“If I proposed such a design, our company would never approve it,” said one of the engineers. “When it comes to Japanese PC manufacturers, their manufacturing plants will complain or add their own technical efforts to lower cost, if a proposed structural design was insufficient. The MacBook Air gives me an impression that its manufacturing […]

Mein Gott! It seems smoking is now forbidden in Germany. Initially I thought the Bavarians would reject such laws in favor of tradition, but no! Even the festival tents will be Rauchenfrei.
Smoking in fest tents will still be allowed in Rheinland-Pfalz, whereas in Bavaria it won’t, although most fest tents can be found at the […]

I loved Gears of War. Gears was the safety blanket that made losing Halo and the Master Chief a little less harsh — I can hardly wait to chain-saw me some 13 year old multi-play dweebage. Plus the lighting/music effects in the GoW adventure were actually creepy!
The effectiveness of this tried and trusted console […]

2.0 Somethings, desperate for the dozens of dozens of readers who frequent Dethroner every day, passed on this alert:
Though we just got back from our most recent culinary adventure, the 2.0somethings crew is already gearing up for our spring break plans: The First Annual Blue Ribbon Bacon Festival in Des Moines, Iowa. The festival will […]

I don’t know if you’ve been following it or not, but apparently that Food Network twat Robert Irvine is a rat-faced liar. All his self-proclaimed achievements, such as being a Knight or working in the White House kitchen, have turned out to be fabrications. Plus he’s screwed some people on several restaurant development projects!
Serious Eats […]

There’s nothing wrong with eating squirrel (although it’s some of my least favorite game meat). But that doesn’t make the soft focus cooking of Heidi “The Huntress” Wilson, star of an old Outdoor Channel television show, any less disturbing. I know she’s just trying to make eating squirrel seem like a normal American pastime, but […]

From the people who brought you the Dangerous Catch knock-off Ice Road Truckers comes “Ax Men,” a new reality show about loggers premiering March 9th. Watch a preview video on History.com. As far as I can tell, I didn’t see any owls crushed under boot heel or zombies beheaded by a spinning gravity-gun sawblade.
One thing […]

I miss stuff like this. How come Heros doesn’t have a character randomly break into dance at inappropriate times? Every time someone mentions death Skylar could throw a coin-drop to a suicide-windmill.

CBR got an interview with Tiffany Fallon; there was some sort of a thing in the news over a PlayBoy cover and the Wonder Woman costume being spray painted on her naked yet Wonder Woman-y body.
On the “thing”/scandal Ms. Fallon had to say…
Yeah, and you know what? I can understand why some fans think it’s […]

Check out Steve Stevens hair as he wails that crazy Harold Faltermeyer movie theme.

Thanks to a Gamespot interview of Activision designer Alan Flores on the future of Guitar Hero.

Seems a former admirer is selling a map Fidel drew for a pal turned refugee to America.
Castro had attempted to overthrow Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista with an assault on a military barracks. The attack failed and Castro had spent two years behind bars. Viera says that while they chatted, Castro drew a map of the […]

[via TV in Japan]