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New AC/DC Box Set Packs Rarities Into Functioning Guitar Amp

Oct 22, 2009
AC/DC’s new $200 box set packs musical rarities and memorabilia inside a functional 1-watt guitar amplifier. The AC/DC Backtracks packaging, pictured, is unique and fully operational. And what’s inside is impressive as well: The limited-...

Simpsons Still Haunts After 2 Decades of Treehouse of Horror

Oct 16, 2009
I can remember watching the first episode of The Simpsons. I was 12 years old and awkward, with the ill-defined aspiration of “being funny.” In the 20 years since, as the show has defined and refined itself and undergone various changes — some...

Rating Zombieland's Awesome Ghoul-Killing Weapons

Oct 2, 2009
About the Authors: Having been zombie survivalists since the age of 8, when their mother bought them Dawn of the Dead, twins Matt and John Yuan turned their passion for firearms and anti-ghoul geekery into a ticket to Hollywood. They played mall cop...

Iron Man 2 Blasts Into Comic-Con, More Badass Than Ever

Jul 26, 2009
How do you top a movie that took a lesser-known character from the Marvel Comics universe and turned him into the most badass big-screen superhero to date? That’s the dilemma faced by Iron Man 2 director Jon Favreau, whose 2008 mo...

Wired Playlist: Summer Jams by Japanese Motors, Kinky and More

Jul 9, 2009
Last week’s Wired Playlist podcast was awash in music worthy of beach parties, barbecues and tiki torches. This week, it’s pretty much the same. You weren’t ready to give up on summer just yet, were you? Your host, Wired magazine s...

Video: How to Make a Character Bento Box

Dec 23, 2009
Filled with food crafted to look like the stars of cartoons and videogames, character bento boxes look so cute you might not want to eat what’s inside them — but your kids will. The 2008 book Face Food: The Visual Creativity of Japanese Bento Boxes...

New Year Giveaway: Signed Copies of Halo Encyclopedia

Dec 23, 2009
It’ll be a happy New Year for a fistful of fortunate Halo fans smart enough to read Wired.com. DK Publishing is offering five free copies of its new Halo Encyclopedia, personally signed by game developer Frank O’Connor. Created in collaboration with...

Review: Sherlock Holmes Gives Brainy Detective Plenty of Brawn

Dec 23, 2009
Robert Downey Jr. may not be tall or British like Sherlock Holmes, but he does possess the single most important attribute needed to play England’s famous sleuth. The actor is smart. In the highly entertaining Sherlock Holmes, which opens Friday, busy...

Lucasfilm Packs Up Last-Minute Gifts From 'A Long Time Ago …'

Dec 22, 2009
We stand mere hours away from Christmas morning. Santa Claus is currently steering his reindeer-powered blockade runner past the Scrooge-ish Imperial Star Destroyers with last-minute gifts ideas for Star Wars fans. The folks at the Build a Bear...

Who's the Best Batman of All Time?

Dec 22, 2009
Actor William Baldwin, who almost got to play Batman in 1997 movie Batman & Robin, dons the cowl at last when he voices the Caped Crusader in the animated film Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths, the straight-to-DVD-and-download release schedule for...


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