You’ve probably seen Lady Gaga’s latest video, Bad Romance, which has spurred controversy around the world due to its graphic nature. However, apparently the conservative media is not the only one peeved by Gaga’s latest endeavor. Star Trek fans around the world are up in arms about the irreverent depiction of photon torpedo caskets in the first 34 seconds of the video.
Luckily, Lars Aagard, spokesperson for the Star trek Usergroup’s Comprehensive Knowledgebase (SUCK) was able to quell fan unrest by doing some research. “Obviously, this cannot be an attempt to denigrate a time honored tradition of loading corpses into photon torpedoes and blasting them into space. Starfleet regulations clearly stipulate that all starship munitions must be coated with a black finish, not white.” He then proceeded to promote an equally distasteful line of Star Trek caskets which are regulation compliant.
Similarly, Japanese fans were enraged after standing in line for hours at various retailers waiting for what they thought was a new Silent Hill video game. Apparently, they misunderstood the video to be an advertisement for the latest release in the franchise. In the US, nobody cared, since the weird cultural references and literal translation of dialogue in the game immediately alienated consumers.
The Wikitude browser has to be one of the coolest things around for a smart-phone. Originally only available for Android enabled phones, Wikitude World Browser overlays relevant information on the live picture of a phone’s camera. Doing some sightseeing on vacation? Just point your camera and learn about landmarks and other points of interest as information is displayed onscreen in real time. Basically, it’s like Wikipedia meets the Terminator…sort of. Now also available for the iPhone.
