It turns out people are willing to shell out quite a bit of money for a video game that is considered among the worst ever made
Hundreds of Atari 2600 games that were buried three decades ago were unearthed in a landfill in Alamogordo, New Mexico, in April. Earlier this month, the city's Tularosa Basin Historical Society put them up for sale on eBay, and boy did it pay off.
The games were the subject of an urban legend (which turned out to be at least partially true) that a collection of E.T. video game cartridges for the Atari 2600 were buried in a New Mexico desert near an atomic bomb site to cover up the massive failure of the game. Read more...
Arrow star Stephen Amell isn't too happy with how the rollout of Warner Bros. movie plans rained on the parade of his fellow TV super hero Grant Gustin, who plays the title character on CW's Flash.
"I thought that the way Warner Bros. announced the slate of DC movies could have been handled better," said Amell in an interview with AMC's Movie Talk
Last month, the day after the second episode of Flash's freshman season aired, Warner Bros, whose TV arm produces both Arrow and Flash, announced a flurry of movies news that included plans to have Perks of Being a Wallflower star Ezra Miller helm a Flash movie in 2018. Read more...
The first full trailer for the 2015 CG-animated Peanuts movie will hit the Internet on Thanksgiving day, a spokesperson for the film announced on Monday.
The highly-anticipated 3D feature film starring Charlie Brown, Snoopy and the rest of the gang will debut in theaters on Nov. 6, 2015. Produced by Paul Feig (the director of Bridesmaids), the film has big shoes to fill in following up the holiday staples of It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown and A Charlie Brown Christmas.
Mashable has obtained a few stills from the film, which reveal that the animation will stay true to Charles Schulz's original art for the popular and long-running comic strip. Feig told USA Today that their goal was to stay true to the "sweet optimism" of the creator. Read more...
LOS ANGELES — Whether anyone actually pays $34.99 to see Interstellar as many times as they want to, in any format, is immaterial. The brilliant stroke of movie publicity behind that offer has already done its job.
AMC Theatres and Paramount Pictures announced the unlimited ticket on Monday — and even if nobody buys one, the nation's second-largest theater chain and the Interstellar distributor will still be patting each other on the back.
That's because a promotion like this isn't a ploy to sell unlimited tickets to see Interstellar. It's a ploy to sell more regular, one-off tickets to see Interstellar. For that reason alone, it's really smart. Read more...
You can add a few new tricks to the list of stuff Google search does. Just ask your phone or tablet to flip a coin, and it will be done. This was actually announced by Google last week, but now they've added a die. Neat.
This is not actually what it looks like
If you want a coin, just say, "flip a coin," of some variation on that. The dice (it's actually a single six-sided die) is called upon by speaking the words, "roll a die," or "roll dice." Again, some variation of that including rolling and dice will probably get the job done.
It’s a pretty standard feature you’ll find in most note applications for Android: the ability to add other users to help collaborate or share ideas. Despite Google’s many cloud based services that allowed for collaboration since day 1, for whatever reason online sharing was overlooked when Google first introduced Google Keep last year, their simple (and free) note taking app.
Today, Google is finally ready to make up for lost time introducing the ability to finally share notes between friends, family, or colleagues using Keep. No update to the app is even needed, seems it’s already baked in. To get everything started simply open Google Keep on the web (keep.google.com) and add another Google user to a note. After that’s been done, open the Keep for Android app, and you’ll notice a new prompt notifying you of the helpful new feature.
With Google finally delivering one of the most sought after features in Keep, we wonder how this will affect other note taking applications which may suddenly find themselves obsolete thanks to Google.
While the footage to surface thus far isn’t the greatest, Rage Against The Machine frontman Zack de la Rocha was back onstage last night. He and Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker were present at Run The Jewels‘ Los Angeles, CA show at the Echoplex, reprising their respective cameos from the bands latest album, “Run The Jewels 2“. If you missed de la Rocha‘s collaboration with the outift, have a listen here.
SANTA FE — A fully grown Arctic wolf saunters around guests near the concession stand of author George R.R. Martin's movie theater. As the wolf revels in the attention from strangers at the Jean Cocteau Cinema, Martin himself makes small talk in a corner, his peculiarly jolly laugh easily distinguished above the noise of the room
It's a scene you'd imagine would take place in an artsy, futuristic Winterfell, set long after the events of Game of Thrones' upcoming fifth season. But it's real life, happening in 2014
Martin and his team are hosting a small group of town members and charity organizers at the theater to present the local recipients of his recent Prizeo charity crowdfunding drive with their $172,485.53 checks. The beneficiaries of that campaign — in which Martin famously auctioned off three in-book deaths for donators who pledged $20,000 — are The Food Depot of New Mexico and the Wild Spirit Wolf Sanctuary. This, it is explained to me, is why Flurry, the aforementioned large Arctic wolf, is in the house. Read more...
What better way to beat two dead horses than to mash them into one musical parody?
Almost a year ago, Disney's Frozen took over the world and just wouldn't go away. And the hype around Breaking Bad hasn't died down since its series finale aired in September 2013.
Set to the tune of Frozen song "Do You Want to Build a Snowman?," the mashup from Animeme turns Breaking Bad into a catchy, animated musical complete with all of the drama that comes with every Disney film
At least the original Frozen song isn't stuck in your head anymore.
Francis confirmed Monday that he will travel to the U.S. next year to participate in a rally for families in Philadelphia. He confirmed his presence at the World Meeting of Families during a speech to an interreligious conference on traditional family values at the Vatican.
Philadelphia Archbishop Charles Chaput, who is organizing the meeting, was on hand for the announcement and welcomed the news. Chaput told The Associated Press, "I applauded the loudest" when Francis made the announcement. Read more...
We all have one or two movies we haven't quite gotten around to yet, even though practically everyone else in the world has; mine include Forrest Gump, Saving Private Ryan, Braveheart, and, until this week, Dumb and Dumber. Wednesday night, I stumbled across that one on Netflix and decided to finally get on the cutting edge of 1994.
Update Wednesday is here with a vengeance. The latest app to get updated with a taste of Material Design is Google Keyboard. Version 4.0 of Google’s keyboard app has two new themes to choose from: “Material Light” and “Material Dark.” These are the keyboard themes we’ve seen on the Nexus 6 and 9.
Once you download the update you’ll have to go into the setting to change the theme. The behavior of the keyboards hasn’t really changed much, but it’s a nice little facelift that should look great alongside all the other Material Design apps. If you haven’t received the update in the Play Store yet you can download the APK right here. What do you think of the new themes?
The weird and wacky saga of SMS on Android continues to get weird and wacky with today's release of the new Messenger app into Google Play. The free app handles SMS and MMS duties and only SMS and MMS duties, though with more than a bit of Material Design flair. First there was Messaging, Google Voice, and Google Chat; then there was only Hangouts, and now there's two again.
There are plenty of connected camera options out there. But there's only one that's totally wire-free. The Arlo Smart Security Camera is a 100% wireless security camera solution, offering 720p...
LONDON — Bonfire Night turned into chaos in central London on Wednesday as thousands of activists overtook the city as part of the Million Masks March, organised by activist group Anonymous.
Ten people were arrested during the evening as the crowd marched from Trafalgar Square to Parliament Square, protesting against austerity and infringement of rights. Campaigners smashed bottles and set off fireworks to huge cheers.
Comedian and actor Russell Brand, whose recently released book attacking the political system was widely panned by critics, was among the crowd. "I think we should have a loving peaceful protest," he said. "Don't get beaten up and arrested tonight." Read more...
Facebook is giving you more ways to tweak what you see in your News Feed.
The social network unveiled a new settings menu and customization options for News Feed that allows users to personalize the types of content they see.
The News Feed settings menu, which appears in the Facebook apps and on the web, displays which friends appear most often in your News Feed and which friends you've chosen to unfollow
From there, you can choose to unfollow people you don't want to see anymore or re-follow (Facebook calls it "reconnecting" with) those you've previously hidden from your feed. Read more...
There are approximately 83.3 million beloved pet dogs in the U.S. That's 83.3 million wagging tails and slobbering tongues making lives happier for the people lucky enough to own a pet.
Of the millions and millions of dogs in America, it's the hard-working labrador retriever that's number one in our heartsBack to Basics explores which other breeds top the list in America, and asks dog owners to share which qualities they most love in their pets
It's the end of the week. You're sleep deprived. You just want to take a nap.
Nobody understands that more than Cleo. This adorable pit bull pup does not care that naptime is over; he'll sleep if he wants to sleep. Alarm clocks and persistent annoyances from his owner be damned
You might recall that Android 4.4 added support for native screen recording, but it was a very developer-oriented tool that required you to plug the device into a computer and use ADB to control the capture. Some root-only apps came about that made use of that system sans USB cable, but Android 5.0 adds an API for screen recording that doesn't require root. We're still in the early days, but it looks like there's one less reason to root now.
Holy shit, the Cavaliers are 1-3! ONE AND THREE! OH MY GOD, CLEVELAND IS CLEVELANDING ALL OVER ITSELF AGAIN! Now, listen: I know that newly assembled teams like this need time to gel, and that the NBA regular season is fucking stupid, and that the Heat struggled in a similar fashion at first with LeBron, and that all of this is likely being overblown. But thinking about this in sober and rational terms is no fun at all. I DEMAND PANIC. So, with that in mind, here are a few working theories as to why the Cavaliers, and LeBron in particular, are struggling.
by Kyle Wagner on Regressing, shared by Kyle Wagner to Deadspin
Ostensibly, this chart from WaPo's Wonkblog is about ranking candy by its sugar content so you can consume the maximum amount of sugar, and it does a fine job of that. But looking at it, all I can think about is how everything north of Gummy Bears coming in at a full 70 percent sugar is so much more alarming than I thought it would be. And just what's going on with Pixie Stix and co., not nailing the full 100? It's literally a bag full of sugar! Is the remaining serving size reserved for the paper you end up eating? You always, always end up eating a buncha paper along with your Pixie Stix.
LONDON — Dramatic footage has emerged of a blaze at a fireworks store in the UK on Thursday evening.
Two people are still missing after the fire in Stafford, in the West Midlands, while another four were injured. Police say one of the injured is in a "poorly condition" while the second is said to be stable after being treated
The video, filmed outside SP Fireworks by Jacob Willcox captures the intensity of the event.
Police have been working through the night coordinating with the family members of the two missing people. A 53-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the incident.
“We have a great deal of sensitive and challenging work to complete in order to allow us to establish the cause of the explosion and following fire. We understand the unit was storing a significant volume of fireworks which appear to have been completely destroyed during the blaze last night. This makes the ongoing examination of the scene particularly challenging and we expect to be at the scene for some time," Supt Ian Coxhead of Staffordshire Police said in a statement.Read more...
Instagram announced that it was bringing advertisements to users last year, and now the first full-on video ads are starting to arrive. The first ad spots, which land between eight and 15 seconds long, come from big names like Disney, Activision, Lancome, Banana Republic and CW, and are shown sparingly in user's Instagram feeds.
Andy Rubin, a co-founder of Android and long time employee of Google, is leaving the company. In Android circles Rubin is best known for his time leading the Android division at Google after his company was acquired in 2005, only to move after many years to head up robotics efforts at the company instead. Sundar Pichai has led Google's Android efforts since Rubin made the move in 2013.
Since moving to lead the robotics "moonshot" at Google Rubin oversaw the acquisition of multiple robotics companies, including Boston Dynamics, to strengthen its efforts in the field.
Rubin is leaving Google to start his own company focused on technology hardware (and you can bet robots are somehow involved), though Google is still staying committed to robotics after he leaves. James Kuffner, who works in Google's robotics group, will take over Rubin's position at the top.
Angry Birds games have a long and complicated history. The original was a huge hit, but each successive attempt felt less interesting. The few times Rovio has branched out have been... not awesome. Angry Birds Transformers, however, is unexpectedly entertaining.
In this title, the birds and pigs have been transformed into Autobots and Decepticons, respectively. In each level your chosen Transformer runs through the level while you tap on objects in the background for him or her to blast.
LG Display has announced a remarkable achievement for folks who can’t stand those annoying black bars bordering their screens. The company has developed a 5.3-inch full HD LCD panel that has a bezel width of 0.7mm, which is said to be thinner than the width of a standard credit card.
That mark gives them the title of thinnest bezel in the industry, and there are some pretty darn thin ones out there. LG gave us a pretty good rundown of how they were able to achieve the feat:
To realize the 0.7mm bezel width on the left and right sides of the panel, which is narrower than the 0.8mm thickness of a credit card, LG Display used its “Neo Edge” module processing technology and the world’s first “Advanced In-Cell Touch (AIT)” technology.
LG Display’s Neo Edge technology uses an adhesive instead of double-sided tape to attach and completely seal the total area and edges of the panel’s circuit board and backlight unit. Because there is no plastic guide panel to attach the panel and backlight, the Neo Edge technology helps achieve minimal bezel width, while blocking light leakage and being waterproof and dustproof.
The adhesive seal also prevents corrosion that sometimes occurs along the edge of the glass panel when double-sided tape is used, while dramatically improving the panel’s durability despite the narrow bezel because of increased elasticity as the adhesive hardens.
The company’s AIT technology, exclusively developed by LG Display, reduces the need for bezel space because the touch panel is embedded into the LCD module. The technology offers a slim design and excellent touch, while saving costs since a separate process for touch functions is not required.
LG’s all set to begin mass production of the display this November, with Chinese markets set to get first dibs on distribution (mainly due to the advent of demand for displays by many of the country’s up-and-coming OEMs). LG says they’ll also be promoting it and shopping it out on a global scale to anyone finding themselves in need of such a display.
We imagine the company will eventually want to get one of these things loaded up into their own smartphones, though they certainly aren’t talking about any possible internal uses today.
You can add a few new tricks to the list of stuff Google search does. Just ask your phone or tablet to flip a coin, and it will be done. This was actually announced by Google last week, but now they've added a die. Neat. 
There are plenty of connected camera options out there. But there's only one that's totally wire-free. The Arlo Smart Security Camera is a 100% wireless security camera solution, offering 720p...
You might recall that Android 4.4 added support for native screen recording, but it was a very developer-oriented tool that required you to plug the device into a computer and use ADB to control the capture. Some root-only apps came about that made use of that system sans USB cable, but Android 5.0 adds an API for screen recording that doesn't require root. We're still in the early days, but it looks like there's one less reason to root now.
Angry Birds games have a long and complicated history. The original was a huge hit, but each successive attempt felt less interesting. The few times Rovio has branched out have been... not awesome. Angry Birds Transformers, however, is unexpectedly entertaining. 
