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Kamis, 19 Desember 2013

Phantomias vs NSA: Donald Duck is a Whistleblower onlinecollegedegreee.blogspot.com

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Im aktuellen 449. Band des Lustigen Taschenbuchs legt sich Donald Duck aka Phantomias mit der NSA an, die ganz Entenhausen überwacht. Da muss ich mir wohl nach… 30 Jahren mal wieder ein LTB zulegen.



Die NSA schnüffelt in Entenhausen, im aktuellen Lustigen Taschenbuch haben die Spione einen Gastauftritt. Die Geschichte “Verdächtig sicher” befasst sich kritisch mit der Totalüberwachung, die fast alle Bürger gutheißen – bis Donald zum Whistleblower wird.



Überwachung in Entenhausen: Phantomias gegen die NSA


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Porno in der Truck Rear View Cam onlinecollegedegreee.blogspot.com

onlinecollegedegreee.blogspot.com Porno in der Truck Rear View Cam

In Nürnberg hat die Rückfahrkamera eines Lastwagens die Signale einer WiFi-Überwachungskamera aus einem Sexshop übertragen und der Fahrer konnte ein paar Minuten lang jede Menge Möpse und Boomshakalaka in seinem Fahrerhaus begutachten, bevor er schließlich die Polizei anrief.


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Pornostreamingabmahnungsupdate 3: The Distributed digital Porn Heist onlinecollegedegreee.blogspot.com

onlinecollegedegreee.blogspot.com Pornostreamingabmahnungsupdate 3: The Distributed digital Porn Heist

Einige ziemlich interessante Updates in der Pornostreamingabmahnungs-angelegenheit: Anwalt Thomas Urmann hat gegenüber spOnline weitere Abmahnungen angekündigt und gibt schaut den ganzen Klagen recht gelassen entgegen, O-Ton: „Diese Abmahnwelle war erst der Anfang“ und „Ich sehe Strafanzeigen gelassen entgegen. Bei den Filesharing-Abmahnungen wurde ich so oft angezeigt, die Verfahren wurden alle eingestellt.“


Leider aber gibt es seit gestern abend ein paar schlechte Neuigkeiten für Herrn Urmann. Die Piraten haben geleakte Vereinbarungen veröffentlicht, die die Herren Anwälte mit ihren Mandanten getroffen haben. Laut Einschätzung von Rechtsanwalt Christian Solmecke sind diese Vereinbarungen illegal. Es geht um die Abrechnungen und Anwaltskosten, die den Abgemahnten in Rechnung gestellt werden. Diese Beträge sind allen Anschein nach nie wirklich vom Kunden bezahlt worden, womit die auf den Abmahnungen ausgewiesenen Anwaltskosten nie angefallen waren.


Sollte das zutreffen, hat sich Herr Urmann des Betruges strafbar gemacht, ich gehe davon aus, dass sich die bereits ermittelnde Staatsanwaltschaft dafür sehr interessieren wird, denn es gibt keinerlei Grund anzunehmen, dass das im Fall der zehntausenden Redtube-Abmahnungen anders sein sollte. Mehr dazu beim Nebelhorn Piratenradio hier und hier. Soviel erstmal zum feinen Herrn Urmann, aber da geht noch (viel) mehr:


Wer in der Sache bislang kaum in Erscheinung getreten ist, ist die Mandantin: The Archive AG mit Sitz in der Schweiz und deren Website unter the-archive.ch wird gehostet auf dem Website-Bauskasten-Anbieter wix.com, no pun intended. In der Pornostreamingabmahnungsangelegenheit wurde von den Anwälten eine Software namens GladeII 1.1.3 angegeben, die auf geheimnisvolle Weise die IP-Adressen der User „gefiltert“ haben sollte. Diese Software stammt von der Firma itGuards Inc. aus den USA, eine Briefkasten-Firma und – rein zufällig natürlich! – ebenfalls gehostet bei wix.com. Die (deutsche) Domain der The Archive AG wurde am 28. 3. 2013 registriert, itGuards Inc. am 21. 3. 2013 gegründet, die Domain deren Website am 14. 3. 2013 registriert.


Dabei kann es sich freilich um einen Zufall handeln. Hierbei allerdings nicht (via Ronny):




Die Webseite von itguards und the-archive.ch liegen nicht nur beim selben Hostinganbieter wix.com, nein, die Webseiten wurden scheinbar, natürlich rein zufällig, auch auf dem selben Server abgelegt (216.185.152.151).


Ein paar Screenshots zum Vergleich, auch des Quelltextes, hab ich mir auch noch gemacht. Und was gibt der Quelltext her? Nun, da wix.com ein Hostingbaukasten ist, wo jeder mal schnell eine Webseite bauen kann, kann man vielleicht auch mehr als eine Webseite bauen. Und zwar als der selbe User. Schauen wir uns die Userkennungen im Quelltext an:


1. the-archive.ch

Im Quelltext gibt es einen Java-Baustein der unter anderem folgende Zeile enthält:


var siteHeader = {"id":"c7558eaf-1f3a-4f3e-b288-2318708c62f6", "userId":"6e689ed3-8d15-44ff-a8eb-7450a760eb8b"};


2. itguards.net

Die Zeile bei itguards.net, sieht wie folgt aus:


var siteHeader = {"id":"c7558eaf-1f3a-4f3e-b288-2318708c62f6", "userId":"6e689ed3-8d15-44ff-a8eb-7450a760eb8b"};


Bei wix.com ist es möglich mehrere Webseiten unter einem Konto zu betreiben. Also scheinen itguards.net und the-archive.ch mindestens den selben Webdesigner zu haben.



Klartext: Ich gehe davon aus, dass die behauptete Software ein Fake ist und nicht existiert, es finden sich im Web keinerlei Hinweise auf eine Software solchen Namens, von den Meldungen zu diesen Pornostreams mal abgesehen und einige der vor Gericht behaupteten Features sind technisch nicht möglich. Ich gehe ebenfalls davon aus, dass es eine ähnliche Vereinbarung zwischen The Archive und den Anwälten von Urmann+Collegen gibt und die auf den Abmahnungen ausgewiesenen Anwaltskosten – die den Großteil der anfallenden Kosten ausmachen! – nie bezahlt wurden. Beweisen kann man das zwar vorerst nicht, es liegt allerdings begründeter Verdacht vor. (Ich gehe übrigens ebenso davon aus, dass solche Vereinbarungen in der Abmahnbranche Usus sind.)


Und: Ich würde diese „Massenabmahnung“ als einen lange geplanten Raubzug bezeichnen. Eine Art Distributed digital Porn Heist (DdPH), in dem zehntausende User über „Kleinbeträge“ von 250 Euro um insgesamt ein paar Millionen Euro erleichtert werden sollen, in der Justiz und Rechtssprechung durch Inkompetenz Beihilfe leisten.


Urmann+Collegen haben angekündigt, auch die Nutzung anderer Porno-Streaming-Portale abzumahnen. Sollten sie irgendwann bei dem Wichs-Service meines Vertrauens landen und bei mir vorstellig werden: Ich freu’ mich auf Euch. Bastards.


Vorher auf Nerdcore:

Pornostreamingsabmahnungsbacklash

Porno-Abmahnwelle über Phishing-Website

Pornostreamingabmahnungsupdate

Pornostreamingabmahnungsupdate 2


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Oculus VR raises 75 Million onlinecollegedegreee.blogspot.com

onlinecollegedegreee.blogspot.com Oculus VR raises 75 Million

Marc „Netscape“ Andreessen steckt 75 Millionen Dollar in Oculus VR, um die VR-Brille auf den Markt zu bringen. Make yourself ready for some serious Virtual Reality-Action: „I think I’ve seen five or six computer demos in my life that made me think the world was about to change,” [Chris Dixon, an investor at Andreessen Horowitz] tells WIRED. “Apple II, Netscape, Google, iPhone… then Oculus. It was that kind of amazing.“


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Jumat, 13 Desember 2013

Phantomias vs NSA: Donald Duck is a Whistleblower onlinecollegedegreee.blogspot.com

Written By 12; About: Phantomias vs NSA: Donald Duck is a Whistleblower onlinecollegedegreee.blogspot.com on Jumat, 13 Desember 2013

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Im aktuellen 449. Band des Lustigen Taschenbuchs legt sich Donald Duck aka Phantomias mit der NSA an, die ganz Entenhausen überwacht. Da muss ich mir wohl nach… 30 Jahren mal wieder ein LTB zulegen.



Die NSA schnüffelt in Entenhausen, im aktuellen Lustigen Taschenbuch haben die Spione einen Gastauftritt. Die Geschichte “Verdächtig sicher” befasst sich kritisch mit der Totalüberwachung, die fast alle Bürger gutheißen – bis Donald zum Whistleblower wird.



Überwachung in Entenhausen: Phantomias gegen die NSA


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Porno in der Truck Rear View Cam onlinecollegedegreee.blogspot.com

onlinecollegedegreee.blogspot.com Porno in der Truck Rear View Cam

In Nürnberg hat die Rückfahrkamera eines Lastwagens die Signale einer WiFi-Überwachungskamera aus einem Sexshop übertragen und der Fahrer konnte ein paar Minuten lang jede Menge Möpse und Boomshakalaka in seinem Fahrerhaus begutachten, bevor er schließlich die Polizei anrief.


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Take a trip over Titan's massive methane-filled lakes onlinecollegedegreee.blogspot.com

onlinecollegedegreee.blogspot.com Take a trip over Titan's massive methane-filled lakes

NASA has compiled the most detailed map ever made of Titan's methane-drenched surface, including this unprecedented 3D fly-over video. One of these lakes, Ligeia Mare, contains about 40 times the amount of oil and gas reserves on Earth, prompting some to wonder if we should bring it back to Earth.


Ligeia Mare is about twice the size of Lake Michigan — and it's not even Titan's biggest lake. That distinction goes to Kraken Mare, which is roughly five times as big.


Other than Earth, Titan is the only terrestrial object in the solar system capable of fostering stable liquids on the surface. This methane is essentially liquified natural gas. But as Randy Kirk from the U.S. Geological Survey pointed out to the BBC, "People ask me if you could bring it to Earth, and that's a dumb idea on many levels. But what you might not realize is that there simply wouldn't be enough oxygen here to burn it all."


As for the new map, it was obtained by Cassini's radar instruments from 2004 to 2013. The view, with Titan's north pole at the center, extends down to 50 degrees north latitude.


Take a trip over Titan's massive methane-filled lakes S


More from NASA:



Kraken Mare, Titan's largest sea, is the body in black and blue that sprawls from just below and to the right of the north pole down to the bottom right. Ligeia Mare, Titan's second largest sea, is a nearly heart-shaped body to the left and above the north pole. Punga Mare is just below the north pole.


The area above and to the left of the north pole is dotted with smaller lakes. Lakes in this area are about 30 miles (50 kilometers) across or less.


Most of the bodies of liquid on Titan occur in the northern hemisphere. In fact nearly all the lakes and seas on Titan fall into a box covering about 600 by 1,100 miles (900 by 1,800 kilometers). Only 3 percent of the liquid at Titan falls outside of this area.



[ Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASI/USGS | Source: NASA ]


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And now Kathy Bates' severed head will watch Roots and sing onlinecollegedegreee.blogspot.com

onlinecollegedegreee.blogspot.com And now Kathy Bates' severed head will watch Roots and sing

Hang on to your witch tits, the midseason finale (which is totally a thing now) of American Horror Story was insane. So insane. Really really insane. Coven could be the campiest/bloodiest AHS series yet, and it's so good. Spoilers ahead.


First up, apologies this didn't go up last night. Sometimes people fall asleep mainlining Hulu's Bar Rescue and wake up in a pool of their own spit at 4 AM assuming they finished their work. APOLOGIES. But this was such a wildly bloody episode I couldn't ignore it. So let's talk about it now, okay?


First item of American Horror Story business:


And now Kathy Bates' severed head will watch Roots and sing S


NEW HATS! NEW HATS! NEW HATS! NEW HATS! NEW HATS! NEW HATS! NEW HATS! NEW HATS! NEW HATS! NEW HATS! NEW HATS! NEW HATS!NEW HATS! NEW HATS! NEW HATS! NEW HATS! NEW HATS! NEW HATS!


The BEST thing about this Coven series is the seemingly endless supply of fabulous black hats. The "new hat scene" was set at the bedside hospital of Patti Lupone's son (the boy with the cleanest asshole in all the land). Nan is listening to the whispers from her comatose boyfriend who then reveals that his crazy-ass mother Lupone killed their father. Because after Aslan broke the stone table in Narnia, the laws were forever shifted and it became a commandment that American Horror Story must and shall always have 8,000 plot lines juggling around in the air.


No real surprise here — Lupone didn't like her murder secrets being spilled so she killed her own son. Let's hope this makes Nan go all firestarter and burn down the bitch's house.


But the crazy didn't stop there. Next up, Myrtle seeks revenge.


And now Kathy Bates' severed head will watch Roots and sing S


Most of this season has been centered around "protecting this coven." I actually think there was an entire episode where Jessica Lange just smoked a cigarette in a fabulous hat and said "protect this coven" over and over and over again. It was great.


And apparently the best possibly way to protect this coven is by murdering most of the bitches in it. This week it was Myrtle's turn. Justifiably pissed off that she was falsely burned at the stake, Myrtle murders the rest of the coven, death by melon ball scooper! First the evil ginger poisons their melon balls, causing the two remaining members of the (I dunno, Witch Club?) to suffer from actors-pretending-to-be-paralyzed-itus. There is absolutely nothing more delightful than watching experienced, well-paid Hollywood actors play the "FREEZE" game on camera. Ridiculous delights.


Myrtle then goes full crazy and melon balls their eyes out, chops them into bits and donates the two random eyes to Cordelia, thus negating the whole "Cordelia is blind" plotline. Which is kind of unfortunate. But in trade we got batshit Myrtle on the loose and I love that. Love it. She's a complete wildcard now, and this should make for some interesting television.


And now Kathy Bates' severed head will watch Roots and sing


The third plot revolved around the fancy new witch hunter's club that we just found out about right now. You see Cordelia's husband isn't just any crazy witch hunter with a gun, he's part of a special club of witch hunters. Think Wolfram & Hart, only with two prerogatives, killing witches and sharing in a lot of father-son hugs.


And now Kathy Bates' severed head will watch Roots and sing S


Cordelia's husband (Hank) is the son to the leader of the this Delphi Trust group. And like all good TV sons of important figures, he really sucks at living up to his legacy. You see, Hank is a shitty hunter and the boys are always cleaning up his mistakes. His only job was to marry Cordelia and collect intelligence on the girls so the group could later kill them. Seems like a lot of work, but hey, I'm not a professional witch killer.


Obviously his idiotic plan to team up with Voodoo Queen Marie Laveau was not approved by his father. But he managed to fix all of his mistakes by showing up to her shop and KILLING ALL OF HER FRIENDS. It was actually a pretty clever move for the show. It tied up the Hank plot, unified Marie and Fiona, and gave the series a singular big bad to fear.


Sadly this means that Queenie had to go (maybe). She took her life (shooting herself in the head thus shooting Hank in the head) to protect Marie. Which means no more Queenie and Kathy Bates' severed head antics, which was really the best part of this entire episode. Or maybe Queenie is still alive! Who knows, I mean they can just bring her back with mud if they need to anyway.


The "sensitivity training" was so entirely beyond anything I can't even write about it. So I will just leave you with the clip at the top. What is to become of Kathy Bate's head now that her caretaker is gone? Maybe she'll roll in the last minute and save the day, gun in teeth. Who knows? Either way, dear lord.


See you next month!


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Crab Nebula, Devourer of Worlds onlinecollegedegreee.blogspot.com

onlinecollegedegreee.blogspot.com Crab Nebula, Devourer of Worlds

Crab Nebula, Devourer of Worlds S


Awesome composite view from the Herschel Space Observatory and the Hubble Space Telescope. Here's the skinny:



Herschel is a European Space Agency (ESA) mission with important NASA contributions, and Hubble is a NASA mission with important ESA contributions. A wispy and filamentary cloud of gas and dust, the Crab nebula is the remnant of a supernova explosion that was observed by Chinese astronomers in the year 1054. The image combines Hubble's view of the nebula at visible wavelengths, obtained using three different filters sensitive to the emission from oxygen and sulphur ions and is shown here in blue. Herschel's far-infrared image reveals the emission from dust in the nebula and is shown here in red. While studying the dust content of the Crab nebula with Herschel, a team of astronomers have detected emission lines from argon hydride, a molecular ion containing the noble gas argon. This is the first detection of a noble-gas based compound in space. The Herschel image is based on data taken with the Photoconductor Array Camera and Spectrometer (PACS) instrument at a wavelength of 70 microns; the Hubble image is based on archival data from the Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 (WFPC2).



If you don't get email space porn from NASA everyday, you are missing out. Sign up here. Thanks to Mythbri for turning me on to this.


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Fantastic new Community trailer is truly from the darkest timeline onlinecollegedegreee.blogspot.com

onlinecollegedegreee.blogspot.com Fantastic new Community trailer is truly from the darkest timeline

Apparently Community is releasing a collection of movie-like trailers to hype up the new season. The last video was a little Winger Gets His Groove Back and this one is a lot of Hunger Games. But it's also a VERY good look at the new footage with a whole lotta Chang. This new season looks goooooooood.


Community will return on January 2nd.


onlinecollegedegreee.blogspot.com Fantastic new Community trailer is truly from the darkest timeline

Yellowstone's Megavolcano is more than twice the beast we feared onlinecollegedegreee.blogspot.com

onlinecollegedegreee.blogspot.com Yellowstone's Megavolcano is more than twice the beast we feared

Yellowstone's Megavolcano is more than twice the beast we feared


Beneath Yellowstone National Park lurks a vast caldera – a high-pressure volcanic cauldron brimming with enough gas and magma to make Mount St. Helens' 1980-eruption look like a middle school science project by comparison. Now, newly reported findings suggest this megavolcanic reservoir is even bigger than previously believed. Much, much bigger.


Above: Grand Prismatic Spring, one of the many thermal springs heated by volcanic activity in Yellowstone National Park (credit: Douglas Faulkner/SPL).


The report, presented earlier this week at the American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting in San Francisco, is the second of its kind to emerge from the University of Utah this year. The first, delivered back in April, estimated that Yellowstone's magma reservoirs were "at least 50 percent larger than previously imagined." Now, seismologists have upped that estimate to a staggering 250%.


"We've been working [in Yellowstone] for a long time, and we've always thought it would be bigger," said seismologist and research team member Bob Smith in an interview with the BBC, "but this finding is astounding."


Measurements made by Smith and his colleagues led them to conclude that the caldera measures 55 miles long by 20 miles wide, and ranges anywhere between 1 to 9 miles deep along its length. With those dimensions, the researchers say the magma chamber is likely to contain upwards of 150 cubic miles of molten rock.


"To our knowledge there has been nothing mapped of that size before," said researcher Jamie Farrell, who presented the team's 50% estimate back in April.


The good news, say the researchers, is that a larger reservoir does not necessary increase the odds of the caldera erupting. As for when Yellowstone's mega volcano will blow, the last three major eruptions took place 640,000, 1.3-million, and 2.1 million years ago – so some say we're about due for another cataclysmic eruption.


Farrell, for one, doubts a blast will occur in the immediate future. For one thing, he says, "we have a whole system of monitoring equipment [at Yellowstone]... and we believe if there was going to be an eruption we would have advance warning that magma was moving beneath the surface."


One thing, Farrell says, is for certain: a large-scale eruption of the Yellowstone caldera would be cataclysmic on an unprecedented scale. "Nobody's ever witnessed one of these large supervolcanic eruptions," he said, noting that previous examples are believed to have been 2,000-times the size of Mount St. Helens' 1980 eruption.


"It would affect the world," said Farrell. "All the material that is shot up into the atmosphere [during an eruption] would eventually circle the Earth and affect the climate throughout the world."


Read more at the BBC.


onlinecollegedegreee.blogspot.com Yellowstone's Megavolcano is more than twice the beast we feared

The Legend of Hercules is a punishment straight from Hades onlinecollegedegreee.blogspot.com

onlinecollegedegreee.blogspot.com The Legend of Hercules is a punishment straight from Hades

A new trailer for The Legend of Hercules has arrived and — bresaking news! — it continues to suck. We've already detailed everything that's wrong with it — mainly that it's like 300 and the shitty Clash of the Titans remake had a baby together and then peed on it — but somehow it continues to look even worse.


I'm trying to think of the appropriate punishment Zeus would sentence director Renny Harlin to in Hades for making this trash. Getting eternally beaten by the real Hercules? Forced to make ambulance-chasing lawyer commercials for all time? Having to hang out with no one but Kellan Lutz until the end of days? Or is that last one too cruel even for Zeus?


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Sony expands the Spider-Man films with Venom and Sinister Six movies onlinecollegedegreee.blogspot.com

onlinecollegedegreee.blogspot.com Sony expands the Spider-Man films with Venom and Sinister Six movies

Sony expands the Spider-Man films with Venom and Sinister Six movies S


Not to be left out of the massive spanning world of comic book continuity Marvel Studios has mastered, Sony is expanding the Spider-Man brand with two new major VILLAIN movies. Yes, Venom is finally getting his own movie, and so is the anti-Spidey gang the Sinister Six. And wait until you hear who's making it!


Sony oddly announced late last night the great news that Cabin in the Woods director Drew Goddard will be writing and potentially directing a new Sinister Six movie. And long time Trek scribe Alex Kurtzman will be directing the new Venom movie.


What's really cool about this announcement (besides the idea of getting a brand new Eddie Brock) is the fact that the studio is doing two separate Spider-Man movies focused entirely on the BAD GUYS. That gets us excited. Here's the official press release:



CULVER CITY, Calif., December 12, 2013 – In a move to forge a new legacy in the story of Peter Parker on screen, Sony Pictures Entertainment, in association with Marvel Entertainment, is developing several new projects in the Spider-Man franchise, with Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci, Jeff Pinkner, Ed Solomon, and Drew Goddard to collaborate on overseeing the developing story over several films that will be produced by Avi Arad and Matt Tolmach, it was announced today by Doug Belgrad,president of Columbia Pictures, and Hannah Minghella, president of Production for the studio.


The five writers, along with the two producers and Marc Webb, have formed a franchise brain trust to expand the universe for the brand and to develop a continuous tone and thread throughout the films. Under the deals, the studio announced that Kurtzman & Orci & Pinkner are writing the screenplay for The Amazing Spider-Man 3, which the studio hopes Webb will return to direct; the film will go into production next fall for release on June 10, 2016. In addition, the team will build on the cinematic foundation laid by Webb, Arad, and Tolmach in the first two movies. They will expand the franchise as Kurtzman & Orci & Solomon will write the screenplay for Venom, which Kurtzman will direct; also, Goddard will write, with an eye to direct, The Sinister Six, focusing on the villains in the franchise. Hannah Minghella and Rachel O'Connor will oversee the development and production of these films for the studio.


In tapping these five writers, the studio and the producers are guiding the future of the franchise with the writer/producers who have each played significant and key roles in developing such highly successful franchises, films, and series as Star Trek, Transformers, "Alias," "Fringe," Men

in Black, Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure, World War Z, "Lost," Cloverfield, The Cabin in the Woods, and Marvel's upcoming "Daredevil" series.


Commenting on the announcement, Belgrad said, "The Spider-Man film franchise is one of our studio's greatest assets. We are thrilled with the creative team we have assembled to delve more deeply into the world that Marc, Avi and Matt have begun to explore in The Amazing Spider-Man and The Amazing Spider-Man 2. We believe that Marc, Alex, and Drew have uniquely exciting visions for how to expand the Spider-Man universe in each of these upcoming films." Arad and Tolmach added, "This collaboration was born out of the great experience we and Marc had working with Alex, Bob, and Jeff on The Amazing Spider-Man 2. With more than fifty years' wealth of stories in the comic books to draw upon for inspiration, the Spider-Man universe is truly boundless; in addition, the Spider-Man comics have the greatest rogues gallery of any series, and to have the chance to explore that on film is truly thrilling. Until now, we have approached each film as a separate, self-contained entity, but with this move, we have the opportunity to grow the franchise by looking to the future as we develop a continuous arc for the story. That is what Alex, Bob, Jeff, Ed, and Drew will do in this unprecedented collaboration, and we're excited about the directions they are taking the character and the world."



Illustration from Dan Luvisi.


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You get a gif! And you get a gif! It's a Gif Party! onlinecollegedegreee.blogspot.com

onlinecollegedegreee.blogspot.com You get a gif! And you get a gif! It's a Gif Party!

You get a gif! And you get a gif! It's a Gif Party! S


Come on in, people! It's Gif Party Friday!


We're looking for the all best gifs of the week, whether it's an old favorite, an amazing science gif to astonish us all with the wonder of science, or even something you made yourself. So grab a few of your favorite gifs — costumed in their very best — and send them out into the comments below now. Let the party begin!


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Should we just rename Uranus already? onlinecollegedegreee.blogspot.com

onlinecollegedegreee.blogspot.com Should we just rename Uranus already?

Should we just rename Uranus already? S


Two-hundred-and-thirty-two years ago a mistake was made. The question is, do we have to keep living with it forever, or is it finally time to rename Uranus?


Even as I write this, I am bracing myself so that I can be stoic in the face of the inevitable barrage of comments that amount to, "I named my anus Flossie!" That's the problem. There is no way to write an article without the Uranus/your anus subtext. Even when no one mentions it, you know it's there.


It didn't have to be. When William Herschel discovered the planet in 1781, he wanted to name it The Georgian Planet, after King George, his patron. Unfortunately the convention for naming planets after the Roman gods was, even then, cemented in place. Herschel was shouted down by the astronomical community. What's frustrating, now, is that astronomical community was international. There had to be a few English-speakers who knew the problem, and if even one had had the moral courage to stand up and speak out about it, so many things would have been simpler today. But no, they decided on a name that has caused centuries of annoyance.


Should we just rename Uranus already?


Now, I know that English isn't the only language out there, and that English-speakers would be asking other scientists to adjust all their textbooks to suit our own desires. I don't want to be a cultural chauvinist, but "Uranus," just seems too awful to take. I'd like to think that if a planet bore a name that translates, in another language, to "goat humper," or "that thing I sneezed out this morning," English-speakers would work with them to find a resolution. We struck Pluto from the record books entirely. Are we really going to let this travesty blight the lives of future generations? (In the interest of fairness, I would also consider renaming the body part. What do you think of "flossie"?)


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Here's when you can finally see Knights of Badassdom onlinecollegedegreee.blogspot.com

onlinecollegedegreee.blogspot.com Here's when you can finally see Knights of Badassdom

I have no idea how any movie starring Peter Dinklage goes straight to VOD in this day and age, but the much anticipated Knights of Badassdom is pretty much doing just that. It'll have a limited theatrical run beginning January 21st, but then be available on VOD on February 11th.


Seeing as director Joe Lynch actually made the movie back in 2010, I'd say it's about time, but apparently this version has been drastically altered from the original edit — according to Bloody Disgusting, apparently Peter Dinklage's character has had some dialogue re-recorded by someone who isn't Peter Dinklage. That... seems problematic to me.


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Check out the first photo of Meryl Streep in The Giver. Simon Pegg and Nick Frost explain why they probably won't be in Ant-Man. Is another classic villain being hinted at for the Amazing Spider-Man films? That Ouija movie is still happening. Plus yet another Stephen King story is becoming a TV show. Spoilers ahead!


The Giver


Here's the first set photo of Meryl Streep on set in South America. She's playing the Chief Elder, who is the leader of the community in which the story takes place. [Vanity Fair]


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Ant-Man


Everyone's wondering whether Edgar Wright will reunite with Nick Frost and Simon Pegg for his foray into the Marvel universe. Both said they'd think about it if asked, but both seemed to think it would be unlikely. Frost said that he didn't know who he could play, pointing out that there aren't "many superheroes who are big men, essentially." Pegg said that "as his friend and lawyer," he'd advise Wright against asking him to be in Ant-Man, and thinks it'd behoove them to do separate things.


As for Wright himself, he's mostly thinking about the restraints of making a PG-13 film:



It's a challenge to do. Shaun and Hot Fuzz and World's End are all R-rated films. I like the challenge of making a PG-13 film. Because you've got to entertain in a different way. You don't have the same tools. It's also different in terms of Scott Pilgrim. They're both adaptations. It's nice to be able to do an adaptation.



[Slashfilm]




Amazing Spider-Man 2


There's a url hidden in the trailer. If you watch it in 1080 HD, the url ElectroArrives.com appears at the 2:06-2:07 mark, on the right side of the lit up beam. The site itself is currently just an animation of Dane DeHaan as Harry Osborne looking at a countdown to what looks like New Year's Eve. Spider-Man is supposed to be in at the Times Square broadcast this year, and new footage is expected for it, so it looks like that's what the countdown is for. [Coming Soon]


And there's another post from the Daily Bugle tumblr, this one called "Spider-Man Vs. the Mob!" The first little hint is that this article is "written" by Eddie Brock. The second is the reference to the "Zero One Lounge," which might be linked to the countdown on the Electro Arrives site. The article reads:



What began as a mob shoot-out escalated into a full-blown superhuman slugfest when the vigilante known as Spider-Man appeared on the scene. An argument inside the Zero One Lounge turned ugly when reputed mob enforcer, "Fancy" Dan Brito, pulled a gun on rivals from the Manfredi crime family. As club-goers fled onto the streets of the Meatpacking District, Spider-Man dropped down out of the sky.


Not content to merely take the law into his own hands, bystanders claimed that Spider-Man mocked the thugs as he delivered a one-two punch that sent them soaring.


"It was hard to see from where I was hiding," said witness Andrea Moore of Park Slope, "but I heard someone, I'm pretty sure it was Spider-Man, say, 'I hope you're not afraid of heights,' and then one of those guys screamed as he landed on top of a fire escape."


When pressed about any crimes she may have witnessed Spider-Man committing, Moore replied, "Crimes? It's not a crime to round up stray dogs. What the hell are you talking about?"


Spider-Man disappeared as police arrived to find a dozen mobsters restrained with unmistakable webbing. Brito and his accomplices, Jackson "Montana" Brice and Raymond "The Ox" Bloch, spent the night in the 10TH Precinct holding cell. The NYPD has yet to announce what charges, if any, they plan to bring against the smack-talking vigilante.


Brito, led away in handcuffs, was overheard describing the encounter with the web-slinger: "Just when I thought I was out, he pulled me back in."



[Coming Soon]




Ouija


The movie-based-on-a-sleepover-game has added four new names to its cast: Vivis Colombetti (Paranormal Activity 2), Ana Coto (DisCONNECTED), Erin Moriarty (The Kings of Summer) and Bianca Santos ("The Fosters"). The cast had already included Olivia Cooke, Daren Kagasoff and Douglas Smith. [Coming Soon]




Earth to Echo


We already showed you the trailer for this movie about four friends on an adventure to crack secret messages on their cell phones — now here's a poster. [First Showing]


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Interstellar


Christopher Nolan's next movie about explorers using a newly-discovered wormhole to surpass the limitations on space travel has released its official logo, ahead of the first trailer. [First Showing]


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The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug


Here is one last poster coinciding with the release of the film. [Coming Soon]


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Grand Central


A show based on the Stephen King short story "The New York Times at Special Bargain Rates" is being made into a series for ABC, and is going to air in summer 2014. The story involved a woman getting a call from her deceased husband, who tells her about two events. The knowledge of them keeps her alive. [Slashfilm]




Doctor Who


In Doctor Who Magazine, Steven Moffat opened up a little on Orla Brady's character, Tasha Lem:



The Doctor meets an old friend. Someone from his distant past. Someone who knows him very well, but whom we have never met. She's the Mother Superious of the Papal Mainframe.



[Blogtor Who]


Brady herself elaborated a little bit, talking about Tasha Lem's Bladerunner-inspired makeup:



That was a reference actually. That was the director's idea, Jamie [Payne]. We did make-up tests at the beginning and he looked at them and said he wanted a touch of alien, and I think he referenced Ridley Scott. It was that idea of human, but with a twist. And there is a twist, it's as Steven Moffat said, she's a descendant of humans, there's a grandmother or a great-grandmother who was from elsewhere, a touch of something else in her. Jamie wanted that slightly not-quite-human, three-quarters human thing, hence that Blade Runner reference, so he asked for that. They know their world so well, Howard Burden and the costume designers, they all know what they want and have a very good vision of it.



She also said the script made her laugh out loud, not at her character, but at a Doctor interaction she's worried about spoiling:



Not my character. It was Matt's interaction with a certain other character who I'm trying not to name [laughing]. There were other conversation strands between the Doctor and somebody else that made me laugh out loud. There were a couple of moments between Tasha and the Doctor that made me laugh out loud, but she's not a particularly funny character and in truth – and this is completely understandable – some things had to be shaved back because there's only so much time on Christmas Day. There's only an hour, and essential story has to be told, so some of the funnier moments, when we got to actually shooting, had been trimmed away, which I was sad about, because selfishly, you always want as much character as possible. Equally I could see quite properly that this episode was firmly about wrapping up the Doctor's story, so everything else that isn't that is up for grabs in terms of cuts.



More at the link. [Den of Geek]


And go here for some more new photos. [Blogtor Who]


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New Details About the "Old Friend" in the Doctor Who Christmas Special S




American Horror Story


Ryan Murphy answered a bunch of questions about the remaining episodes of the show:



The big question is: Is Queenie dead?


Everyone wants to know that and I'm not saying but we do talk about what happens to her body in episode 10 so keep watching.


So now that Hank is dead, I'm assuming his father will be pissed?

Oh yeah. One of the points we've been writing to and driving to is that if the voodoos and the Salems would only unite they could probably be unstoppable. Now they're up against the biggest enemy which is The Corporation.


So will the final four episodes be about the voodoos and the Salems teaming up?

Yes. That's one of the things. Marie and Fiona must join forces to beat this enemy. They have different ways and approaches about what they think they should do. Selfishly I just wanted to have a lot of scenes with Angela and Jessica together because they're so great together. So I was like, "We gotta get Marie Laveau to move in that house."


So does she move in?

Yes. She's there for good.


"Head" is the mid-season finale.What can you say about the final four episodes?


Well we have a lot of special stuff. The next one is called "The Magical Charms of Stevie Nicks" starring Stevie Nicks. The last four are Can Marie and Fiona beat these witch hunters that have been after their groups for centuries. Who's going to be the next Supreme? Who's Kyle going to choose in terms of the witches? What's going to happen to LaLaurie and what's going to happen to the friendship between Queenie and LaLaurie? So those are the driving forces.


We're just now writing the finale. I've never been sadder. At one point, as I told you, I had thought maybe we'll spin this show off but that's against the DNA of the show. You'd have to second guess who you're going to get rid of the show and the fun of the show is that anybody can die at any point. I'm really sad to see that group of characters go even though in January we start writing the new season. But I'm gonna miss them.



More at the link. [Entertainment Weekly]




Arrow


According to executive producers Andrew Kreisberg and Greg Berlanti, more people are going to find out about Oliver's other identity before the season is out. Kreisberg said:



For us, him keeping his secret identity is the least interesting part of the character. People knowing, and letting him talk to people and letting him share that experience, we find to be much more interesting.



Kreisberg also said that we haven't lost the threat of Merlyn and Thea's true parentage, and that we can expect Thea to be "hit with a whammy." Kreisberg also said that Roy's injection with Brother Blood's formula will play into his rage and his potential to go bad:



One of the fun things that will be happening in the back half of the year is [Roy's] relationship with the Arrow and how that changes and how the Arrow basically makes it his mission to not let Roy go down the Slade path. That takes some interesting twists and turns.



Finally, Slade as a villain is driven by his belief that Oliver is to blame for Shado's death. According to Berlanti:



This year, we've got a two-pronged approach to the bad guy. Also, because Oliver knows about the presence of one of the bad guys, it helps us change the rhythms of the back half of the year from what we may have done last year.



More at the link. [TV Line]


Episode 2.14 will be called, "Time of Death," according to a photo of the script tweeted by Bex Taylor-Klaus. [SpoilerTV]


And finally, the promo shown after the midseason finale on Wednesday. [via SpoilerTV]




The Flash


Should the spinoff actually happen Geoff Johns and Andrew Kreisberg are already thinking about what to do. They spoke about how they'd keep the spinoff separate from Arrow:



Kreisberg: We'll want to keep "Arrow" as distinctive as possible, and "Flash" as distinctive as possible. Part of the fun will be how those two things play out in both shows, if we get that opportunity.


Johns: But there are story reasons that Flash feels different and that he's taking on different things in his series.



They also spoke about what elements from the comics mythology they'd bring into the new show:



Kreisberg: In the same way that "Arrow" was conducive to bringing on characters like Deadshot and the Huntress and some of the more grounded people, hopefully with "The Flash" there's a way to bring on some of the more fantastical characters, that will probably still go through the grounding lens with which we view everything. But we could tackle some of the bigger villains, and possibly heroes. There's a hint of a major character in the pilot.


But it's always important to remember — like with "Arrow," everybody wants Batman to come on and whatnot, but Arrow has to be the coolest person on "Arrow." The same thing with "The Flash" — Barry has to be the coolest person. If we're lucky enough to get to do more past the pilot, it'll really be about making sure that the audience loves The Flash, and Barry Allen, and Grant Gustin, as much as we do.


Johns (on whether the show's hinting that TV Barry's mother was killed by Professor Zoom, like the comics): We're using a lot of mythology, a lot of characters from the comics in the development of the "Flash" show. I don't want to get too specific yet, but you'll see a lot of characters, a lot of elements from that. It's very much The Flash.



[Comic Book Resources via Coming Soon]




The Vampire Diaries


Not only has Enzo returned but, according to executive producer Caroline Dries, he'll be staying a while:



Let's bring things to Enzo, because I'm so happy he's alive. How is that reunion with Damon going to go?


That's something that we want to build up to in the show is, "How is Damon going to react when he learns that Enzo is still alive?" And Enzo, being on that operating table for many, many years beyond what Damon went through is going to have some sort of chip on his shoulder and [is] holding some sort of grudge against Damon. At the same time, Enzo is kind of a great guy and was Damon's only friend, and Damon was his only friend for that whole time so they have a very complicated relationship.


Will Enzo be sticking around for a little while?


Yes, we will. He's going to kind of be, as Damon's trying to figure out who he is post-Augustine and now that he's come clean to Elena about what he was doing even at the beginning of their relationship, going off and killing Aaron's whole family, Damon's trying to figure out who he is, and all of a sudden he has this new kind of devil on his shoulder in Enzo.



She also said that there's nothing hidden or secret about Aaron:



He is as innocent as he seems. He's this tragic figure that was a victim of Damon and a victim of Augustine, a victim of his parent's desire to get rid of vampires, so yeah, we're not playing too much in terms of him having a mysterious agenda.



[Entertainment Weekly]




The Originals


Elyse Levesque will be playing the witch Genevieve, first appearing in episode 13. Genevieve will have a hidden agenda (who doesn't?) and unfinished business with Marcel and Rebekah. Speculation is that the "unfinished business" is linked to the secret the two share that was hinted at in the midseason finale. [She Knows]




Grimm


According to Bitsie Tulloch, the Christmas episode is going to go back to the "scarier" nature of the show:



You would maybe think that Grimm would do a Christmas episode and have it be a little more benign but we went in the opposite direction! I think it's one of the best episodes we've ever done. It's a twisted take on Santa Claus and the script is very clever. I think people are gonna love it.



She discussed the way the show's been going this season:



That's a natural byproduct of what happens when you're given the freedom and the leeway that our showrunners have been given to delve deeper into the mythology, going deeper into a Wesen's background and the relationship between characters and the Scooby squad. The more we learn, the more we will discover secrets and some of it will be darker, but everyone seems to be loving the direction the show is going in.



[Sci Fi Now]


Speaking of the Christmas episode, David Guintoli talked about the Krampus that will appear:



Krampus is pretty wild. That guy. I mean he was – when I walked onto set and I saw the actor dressed – I mean first of all, we hired a gigantic guy to play this character. And then when I saw him as Santa with these horns, I actually had like a visceral reaction to him. I was kind of frightened in a way. It was a disturbing thing.


. . . So I mean there's an actual legend of Krampus out there, and we've had German people asking us to do Krampus over and over again, and we finally tipped our hat to the fine people of Bavaria and we're bringing this legend to life. We ruin Christmas for everybody and it's gory and it's wonderful.



He also hinted that someone would be finding out about his secret life and that this season may have two villains, but that the "new character" is going to be the greater villain of the two. Could that be Alexis Denisof's character, perhaps?


He also talked about what's happening in Europe:



You know, there's going to be a big plot line that's going on in Europe. I – Nick is not too involved with it, at least through mid-season, though I know that's going to start changing soon. There are – okay, I'll – so we have the Verrat and we have the Royals. These are all bad guys. The Verrat I see as kind of the SS, and the Royals, such as Captain Renard, and his cousin, who's being introduced as Alexis Denisof, a great actor, will be having a major conflict overseas.His cousin wants to get me and access to me. And, he comes very close very soon. And then there – we have the resistance. A kind of group of rag-tag people trying to overthrow the Royals, so we'll be meeting some new characters overseas doing that kind of thing. Keeping an eye on Adalind.



[TV Line]




Once Upon a Time


Adam Horowitz tweeted a tiny bit of dialogue from this Sunday's midseason finale:



Regina: There's something I haven't told you.


Emma: What now?



[Spoiler TV]




Being Human


The first episode of season four will be called "Old Dog. New Tricks." The season will have Nora driven to desperate measures to get her husband back while Josh is permanently a wolf. Aiden's going to get visitors from his past: his maker, Bishop, and a mysterious woman who looks like his long lost wife. And Sally and Donna will find themselves trapped together. Go here for a complete set of photos from season four. [Dread Central]


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New Details About the "Old Friend" in the Doctor Who Christmas Special S




Lost Girl


Go here for a complete set of photos from episode 4.06, "Of All the Gin Joints." [SpoilerTV]


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Tomorrow People


Here's the promo for episode ten, "The Citadel." [via SpoilerTV]


Additional reporting by Charlie Jane Anders and Emily Stamm


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Browncoats rejoice! Joss Whedon's space Western Firefly may never return to television, but the 'verse goes on. And soon, you'll be able to have a ship and crew of your own, when Firefly Online launches for the PC and Mac. We've got an exclusive first look at the ships, the guns, the characters and more.


In case you missed the game's launch video at SDCC, you can view that here. Firefly Online is the creation of Quantum Mechanix, whose Firefly merchandise and other goodies we've featured many times before. According to QMX's Andy Gore, everyone agreed a Firefly game was a great idea, but QMX had to prove it was the right company to do it. There were two criteria: 1) The company had to love Firefly and its fans, which clearly wasn't an issue. 2) The company had to have strong development chops — because this had to be a great game in its own right, regardless of the Firefly connection.


Firefly Online's "Free Flight Engine" will give you a reactive 3D user interface, that includes whizzy "in-universe guides" around planets that the player can interact with, according to Gore. "If you could imagine the map of the verse (complete with the nebula gases), in 3D, with all the planet renders that you can zoom in, zoom out and fly through. It looks utterly amazing"


Here's a snapshot of the game's "Free Flight Engine" in action, as it's currently being developed:


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Joss Whedon is aware of the development of Firefly Online, but he's been "a bit busy with a little thing called The Avengers," says Gore, and thus hasn't been personally involved. "I think that's part of why it was important to the studio that the developer be someone with a proven track record making successful products for Firefly. No one wants to disappoint Joss."


Check out some animated GIFs that show early renderings of some of the ships in the game, moving in three dimensions:


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Keep Flyin': An Exclusive First Look at Firefly Online S


Keep Flyin': An Exclusive First Look at Firefly Online S


Keep Flyin': An Exclusive First Look at Firefly Online S


Keep Flyin': An Exclusive First Look at Firefly Online S


Keep Flyin': An Exclusive First Look at Firefly Online S


Keep Flyin': An Exclusive First Look at Firefly Online S


OK, so I've held off using the word "shiny" until this point. But I'm just going to come out and say it: Shiny.


According to the game's FAQ, Firefly Online is a "multi-user strategic roleplaying game" set in the Firefly universe. You become a ship captain and hire a crew and seek out adventures.


Gore tells io9 there will be a central story to the game, along with "many branching stories and standalone adventures players can enjoy. And we plan to have regular DLC updates to add more as time goes on."


Here's some concept art showing character portraits, including how much diversity there will be in the online version of Firefly:


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Keep Flyin': An Exclusive First Look at Firefly Online S


Keep Flyin': An Exclusive First Look at Firefly Online S


Keep Flyin': An Exclusive First Look at Firefly Online S


In addition to going on side-jobs in the midst of Firefly Online's overarching story, players can also create "jobs" (or quests) for each other, says QMX's Gore:



For us, the most exciting thing is player-created "jobs" (the Firefly Online name for quests). There will be a job-creation system where players will be able to craft adventures for other players to partake in. We're looking forward to seeing what people do with that system.


And there will be *a lot* to do beyond quests. You can focus on pimping your ride, getting a new ride, hiring a crew, keeping them happy, trading, crafting, collecting swag, or just flying around the multitude of terraformed worlds of the Verse in the freeform flight simulator.



Check out some more concept art, showing the exterior and interior of some of the game's ships. Along with how easy it is to customize your cargo bay, your bunk, and the entire interior of your ship:


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The Pillbug - Beauty Shot


Keep Flyin': An Exclusive First Look at Firefly Online S


Peregrine - Beauty Shot


Keep Flyin': An Exclusive First Look at Firefly Online S


Honest Austin's Used Boats and Salvage.


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Your Bunk!


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The Cargo Bay


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Keep Flyin': An Exclusive First Look at Firefly Online S


Firefly Series One "Hardpoints and Ship Variants" Concept Art.


One of the environments you'll be able to visit in the game will be Saloons. (Along with floating trading posts known as "Space Emporiums.") Here's some great Saloon concept art:


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Inside the Serpent's Den.


Keep Flyin': An Exclusive First Look at Firefly Online S


The Saloon Job.


And you'll be able to customize your engines, just to keep the Kaylee on your ship guessing. Click here to see a selection of different engine designs you can play with, and there's one sample below:


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So will there be Reavers in the game? Absolutely, says Gore: "A Firefly game that doesn't have Reavers just doesn't seem right,dong ma?"


But will you be able to change sides and work for the Alliance? Not at first. "In the first release, players will take the part of a Browncoat captain. However, we are looking at adding factions in a later DLC release," says Gore.


And finally, click here to see some awesome concept art of guns and other weapons.


Gore cautions that this doesn't mean the game is "violence-heavy". You can resolve almost every conflict with guns — but you can also usually talk your way out of any situation if you have the right "savvy." So all the gun concept art is just about establishing the look of the world, with weapons being one important place to start. Here's a sample, and see more at the link:


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And here's one last piece of Series One Firefly concept art, previously published on the game's blog:


Keep Flyin': An Exclusive First Look at Firefly Online S


Firefly Online is slated to be released in the summer of 2014.


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