Go here to see Metroid’s commercial history.

Metroid: Other M drops soon, and it’s kind of making me wish I owned a Wii. Never thought I’d say that. Promotion for the game is getting all fancy with live-action commercials and such, so it’s time to take a look back on how older Metroid games were advertised. Warning, it isn’t pretty.

Unreality’s Facebook page sucks with Samus in Super Smash Bros.

The Countdown

Rarely seen Star Wars photos – [Izismile]

Failed attempts to use special effects in politcal ads – [Cracked]

25 mascot fail videos – [HolyTaco]

5nal Destination is 5nal no more – [FilmDrunk]

The best thing to come out of Jersey Shore so far – [WarmingGlow]

Laura Vandervoort is perfect – [UGO]

Clash of the Titans 2 gets a director – [Pajiba]

Full Metal Disney – [CollegeHumor]

21 pimped out golf carts – [Maxim]

The truth about Facebook is revealed – [AskMen]

New Arcade Fire video takes place at your house – [Asylum]

Blake Lively is the new Megan Fox? – [Gunaxin]

Well hey there Salma Hayek – [Celebslam]

A cat plays Duck Hunt – [ToplessRobot]

Should college bathrooms be co-ed? – [BroBible]

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OK look, I get that in this modern era of technology, you need to find new ways to reach out to the youth of the nation, but is this really the way to go about doing it?

Like, who is going to look at that, either in someone’s room or cleverly placed in a store (I can’t tell where this was taken) and say, “Man, those Christians are really good at Photoshop! Where do I sign up?”

And I’m pretty sure in Call of Duty (or in the actual armed forced for that matter), you’d be better off kneeling while holding a SCAR-H  assault rifle than your holding hands together in prayer. Though to be fair, you’d probably have more luck praying than using the F2000. That gun is HORRIBLE.

This is a mod that’s actually pretty damn cool, as it ups the immersiveness factor of Grand Theft Auto to a level it’s never been near before. Everyone knows that Rockstar spent thousands of hours painfully crafting an extremely accurate rendition of New York City, but often times the top down, 3rd person view makes it all seem a lot smaller than it actually is.

This mod literally puts you on the street and yes, it may turn the game into somewhat of a generic first person shooter, but one that takes place in a city that actually feels rich and vibrant and alive. How many other games can claim something similar?

Check it out above.

After looking at this film, I really do have to wonder. What the hell does Leonardo DiCaprio have to do to win an Oscar? He’s literally done everything humanly possible at this point in his career. He’s…

- played a troubled youth (The Basketball Diaries)

- played a mentally retarded kid (What’s Eating Gilbert Grape)

- played a historical figure in a biopic (The Aviator)

- been in a politically conscious acclaimed film (Blood Diamond)

- been in an angsty depressing Oscar nominated drama (Revolutionary Road)

- starred in two Best Picture winners (Titanic, The Departed)

- made sure to give an “emotional” performance in nearly every one of his movies (as seen above)

Really, what else could he do at this point? He’s allegedly doing the “historical figure” thing again in Clint Eastwood’s J. Edgar Hoover biopic, which is two more Oscar ingredients right there, but something tells me that won’t pan out either.

Does he really not deserve it, or are the members of the Academy just being dicks at this point?

[thanks to MadFishesTheBlog for this awesome pic]

The “shaky cam” horror film is a trend for a reason these days. So far, it has successfully produced entries in various niches in the horror genre including witches (Blair Witch), ghosts (Paranormal Activity) and zombies (REC). All produced very effective scares, and somewhat plausible reasons as to why a bunch of people getting stalked and murdered would be carrying around a camera with them at all times.

Well someone decided that it was just about time for exorcism movies to get the same treatment, and it’s a subject that could bring with it a legitimate explanation for the touting around of a giant HD camera. This one actually comes with a boom mic operator too!

Revered Cotton Marcus is a fraud. He’s a southern preacher who has come to the gradual realization there is no God, but continues to give sermons and performs phony exorcisms because he believes it comforts people, real or sham. The paycheck doesn’t hurt either. But with the Catholic Church training more and more exorcists each day, and deaths on the rise as a result of botched ceremonies, Cotton believes it’s now his mission to expose the practice for what it is, a scam.

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All season long, I’ve been trumpeting about how great True Blood has become.  Russell is far superior as a villain to Maryanne, Eric has become unleashed, so to speak, and has been quite the bad ass, and we’re finally in on the secret as to why Sookie Stackhouse is so damn valuable.  It’s been entertaining all season long, which is perhaps why the poor, penultimate episode “Fresh Blood” was such a disappointment.  This was the bridge-iest of bridge episodes, with very little action and dripping with boring scenes.  If the True Blood season finale in two weeks kicks ass, this episode can certainly be overlooked, but there’s no denying that this was a boring, bad episode.

Keep reading for the full review.  As always, there will be spoilers.

You can catch up on what happened last week HERE.

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I’d seen these cleverly painted USPS mailboxes before, and frankly I’m surprised this is the first time someone has acted this out. Even if I do have a terribly hard time believing that’s a girl under that robe. Look at those powerful shoulders!

I’m pretty sure if the blueprints of the Death Star were left in the hands of the US Postal Service, Darth Vader and the Emperor would be sipping muay tais on the bridge of the battle station right now, in a galaxy far, far away, having cleaned out every Rebellion planet in the sector. How does Darth Vader sip a muay tai? Don’t ask such questions!

I must admit that I’m really not too big a fan of the Emmy Awards.  Don’t get me wrong.  I enjoy watching television like the rest of us.  However, I don’t particularly care about award shows that admonish celebrities and their “accomplishments’ on television.  I’ve mentioned this about the Oscars and I feel the same way here.

However, if there’s one thing that made some noise on Sunday, it was most certainly Mrs. Christina Hendricks.  Good God.  I think we’re just gonna keep posting pictures of her until either A.  We’re told to stop or B.  She doesn’t exist anymore.   I just don’t see any other way we’ll quit with Hendricks.

Check out more of the purple dress after the jump….

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I don’t think I’ll ever really be into the crazy world of Anime.   Personally I just can’t get past the really big eyeballs.  It kind of scares me.  But in this world of technology and cyber whatever, it’s easy to see how a society can get wrapped up in fantasy.  And anime is a perfect gateway to this fantasy world.

Before you know it we really will have surrogates and we really will be losing all personal relationships in favor of robots.  To me that’s sad but I guess we’re all going to have to evolve.  Speaking of which, do you guys find this anime stuff attractive?  I don’t know man.  I feel like a perv if I say yes but you can’t deny some of these figurines are kind of hot.

I guess you guys be the judge of this sexy anime gallery….

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With news that Will “MacGruber” Forte is not returning to SNL, the other cast members we know and (sometimes) love have not announced if they’re returning yet (Andy Samburg, Seth Meyers, etc). But in the meantime, new talent has been hired, and you can see what they’ve got below.

Go here to check them out.