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Signs and Meaning in Cinema #52 :

You Can Buy a Cremation Online, Including the Urn : For the man or woman who has everything. You can now buy a cremation package online. That's a

PotatOS Kit Turns a Portal 2 Gag Into a Science Fair Project [Gaming] : It's not going to guarantee you an A+ like showing up with a working portal gun would. But you can still wow your teachers by building your own version of Portal 2's potato-powered AI , even though the

There really is no difference between men and women's math abilities [Debunkery] : There's a longstanding myth of a gender gap between boys' and girls' math performance, suggesting some basic biological difference in how the two genders approach math. It's deeply controversial and widely discredited. And now, a new study has completely debunked it. More » The Best Unproduced Science Fiction Screenplays of 2011, According to Hollywood Insiders [Video] : Find out what movie scripts Hollywood is bouncing up and down about — but not actually ponying up money to produce — right now. The infamous Black List, of the year's hottest unproduced screenplays, is out now. More » Darksiders II targets summer release, Wii U version at launch : Vigil Entertainment's action adventure sequel looks to be among the first titles available on Nintendo's

The Games Of Christmas ’11: Day Six : It’s the season of giving. The season of giving SLAUGHTER SLAUGHTER SLAUGHTER SLAUGHTER SLAUGHTAHAHAHAAHAHAAHAHAHAH. (more…) Scott Hates Pokémon More Than You [Video] : If the world was overrun with Pokémon, how would you handle it? Probably better than

BMW 3 Series gets 'full-color' heads-up display : If you've been hankering for some HUD action in your next auto, you'll have one more choice come next spring: the all-new 2012 BMW 3 Series. The launch will mark the first time a heads-up display has made it into Bavaria's volume seller, after debuting as an optional extra eons ago on its 5 Series. Since then, HUDs of limited hues have permeated München's high-end, splaying speed and navigation directions in the line of sight of road-going elites everywhere. However, this iteration is "full-color," which besides pleasing ROY G. BIV fans, makes it "more intuitive," as the company reasons it'll aid drivers in recognizing crucial alerts faster. That, or we're really just a generation away from über cool AR wizardry and movies on our windscreens. Of course, no word on when the 3's brethren will get the technicolor treatment, but we're betting it won't be long, given that...

Dead Rats Reborn as Pokémon [Pokemon] : Tokyo has a rat problem. Shibuya is crawling with "super rats". They're called "super", because the rodents seem highly resistant to rat poison. One thing these rodents aren't

Google interest in Yahoo might be head fake : Analysts say reports that Google is interested in Yahoo might only be intended to

'Paranormal Activity 3' Scares Up Huge Debut : LOS ANGELES -- "Paranormal Activity 3" didn't just go bump in the night. It made a ton of noise at the box office with a huge, $54 million opening. The third film in Paramount's low-budget horror franchise was No. 1 at the box office, according to Sunday studio estimates. Part two also debuted in the top spot a year ago with $40.7 million "Paranormal Activity 3" is actually a prequel, with the discovery of disturbing home-movie footage from 1988. Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman, who made the

“Universalize Me, but Watch Out for Your Neighbor” : Digging for Treasure in "It's a Mad Mad Mad World" The headline above summarizes the message strategy of the Republican field running for president of the United States: “I speak with universal and infinite

TAD 2011: Troma's FATHER'S DAY movie review : I wonder how many times you’d have to watch Father’s Day before you could say with certainty you knew exactly what the plot was about. Fortunately, it’s probably immaterial. No, sorry: completely immaterial.