Major Nelson’s blog has a link to the new system update “preview” They did a similar preview for last year’s rollout of the NXE, which added support for Netflix, Avatars, and other neat stuff. While this update won’t be as dramatic, it is set to include all sorts of improvements, including new Twitter and Facebook [...]

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Right now Red Steel (kinda poopy) and No More Heroes (pretty cool) are going for the combined price of $10.00 even at Fred Meyer’s chain of stores. For two new games that’s a hard deal to pass up. I am not sure when the promotion ends, so check it soon. It gives Wii players a [...]

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EW is reporting that the revived Futurama will NOT have the same voice talent as the original incarnation. Wow. 20th Century Fox is saying that they simply can’t meet the salary requirements of the originals.  If this is true, then I suggest the following: pack it in. We can all understand that, like all TV [...]

San Diego Comic-Con is next week, and today StarWars.com announced a series of photo-ops at the LucasFilm Pavilion.  Taking pics of costumed con-goers is a SDCC tradition, so it’s nice for both photogs and cosplayers to have organized photo ops. Click here for a schedule so you Slave Leias, Sith Cheerleaders and Stormtroopers know when [...]

In more babes-in-comic-book-movies news EW scores the first pics of Scarlett Johansson as Black Widow in Iron Man 2. The new issues of Entertainment Weekly is in mailboxes on Friday. (via ropeofsilicon) Too bad Iron Man is Marvel and Green Lantern is DC. Yes, I am trying to create tension in the Johnasson/Reynolds household. Sue [...]

Creepy, the horror comic from the 1960s is back this week in a brand-new form from Dark Horse Comics. Uncle Creepy is back from the dead…from the dead to host a handful of new stories, and one cobweb-covered classic. This bigger than average black-and-white release will come out quarterly. This comic looks like is directed [...]

See it here: OK, well my kids think it is funny.

Rumors in March of Natalie Portman‘s role in the big-screen adaptation of Thor were confirmed on Wednesday. More details are available here at Wired, but Portman will be taking the role of Jane Foster, the thunder god’s human love interest. The Thor movie is scheduled for release on May 20, 2011. Obviously that date is subject [...]