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4chan meme, Pedobear, used to ID Internet loli-trollers has mistakenly been grouped with the Vancouver Winter Olympic mascots. Oops. We thought the Olympics would be a black hole for Sci-Guys news…but we were wrong. The full story is here.

Sci-fi issues a one-two punch to the secular world as not one, but two icons are knighted by none other than the Queen herself. Both Peter Jackson and Patrick Stewart add “Sir” to their monikers. Kinda classes the place up a bit. Could Sci-Bot 9000 be next? We are not holding our collective breath. More [...]

The Telegraph is reporting that one group of scientists now believe that comics can be just as valuable for children’s reading development as other forms of reading.  While many critics have long held that, due to their heavy graphical content, comics did not provide children with the same benefit as reading books.  However new research [...]

Sl-lost.com is reporting that the final season of Lost will not run straight through to completion.
Carlton Cuse is indicating that while the season will start airing in January, it will then break once the Vancouver Olympics start, and pick back up in March.
Ouch.
Extra pathetic, considering that the Olympics aren’t even on ABC.
At least we will [...]

The “It only does everything” campaign took one huge step closer to truth today.
The AP is reporting that the PS3 will have Netflix streaming starting next month.  Up to this point the only console to do this was the Xbox 360.
To access the service, PS3 users will need to use a Blu-Ray disc that will [...]

If you are anxiously awaiting the release of BioWare’s “Mass Effect 2,” then you will only have to wait another three months and change!    The game will get a January 26, 2010 release in the United States.  The European release is set for a few days later– January 29th.  Sorry– no chance of a “Mass [...]

In a column titled “Sony’s Big Steal”, Variety writer Peter Bart reveals not only that D-9 was the weekend box office winner, but at a recent packed Acadamy voter screening, the movie received a heck of a lot of applause from the folks that choose what movies will make it to the now-expanded Oscar Best [...]

Today we learned some wild stuff from Dark Horse. The most exciting news I heard today was Dark Horse’s announcement of the Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service live-action movie by Dark Horse Entertainment.
If that mouthful of a name isn’t familiar then it is time to check it out. “Kurosagi” as it is known by fans (and [...]

As Day Two of San Diego’s Comic-Con rolls into night (and don’t expect these attendees, and especially presenters, panelists and booth dwellers are turning in early any of these nights) let’s take a look of some of the day’s events and announcements.
Mangablog has the roundups of the manga announcements so far (One and two). (Mangablog [...]