The Ziggurat of Doom

Or, more importantly, what are they learning?

By the way, check out the tags and the comments.

Kotaku is reporting on how to unlock developer mode on the Palm Pre.

You type “upupdowndownleftrightleftrightbastart” on the keyboard. Seriously.

No word on whether or not in unlocks your buddy’s phone if you put a “select” in there.

Futurama is coming back for 26 episodes on Comedy Central in 2010. Once again DVD sales resurrect a loved TV show.

Conan? Mario? You decide.

Edit: Italan anti-defamation league protests mario

If this review is even close to accurate, the Palm Pre is the smartphone I’ve always wanted.

And lo and behold, my contract is up in July. Win.

Just announced at E3: Final Fantasy XIV will be both a PS3 exclusive (console, though there’s already chatter that a PC version will also be released) and an MMORPG.

So, that’s a thing.

Is this from the same developers who brought us FF XI? Of the famous 28-hour raid boss? With a grind that makes Everquest look like, I dunno, one of those games that’s insultingly short and easy? Well, based on the screenshots, not only yes, but it is a direct sequel. STAY TUNED.

Actually, don’t, since I probably won’t follow this, since I probably don’t care. I paid my dues to the FFXI beast and got out alive. But hey. Final Fantasy. Maybe this one won’t have a six hour installation process.

(Also announced today: Nintendo to continue making Mario and Metroid games. I’m shocked. Shocked, I tell you. Will this mad journey never end?)

I finally got around to listening to The Decemberists’ “The Hazards of Love”. Short review: If the composition, lyrics, and performance weren’t all spot-on, it would be the kind of pretentious, overproduced, melodramatic rock opera you expect from hair metal bands towards the ends of their lifespans.

But since it is, in fact, awesome, you should listen to it. I liked it considerably more than “The Crane Wife”. In fact, taken as an album, it may be their best to date.