Links For 2-26-2010

I'm a few days behind. I've been distracted.

Bummer

Andrew Koenig found dead – Walter Koenig says it was suicide. Andrew played "Boner" on GROWING PAINS, and obviously his dad was the original Chekov from STAR TREK.

Entertainment

Shane Black to direct DOC SAVAGE. KISS KISS BANG BANG was a good movie, so this'll probably be worth a viewing.

LOST bosses explain flash-sideways. Uh, no. They didn't explain anything yet. Meanwhile, the members of the cast who don't think they're too good for TV now (read: the ones who play Jack and Kate) are looking for work... Terry O'Quinn is shopping around a new show with Michael Emerson.

The baby-killing heroes of your dystopian future. This actually sounds like an interesting concept.

Jesper Christensen back-tracks on comments critizing James Bond franchise. Yeah, that's a smart idea. You never know when you're gonna want another paying gig, right?

It's official: DARK KNIGHT co-writer tackling SUPERMAN. Meh.

First Superman comic fetches a crazy record of $1 million! Ahh... just a few years ago it was only a few hundred grand.

Video Games

Original FALLOUT developer would have done FALLOUT 3 differently. Well of course they would. It's two totally different companies.

Casting call confirms next CALL OF DUTY set in Vietnam. I guess we can expect MODERN WARFARE 3 in 2011 then?

HEAVY RAIN teases sequel. This bit was in one of the two endings I unlocked.

BIOSHOCK 2 special edition secrets revealed. Kinda neat, but it makes me wonder who takes the time to find out this stuff.

DEAD SPACE 2 gets new shots. The link in the article was down when I tried, maybe you'll have better luck.

ALPHA PROTOCOL gets solid release date, new video shows “a man alone” and there's also... Screens and boxart show up for ALPHA PROTOCOL.

Report: The ten most expensive video game budgets apparently are.... GRAND THEFT AUTO IV is the most expensive video game to make so far.

Yarr!!!

Big Content condemns foreign governments that endorse FOSS (Free Open Source Software). They're claiming that free legal software encourages piracy. Wow. They're out of their minds. More like encourages people to use free legal alternatives to their stuff which erodes their marketshare. This would be like McDonald's complaining about soup kitchens taking away profits they might make off of the homeless.

World, get ready for the DMCA: ACTA's Internet chapter leaks. Basically they want to disconnect file-sharers... nothing new.

MPAA calls 2 year sentence for DARK KNIGHT cammer "appropriate". You wouldn't get that much time, if any, if you walked into a store and swiped the DVD or Blu-ray. Hell, you probably wouldn't get that much for stealing a truck full of them.

Piracy isn’t killing the movie industry, greed is. Dinosaurs.