Virtual Toad (via Mice Age)
Somebody fund this guy. He's creating a CG version of everyone's favorite Lost Disney attraction, Mr. Toad's Wild Ride. Check out all the thumbnails on the pix/movie page, because you can't tell which ones are movies until you click them. And the movies are worth watching for the crush of sweet nostalgia. One thing that struck me was the RL-accurate scrapes on the floors in the outside renders. I remember looking at those and marvelling at how many times those poor cars had to bump along the track during an average day.

Preservation, GameTap, and Curmudgeoning (GameSetWatch)
I agree with the Curmudgeon. Subscription-based services suck.

Adult Swim Zune Going on Ebay (Gizmodo)
Freaking hilarious. So they make a special edition $250 Zune with the Adult Swim logo and pre-load it with shows. There's only 500 of them made, they're not available to the general public, and the demographic crossover between Adult Swim and portable media players seems terribly apparent. One of the 500 shows up on eBay and sells for merely $290. Nobody wants a Zune, folks.

The War Against The True Enemy of Comic Books (Absorbascon)
Scipio makes a great point about how modern comics writing falls flat when they rely on an overly-cinematic storyboard, with expositionless (and often dialogue-less) writing. Being a Silver Age fan, Scip advocates a return to the exposition-heavy days of yesteryear, which both makes any given story more weighty and keeps it accessible for new readers. I wouldn't go that far, but it would be nice to see fewer books with silent pages in them.

First gameplay footage from StarCraft II (Gamebrink via Kotaku)
Looks like the Protoss are still overpowered. I remain a Zerg man.