Links For 4-15-2010

Misc

Library of Congress: We're archiving every tweet ever made. Given how vaccuous most Twitter posts are, including my own, this seems incredibly stupid.

US government finally admits most piracy estimates are bogus. So they finally admit what everybody already knew all along?

Are you ready for beer with 32% alcohol content?  If I still drank, this sounds like the sort of thing that would've gotten me in a lot of trouble.

Entertainment

Whoa! Joss Whedon to direct THE AVENGERS! This hasn't been confirmed yet.

Hayley Atwell cast as CAPTAIN AMERICA’s WWII love interest. I couldn't figure out where I knew her from until I IMDBed her and saw she was in the abysmal THE PRISONER remake.

Bad acid trip inspired first DOCTOR WHO regeneration. The concept of regeneration is one of the most brilliant parts of the show, and what enabled it to keep going for so long.

Video Games

GEARS OF WAR 3 officially official, coming April 5, 2011. "Last of the trilogy", but you just know there will be a GEARS OF WAR 4 and 5 and so on.

Capcom: First DEAD RISING 'felt too Japanese'. If by "felt too Japanese" they meant, "had a horrible save system", then yeah. Most Western games let you save wherever, or have fairly convenient check points. Japanese games still seem to be stuck with save points.

Take-Two: Annual sequels an enemy of creativity. I guess this is why they've managed to resist churning out a new GRAND THEFT AUTO game every year.

Infinity Ward staff exodus gathers pace. Four more here, that makes eight (or is it nine? there's only eight in the story) so far.

Zampella and West Respawn back with EA – everything you need to know

Free SPLINTER CELL: CONVICTION DLC coming weekly. Well, that's kinda nice that it's free. I'll probably grab any single-player content I can. Well, if I can fix my Xbox, that is.

No one wants a “solitary experience” anymore, says Conviction’s multiplayer director. Wrong wrong wrong wrong wrong wrong wrong wrong. Screw multiplayer. I only play single-player. And I'm not the only one. (The only time I play more than single player is every once in awhile when I'm over a friend's house and we're sitting next to each other playing.)