December 2008
86 posts
10 Movie Endings Spoiled By History →
I was thinking the same thing when Valkyrie came out. Yes, there’s this huge plot to kill Hitler…..but…. don’t we already know the outcome to that?
The Best Worst Videogame Ads Ever →
Sure, video game ads are (generally) a classy, expensive affair these days, but in previous days, things weren’t so high-brow. They were dorky, they were cheap, they were low-brow.
The Truth About Diet Soda →
Just because some drinks are low in calories doesn’t mean they can’t lead to weight gain
Apple says...iPhone farts ok, but no boobs →
The download store now has applications like iFart Mobile and Pull my Finger that do exactly what their names suggest. However, porn and sexual content is still off limits, at least officially, as…
The 10 hottest tech products of 2008 →
Sit down for a moment and think about the best gadgetry of 2008. There’s been a lot of great technology this year, but we think that the biggest impact has been caused by this little lot.
The Top 5 Environmental Newsmakers of 2008 →
2008 was a year when environmental news was perhaps more prevalent than any other, but some names were in the headlines much more frequently than others. Here are five of the most environmentally…
Techies will re-energize with new gadgets in 2009 →
A silver lining found within today’s financial storm is that more businesses are embracing cloud computing. The economic and environmental advancements of storing and delivering more corporate…
Watchmen Disaster: Fox Now Fighting To Delay... →
An attorney for 20th Century Fox just announced the studio will continue to seek an order delaying the release of “Watchmen.”
14 Abandoned Game Franchises that Need to Make a... →
Popular video game franchises are rarely abandoned. Usually a series that sells well is milked until gamers finally refuses to give a damn after the twenty-third sequel. This feature is dedicated to…
The 19 Best Movies That You Didn't See in 2008 →
Featured is a hand-picked selection of the best independent and mainstream feature films that were either quietly dumped by studios, ignored by audiences, or just not marketed well enough. So to give…
Rough Sex at 40,000 Leagues Under the Sea →
Species of deep-sea squid that strut their stuff in the blackness that prevail thousands of feet beneath the ocean surface encounter few opportunities to mate and so every tryst must count.
25 Top Simpsons Supporting Characters →
25 counting down the top supporting characters in Simpsons history.
Everything old is new again: resurrecting classic... →
The art of remaking games is much harder than it looks. You have to upgrade the graphics, update the game play, avoid annoying old fans, and gain new ones. Ars explores the treacherous path of the…
11 Geeked-Out Movies we're Waiting For in 2009 →
The holiday movie season has come and gone without so much as a certified blockbuster. Thank goodness for 2009, which is chock-full of movies for every fanboy (or girl).
The 12 Most Embarrassing Photos of 2008 →
And here we are, making it worse!
iFart app for the iPhone nets developer $40,000 in... →
iFart is now the most popular application for the iPhone, and over Christmas Eve and Christmas day, more than 58,000 people downloaded it, netting the developer over $40,000 in just 2 days.
The 7 Most Miscast Movie Roles →
Nothing is quite as annoying as an actor who’s been horribly miscast in a movie. Sometimes, however, the casting is so bad that, at a certain point, the heinousness of their performance becomes a…
6 Musicians Who Predicted Their Own Death in Song →
We’re recording ‘Cracked Wins the Lotto’ tomorrow.
My 10 Favorite Gaming Moments Of 2008 →
As I have done in years previous, here are my picks for My 10 Favorite Moments in Video Games for 2008. (As spoiler-light as I can make them.)
Scientists discover new type of laser →
Researchers at Princeton University in America have discovered an entirely new way to generate laser light.
Jury room sex could mean new trial for murderer →
A convicted murderer says his Missouri guilty verdict should be thrown out because two of his jurors allegedly had sex while sequestered.
Best Moments of 2008 In Photos (From the... →
A gallery of the best moments in 2008, as captured by the AP in photos. From the extremely funny to the downright absurd, it’s all here.
Top 10 Most Pirated TV-Shows of 2008 →
As the year moves toward its conclusion we have been taking a a look at the most pirated titles in various categories in 2008. Following our Top 10 games and movies posts, we now take a look at the…
Cody Townsend Sends It →
Sick footy from filming for Rage films. If you like to ski, you’ll be blown away!
20 Amazingly Cool Things From the World of... →
Here’s where we celebrate Nintendo’s pervasive influence on popular culture. Or, in other words, we show you this month’s collection of knitted goodies and things made out of hot glue and cheap…
Grab your BFG and play Doom in your browser →
Yes, Doom 1 has been recompiled in Flash from the original source. It plays just like I remembered the original, and could definitely become a giant Time Waster for anyone else who was hooked on Doom…
10 Things You Won't See After the Recession →
The government says we’ve been in a recession for the past year. Experts say it’ll be at least another year before it’s over. And everybody says it’s the worst economic downturn since the Great…
5 Things You Didn't Know about Breasts →
There are far too many synonyms for breasts for us to list here; besides, you probably know most of them. But due the fact that our language is so well-endowed with reference to these funbags, we…
Beautiful Wimbledon Poster Circa 1930 →
Charles Burton, 1930.
This Machine Might* Save the World →
Two desktop-printer engineers quit their jobs to search for the ultimate source of endless energy: nuclear fusion. Could this highly improbable enterprise actually succeed?
The Boy Who Was Knocked Down By A Car, But... →
It was the week before Christmas and 14-year-old Alby Dobinson was crossing a busy road on his way home after the last day of term when he was hit by a car. Alby’s parents were told he might not…
Holy sh*t that was close →
A lighting strike that close would make anyone’s butt hole pucker.
Top Ten Video Games You Should Be Listening To →
We’ve taken the time to assemble this list of video games you should be listening to. That’s right, listening. Play them all you want, but we’re betting that your memories of laying waste to the…
10 Holiday Beers To Help You Forget 2008 →
For the last couple of weeks, Jonathan Shikes has been locked in his office, taste-testing holiday brews and snorting shattered candy-cane pieces. (The two activities are apparently unrelated.) Here,…
How to "Do It" in a Car →
Getting off in your car is not as easy as it may sound. For those of you who have ever attempted it, you might have noticed the typical difficulties: avoiding hard objects like seats, steering…
10 of the World's Most Fantastic Tombs [30+ PICS] →
Throughout the history of human civilization, different cultures mourn and treat the dead differently. Some, like Tibetan Buddhists, have no use for burials as they dispose the dead by feeding…
Man Killed By Flesh Eating Bug →
Tony Williamson of Worthing died of a necrotising fasciitis infection he contracted from a small scratch. It took him just six days to go from healthy to dead.
The Weirdest Team Names in Sports →
With there being millions of organized sports teams out there in the world, the laws of statistical variation - combined with hilarious human error and stupidity - tell us that at least a few of…
The Best Movies of 2008 →
It’s that time of year when critics make the often futile attempt to sum up hundreds of movies and twelve months of viewing into a nice, neat package. How do you define 2008 in movies? Movies…
6 Amazing Blue Holes [PICS] →
Have you ever swam out in the sea and not been able to see the bottom? All you can feel is the freezing the freezing cold water beneath your feet, all you see is dark blue water extending to…
Palm CEO Confirms Nova OS Is in the Wild,... →
Both wireless carriers and software developers are already holding devices with the Palm’s new Linux based OS named “Nova” which is due to launch in the first half of 2009, Palm CEO Ed Colligan…
Is Digg Sexist? A rebuttal from someone with... →
The debate has been raging for awhile now. Is digg.com sexist? A digg users with breasts gives her.
Left 4k Dead - Excellent online game →
Left 4k Dead was made by Markus Persson, for the 2009 Java 4k Competition.The entire game is less than 4kb.
You are here. Oh shit.... →
100-Car Pileup On I-94 In Michigan Leaves One Dead →
A 100-car pileup on I-94 in western Michigan as a result of sustained whiteout blizzard conditions left one person dead and closed down an 11-mile section of the freeway for hours.
Google was my doctor: Says Scott Adams, Dilbert... →
..”about six months after I’d first lost my voice, I woke up wondering if my speech problem might be related in some way to my hand problem. So I typed “voice dystonia” into Google and up popped a…
10 Worst Shows of 2008 →
The title is self-explanatory. And I could go on, but I have to stop somewhere, so let’s make it 10. Your own nominations welcome in the comments.
The World's Hottest CEO Wives [PICS] →
Being a CEO has all kinds of perks, from a really good parking space to the company jet. Also you get to run the economy into the ground, and no one can stop you. But perhaps the best part of being…
My dad wants a hores but my mom says no! →
GOOGLE Beta (1998) →
Who would have guessed that this small site would grow into becoming the most visited website?