Funny video of the day - 23/03/14

Yoga Pants Prank, Part 2 

Today's funny video is the second part of the hilarious Yoga Pants prank from Fousey. This time Fousey is joined by a fellow Yoga Pants wearing companion and they are hitting the beach to see who  looks better in Yoga Pants. Very funny, enjoy ! 

YouTube link : http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=RlySZmiLgD0 

Happy Gilmore as a video game.

No one ever tried a video game adaptation of Adam Sandler's golf comedy Happy Gilmore, but if they did, what would it look like? YouTube's 8-Bit Cinema imagines something straight out of River City Ransom.

Yes, it includes beating up an alligator. And beating up the clown. And being beaten up by Bob Barker. There was a lot of beating in this flick, which is probably why a brawler was the most appropriate genre.

It's the work of CineFix, which has put out a series of well known Hollywood flicks adapted to an old-school 8-bit visual style. Past editions include Pulp Fiction and Inception.

8 bit Pulp Fiction 

8 bit Inception

Hugh Jackman to return for third Wolverine movie

Deadline reports that Fox has hired writer James Kelly to pen the next instalment in the Wolverine solo film series. Kelly is also adapting Dark Horse's Mind MGMT graphic novel and sentinel, an original pitch that has nothing to do with X-Men's robotic mutant hunters. he was a writer on Fix's failed reboot of Daredevil before this rights reverted back to Marvel.

Barring the inevitable actor change up he has been talking about lately, Hugh Jackman is expected to reprise his role for what will be the eighth time. James Mangold, who directed 2013's The Wolverine, will also return.

Fox announced in this week's bevvy of project release dates that the third Wolverine outing is slated for release on March 3, 2017.

Twitter band in Turkey

Twitter users in Turkey report that the social media site has been blocked in the country.

Some users trying to open the twitter.com website are apparently being redirected to a statement by Turkey's telecommunications regulator.

It cites a court order to apply "protection measures" on the website.

This comes after PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan vowed to "wipe out Twitter" following damaging allegations of corruption in his inner circle.

The BBC's James Reynolds in Istanbul reports that he is unable to access Twitter.

"I don't care what the international community says at all. Everyone will see the power of the Turkish Republic," Mr Erdogan said earlier on Thursday.

He spoke after some users had posted documents reportedly showing evidence of corruption relating to the prime minister - a claim he denies.

His office said that Twitter had not responded to Turkey's court rulings to remove some links, forcing Ankara to act.

Twitter has so far made no public comment on the issue.

There are about 10m Twitter users across Turkey.

In 2010, the country lifted its ban on YouTube - two years after it blocked access to the website because of videos deemed insulting to the country's founder, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk.

Sony's, Project Morpheus

Sony revealed its Oculus Rift competitor, the PlayStation 4-exclusive VR headset, Project Morpheus (a codename), at the 2014 Game Developer's Conference, and it's a nifty piece of tech. It works similarly to Oculus VR's hardware, though it's got the advantage of supporting the motion-sensing Move controllers that Sony released midway through thePlayStation 3′s life. It also makes you look like a member of Daft Punk when you wear it, which inherently makes it cool.

We've got no sense of when the headset will be released or how much it will cost, but it appears to be far along in its development. It's a safe bet that you won't be able to get one by the time holiday 2014 rolls around (you never know, of course), but sometime in 2015 seems like a distinct possibility.

Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes review

A new entry in the Metal Gear Solid series is usually an event, surrounded by years of hype and critical appraise upon release. However, things are a bit different this time for Metal Gear Solid V, the fifth main numbered entry (and 9th overall) for Konami's long-running stealth series, as Metal Gear Solid V has drawn quite a lot of controversy in the last few months.

See, Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes isn't actually the fifth main console entry in the series, but is instead a prologue for the rest of Metal GearSolid V, subtitled The Phantom Pain, due to release presumably next year. To compare MGSV to other games in the series, Ground Zeroes could be seen as akin to the “Tanker” chapter in Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty, whereas The Phantom Pain will probably be the “Big Shell” chapter of this analogy.

The key difference here, though, is the fact that MGS2's Tanker chapter was originally a free demo (and then later included as part of the full game), whereas MGSV: Ground Zeroes is being sold as a separate piece of content, a choice that has soured many pre-release, especially in the wake of the oft-repeated news story that, from opening credits to close, Ground Zeroes can be beaten in less than two hours. So, is Ground Zeroes nothing more than just a paid demo?

Let's get this out of the way - yes, Ground Zeroes' main story mode can be completed in less than two hours, and even quicker than that on repeat playthroughs where you know what you're doing. Further, the game is surprisingly light on story. Taking place in 1975, a year after the events of Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker, Ground Zeroes finds Snake tasked with infiltrating a secret black site base known as "Camp Omega" (a fairly heavy-handed stand-in for Guantanamo Bay) in order to rescue Paz and Chico, Snake's former comrades from Peace Walker. Those who elected to skip over Peace Walker will definitely feel lost going into Ground Zeroes, although the main menu features a lengthy backstory detailing Peace Walker's events. After the opening cutscene, you're left to explore the base, retrieve your targets, and escape the base, all without the interruption of cutscenes, save for a final one that essentially serves as a teaser to The Phantom Pain.

I can easily see Ground Zeroes' short length as disappointing for long-time fans of the series, but dig deeper and you'll find that there's actually much more narrative content than meets the eye. Audio logs in the menu provide backdrop for all the major characters, and various others are hidden throughout the base and its various side missions. It could be argued that the real meat of Ground Zeroes' story rests in these, and hunting them down and piecing together the story becomes almost as central to the experience as the gameplay itself.

Of course, the gameplay is the real star of Ground Zeroes, and in fact is the best the franchise has ever been, providing the biggest overhaul in game mechanics since the first Metal Gear Solid debuted over 15 years ago. Gone is the camo index - a percentage meter used in the past three main entries to measure how well you were hidden - as players now must rely on cover, darkness, shrubbery, wits, and common sense to stay out of sight from enemy soldiers. Enemy line-of-sight has greatly increased since previous entries, with guards being able to spot you from up to 80 meters away if you're out in the open.

To account for the loss of the camo index and increased guard awareness, Snake brings a new set of tools to the table. A new dive mechanic allows Snake to quickly jump out of the way in any direction, instantly going to prone and potentially out of the way of any suspicious guards. This combined with a new sprint button adds a huge deal of mobility to what has traditionally been a slow, methodical franchise.

A new “Reflex Mode” has also been added to Snake's repertoire, going into slow motion whenever spotted by an enemy guard, giving players time to dispatch the guard before sending the whole base on alert. Purists may decry this feature, but those looking for more challenge can turn this mode off in the settings, creating for a much more tense and slow-paced experience.

The biggest new addition is the ability to tag enemies by focusing on them, allowing players to see their location no matter where they are on the map. Initially it seems like a cheap tactic, but Camp Omega is dense enough that it's still incredibly easy to be blind-sided by an unseen enemy, so staying aware of your surroundings is a must.

Funny video of the day - 22/03/14

Bong prank on cops

So today's funny video comes from Vitaly and he is joined by Roman and Dennis. This time Vitaly is pranking the cops with his bong full of Tobacco, which the cops believe to be something else. (Marijuna) Enjoy!

YouTube link : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8NVvU6QaPs&sns=em

Under the Dome season 2

Under the Dome was an unexpected breakout hit for CBS last summer, so of course the supposedly limited run got extended for a second season. The new episodes begin Monday, June 30, and the network has released a new trailer/preview to hint at what’s in store for fans next season, 

If nothing else, the debut episode should be a doozy. First off, Stephen King, who wrote the book the show is based on, penned the script, and given his penchant for plot twists and turns, that alone should be enough to make this interesting. We’ve also been promised multiple deaths, and executive producer Neal Baer states again here that two key players won’t make it through the premiere alive. we’ve got news of at least one more new cast member.

The last time we heard about the bloodshed, Baer said that two of six possible characters will be the ones to go. Some would totally change the look and feel of the show, while others would be more like, oh, that’s sad, but not have much of an impact. Sheriff Linda Esquivel (Natalie Martinez) would be the biggest shake up to the cast, but local hoarder Andrea (Dale Raoul), angst-ridden teen Norrie (Mackenzie Lintz), Norrie’s adopted mother Carolyn (Aisha Hinds), local DJ Phil Bushey (Nicholas Strong), and slacker skater-kid Ben (John Elvis) would all mean a less serious change. This video definitely wants to indicate that Linda is in trouble, especially since you see her get the living shit shocked out of her.

There’s quite a bit more going on in this minute and a half of video, too. Baer and his partner in crime Bryan K. Vaughn remind you that the dome itself came from another world, and that it is there to protect the residents of Chester’s Mill. That brings up a few questions, like who sent it, why these people in this place, what exactly are they being protected from (it seems like the dome is making everything worse), and what about everyone else on the planet who doesn’t live in this one small town?

There also appears to be some magic going on. Are those fairies? What’s the deal with that glowing egg? When you bring forces from the other world, that opens up pretty much anything you want to do, and King is good at doing whatever the hell he wants in his books.

Just as important as the impending deaths, are the new additions to the town teased in this trailer. First off is Junior’s uncle. He’s apparently been hiding out, which explains why he hasn’t been seen up to this point. Supposedly this mystery relative will come into conflict with Barbie, and you get the distinct impression that maybe he was hiding because he’s some sort of criminal. The next fresh face is a young schoolteacher. Since you don’t figure someone of that description has a lot to hide, you have to wonder just what she’s been up to while the rest of the town was tearing itself apart.

These aren’t going to be the only new folks thrown into the mix, however. THR reports that Dwight Yoakam will also appear in multiple episodes, chiefly as a rival to Big Jim (Dean Norris). He plays barbershop owner Lyle Chumley, which is a very Stephen King name, who apparently had a romantic relationship with Jim’s wife and “has a mysterious connection to the Dome and very well may know the answer to its origins.”

These are just a few of the issues that season two of Under the Dome is going to have to address, if not answer directly, when it kicks off in a few months.

Ghostbusters 3 to be directed by Lego movie directors

“Everything Is Awesome!” With the news that director Ivan Reitman was dropping out as director of Ghostbusters 3, there are a number of really good up-and-coming directors who could take his place. While Reitman’s sensibility for the Ghostbusters films were perfect in the 1980s, today’s brand of comedy has shifted. Although Sony hasn’t officially announced anything yet, a pair of buzzworthy directors could make everything awesome if they were brought on to helm Ghostbusters 3.

According to Nikki Finke, directors Phil Lord & Chris Miller are in talks to direct the third film in the Ghostbusters film series. Lord & Miller have a knack for taking movie properties that sound like they might be a terrible idea — like Ghostbusters 3 — and making them into surprising box office hits.

The pair is coming off the giant success of The LEGO Movie last month, which has already grossed £230 million ($380.2 million) worldwide. They also surprised audiences with the 21 Jump Streetand Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs film adaptations, which were also movie projects that sounded terrible on paper, but which turned out pretty great. Lord & Miller have proven that they can make funny family movies just as well as R-rated comedies, so it would be interesting to see them working middle ground with a PG-13 comedy like Ghostbusters 3.

Ivan Reitman decided not to direct Ghostbusters 3 after the death of Harold Ramis a few weeks ago, but he will stay on as one of the film’s producers. If they were signed to the project, Lord & Miller could be a good match for Ghostbusters 3, and their involvement might also reinvigorate interest in the long-gestating project.

Production on Ghostbusters 3 is expected to begin in early 2015, but at the moment, a screenplay still has to be finalized and a cast must be assembled. There are no confirmed plot details available for Ghostbusters 3, but according to Dan Aykroyd the film might feature a dimensional rift opening in the middle of New York City. Naturally, the Ghostbusters would be called on to stop all the scary beasts from overtaking the world. Aykroyd even has plans for a Ghostbusters 4, which could possibly involve the team going to Hell.

Reitman and Aykroyd’s involvement will hopefully keep the new movie in the spirit of the original films. It really seems like Sony wants to make a good Ghostbusters 3 movie to honor Harold Ramis, and the potential hiring of Lord & Miller could be a smart move. MaybeGhostbusters 3 won’t be so terrible after all.

Funny video of today - 21/03/14

Broken guitar prank

Today's funny video comes from the YouTube comedy kings Roman And Dennis,this time they are in Germany tricking people with their already broken Gibson guitar. Enjoy !!

YouTube video link : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BK8pPVHXOJY&sns=em

Scientists Discover fossils of "chicken from hell"

By now we’ve come to expect some degree of bizarreness when paleontologists dig upfossils. We learn about all kinds of crazy animals that existed way back when, like small tyrannosaurs that thrived in the Arctic or giant platypuses or ancient, armored fish. Still, I have to say that the discovery of what scientists are calling “the chicken from hell” just might be the weirdest of all.

This chicken isn’t going to fit in a coop. It’s not going to lay eggs for you. But on the upside, it would scare the crap out of any hungry wolves or foxes. This dinosaur, Anzu wyliei, looks like a chicken that stumbled into a toxic swamp or overdosed on growth hormones until it grew to about 500 pounds. Add a dinosaur tail, a head crest, and T-Rex limbs with massive claws and you’re starting to get the picture.

It’s long been known that dinosaurs and birds are related, and share many matching features. Two-legged dino-birds were common in the Jurassic and Cretaceous ages. Pterodactyls, or pterosaurs, aren’t actually considered the first birds — they walked on four legs and didn’t have feathers. Birds evolved from theropods. Many scientists think small, raptor-like dinosaurs evolved feathers to stay warm and also possibly to attract potential mates. Then, over time, evolution produced flying birds. Maybe. There are some competing theories about the dino-bird evolution, but certain kinds of dinosaurs such as raptors were especially bird-like, particularly the feather-covered Oviraptor.

Scientists found three "hell chicken" specimens at hell creek geological formation, so this being a quite literally a chicken from hell . The Hell Creek formation is a gold mine for dinosaur fossils, and those fossils provide some interesting clues about the strange beat. For instance, it doesn't have teeth. Instead, it's jaw is hinged and can slide back and forth across its food, like rats do. it was omnivorous, eating plants as well as small animals and eggs. Because it's shin bones are longer than it's thigh bones, it's would have been a frighteningly fast runner.

Maybe it's time for a Jurassic Farm or Jurassic Aviary film ? A hell chicken fight scene would be awesome. 

Pacific Rim 2

Though it was awesome and one of my favorite movies of 2013, Guillermo Del Toro’s mechs versus monsters adventure Pacific Rim didn’t connect with American audiences like the studio hoped. Thus, the prospects of a sequel seemed dim at best. Still, the movie did manage to rake in $411 million dollars world wide and received generally favorable reviews from critics. With all of the Godzilla on the horizon, people still seem hungry for giant monsters—Machinima just launched their creature-centric web series Enormous—so with all of these plusses, a sequel is apparently a very real possibility.

Shock Till You Drop recently caught up with Legendary Pictures head Thomas Hull and the topic of Pacific Rim 2 was definitely discussed. Here's what the executive had to say on the matter:

" I was literally just with Guillermo on the set of Crimson Peak…We talk about it and have some pretty great ideas. If they come to fruition and we get a great script, then we’re open to it. Fans seem pretty passionate about it and working with Guillermo. So, we’re open to it."

That sounds promising indeed. Del Toro has been talking about the possibility of making a sequel even since before the first film opened last summer. We’ve even heard that he is working on a script, which could be a prequel. And both he and Godzilla helmer Gareth Edwards have touched on the topic of an eventual Godzilla/Pacific Rim crossover, which would be a thing to see.

Such a meeting isn’t too hard to imagine. Pacific Rim is set in the future, where monsters called Kaiju emerge from an interdimensional rift at the bottom of the ocean and lay waste to major cities. To combat this menace, humans create massive mech suits called Jaegers.Godzilla is set in the present day, and also involves a giant monster emerging from the depths to cause problems. Could he be the first Kaiju, the one that people have to battle without the aid of the Jaegers? It’s one possibility.

While a Pacific Rim sequel is by no means guaranteed, the signs definitely look promising. It fits all of the criteria for movies that usually get sequels—money, critical acclaim, a filmmaker who is passionate about the title, and a studio that is open to the possibility—so it at least appears to have a puncher’s chance.

As Tull notes, Del Toro is currently working on the thriller Crimson Peak. He’s also attached to a modern Pinocchio update, not to mention the seemingly dozens of other projects he’s always attached to in one form or another (one day we’ll see his adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft’s At the Mountains of Madness). The man is busy, so we’ll have to give this a wait and see approach, but damn if we’re not interested in Pacific Rim 2.

Halo’s Master Chief Battles Captain America For This Super Power BeatDown

A practice not simply relegated to fanboys, wondering who would be the victor in a fight between two highly recognizable pop culture figures is almost as natural to being a human being as eating cereal. We’re all about seeing things we love beat the shit out of one another, and one doesn’t need to watch Fight Club five times a day to understand that. YouTube channel Bat in the Sun completely grasps that somewhat strange behavior with their ongoing series “Super Power Beat Down,” and the most recent installment pits Marvel favorite Captain America against Halo‘s Master Chief. Spoiler: if you go for Master Chief, the terrorists have already won.

A co-production with webtainment specialists Machinima, the Beat Downs are always decided by the fans, who get to vote on which opponent wins each battle. Also, each one will usually feature someone heading out into Comic Con or some other fan-friendly gathering to get opinions from relevant cosplayers and noteworthy entertainers. For instance, this installment features comic nerd Damian Beurer walking the floors of Wizard World Portland to see who they think would win, and he ended up talking to Jason David “The Green Power Ranger” Frank, The Walking Dead‘s Michael Rooker, artist Rob Prior, and more.

But nobody is watching this video to see what someone in a Captain America costume thinks about Captain America’s chances in a fan-made video. It’s all about the crisp, low-budget badassery that comprises these fights. And this is pretty excellent throughout, with the mighty Cap’n dropping down to fight Master Chief in what looks like it will be solely a projectile-filled battle, but the fisticuffs soon take over and it makes one wonder why so many Hollywood fight scenes pale in comparison. I mean, I’m sure Captain America: The Winter Soldier is going to have some great action in it, but still.

I’m not going to spoil who wins it for those who haven’t watched yet, but I will say that the death blow is fucking awesome. Plus, the alternate ending is coming on May 1, which will presumably feature the loser becoming the victor. Time and editing heal all wounds.

And speaking of The Walking Dead, check out the video below, which features Lee Everett from Telltale’s video game, Connor Kenway from Assassin’s Creed III, Max Payne, and Far Cry baddie Vaas. Oh, and Halo‘s A.I. mate Cortana is also here for some reason.

Three policemen suspended as cat devoured prime ministers peacock

Three policemen in Pakistan guarding the prime minister's home have been suspended for negligence after a cat devoured one of the premier's peacocks, it seems.

A gardener found the dead peacock on one of the residence lawns, where the birds roam freely, the Express Tribune reports.

One of the suspended officers says 21 constables were summoned to explain themselves afterwards. The officers reportedly said they were on duty that night but simply did not expect a cat to eat the peacock.

The 18 officers who were not manning the lawns were cleared, the paper says. But the remaining three have all been handed show-cause notices for negligence.

Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's farm house is located in Raiwind, on the outskirts of Lahore.

Italy's first cat friendly cafe

Italy's first cat-friendly cafe is scheduled to open in the city of Turin on Saturday, it's been reported.

The establishment - to be called Miagola Cafe, or Cafe Meow - hopes to give a home to abandoned cats and encourage customers to become more respectful towards animals, says owner Andrea Levine in an interview with La Stampa. "I wanted the cafe to launch with a message: we rescue cats in trouble," she says.

Some experts also believe the sound of a cat's purr and playing with the animals can relieve stress, The Local website reports.

The cafe will also have an area where children can play with the cats, and learn more about animals. Levine adds that she is planning to screen videos with information about adopting animals.

Cat cafes are already very popular in Japan - there are reportedly more than 100 of them in the capital city Tokyo. The trend seems to have spread to China, Taiwan and Australia too.

Japan, captivated by newly appointed Crimean attorney general

In Japan, people watching events unfolding in Crimea appear to have become captivated by the region's newly-appointed attorney general.

Clips of a press conference with Natalia Poklonskaya have been shared widely on Japanese platforms, says website Rocketnews24. She was appointed to the post on 11 March and formerly served as a senior prosecutor for the city of Simferopol.

In particular, one video in which Poklonskaya listens to a reporter's question has been viewed nearly 300,000 times since it was posted to a Japanese YouTube channel. There is no translation of her answer. Some people appear to be so taken with the seemingly charming prosecutor, they are turning out manga images and anime fan art inspired by her.

Before her appointment as Crimea's attorney general, Poklonskaya worked as a senior lawyer at the Ukrainian Prosecutor General's Office, in the Ukrainian capital Kiev and Crimea's Simferopol, according to Rossiyskaya Gazeta, the official Russian government newspaper.

She has voiced criticism of the opposition protests in Ukraine, and described the change of government in Kiev as an "anti-constitutional coup". The Ukrainian government has launched a criminal case against her and stripped her of the civil service rank of "counsellor of justice".

Almost Human Hasn't been renewed yet, should we be worried

Almost Human Hasn't been renewed yet, should we be worried

Fox’s sci-fi cop drama Almost Human wrapped its truncated freshman season earlier this week, and some of us are worried that the season finale, “Straw Man,” might be the last time we see the show on the air. The ratings haven’t been fantastic, the show has seen ups and down over the course of the first 13 episodes, and the future seems to be clouded by doubt. The network just announced that they are renewing a number of their young shows, but at the moment, Almost Human is not one of them.

There’s no need to panic just yet, Almost Human hasn’t officially been cancelled or anything like that. Still, you have to worry that we haven’t heard anything. While it is early in the process, given that the first season is now over, no news isn’t necessarily good news. If the network were really gung ho on the series, you’d think they’d have let us know by now. This wouldn’t be the first time that Fox has prematurely killed a promising sci-fi series. Joss Whedon’s Firefly is the prime example of this, but they also took Fringe from us too soon, as well as the likes of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, Futurama, and a ton of excellent non-genre programming.

Fox has been all over early extensions this season, which also makes the lack of Almost Human news troubling. Sleepy Hollow got the go-ahead for a second season some time ago, and the most recent batch of renewals includes Brooklyn Nine-Nine, The Mindy Project, and The Following.

I’m happy about two of these new announcements. Brooklyn Nine-Nine doesn’t have stellar ratings, but winning a Golden Globe for best comedy is going to give you some additional clout. And it is fucking great, and this is coming from someone who actively dislikes Andy Samburg, which makes it doubly impressive. The Mindy Project is one of my favorite shows on TV, so I’m glad that one will be back, despite the fact that I may be the only one still tuning in week after week. The Following I stopped watching about halfway through the first season because it got annoying as shit. Hey, guess what, everyone is in the fucking cult.

J.H. Wymans’ latest offering, Almost Human is one of the most promising shows of this current TV season, even though the ratings have been on a steady decline since day one. It started a little bit too heavy on case-of-the-week style procedurals, but as the season progressed, the narrative has taken on more and more of a serial turn. The real strength of the show, however, is the chemistry between the two leads, grim detective John Kennex (Karl Urban) and his more-human-than-human android partner Dorian (Michael Ealy). Even though Fox seems to be doing its level best to fuck up the evolution of their relationship by airing the episodes in seemingly random, some may say idiotic, order, their relationship shines through.

All of us here really hope that the network pulls its head out of its own ass and renews Almost Human. It’s accessible for both sci-fi fans as well as those given to watching weekly cop shows. If they do cancel the show it will be another in a long line of great shows that they let go because they’re dipshits.

Funny Video of the day - 8/03/14

Stupid Kids VS Wooden Spool

So this video come from I think maybe be Russia I could be wrong but it is funny to watch how stupid some people are. See if you can spot how many people come flying out of the wooden spool. Enjoy !

YouTube link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2-ITPQVXVc 

Sony Changing Playstation Box Art

Sony Changing Playstation Box Art

If you have not noticed already it appears that Playstation have took a new creative look to their box art, as you can see from the upcoming PS3 and Vita image of Deception IV: Blood Ties above. As you can see it is a little bit different to their usual box art.

As it turns out, this is no accident or one-off. We reached out to Sony to see if this will be a trend moving forward, and it will. All forthcoming PlayStation 3 software will tote a similar look, one that brings PS3 game boxes in line with the already-established look set by PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita.

PS3 box art had its last fundamental change back in 2009, around the time the PlayStation 3 “Slim” launched. Before the change, PlayStation 3 software came packing the “Spider-man” text similar to that emblazoned on PlayStation 3 “Fat” consoles, along with a red tag on the spine. This new iteration of PS3’s box art, rolled out very late in its lifecycle, seems to change nothing other than the color on the blue band, and is otherwise virtually identical to PS3's box art dating back to mid-2009.

So, don’t be confused when you start seeing these new boxes on store shelves at your local retailer, or at your online retailer of choice.

Pixilated Johnny Depp on Transcendence poster

Transcendence poster reveals a pixilated Johnny Depp

Wally Pfister’s upcoming directorial debut Transcendence has garnered more attention than your average every day first film. It probably has something to do with the fact that he served as cinematographer on a ridiculous number of fantastic, and successful, movies, including almost everything Christopher Nolan has done. Credentials like that also don’t hurt at all when you start casting your movie, and Pfister has put together a doozy of a call sheet. Johnny Depp takes the lead, and also happens to be the primary focus of this new poster for the upcoming sci-fi mind-bender.

You get real up close and personal with Depp’s face here—be glad they Photoshopped out his nose hair—as the image of his grill starts out heavily pixilated on one side, only to come into focus as your eyes drift right across the photo. Superimposed over the top is the phrase, “Yesterday Dr. Will Caster Was Only Human.” What do these both mean? Well I’m glad you asked

You get the point this poster is going for: in his new environs, Caster sharpens his vision and comes into focus. As what is essentially a sentient machine, he also transcends his simple, fragile, mammalian biology, and become something so much more. Sounds like the anti-tech faction kick started exactly they didn’t want. From what we know, Transcendence is going to be our favorite type of science fiction, the kind that combines big, topical ideas that have far reaching impacts, with lots of kick ass action.

Transcendence also stars Morgan Freeman, Kate Mara, Cillian Murphy, and Clifton Collins Jr., and opens in cinemas everywhere April 18.

EA CEO considers VR headsets a "fourth modality" in gaming

EA CEO considers VR headsets a "fourth modality" in gaming

EA CEO Andrew Wilson has said before that the company decides to create titles for virtual reality headsets it will need to study how the tech is being used by consumers in gaming.

Speaking at  a session at SXSW attended by Polygon, Wilson said "gaming hardware is too volatile a space" to plan how to implement tech such as Oculus Rift and other VR headsets.

"When we think about making games today, we think less about the technology or the means of experiencing the game, and we think more about the modality of play". Wilson then goes on to say that "so, how are you trying to interact with the game ?

Wilson has said that virtual reality can potentially break the fourth wall in gaming , the other three being the lean back modality such as couch gaming, the lean in modality in pc gaming and the lean over modality which is mobile.

Wilson has previously referred to these modalities in the firms last conference call to investors.

"When I look at any of the VR devices, I look at that not in terms of 'what is that device going to deliver', but a desire for gamers to have a different type of modality- the 'get in' type of mdality, right." Wilson then goes on to say that "might be delivered to you through a headset, or through some hologram that evolves out of your living room floor."

"The thing I challenge my team to right now is, 'listen, there's clearly a desire to add a modality to play to the three we're currently focused on. I don't know who the technology partner is that's going to deliver that modality for us, but lets start thinking now about the experiences so that we can deliver experiences that make sense  for you; experiences that deliver on the promise and the fantasy of being inside a video game."

VR headsets are reportedly in the works at Valve and Sony

Scientists may be close to 3D printing Tissues and Organs

Scientists may be close to 3D printing Tissues and Organs

We’ve been printing a slew of awesome stuff with 3D printers for a while now, including fashions, food, and weapons. But the holy grail of 3D printing has always been organs and body parts. Transplant lists are long — about 120,000 people in the U.S. at last count, and that number increases while the number of organs available for transplant remains the same. Most people on those never get whatever they need; thus, one of the most beneficial uses of 3D printing would be to print organs for those people. Dr. Benjamin Harrison of Wake Forest’s Institute for Regenerative Medicine has built a 3D printer that can print artificial and living cells — at the same time. He’s now using that printer to make body parts such as bones and cartilage.

Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine researchers have printed skin cells for burn victims by mapping the area first to determine the number of layers of tissue needed. Soon, they’ll use the printers to create minuscule replicas of hearts, lungs, livers, and blood vessels, which can fit on a chip, and can then be integrated into a monitored organ system. In a TEDx Midwest talk, Dr. Harrison makes the case for why he thinks 3D printing of full-sized organs isn’t so far off.

He reminds us that, back in the day, medicine solved problems by cutting out all the problematic body parts. The first successful organ transplant conducted in Boston back in 1954 prompted a huge paradigm shift — that’s when doctors learned they could actually replace whatever diseased body part needed to go. But beyond all the patients who wait for organ transplants, there are loads more who would benefit from tissue transplants. Harrison says that every 30 seconds, someone dies from a disease that could have been treated with a tissue replacement, and that most of us will eventually be in that same boat. So 3D printing isn’t just about printing hearts and lungs, but it’s also about printing custom-made cells and tissue.

He explains that when we get seriously injured, our body panics and does everything possible to survive, even if that means losing functionality. But that doesn’t have to happen — we want the body to go into what he calls “regenerate mode,” not survival mode, so the key is to get the body not to panic, but to focus on healing, like it would with a mild injury. That’s where 3D printing, or what he calls “bio-printing” comes in.

With bioprinters, we could scan wounds, determine what we need to fill them in, and print the right cells to do it. Bioprinters can even convert CT and MRI scans into a digitized and printable form, delivering customized tissue and body parts in a matter of minutes rather than years.

“The impossible can be possible,” he says. I think 3D printing has already proven that to be the case, but something tells me we ain’t seen nothing yet.

YouTube link to check out Benjamin Harrison's talk at TEDxMidwest - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElWzoeUVDso 

Early Titanfall players won't be banned

Early Titanfall players won't be banned; preload now available on Origin

Those lucky people who were fortunate enough to score a pre-release copy of Titanfall can enjoy the game without the fear of getting banned by Microsoft or the developers of Titanfall, Respawn Entertainment.

This is quite some unexpected news and comes from Respawn's co-founder Vince Zampella. "About playing early; We won't stop or ban legit copies," Zampella tweeted this before telling early players that the pre-release gameplay experience may not be without flaws. "It is prelaunch, so there may be interruptions in service as we prep servers."

Also those who have pre-orded the pc version of Titanfall from Orogin can now begin pulling down the games necessary files. As with all the preloading schemes out there, you won't be able to play Titainfall until the offical, March 11 release. But that wait will hopefully be enough time to download all 50GB of Respawn's giant robot shooter.

300 and Godzilla's Patrick Sabongui to star in Flash

300 and Godzilla's Patrick Sabongui to star in the Flash Pilot

The upcoming Flash pilot has yet again added another name to its roster. According to a report from Deadline, Patrick Sabongui is set to be joining the cast as Captain David Singh. In the comic book series, Singh protects and serves as a member of the central city police department. He is specifically the director of the crime lab in the central city police department. The character was added to the DC comics universe recently back in 2010.

It is not yet clear whether or not Patrick's take on Singh will match the comics. We currently know that Barry Allen works in the police department from his recent appearance in Arrow. So it is a good assumption to suggest that if Singh is Barry's bass, it will be only natural that he'd be around on an ongoing basis. However this is only if the pilot is picked up as a full series.

Also speaking of Arrow, Patrick had appeared in the series twice as unnamed characters.

The cast so far for the Flash is Patrick Sabongui as David Singh, Grant Gustin as Barry Allen, Tom Cavanagh as Harrison Wells and Candice Patton as Iris West.

Thomas Kretschmann to play Villain in Avengers 2 and Agent 47

Thomas Kretschmann to play Villain in Avengers 2 and Agent 47

The German actor Thomas Kretschmann, who has recently been cast as the evil Baron Wolfgang von Strucker in Marvel's The Avengers: Age of Ultron, will also get to play another villain role in Agent 47, the sequel to the 2007 Hitman.

The movie is based on the popular video game series and sees Homeland's Rupert Friend as the Agent 47. Agent 47 is basically a bald headed badass who travels around the world killing people in a stealthy fashion. The role was originally intended for the late Paul Walker.

Thomas Kretschmann will join Zachary Quinto on the evil side of the table, playing Le Clerq, who is the chairman of an organization known as the Syndicate International, which is set on creating an army of unstoppable agents.

Thomas Kretchmann is already a big name here in the UK with his hit releases like Stalingrad breaking all sorts of records. But also from his appearance in as Abraham Van Helsing in NBC's Dracula series.

Agent 47 is currently being filmed in Berlin.

Pupa - Ep1

Pupa


Anime discription - This life and death story follows two siblings Utsutsu and Yume Hasegawa, a boy and his little sister who find themselves all alone. One day, Yume sees a mysterious red butterfly and then her body undergoes a strange metamorphosis. She then turns into a creature that feeds upon humans, Utsutsu struggles to find a way to restore his sister and in return becomes an immortal.

Funny Video of the day - 7/03/14

BABYMETAL - Gimmie Chocolate

Okay so today's video is not exactly funny but it is quite entertaining and strangely catchy. So what do you get when you mix a Japanese pop band and a metal band together ? the answer is a song called Gimmie Chocolate by Japan's new music sensation BABYMETAL.

YouTube Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIKqgE4BwAY 

Super Smash Bros 3DS includes an Animal Crossing stage

Super Smash Bros 3DS, includes an Animal Crossing stage

Super Smash Bros on the 3DS is reported to have an Animal Crossing stage. An image of the stage was taking during the development of the game and has now been posted on the official Smash Bros site. The image was posted on the site by director Masahiro Sakurai. It's a small shot of the stage but you can check out the image below. Super Smash Bros is set to release later this year on the 3DS and the Wii U.

Sony's Zorro Reboot to follow The Dark Knight

Sony's Zorro reboot to follow The Dark Knights example

Ever since Antonio Banderas last donned the cape in 2005's The Legend of Zorro, rebooting the Zorro franchise has proven a Sisyphean project for Hollywood. The last we heard about a Zorror film was Fox's Zorro Reborn, a post-apocalyptic interpretation of the hero that was to star Gael García Bernal. That was two years ago. In the meantime, it looks like Sony Pictures -- the studio behind the Banderas films -- is moving ahead with its own competing project that was originally announced around the same time as Reborn.

Deadline reports that Sony has signed Chris Boal to write the studio's Zorro reboot. Not only is Boal a screenwriter, he's also a playwright and competitive fencer.

While that combination may sound like a perfect fit for the franchise, the direction in which the studio reportedly wants to take the story will anger some Zorro fans. Insiders say that Sony's reboot will take the Dark Knight route, featuring "gritty realism and an emotional core." The swordplay inherent to any Zorro story will remain, but it will be accompanied by European martial arts that combine "swords, daggers, grappling and bare knuckles."

This rumor is amusing considering that the Dark Knight himself was largely inspired by Zorro. In fact, in the comics, Bruce Wayne's parents were killed as the family was leaving the theater where they had just seen a Zorro film.

Trippy New Mad Men Poster

Trippy New Mad Men Poster

Hot on the heels of releasing a first-look trailer for the final season of "Mad Men," AMC now hits us with the official Season 7 poster — and it's groovy, baby. (Austin Powers would approve.)

The poster takes the falling Don Draper from the "Mad Men" opening credits and puts him in front of a swirling psychedelic landscape of hippie ingénues, blooming flowers, and free-flowing booze — a perfect fit for the late-'60s era that Don and company now find themselves in. (Last season left off in the fall of 1968.)

And like Season 6's enigmatic poster, this one was designed by a titan of the "Mad Men" era: Milton Glaser, whose colorfully trippy ad designs defined the late 1960s. (Glaser's most famous works include the iconic "I Heart NY" logo; he also co-founded New York magazine in 1968.)

Fossils of biggest European predator found

Fossils of biggest European predator ever found

I had no idea that Portugal was home to what scientists now believe was Europe’s largest predator ever — the Torvosaurus gurneyi. It’s always nice when we add to dino-discoveries, rather than take away.

Torvosaurus gurneyi was no joke — at over 30 feet long and weighing about five tons, this dinosaur could have given a T-Rex a run for its money — that is, if they had lived in the same time period. Torvosaurus is an earlier species, living in the late Jurassic period, roughly 150 million years ago. That’s about 80 million years before the good ol’ T-Rex, which shares many of its characteristics, including bi-pedal movement and a penchant for snacking on anything alive. Of course, that means Torvosaurus gurneyi had particularly impressive teeth that helped it establish its dominance.

Apparently, Portugal is a hotbed of former dinosaur activity and a popular spot for paleontologists. Back in the day, the area would have been lush with fauna — a tropical paradise for dinosaurs. Herbivore dinosaurs would have been plenty happy, which means the carnivores would have too. Paleontologists found Torvosaurus fossils not far from Lisbon in the Lourinha rocks. Their findings are described in Plos One, and include not only bone fossils, but eggs and embryos as well. The fossils, particularly of the dinosaur’s maxilla, confirm its distinction from the Torvosaurus tanneri, a related dinosaur that used to hang out in North America. Scientists weren’t sure that the two were different species until now. Scientists believe that the dino-cousins have a common ancestor somewhere down the line, most likely from before the formation of the Atlantic Ocean. The separation of the species had to have happened well before 150 million years ago.

As big as the Torvosaurus was, it’s not the biggest dinosaur in the world. T-Rex, Giganotosaurus, and Carcharodontosaurus were all bigger, and some herbivores such as sauropods would have outsized it. Still, it’s the largest carnivore Europe has ever known, and another piece of evidence in the evolutionary trajectory of dinosaurs, as well as the formation of the continents.