Technically *all* of Gizmodo's posts are "first world" posts.

Damn you Volition, give me Freespace 3.

Nice. I've always preferred my aliens with marines, and no predators.

I approve of the "Please god No" tag ... and will be sure never to read them while eating... or wanting a good nights sleep.

If you're not familiar with Gerald Bull- you should check him out, crazy life of an early space flight scientist: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald_Bull

Apparently not, as he thinks "retina" is a "thing"

Yeah, but I bet his mother was a snow-blower.

It may have be bombed, but the people still got a movie. Crowd-sourcing isn't the same thing as investing.

I recently re watched the whole series, damn I miss me some Star Trek (pre Voyager).

I'll have to check this out.

Carrie gets blood dumped on her at the prom?! SPOILERS!

That's much better than Stallone's "I em dah lawh!"

BSG had me hooked the first 10 mins too, haven't found anything like it since, with the exception of Lost (for the insta-hook).

NP is the sole way I was able to get complete finished games on Final Fantasy 1-3. RIP.

I know right? The original is still pretty perfect. The only reason they want to do this: sequels.

GAH. WTH i09. This is right up there with the Chinese woman who had the spider in her ear. This needs a special topic created called "OMGWTH"

Ah reminds me of the this (kind of) , "how much wood can a woodchuck...." into Wolfram Alpha.

I, uh.... the hell. Was "Birth of a Nation 3000 years later" not subtle enough?

heh! Tell us how you really feel ;)

There are many reasons why I stopped posting comments to Gizmodo (and largely never check the site any longer)- this is only one of the many many reasons.