The Sci Fi Channel kicked off their inexplicable name change to Syfy (whatever that stands for) with the premiere of Warehouse 13, a show about two CIA agents recruited to track down cursed items and store them away indefinitely. There have been many comparisons to Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark, X-files, & Eureka but the real inspiration (read: plagiarism) is the cult classic Friday the 13th:

In the economically hard-hit country of Latvia, banks are extremely wary of lending so entrepreneur Viktor Mirosiichenko came up with a sure-fire way to get borrowers to pay up. Borrowers have to put their souls up for collateral! The Kontora loan company offers loans up to $500 with high interest rates, but unlike traditional banks they don’t use debt collectors. Mirosiichenko warns deadbeats, “If they don’t give it back, what

When Captain America was assassinated back in Captain America #25 everyone was in denial and not just fans. Even the Marvel Universe thought something smelled fishy so naturally they sent Wolverine to confirm it was really Cap and not just some stinkin’ Skrull. But the nose don’t lie bub. So if Captain America really is dead, just how does Marvel plan to bring him back (as we all knew they

After months of speculation on who the “Fallen” was in Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, who would’ve guessed that it’d be two slapstick sidekicks that would spark the real debate. Skids and Mudflap are Transformers that speak in ebonics, or as I like to call them Ebonicons ™. Voice actor Reno Wilson (Mudflap) describes them as “wannabe gangster types” who learned about human culture through the Web (thank the Allspark

Humanity just got a little closer to Judgment Day thanks to the Japanese. Researchers at Waseda University recently unveiled Kobian, a emotional robot that’s more man than machine. Kobian uses 48 actuators to express up to 7 different emotions, including: happiness, surprise, sadness, disgust, and anger (read: bloodlust). It’s also got a double-jointed neck to give it more expressive postures (read: sass). Kobian’s creators say its expressiveness will help it