman)

Remember those NSFW superheroines of Rio de Janeiro’s Carnaval we saw yesterday? Their scantily-clad antics weren’t the first time superheroes have hit Rio. In 2010, this building-sized float wowed revelers. Says YouTube uploader SoundsofSamba: This huge structure was being pushed down the parade ground by people hidden inside. The black square on the slope is…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

How Stargate Universe got its groove back

Last night during the midseason premiere of Stargate Universe, the entire cast and crew upped their game. Was it the best SGU episode ever? No. But it certainly had the best pacing, chemistry, and look to date. Spoilers ahead… “Deliverance” accomplished two things: it managed to get Prince Of Egypt’s song “Deliver Us” song stuck…

Television Meredith Woerner

A Dazzling Sculpture With a Pioneering Structure

There’s a massive neon jellyfish suspended over traffic in downtown Denver, spanning 230-feet across and undulating gently in the night air. It’s a striking sight but no cause for concern; the strange form is 1.26, an incredible aerial sculpture by Janet Echelman tethered to the roof of the Denver Art Museum. Foregoing the steel structure…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert

Inception + The Road = a truly awful Willow Smith video

We’re fascinated by the music video for Willow Smith’s song “21th Century Girl,” in which she is in a post-apocalpytic wasteland… until she and her friends find an entire buried city, which they lift out of the sand using chains. Conceptually, it seems to be borrowing from Christopher Nolan’s Inception in a big way, except…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Nyko Power Pak+ Will Double Nintendo 3DS Battery at Launch

The Nintendo 3DS isn’t quite out yet but Nyko’s already got two accessories that’ll make sure you’re juiced up for three-dee playtime right from the get-go. The Nyko Power Pak+, available March 27 for $20, is a fat rechargeable battery pack that’ll give your 3DS roughly twice the juice as the regular one—and it’s got…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert

What is creating all that energy beneath the ice on Saturn’s moon Enceladus?

Enceladus is home to one of the solar system’s most incredible hotspots, churning out 15.8 gigawatts of power. It’s even more proof that there’s a liquid ocean hiding beneath the ice…but scientists have no clue what’s creating all that heat. The heat created in Enceladus’s southern polar region is 2.6 times that created by all…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins

An App To Prove Just How Irish You Are This St. Patty’s Day

If you’ve got a little Erin in your go Bragh, you’ll want to be able to show it off on March 17th. And while the Irish Heraldry app has been around since December, tis finally the season to get your Irish up. The app packs in 1200 Coats of Arms, full color family crests, and…

Tech News Brian Barrett

Buy a Playstation 3, Get $50 From Amazon

New study reveals how Tony the Tiger is controlling children’s minds

The Most Impressive Home Theater in the Entire Star System

Nearly Half of All 12-Year Olds Use Facebook Illicitly

Tiger Blood Is Real, and It’s In Singapore

Aaron Eckhart assembles his dream team of alien-killing actors

Two-hour “The Event” event is a mind-asploding mess

Which film will be the next big indie hit to come out of SXSW?

An Ode to the Old Art of Making Prank Phone Calls

The Best Deal of the Day

NASA Denies Scientist’s Claim of Finding Alien Life

Donate to the Charity That Watson Denied Money To

Fantasy magazine relaunches with new editor, and genre-busting free stories online

Before it hit Broadway, the Spiderman musical was a parade float (featuring Batman)

How Stargate Universe got its groove back

A Dazzling Sculpture With a Pioneering Structure

Inception + The Road = a truly awful Willow Smith video

Nyko Power Pak+ Will Double Nintendo 3DS Battery at Launch

What is creating all that energy beneath the ice on Saturn’s moon Enceladus?

An App To Prove Just How Irish You Are This St. Patty’s Day

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