Karl Urban has been confirmed as the new Judge Dredd.  No word on if Rob Schneider will return.  (empireonline)

7 most horrifying museums on earth.  Thank you for the nightmare material.  That’ll be all for today.  (cracked)

This is a 10 minute video of gameplay from Team Fortress 2, documenting one of the online players freaking out.  At the 3 minute mark, he’s already managed to fire off 100 “fucks”, amongst other bizarre and hilarious banter.  It’s hard to decide what’s funnier: the words he keeps making up or the fact that he plays like someone who has never played the game before.  (kotaku)

“Look at me, Damien! It’s all for you.”  [jumps off roof, hangs self].  Seriously, check this kid’s scalp for numbers.  I think Joel Silver just died and inhabited the body of an 11-year-old.  (todaysbigthing)

A new Terminator movie!  A new 3D, animated, PG-13 Terminator movie!  Great.  (gammasquad)

We all wish our lives had soundtracks (…don’t we?), and this list provides the perfect songs for the perfect moments of your life.  Like, for example, when you’re traveling through time.  (thesmokingjacket)

Is Mad Men the new Saved By the Bell?  Yes.  Yes, it is.  (thesmokingjacket)

Some dad stole his sons videogames and sold ‘em for drugs.  But to be fair, the kid did break a lamp running through the house.  (withleather)

The health benefits of bacon, an inforgraphic.  (medicalbillingschool)

America’s best ice cream shops, you say?  Okay, I’m listening…  (yahoo)

6 amazingly high-tech anicient weapons.  Turns out the Greeks invented the light saber.  Jay kay!  (cracked)

The top 1o worst Bear Grylls meals.  #1 is probably who cares.  (askmen)

WARNING: these scarification pictures are fairly graphic and something you would see in a Clive Barker novel.  But since a majority of them are geek-themed, I included ‘em.  Don’t say you have been warned.  Now if you’ll excuse me, I’m going to go eat a big bowl of spaghetti with extra sauce.  (holytaco)

Funny sign juxtapositions.  C’mon, you’re telling me the landscapers weren’t aware of what they were doing?!  (uproxx)

Comic Book University.  An imaginary world filled with all the classic characters and twice the sexual promiscuity.  (collegehumor)

What America loves!  Strangely absent from the list: xenophobia, bad news, ieverything, complaining, and ridiculously fatty foods.  (yahoo)

Please don’t beat me up, please don’t beat me up… The 20 most effeminate photos of The Expendables cast… please don’t beat me up! (manofest)

8 most badass plants in video games.  Personally, I think the perennial sowthistle, or Sonchus arvensis L., native to these Illinoisan parts, is pretty badass myself.  But what do I know?  I’m just a good ol’ country boy.  (ranker)

50 scariest movies of all-time.  Finally, a list I can get behind!  #1?  One Night in Paris.  (complex)

So the Improv Everywhere crew pulled some more hilarious public stunts, this time including grafitti.  Look, I don’t mean to sound bitter here, but I did this exact same thing 8 years ago — a time before it was “the thing” to film yourself and post it all over the internet for cheap, instant gratification — and I’m proud to say my little stunt made the front page of the local paper.  I can’t tell you how many “views” that equals out to, but I’d say at least 60,000.  So suck my dick, Improv Everywhere.  And suck my dick doubly, internet.  (urlesque)

A list of each star from The Expendables, and his best and worst role.  (screenjunkies)

7 terrible pizza innovations.  Oh come on, nothing can ruin a pi–holy fucking shit.  (holytaco)

A cat in a bathtub full of beanbag stuffing.  Awwwwww, it’s so cute when he eats it!  (youtube)

Some authentic mugshots from the 40s and 50s, and the stories behind them.  It’s like a Richard Stark novel…only real!  (smalltownnoir)

And lastly, “The Gathering” (of the Juggalos) was this weekend, not too far from where I grew up, and apparently all hell broke loose (gee, really?)  One guy got stabbed; but shockingly that’s not the big news: Tila Tequila, known for being a vapid waste of space, was pelted with rocks and (literal) shit when she took the stage.  And documenting it all?  Tom Green, of course.  (thedailywhat)

If you wanna preview the new unsexy Wonder Woman comic, be my guest.  (chicagofree)

Satanism has given us so much cool stuff, from heavy metal to horror films…don’t you think you owe it to Satanism to take a look back on it’s wonderful history?  (asylum)

Attention art nerds and anyone named Ben Spencer: here’s a gallery of Shigeru Komatsuzaki’s work from the 1960’s and 1970’s.  Commence creaming!  (pinktentacle)

This dog can fetch beer, which is why once again dogs rule and cats…well, they’re assholes.(comedy)

Speaking of assholes: Mel Gibson is an asshole.  Oh, and his racism has sparked a new internet meme.  (filmdrunk)

6 classics despised by the people who created them.  My parents could say the same thing about me.  (cracked)

Top 50 Mortal Kombet characters.  Holy shit, there’s more than 15?  (ugo)

“I thought I was looking at my mother’s old douchebag, but that’s in Ohio.”  (founditemclothing)

Top 10 All-American video games, which is the only thing I look for when choosing one.  (askmen)

This weekend was the 4th of July, so you know what that means: fireworks and competitive eating.  (guyism)

Speaking of eating obscene amounts of food, here’s a heartattack pizza with extra stupid.  (pbh3)

I’ve always thought the Hunter S. Thompson quote, “Too weird to live, too rare to die” always applied to me, but I never knew how to convey that to others.  But now I can do so easily with this t-shirt.  (vigtees)

Tipper Gore was all ‘parental advisory’ back in the mid-80’s, but I think it’s because she just didn’t like 2 Live Crew, Ice-T, and GNR.  Otherwise, she would have slapped a Tipper Sticker on these gems from the 1930’s.  Sidenote: anyone ever notice that Ice-T’s name is Ice-T.  (iheartchaos)

Ever notice how the stupidest, most time-wasting things are usually the most entertaining?  I present you with the “Top 5 slow-motion video game deaths”.  Exactly.  (unrealitymag)

Why hasn’t there been a fitting Bruce Willis internet video tribute until now?  I really don’t know.  But quit asking questions and just watch.  (nextround)

Film creator Patrick Jean has created one of the coolest videos I have seen in quite some time. Taking elements from Tetris, Space Invaders, Donkey Kong and others he has created a fantastic piece detailing the take over of NYC by video game pixels. Enjoy this great work.

PIXELS by PATRICK JEAN.
Uploaded by onemoreprod. – Watch original web videos.

Thanks to Kotaku for the heads up.

I’m sure this list is debatable, but it sure fires up some old, frustrating memories of sore thumbs and increased heart rate (not to mention agitated parents telling you for the 7th time that dinner was ready).

10 Hardest Video Games

Funny photoshops showing video games realistically (cracked.com)

12 greatest entertainment themed cereals (gunaxin.com)

I didn’t know this cartoon existed!  MARVEL ZOMBIES! (toplessrobot.com)

Modern takes on old comic book covers (coveredblog.com)

Attention nerds: caffeinated beef jerky (perkyjerky.com)

If He-Man were a hipster… (behance.net)

Superhero Facebook (comicsalliance.com)

Top 10 movie drinks.  You make a mean Caucasian, Jackie (askmen.com)

Possible the coolest t-shirt ever? (deezteez.com)

For the home brewers, 13 creative home brews (sloshspot.com)

In yet another awesome junk food/video game team-up (See KFC/Guitar Hero, Mountain Dew Game Fuel), Doritos is currently accepting submissions for their Unlock XBox contest. Basically, you video tape your two minute pitch for an XBox Live game, and if the judges like your idea, Doritos will help create the game, and internet voters will pick the grand prize winner. This is a super rad idea for a contest, and what’s great is that you don’t need to know anything about the technical side of game design to win. So if you have an idea for a video game (and who doesn’t), you have to check it out. So get cracking, because pitches are due Oct 4th. Also, no extra points will be awarded for cool ranch residue on submissions. Just so you know.

Get all the details here.

From IHeartChaos.com:

Holy crap this took a lot longer than I thought. A couple weeks ago, there was this Periodic Table of Cartoon Characters floating around on Digg and it got me thinking about a Periodic Table of Video Game Characters, but unfortunately, the periodic table of elements doesn’t always cooperate when it comes to video game character names. If you’re stumped on any, let me know and maaaybe I’ll give you the answer.

As far as my criteria for what went where, I tried to give room first to characters who are primarily and originally video game characters, but not always. Batman for example, is first a comic book character, but there were some pretty kickass Batman games, the one for NES in particular. Same with Homer Simpson– he’s primarily a cartoon character, but he’s appeared in more video games than most of the other characters on the table. For Hf, after not even finding a Pokemon or Star Wars character that had an H or an f in their name, I had to resort to Heifer from Rocko’s Modern Life, since there was a Rocko game for the SNES. Stupid Hf.

Oh, and you can buy a print of this as a poster at Redbubble. Just sayin’.

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Woo… This looks like the shiz!

From the Chicago Theatre Site:

Video Games Live is a multimedia concert experience featuring the best music and exclusive synchronized video clips from the most popular games from the beginning of video gaming to the present. Performed by top orchestras and choirs, the show combines exclusive video footage and music arrangements with synchronized lighting, solo performers, special FX, electronic percussionists and unique interactive segments.

Find out more at the Official Video Games Live Site Or at the Chicago Theatre Site