Blog Posts by Chris Morris

We're not making an endorsement here, but Audi may just be the most logical car on the road these days.

The automaker has released an online ad that pinpoints its target audience with phaser-like accuracy, pitting Leonard Nimoy's Spock against newcomer Zachary Quinto's Spock in a hilarious spot to pitch the Audi A7.

(Credit: Rovio Entertainment)If you're one of the many players of Angry Birds Friends, the socially-inclined latest chapter in the hit series, this week's Level Three might have thrown you for a loop.

There's no elaborately challenging layer of obstacles. The pigs are ridiculously easy to hit. And written across the screen are the words "Marry Me Mel - Ben."

It's not a joke by the Bad Piggies at Rovio. It's a real request from Australian Ben Levi, and it's one his girlfriend Melissa Swift quickly said yes to -- once her shock subsided.

(Credit: Warner Bros/Blizzard)Getting the call to play the Man of Steel is undoubtedly one of the biggest moments of actor Henry Cavill’s career, but he almost didn't answer it.

He was too busy playing World of Warcraft.

Cavill, who stars in this summer's highly-anticipated Superman reboot, says he was in the middle of a quest when director Zack Snyder called to offer him the part. And tearing himself away from the game was no easy decision.

(Credit: Engadget)The Wii U's not living up to Nintendo's sales expectations, and that's causing the company to get a bit...creative...with its marketing plans.

Taking a cue from the viral marketing that works so well in the mobile industry, Nintendo is relying on its own older products to upsell its new system, attaching a blatant marketing message to the most recent Wii system update.

Aliens: Colonial Marines (Credit: Sega)

Aliens: Colonial Marines might have rankled critics, but that’s nothing compared to how it upset fans. And one fan in particular.

Plaintiff Damion Perrine filed a false advertising lawsuit against publisher Sega and developer Gearbox Software Tuesday in the Northern District of California, saying demos of the game shown at industry trade shows and public events were not accurate representations of the game that hit shelves.

The world's first web pageBill Clinton had just taken office. The World Trade Center was recovering from a terrorist bombing in its parking structure. Women were finally allowed to fly warplanes. And the day-to-day habits of the free world was about to undergo a tectonic shift.

On April 30, 1993, the World Wide Web as we know it was officially birthed.

Microsoft IllumiRoom (Credit: Microsoft)Console manufacturers have been quick to point out the advantages of playing video games on a big screen, but Microsoft has loftier ambitions.

The company unveiled their ‘IllumiRoom’ technology in January at CES, but we're now getting a more complete picture of what it can do. And it's pretty cool stuff.

In a nutshell, IllumiRoom extends the game beyond the borders of your television. Working in conjunction with a wireless projector that sits on your coffee table, it projects images from the game onto the walls surrounding your TV.

(Credit: Smart PJs)Of all the weapons in a child's arsenal to stretch bedtime out as long as possible, there is none more valuable than the bedtime story. Inevitably, your young son or daughter will take FOREVER trying to pick out just the right book before you can corral them back into their bed.

Technology to the rescue! Smart PJs are new nighttime apparel that not only keep kids comfy and cozy as they doze, but they're festooned with patterns that hide QR codes that can quickly be converted to bedtime stories.