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Charles Schultz Helps Move '62 Falcons Off The Showroom Floor

While looking for info on the Ford Thriftpower Six engine, I stumbled across this brochure for the 1962 Ford Falcon. What a find! More »

NHL 10 Third Jersey Code is Out

With all of the NHL teams having revealed their third jerseys in competition this year, NHL 10 can now release them as well. EA Sports has published the code unlocking them. [Kotaku]

Flight of the Conchords And Always Sunny Get Into The Scifi Indie Biz

There's a whole heap of cult fodder for you this week, including the new Black Lightning trailer, a disturbing new Telepathy trailer, our favorite TV comics getting into the scifi business and more flying babies.
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Just Cause 2 Car Chases: "The Laws of Physics on Drugs"

Again, the biggest selling point for Just Cause 2 is that it just does not give a damn. Motorcycle jump to a parachute landing? No biggie. Lasso a humvee to a cenotaph? All in a day's work. [Kotaku]

So, Now We're Leaking Cooling Fan Footage. Mkay.

Not only that, for $50 you can make your Xbox 360 sound about three times as loud. Here is "leaked R&D" video of ZooZen's "Overcase," which turns your Xbox 360 into a stereo tuner from 1982. [Kotaku]

HTC 2010 Product Roadmap Leak: Legends, Salsa, Buzz

The folks at Android and Me have what is purportedly the product roadmap for HTC going into the new year. The five phones are divided into four product categories: Design/Lifestyle, Performance, Productivity and Social. Let's dive in, shall we? [Gizmodo]

Week in Games: Voluez-vous Blow Up Crap Avec Moi

The Saboteur is the core console release in a light week; of course, The Legend of Zelda: Snakes on a Train for the DS should not be overlooked. Tales of Monkey Island has a new chapter on PC and Wii. [Kotaku]

Retromodo Made New: The Cobra-Matic Casemod

It's ability to play tunes long gone, this 1951 Zenith H664 Cobra-matic phonograph was born anew thanks to modder Alvin "Mach" Barber. [Gizmodo]

The Most Powerful Lego Minifigs In the Universe

When Lego Galactus comes to consume our plastic planet, who will heed the call to defeat him? How does the minifig Green Lantern Corps wear rings without separate fingers? Ulises Farinas illustrates superhero scenes in the Lego world. [io9]

The Master Returns In New Doctor Who Trailer

Can't wait until December 25th (or 26th, if you're watching BBC America) for more Doctor Who? This new trailer for "The End of Time Part 1" won't help, showing a newly-blond Master and Christmas being canceled. Click through to view. [io9]

Kotaku's Top 5 List of Top 10 Lists

Each week throws off several new video game lists ranging from the humorous to the trivial. What's better? A list of those. Here's a roundup of the rundowns out there. [Kotaku]

Shred Like a Geek: Recycled Circuit Board Guitar Picks

These recycled circuit board guitar picks aren't cheap, as far as picks go, but if you're serious about your alt-rock IT garage band's image they may be a necessity. Just don't go tossing them willy-nilly to your screaming fan. [Gizmodo]

Tomb Raider Dev Wants Multiplayer Designers for ... Tomb Raider?

Well. Color me shocked. Crystal Dynamics has put out a help-wanted ad seeking a designer to lead "multiplayer vision and design effort for "one of the most prestigious AAA franchises in the industry." Whatever could that be? [Kotaku]

Engine Of The Day: Ford Thriftpower Six

The great thing about this series is that we're nowhere near running out of engines that were made by the millions, for decades. Ford's workhorse I6 racked up close to a quarter-century of front-line service, from 1960 to 1984. More »

Headless Luke Wilson Continues the Great AT&T/Verizon Ad War of 2009

To be bigger but slower, or speedy yet spotty? This is the ridiculous question indirectly posed to us today by AT&T spokesman Luke Wilson. Here's my question: When do these commercials go away? [Gizmodo]

Was This The Decade Of The Reboot?

Looking back at the fictional stories that defined the last decade, you might think of things like The Dark Knight, Battlestar Galactica, or failures like Bionic Woman and Speed Racer. Was this the decade we ran out of original ideas? [io9]

Dead Space 2 Teaser Message Decoded (by Many)

For the record, just past midnight Saturday Kotaku commenter pablopdlc deciphered the Unitology scrawl on the Dead Space 2 Twitter teaser image. "The nightmare is over but it will not end." Well, isn't that contradictory. [Kotaku]

Trolley Scooter Luggage Shaves Minutes Off Terminal Lap Times

Not since the treasure bath have two amazing things coalesced so perfectly to form something even more amazing. I present the Trolley Scooter. Air travel just got competitive. [Gizmodo]

Relive The Joys Of '76 Chevy Nova Beater Ownership, 1991 Reno Parking Garage Style!

Since I've already plugged all this crappy analog video hardware into my computer in order to digitize the glory of a '79 Ford Granada, we might as well continue to unearth car-related tidbits from the Murilee Martin Videotape Archives. More »

Mind-Bending Quentin Tarantino Commercial May—May—Be Selling Speakers

Say I told you I have a commercial with Quentin Tarantino selling Softbank products as Uncle Tara-chan while a talking dog opines and a woman answers a dog phone. Would you believe me? This is Japan. Of course you would. [Gizmodo]

WallDock iPhone Charger Boosts Battery On the Down Low

Word to the wise: The WallDock iPhone charger sits low, but allows for access to the touchscreen. When typing with your feet, avoid sticking an errant toe into the socket. Better yet, get a charger that sits on your desk. [Gizmodo]

The Existential Loneliness That Unites Batman and the Joker

A university lecturer in philosophy suggests that Gotham's hero and its worst villain share an unwilling awareness of society's fragility — and a profound isolation from others as a result. We're pretty sure we knew this, but validation is nice. [io9]