Mega Man 10 does not include actual lasers.

William Shatner has created a social network for nerds, and it’s mind-blowing.

[Update] The site appears to be down fading in and out at the moment.

I watched this fascinating video today, which I was led to here, and it really rekindled my high school obsession with the old World’s Fairs. I can look at pictures of them all day long. The Trylon and Perisphere, pictured above, were always what amazed me the most. On a related note, I checked out Brian Fies’ graphic novel Whatever Happened to the World of Tomorrow? recently, and it’s quite something. I’d recommend giving it a look.

This is mind-blowing and hilarious and awesome. [Source]

The long-brewing battle has now officially begun, and the old days are most certainly gone. What’s most notable here is that HTC is apparently being used as an example to scare manufacturers away from working with Android. Crazy. This is going to be very interesting.

If this turns out to be a motion-controlled Gradius, I want it bad.

After last week’s media summit, here are three things I’m sure of:

1. The developers of Metroid: Other M are awesome for incorporating the same kind of Wiimote-only NES-to-pointer control scheme found in Super Paper Mario. I was excited about the game before, but I cannot wait for it now. The setup felt wonderful in SPM.

2. Super Mario Galaxy 2 is still a really odd move for Nintendo. But it does look fun.

3. Okay, three little things: Light Trax and X-scape look incredible, and this party mystery game for Wii could be really cool. I’ve always wanted to see a good Wii version of Clue.

[Edit] I forgot about Cave Story. 3/22 will be a nice day.

This book is pretty cool for fans of Jim Henson’s movie. I’m not crazy about the finished paintings, but the sketches are awesome. The rough one above is my favorite.

I’ve barely used the service at all since it launched — it’s way too noisy for me in its current state. But with some fine-tuning, I could still see it being useful. This article sizes it up nicely.

It’s both easy and perfectly appropriate to laugh at Star Trek V, but this legendary Shatner interview always reminds me of why it’s so mind-blowingly awesome. The film was his baby.

And in case you’ve never seen it, the remix is just as epic.

This is one of my all-time favorite movie posters. Absolutely perfect.

I discovered The Hobbit at my local library one winter day when I was in sixth grade. It was an old edition with the original wraparound cover by Tolkien, and from the moment I laid eyes on it I was captivated. I’d never been so drawn in by an illustration — it has a hypnotizing effect if seen up close. Ever since then, I’ve treasured the author’s artwork just as much as I do his writing. I was looking through some favorite sketches from the history of The Hobbit the other day, and this rendition of the entrance to the palace of the wood-elves once again reminded me of how special his work is. Not an easy thing to describe.

I started using this today when I read about it here, and I love it already.

Something inside me starts to panic every time I read an article like this declaring the mouse to be on its way out. I hate trackpads and can barely use them, and while I enjoy touchscreens from time to time, I need a mouse to get anything done.

This is really cool — a well-featured painting app that runs entirely on HTML5. [Source]