Never mind that Marvel Super Hero Squad stuff… now this is a comic book-based MMO I want to play! Of course, there’s obviously no way that the gameplay for an online game will look anywhere near as good as this epic six-minute cinematic. But if they can at least capture the general feel of this, it might be the first MMO I’ll put some serious time into since City of Heroes. DC Universe hits stores on November 2nd.

A surprisingly well-made video mash-up set to the tune of Broken Social Scene’s “Meet Me in the Basement”, featuring footage from the G20 Summit in Toronto last month. It was put together by an anonymous fan, and then given BSS’s blessing. Their new album Forgiveness Rock Record is out now on Arts & Crafts.

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again… Google is the future! (Well, except for that Google Wave nonsense, anyway.) This year they launched a really interesting app for Android phones called Google Goggles. The idea is that you can use the phone’s camera to take a picture of anything around you, and it will instantly figure out what the object is and return pertinent information to you.

It may seem like a simple thing, just cutting out the extra step of typing something into their search engine, but in a lot of cases it helps you identify something if you don’t know what it’s called and it can instantly translate foreign languages as well. The way I see it, this means humans are now one step away from having an active heads-up display just like the Terminator. Which is awesome. It’s only available for Android phones right now (for free), but an iPhone version is currently on the way. Watch this video for more info.

So apparently this is a real Comic-Con exclusive that was being given out in San Diego this year. It clearly had to have been inspired by the fake Star Wars “The Force” action figure that’s was floating around online a while back. (Still not as cool as Rocky’s Meat, I’m afraid.)

(via Laughing Squid)

I finished playing through David Cage and Quantic Dream’s Heavy Rain a few days ago, the latest interactive mystery thriller from the same folks who made Indigo Prophecy for the Xbox and PS2. While I did enjoy it and I certainly admire the attempt to raise the bar for storytelling in games, I find myself wondering if it was entirely successful. The story is ambitious, and the presentation is nearly unmatched. The graphics are gorgeous, the music evocative, and the atmosphere tense. It is definitely one of the most unique games of the year… but is it even really a game? There’s something about it that feels fundamentally unsatisfying, and I can’t quite put my finger on what it is.

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For anyone who missed our discussion on the live Film Junk Podcast last night, here is one of the best viral videos to come along in quite some time. It’s just so damn rewatchable. Why can’t everyone have this same sense of awe about the world around us?

Not as much a fan of this video as their last one for “Heartbeat Song” but The Chaos is probably the best album The Futureheads have put out since their self-titled debut.

If you’ve been enjoying the resurgence of point-and-click adventures thanks to folks like Telltale Games, and you’re in the market for something a little bit edgier, you might want to check out an iPhone game called Hector: Badge of Carnage. Developed by Irish animation studio Straandlooper, it’s an adventure game about a drunk and depraved police detective named Hector who reluctantly gets called in to help with a hostage situation. To put it in old school Sierra terms, it’s a bit like Police Quest meets Leisure Suit Larry with a British accent.

Although in some cases the iPhone or iPod Touch is too small for these kinds of games, the interface they’ve come up with is simple and doesn’t take up much screen space. (Hector: BoC is also available for the iPad.) More importantly, the game has some great voice acting, slick 2-D animation, and while the R-rated humour definitely makes it stand out, I’m happy to report that it is also genuinely funny. They’re rolling out the game in chapters just like Telltale, and the first chapter is up on the App Store now for $3.99. Well worth the price of admission.