This 21-Gun Salute To America Blows Fireworks Away

You want fireworks for the Fourth? Oh, I've got some fireworks for you—21 crazy boomsticks, in fact. All in honor of our nation's 233 birthday.

4:00 PM on Fri Jul 3 2009, by Sean Fallon, 0 views, 22 comments
http://gizmodo.com/5305914/this-21+gun-salute-to-america-blows-fireworks-away

Why Your Stadium Sucks: Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum

This is a new weekly feature in which I (and maybe you, too, readers) detail the various reasons for hating your ballpark. This week: Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum.

2:15 PM on Thu Jul 2 2009, by Tommy Craggs, 0 views, 53 comments
http://deadspin.com/5306316/why-your-stadium-sucks-oakland+alameda-county-coliseum

Sony Knew What Soderbergh Was Up to on Moneyball Script

Yesterday we posted Sony's take on why Moneyball, the Soderbergh/Pitt film based on Michael Lewis' book, died five days before shooting was to start. Now someone close to the project has provided us with a different version of events.

2:03 AM on Thu Jul 2 2009, by The Cajun Boy, 0 views, 41 comments
http://gawker.com/5305994/sony-knew-what-soderbergh-was-up-to-on-moneyball-script

Kotaku's 2009 Summer Reading List

Summertime is here, and it's time to hit the beach, splash in the waves, and bask in the sun with a little ultra-portable gaming, courtesy of Kotaku's 2009 Summer Reading List.

2:30 PM on Wed Jul 1 2009, by Mike Fahey, 0 views, 178 comments
http://kotaku.com/5304338/kotakus-2009-summer-reading-list

Soderbergh's Moneyball Script Too Real To Get Made

The Sony Pictures executive who pulled the plug on Moneyball says that Steven Soderbergh changed the original script because he didn't want anything in the movie that didn't actually happen. So Billy Beane isn't a sweaty, foul-mouthed, Hooters...

11:15 AM on Wed Jul 1 2009, by Dashiell Bennett, 0 views, 30 comments
http://deadspin.com/5305316/soderberghs-moneyball-script-too-real-to-get-made

Second Skin Coming To DVD In August

Second Skin, a documentary about virtual worlds and their inhabitants that we've been keeping tabs on since it started casting in 2006, is finally coming to DVD this August.

3:30 PM on Tue Jun 30 2009, by Mike Fahey, 0 views, 52 comments
http://kotaku.com/5304805/second-skin-coming-to-dvd-in-august

Best of the Best: Hive Five Winners, March through June 2009

The year is flying by, and so are our readers' picks for software, hardware, and other tools. Come on in to see the winners of our Hive Five polls for the second quarter of 2009.

3:00 PM on Mon Jun 29 2009, by Jason Fitzpatrick, 0 views, 42 comments
http://lifehacker.com/5303642/best-of-the-best-hive-five-winners-march-through-june-2009

Pre-Buy The Next Final Fantasy XI Scenario Next Week

While there's no word on when you can play the second of three new Final Fantasy XI scenarios. A Moogle Kupo d'Etat – Evil in Small Doses, now we know when you can buy it.

11:20 AM on Mon Jun 29 2009, by Mike Fahey, 0 views, 68 comments
http://kotaku.com/5303648/pre+buy-the-next-final-fantasy-xi-scenario-next-week

Angry Robots Push a Weeping Cameron Diaz Way Out of the Way

Pretty much everything was robots this weekend. Lots and lots of people wanted to see the robots. But other people wanted to see snarky people fall in love in Alaska. Others still wanted drunks in Las Vegas. But mostly, robots.

10:10 AM on Mon Jun 29 2009, by Richard Lawson, 0 views, 12 comments
http://gawker.com/5303619/angry-robots-push-a-weeping-cameron-diaz-way-out-of-the-way