Happy New Year, fans of Westeros! George R.R. Martin has shared a sample chapter from the next book in the A Song of Ice and Fire series, The Winds of Winter. This fan is thrilled to get any piece of the book so soon after the July 2011 release of A Dance With Dragons. It was a brutal 5+ year wait between books four and five. Let’s hope book six arrives sooner. In the meantime, you can enjoy the excerpt here. And no, you shouldn’t click if you’re not caught up.
(via io9)
Something tells me that the sound quality of these MP3 Star Wars speakers will be on par with Vader breathing through his helmet, but you can’t beat the novelty factor. Pre-order for April 2012 in Vader, Fett and Stormtrooper versions.
The Boba Fett and Stormtrooper versions are pictured after the break.
In this Skyrim mod, Dr. Zoidberg mudcrabs take on creepy spider Spider-Men. Yup, everything seems to be in order here.
Check out the video after the break.
Dennis Hof, star of HBO’s Cathouse reality series and owner of the Moonlite BunnyRanch, is planning on opening up the first legal science-fiction-themed brothel in America, which will be called “Alien Cathouse”.
The reality television star and outspoken sex merchant recently bought a rundown bordello 90 miles northwest of Las Vegas and unveiled plans to renovate and reopen it with a science fiction theme [...] It’s all an attempt to cash in on the property’s location just south of the federal installation formerly known as the Nevada Test Site — though nowhere near the actual Area 51.
Apparently Hof is still working through the details, which include whether the working women will be painted green and whether the costumes will be for everyday use or for promotional events and special occasions.
No word yet on whether girls with three boobs will be on the menu.
(via i09)
The decision between Battlefield 3 and Call of Duty MW3 just got a little easier. This is one of the best deals we’ve seen on the wildly popular Battlefield 3 thus far. For a limited time you can get it for only $39.99. That’s 33% off the list price.
Battlefield 3 (Xbox 360)—$59.99 $39.99 (33% off)
Battlefield 3 (PS3)—$59.99 $39.99 (33% off)
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This little girl is asking all the right questions. Riley, like many of us, doesn’t understand the need for toys to have gender separation. In my opinion, those pesky pink and blue aisles at toy and department stores only serve to segregate. She points out that the colors trick us into only buying princesses for girls and superheroes for boys. It pushes girls towards Barbies and boys towards model cars. She states it simply and honestly, “Some girls like superheroes, some girls like princesses. Some boys like superheroes, some boys like princesses.”
Why does everything need to be different colors? We wonder the same thing, kid.
Watch the adorable video after the break.
With the goal of pushing music through an old Atari 2600, cTrix wrote some software and combined the ancient device with some guitar effects pedals (flanger, digital delay and bass equalizer) resulting in the ultra-nerdy “gAtari”.
How does it sound? Check out the video after the break and find out.
Who doesn’t want to own a Batmobile? Even people without an affinity for Batman are drawn to the car with it’s James Bond-like gadgets and tricks. DC Comics gave the green light for licensed replicas a while ago, and Firebox now has them for sale. Sure, you need a Bruce Wayne sized wallet to afford it, but for good reason!
Unlike other TV/movie replicas the Batmobile is more than a prop, it’s a fully operational, road-worthy car with all the bells and whistles, including gauges, push-button ignition and working lights. This crime-fighting classic even comes with 21st century features such as a dash-mounted DVD player, electric actuators that open the hood and trunk, and a six speaker sound system. Dancing the Batusi as you pull up outside comic book conventions has never been easier!
Check out a gallery of features like the Bat Phone after the break.
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