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There’s certainly no shortage of tragic characters roaming the streets of Gotham — from the orphaned, crime-fighting socialite with a penchant for spelunking to the once-promising DA with a now visible dark side. But does Batman’s grimmest story actually belong to Gotham’s (other) psychotic clown? After reading this piece on the flaws in (the mostly…
Batman the Animated Series is one of the finest pieces of animation ever created as well as one of the greatest works of Television ever made. It created characters like Harley Quinn and Renee Montoya, defined Batman to many young viewers and without the series, it is very unlikely series like Young Justice or Gargoyles…
via After Hours – 5 Racist and Sexist Messages Hidden in Forrest Gump – YouTube.
People love pondering who’d win impossible fights. Superman vs Goku, Godzilla vs a Pacific Rim robot, my dad vs your dad. Finally, though, here’s one we can actually watch: Fallout 3‘s main character vs Skyrim‘s Dovahkiin. Andrewmfilms put together this impressively choreographed, reference-packed battle between Bethesda’s two biggest stars. In it, both combatants pull out…
While they might look like photos, these are actually digital portraits, all done by Euclase, one of the best fan artists on the planet. Her work is absolutely phenomenal. The lighting, the texture she manages to capture on everyone’s clothes, the warmth of their skin…truly impressive stuff. You can see more of Euclase’s work at…
Last year, Google bought Word Lens, the amazing app that translates signs in real time, and made it free for everyone. Now the company has gone one better and rolled the feature into Google Translate. As you can see in the GIF above, the feature works just like it did in the Word Lens app….
Begin: WordPress Article Content Everyone’s favorite food-disrupting nutritional slurry, Soylent, has just closed a $20 million funding round, led by existing investor Andreessen Horowitz. Another prior investor in its 2013 $1.5 million seed round, Lerer Ventures, also participated in the new financing, along with Index Ventures. Announcing the raise on his blog, a16z partner Chris Dixton noted Soylent is…
http://youtu.be/M2Vdq9GuMSA via The Uncertain Connection Between North Korea and Hackers | Idea Channel | PBS Digital Studios – YouTube.
Angels Fall First is an FPS, RTS and spaceship dogfighting game rolled into one, and it looks fab Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it’s none of them – Angel Falls First is a whole lot else though: first person shooter, spaceship fighter sim, and real time strategy combined into one tidy…