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Mad Catz Modern Warfare 2 Throat Mic and Controller Review (Xbox 360)

Madcatz has two new Xbox 360 peripherals out to compliment Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, a controller with mappable buttons and a badass throat mic. I actually like them both. Price $30 for the throat mic. $50 for the controller. Verdict Both peripherals are decent, but both could stand a $10-$15 price drop, too.…

Reviews Mark Wilson

The Star Wars Rap Gives Yoda The Threesome He Deserves

Yoda is a pimp, Luke gives a rap tribute to a crispy Aunt Beru and Uncle Owen, and the Emperor struggles to keep up with Lando Calrissian’s flow. Yes it’s another Star Wars rap video. ALL NEW! Star Wars Gangsta Rap: Chronicles Atom.com: Funny Videos | Atom Originals | Star Wars Gangsta Rap

Movies Meredith Woerner

Cyborgs Of The 1990s

The first failed prototypes for replacement Robocops, from Robocop 2. (With snarky Microsoft comments thrown in by whoever posted the video. 🙂 Robocop fights Otomo, the Japanese cyborg, in Robocop 3. Cable, Rob Liefeld’s most endearing creation. Ricardo Delgado’s concept art for the revamped Borg in 1996’s Star Trek: First Contact. The movie version of…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Cyborgs Of The 1990s

The first failed prototypes for replacement Robocops, from Robocop 2. (With snarky Microsoft comments thrown in by whoever posted the video. 🙂 Robocop fights Otomo, the Japanese cyborg, in Robocop 3. Cable, Rob Liefeld’s most endearing creation. Ricardo Delgado’s concept art for the revamped Borg in 1996’s Star Trek: First Contact. The movie version of…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Is Brazil’s Mega-Blackout A Harbinger Of Energy Grid Disasters to Come?

On Tuesday night, most of the vast country of Brazil was plunged into darkness for several hours when the power grid went down. There is no consensus on what caused it. Was this a model for infrastructure breakdowns to come? According to the Wall Street Journal, the outage was extensive but also fairly shortlived: Power…

io9 Annalee Newitz

Now Is a Bad Time to Buy a Used Xbox 360

You know those Xboxes that were banned last week because they were modified to play pirated games? They’re being dumped onto eBay and Craigslist by their owners, and they won’t all tell you that those consoles are banned from Live. https://gizmodo.com/official-microsoft-policy-if-you-a-buy-a-used-xbox-360-5397218 So our recommendation is that if you really can’t spare the money to buy…

Tech News Jason Chen

Palm’s Pixi Up Close: A Gallery

The Palm Pixi‘s oddly hard-bodied for a phone that’s otherwise appropriately named. Even the matte rubber back feels stiff, and unforgiving. But the keyboard reminds me of Rice Krispies. In a good way. https://gizmodo.com/palm-pixi-hands-on-the-smaller-pre-with-a-better-keybo-5355112 When you stroke the gesture area between the screen and the keyboard, the glowing indicator stares out of the center like…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

Video of Mario and Luigi Assaulting NY Cabbie

You know recession has reached a new low when two Italian plumbers from Brooklyn go to Staten Island to beat a cabbie and steal his cash. That’s more or less what happened at this gas station last Halloween. The two guys, dressed as Mario and Luigi, were in a yellow cab with two other individuals…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Google’s SPDY To Make Websites Load Faster

Google’s working on a new application-layer protocol dubbed SPDY (pronounced “SPeeDY”) which is intended to improve how content is transported over the web. In initial lab tests, they’ve already managed to speed up page loading times by 55%. While the lab tests aren’t the best reflection of how the protocol would work under real world…

Tech News Rosa Golijan

Cyborgs of the 1980s

Roy Batty, one of the are-they-cyborgs-or-what Replicants, from Blade Runner. Pris, the other one of Blade Runner’s ambiguously cyborg Replicants. Kryten from Red Dwarf (1988). Death’s Head, Marvel UK’s bounty hunter who met the Doctor and the Transformers on different occasions. (1987) Donald Pierce, a cyborg X-Men villain and bona fide dandy. Lady Deathstrike and…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Cyborgs of the 1980s

Roy Batty, one of the are-they-cyborgs-or-what Replicants, from Blade Runner. Pris, the other one of Blade Runner’s ambiguously cyborg Replicants. Kryten from Red Dwarf (1988). Death’s Head, Marvel UK’s bounty hunter who met the Doctor and the Transformers on different occasions. (1987) Donald Pierce, a cyborg X-Men villain and bona fide dandy. Lady Deathstrike and…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Cyborgs Of The 1970s

Rom Spaceknight — the toy who became a Marvel Comics character, he struts his stuff in this way-too-intense ad. Judge Dredd fights a giant cyborg ape, on his flying motorcycle… really, what more than that could you possibly need? The Fantastic Four’s nemesis, a Chinese cyborg vampire named Doctor Sun (1974). Deathlok, Marvel Comics’ cyborg…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

South Park Reveals Avatar’s True Inspiration

Forget Poul Anderson, last night’s South Park revealed the true inspiration behind James Cameron‘s Avatar. He actually borrowed his story of love and destruction among the blue people from Eric Cartman’s classic film, Dances with Smurfs. https://gizmodo.com/did-james-cameron-rip-off-poul-andersons-novella-5390226 Note: Clip above contains the sort of work-inappropriate language you’d expect from South Park. Granted, Dances with Smurfs…

io9 Lauren Davis

What Ability Would Be Your First Choice For Cyborg Enhancement?

If you could enhance one ability with a machine implant what would it be? Before you say something about sex, consider all of the other amazing possibilities. https://gizmodo.com/how-will-technology-affect-the-future-of-sex-clones-v-5360666

Tech News Sean Fallon

Final Warning: io9 Meetup in NYC Tonight at 8 PM!

This is your final warning. io9 editors Annalee (that’s me!) and Charlie Jane are in town, and we’re having a meetup at The Magician bar (118 Rivington St), from 8 PM to roughly 10-ish PM. You’re invited! Meredith will be there too, with some copies of her new book, Vampire Taxonomy. Come out to say…

io9 Annalee Newitz

Cyborgs, 1960s and Before

Tharok, a 1967 villain from the Legion Of Super Heroes. Metallo, a Superman villain with a Kryptonite-powered heart and a metal body, circa 1959 A detailed schematic of Cliff Steele, aka Robotman, from the Doom Patrol. Demon With A Glass Hand, the Harlan Ellison-scripted Outer Limits episode that served as inspiration for The Terminator. A…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Create Some Modern Warfare 2 Easter Eggs

Hey, did you guys find the hidden house in Modern Warfare 2 that lets you unlock old-school Nintendo characters as enemies? No? Oh, I must have made that up. Now it’s your turn. What sorts of ridiculous secrets do you wish Infinity Ward put in their latest blockbuster if only they didn’t take themselves and…

Tech News Adam Frucci

When We Reach Pluto, The Adventure Will Just Be Beginning

In 2015, NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft will reach Pluto and its frosty moon, Charon. But the journey of discovery will just be beginning, as New Horizons ventures out into the Kuiper Belt, made up of icy bodies just like Pluto. Whether or not you believe Pluto is still a planet, it turns out there are…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Qualcomm’s Snapdragon-Powered Lenovo Smartbook Is Coming To AT&T

Qualcomm is showing off its newest smartbook concept. It’s a Snapdragon-powered, 10-incher for which they’ve already secured AT&T backing. Let’s hope this isn’t another disappointing and unholy union of a smartphone and a netbook. There aren’t many details available about the model as Qualcomm intends to truly show it off at CES 2010, but they…

Tech News Rosa Golijan

Mimic BioShock’s Body-Mod Splicing With Your Own EVE Hypodermic Needles

The world of BioShock shows what one tremendously interesting direction of hacking your body will be like. Imagine injecting yourself with flame-throwing or electric-throwing inducing stem cells and you’ll get the picture. Now you can pretend with props! These EVE hypos cost only $23 and even have LEDs to make it seem like the real…

Tech News Jason Chen

Mad Catz Modern Warfare 2 Throat Mic and Controller Review (Xbox 360)

The Star Wars Rap Gives Yoda The Threesome He Deserves

Cyborgs Of The 1990s

Cyborgs Of The 1990s

Is Brazil’s Mega-Blackout A Harbinger Of Energy Grid Disasters to Come?

Now Is a Bad Time to Buy a Used Xbox 360

Palm’s Pixi Up Close: A Gallery

Video of Mario and Luigi Assaulting NY Cabbie

Google’s SPDY To Make Websites Load Faster

Cyborgs of the 1980s

Cyborgs of the 1980s

Cyborgs Of The 1970s

South Park Reveals Avatar’s True Inspiration

What Ability Would Be Your First Choice For Cyborg Enhancement?

Final Warning: io9 Meetup in NYC Tonight at 8 PM!

Cyborgs, 1960s and Before

Create Some Modern Warfare 2 Easter Eggs

When We Reach Pluto, The Adventure Will Just Be Beginning

Qualcomm’s Snapdragon-Powered Lenovo Smartbook Is Coming To AT&T

Mimic BioShock’s Body-Mod Splicing With Your Own EVE Hypodermic Needles

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