UDMan Drives The Sprinter, Gives It Thumbs-Up

I've long admired the super-efficient Sprinter van, but never quite understood the constant shifting of marques under which it was sold. Dodge? Mercedes-Benz? Freightliner? Truck expert UDMan to the rescue! More »

Screaming Chicken-ize Your Ride For Cheap!

Why should Pontiac's iconic Screaming Chicken hood decal be restricted to Malaise Era Trans Ams, or even Pontiacs? Your '87 Hyundai Excel or '93 Buick LeSabre deserves a four-foot-wide Screaming Chicken, and now you can afford one! More »

Ultimate Gawker Stalkers: Derek Jeter's Starbucks and The Minka Kelly Problem

Sometimes, multiple Gawker Stalker sightings create mosaic portraits of celebrities in their seemingly unobserved moments. We've got one better, today: an operative working at a Derek Jeter-frequented Starbucks in Tampa, who sees girlfriend Minka Kelly as the once-benevolent Jeter's downfall. [Gawker]

Revealed: Marvel Comics' Secret War On Women

Have superhero comics outgrown a pre-adolescent fear of women? Not in the slightest, argues critic Abhay Khosla. In fact, he argues, Marvel Comics' last few linewide storylines have been all about why women are terrifying and need to be destroyed. [io9]

...And Here's Your CRX Replacement!

Honda- or at least its marketing gurus- decided that the sporty CRX no longer appealed to its target demographic, so the 1992 model year had the kicky, upbeat Del Sol instead. More »

The 1990 Honda CRX: Great For Endless Drives Past Cows!

Just a few years earlier, Honda pitched its CRX as a fire-breathing hot rod, but by 1990 the marketers had decided to go cute. Thus, the sporty CRX is presented as the ideal car for long drives in Meth Country. More »

Jaguar XJR Does The Impossible, Goes 100,000 Miles

Ladies and gentlemen, we interrupt your regularly scheduled weekend programming to bring you shocking footage. Despite all evidence to the contrary, we're able to provide video proof a Jaguar product can indeed go 100,000 miles. Suck it, Joe Lucas. More »

Jaguar XJR Doing The Impossible

Madden NFL Arcade Micro-Review: Snacking on Football

Did you toss the football around over Thanksgiving? If so, did you take time to read the playbook and set your audibles? Thought so. That's the spirit behind EA Sports's Madden NFL Arcade, the bite-size complement to its full franchise. [Kotaku]

My Short-Lived Filmmaking Career Made Z-List Stars Of '56 Chevy, '79 Granada

Maybe if Super 8 film hadn't been such a comprehensively terrible medium, I'd have kept making films; who knows, by now I might have become The King Of Eastern European Dental Fetish Porn! More »

Kick-Ass Creator's New Comic Is Dark Knight Mash-Up

Wanted and Kick-Ass creator Mark Millar has unveiled his latest Marvel Comics creation, and between the high concept and promotional image released, it's as if he's daring DC to think about legal action. Ballsy or insane? You be the judge. [io9]

Another Finned Mercedes-Benz Bites The Dust, Will Be Reborn As FAW Hongqi Parts

Remember the very solid-looking white Mercedes-Benz W110 we saw down on the junkyard over the summer? It got munched up by The Crusher, but look what's in that very same junkyard now! More »

Canabalt Micro-Review: Up On The Rooftop, Tap, Tap, Tap

It's not often that we play a video game designed, coded and scored in just five days. Canabalt, conceived and created for the Experimental Gameplay Project, uncomplicated as it is, somehow doesn't feel like the typical output of two weekends. [Kotaku]

2009 LA Auto Show Round-Up: Let's Get Small

What made the 2009 LA Auto Show a big deal? Small cars. The onslaught of big SUVs and green marketing seems to have passed. The full wrap-up of the 2009 LA Auto Show is a click away. More »

Review Round-Up: Borderlands DLC, Tropico, Tony Hawk And More

We reviewed stuff this week, including stuffs that were not released recently. Know what that means? It's December and we're doing catch-up reviews of games we missed in 2009. (I bet I know what half of the comments will say.) [Kotaku]

Captain Piccard's Solar Powered Plane Flies, Kinda

Captain Bertrand Piccard's photovoltaic-powered plane "Solar Impulse" flew 1,148ft yesterday in Switzerland at three-foot altitudes. The 262-foot wingspan plane weighs 4,409lbs and has been under construction since 2003. The caveat? They were flying with battery-power assistance. Gallery below More »

Ludicrously Stupid Star Wars Biker Action Figures

For the last decade George Lucas has been busy whoring the Star Wars franchise hard enough to make our stomachs churn, so within that context these Star Wars action figure bikers make perfect sense. [HellForLeather]

Welcome To The Errordome

Not sports, but must be noted. Washington Post: "A Nov. 26 article in the District edition of Local Living incorrectly said a Public Enemy song declared 9/11 a joke. The song refers to 911, the emergency phone number." [WashPost, via] [Deadspin]

Psychenaut Rearranges SF Classics Into Art You Can Dance To

In the New York area and wondering what to do tomorrow night? We humbly recommend Shakedown, a party/circus/artevent in Williamsburg that'll feature burlesque, rock'n'roll and Psychenaut, a mash-up of classic science fiction. Host Paul Pope reveals what it's all about. [io9]

Baby Buick Spotted Testing In Europe

GM teased the masses at the LA Auto Show with a render of a Buickized Astra then, lo-and-behold, spy shooters in Germany have captured the car in light camouflage. How much you wanna bet they don't name it Skylark? [MotorTrend]

Solar Impulse First Flight Gallery