It’s a backpack with a segmented hard shell that you wrap around a tree or lamppost, lock it, and then walk away. If necessity is the mother of invention, the impetus for this thing has got to be a good story. Given the current American anxiety regarding unattended baggage, this is sure to do well.

Last year Wal-Mart started a service to compete with Netflix, but now it looks like Wal-Mart has thrown in the towel. Not only that, they’re now advertising for Netflix.

Wal-Mart has teamed up with Netflix, the largest and most popular online DVD rental service. As a current Wal-Mart DVD Rentals member, you can cancel your account and sign up with Netflix today. You’ll get all the Netflix benefits for the same low rate you now pay at Wal-Mart!

I’m curious what this will mean for Netflix. Obviously, their sales will get a boost, but what about their catalog? Wal-Mart only carried films with “Wal-Mart Approved Content”. Netflix better not drop controversial titles or carry only censored versions. Leave that to Blockbuster.

Want to fool a biometric scanner, without resorting to the vegetable peeler method? Here’s how.

OMFG. Just watch this movie.
Punctual_shrimp, you were right.

Hide your coke, Wolverine. Kelsey Grammer will be playing Beast in X-Men 3

Epic Games (Unreal series) announced Gears of War exclusively for Xbox 360. It looks like a mashup of Ghost Recon, Half Life, Resident Evil, and a good measure of cocaine. The Unreal engine is gorgeous. Check out the shaky-cam movies.

IGN has a Q & A article on what to expect in Civilization IV. Among other things, it has a completely new government model, it uses a 3-D engine, and it will have multiplayer out of the box. This last bit was moronically omitted in the first release of Civ 3.

Team 17, of Worms fame, is releasing Lemmings for PSP. There will be classic and new levels with a promise of downloadable content. Boomtown has some screenshots. The next question is where the hell is Worms (2-D) for the PSP?