…good thing Idris Elba‘s on that.

I’m getting real sick of winter, guys. There are no good holidays left (Valentine’s Day doesn’t count) and it doesn’t seem like it’ll ever get warm. Also we have five more months to wait until Guillermo del Toro‘s Pacific Rim comes out. Can I just cryogenically freeze myself and wake up when the summer movies get here? No? Dang. I guess these new pictures (Mecha! Panicking civilians! Charlie Hunnam and Rinko Kikuchi!) will have to tide me over.

Spain, as much of the world, isn’t doing too well economically. After the country’s construction bubble popped the government instituted sizable budget cuts, including to schools, many of which now charge way too much for lunches and have had to cut bus services. Dozens of kids at Evaristo Calayatud in Valencia now have to walk nearly four miles over unpaved roads to get to school.

But a group of mothers aren’t having it. If the government can’t afford school buses, well, they’re just going to raise the money themselves. By posing for a semi-nude calendar.

I have no problem admitting I’ve read Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight series (yes, even that bit online from Edward’s point of view). I don’t think it’s classic literature, but I enjoyed it for what it was. What I haven’t read is Meyer’s previous novel, The Host, which has a very Invasion of the Body Snatchers-type premise. I haven’t heard great things about it, but Summer Entertainment has timed its release very well to coincide with the ending of the Twilight Saga films. It stars Saoirse Ronan in the lead role though, and I adore her. Good trailer if nothing else?

(via Deadline)

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Our much beloved Mass Effect series is set in a lovingly crafted and intricate universe, where an ambitiously large number of alien races coexist (or at the very least tolerate each other as long as they keep out of their space). And gender isn’t an area of which the games are shy, though they’ve done it with a certain economy of character models. One of the biggest exceptions to this has been the absence of female Turians from the game (since Turians are a fundamentally egalitarian and widespread species in the galaxy, where military service for every citizen is seen as a mandatory part of adulthood and a cornerstone of their culture). Today, with the announcement of their latest DLC pack, Omega, they are finally revealed. (One more pic below.)

Here’s what male turians look like, for comparison:

It is 100% true to say that I would probably care less about Wreck-It Ralph if it did not include the fake modern shooter game Hero’s Duty, and if Hero’s Duty did not include female space marine Sergeant Calhoun. I’m not saying I wouldn’t care about it. I’m just saying I’d care about it less if I couldn’t pretend that somebody had put FemShep in a movie and paid Jane Lynch to voice her.

I also note with satisfaction that Wreck-It Ralph knew perfectly well what they were doing when they decided to call it Hero’s Duty.

(via Bleeding Cool.)

Is it safe to say that everyone reading this website has already seen Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog, Joss Whedon’s musical web series starring Neil Patrick Harris? If not, tonight’s your chance! It’s set to air for the first time on network television tonight on the CW and star Felicia Day thinks the event is a huge accomplishment for web series. But what did she have to say about the sequel? Read on to find out! 

In the upcoming video game, Dishonored, you play a supernatural assassin with a creepy mask. Stealing someone’s pizza may not seem as serious as seeking revenge on those who framed you for murder but let’s face it, it is. But how would you seek such revenge? Well this video gives you a few options to choose from. Take your pick.

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A lot of us have memories of waking up early Saturday mornings and placing ourselves firmly in front of the television, overflowing bowls of Lucky Charms the only physical entities allowed between us and the TV set. It’s practically a hallmark of being a child. A study by the Seattle Children’s Research Institute, however, s saying that (shocker) the violence in some of these cartoons may have a negative effect on some of its younger viewers.

DeviantArt user rs2Studios says he was right in the middle of Mass Effect 3 when he started thinking about the similarities between ship’s doctor/scientist Mordin Solus and Abed Nadir, and the rest, as they say, was history.

Imagine that you have an ex that you’re still pretty smitten kitten over. They screwed up, and you know you’ve done the right thing by trying to move on, but you still go all weak in the knees when that song you shared comes on. A few months along, just as you’re feeling like life can be okay without them, they call you, out of the blue. They want to meet. Right now. They’re going to make it up to you, they say. Things are going to be different from here on out.

Now you know how I felt twenty minutes ago when I saw the announcement that the Mass Effect 3 Extended Cut will be released on June 26 in North America, and July 4 in Europe.