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Mega-City One Comes Alive

2000AD, Dan Dare and Star Wars artist Gary Erskine provides an impressive new take on Judge Dredd‘s futuristic American dystopia Mega-City One with this new “digital sketch” of the lawman’s lawless city. Erskine’s cityscape – the full-size version of which is available at his blog – was, surprisingly, pulled together in only a few hours,…

Prepare Your Tuxes And Cynicism For Oscars 2009

It’s time to get over your Dark Knight snub-inspired bitterness and embrace the Oscars for all their shallow showbiz glitz. Here’s our rundown of who and what to watch for tonight. Thanks to Yair Raveh‘s rundown of the planned scheduling for tonight’s show, it’s become much easier for us to plan your evening out for…

Ears-On Yamaha’s Flagship YSP-4000 Surround Sound Bar (Verdict: Ultra-Discrete Sound Beams)

I’ve had the pleasure of testing out the fourth-generation Yamaha surround sound bar, the YSP-4000. You know, the box that sits under a TV and projects 5 discrete beams of audio using Cold War directional sonar steering from submarines. This generation has had its trapezoid- shaped array turned into a more of a hexagon, and…

Laptop Confidential II: Dark Armed