Filed under: Digital Cameras, Gaming

AgfaPhoto — you know, the company that used to just make really high-end gear, but now lends its name to lame sauce stuff built by plawa — has a new camera on display at PMA, the DV-5000G. In addition to the regular 5 megapixel camera duties, this thing works overtime as a 720 x 480 video camera — there’s 64MB of built-in memory, but we’re guessing you’ll want to hop to SD or SDHC in a hurry. Of course, most cameras do full-res video, but AgfaPhoto is also pulling a page out of DXG’s book and packing in video games, playable on the 3-inch “960 x 240″ screen (we’re guessing that’s a typo, and this thing is standard 320 x 240 QVGA). Unfortunately, the games are super weak, and there are no emulators in sight. We don’t think PMP or webcam functionality is going to save this one either, and the $260 pricetag seems a bit silly for what you’re getting. Let’s catch up at next year’s PMA, huh Agfa?

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Filed under: Gaming, Peripherals

Usually we spot console modders adding a few LEDs to their boxen, squeezing in some extra memory or perhaps even changing a form factor altogether, but it’s rare to see these hackers actually hack in some original functionality. Cyberpyrot over at Acid Mods is taking this whole modding business to a whole new level with his voice recognition controller for the Xbox 360, which involves some heavy hacking and a bit of hardware kit wizardry to let you control teh Halos with merely the silky smooth sound of your voice. The mod is ostensibly designed to help out the mobility impaired, but we all know it’s going to be primarily used by slothful nerds (you know, those “purists” that didn’t pick up a Wii) who have decided that even repetitive finger motions are too much of an effort. The current mod can handle 10 different voice commands, check out a video of it in action after the break.

[Thanks, GrandpaSmurf]

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This is the story of one week in my life. I was seventeen. It was the week I slept in Orson Welles’ pajamas. It was the week I fell in love. It was the week I fell out of love.

I think the above, which comes from Robert Kaplow’s book, Me and Orson Welles, is the best description of the upcoming film that I’ve seen. It sounds more fun than just “learning about life and love,” and it begs the question: How does the kid end up in Welles’ pajamas? As Jessica told you earlier this month, Zac Efron has signed on to star as the kid, Richard Samuels, who comes under Orson’s wing, Christian McKay will play the epic filmmaker, Ben Chaplin is playing George Coulouris, and Richard Linklater is directing from Vince and Holly Gent Palmo’s script.

Now the love interest has been picked. According to Empire, Zac Efron will fall for Claire Danes. First, he certainly isn’t a Jordan Catalano replacement, but times have changed. Second, what is it with Claire taking on roles where she gallivants around New York City with boys much too young for her? (This is like a 1930s-style Igby Goes Down.) According to Publisher’s Weekly (from the Amazon title link above), Richard falls in love three times (busy kid) — first with a fellow student Caroline, then with Sonja, a production assistant who is also canoodling Orson, and finally an aspiring writer named Gretta. I’m going to assume that Claire will probably be Sonja.

Variety, meanwhile, reports that the film will be backed by CinemaNX, and will start filming late next month in England and New York.

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This is the story of one week in my life. I was seventeen. It was the week I slept in Orson Welles’ pajamas. It was the week I fell in love. It was the week I fell out of love.

I think the above, which comes from Robert Kaplow’s book, Me and Orson Welles, is the best description of the upcoming film that I’ve seen. It sounds more fun than just “learning about life and love,” and it begs the question: How does the kid end up in Welles’ pajamas? As Jessica told you earlier this month, Zac Efron has signed on to star as the kid, Richard Samuels, who comes under Orson’s wing, Christian McKay will play the epic filmmaker, Ben Chaplin is playing George Coulouris, and Richard Linklater is directing from Vince and Holly Gent Palmo’s script.

Now the love interest has been picked. According to Empire, Zac Efron will fall for Claire Danes. First, he certainly isn’t a Jordan Catalano replacement, but times have changed. Second, what is it with Claire taking on roles where she gallivants around New York City with boys much too young for her? (This is like a 1930s-style Igby Goes Down.) According to Publisher’s Weekly (from the Amazon title link above), Richard falls in love three times (busy kid) — first with a fellow student Caroline, then with Sonja, a production assistant who is also canoodling Orson, and finally an aspiring writer named Gretta. I’m going to assume that Claire will probably be Sonja.

Variety, meanwhile, reports that the film will be backed by CinemaNX, and will start filming late next month in England and New York.

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Filed under: Comedy, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Casting

Things certainly seem to be moving quickly for Gentlemen Broncos. Five days ago, Patrick had first broke the news on the follow-up project for Napoleon Dynamite and Nacho Libre creator Jared Hess. Now, The Hollywood Reporter has already announced that Sam Rockwell has signed to star along side Flight of the Conchords creator Jermain Clement for the teen comedy. The story centers on a teen fantasy novelist who has his story ripped off by his idol at a writer’s camp. Michael Angarano (Lords of Dogtown) will play the teen that comes up with the fantasy story with the unfortunate title of Yeast Lords.

Rockwell will play the fictional character in the story and there will be some “book-come-to-life sequences under two guises: one in the teen’s story and one in the author’s story”. Well, if anybody can pull it off, it would be Rockwell — the man has a knack for playing some of the most diverse characters without breaking a sweat. If you don’t believe me, take an afternoon and watch The Green Mile and then Confessions of a Dangerous Mind and tell me those are two pretty impressive ends of the spectrum.

The script was written by the husband and wife team of Jared and Jarusha Hess, and will be produced Mike White and Ben LeClair. Both White and LeClair worked with Hess before on Nacho Libre. So it looks like Patrick’s prediction came true and the cast is going to be an ‘indie’ affair, but with the addition of Rockwell and Clement there’s just a smidgen more of ‘hipster’ cred. Gentlemen Bronco’s is scheduled to start production this March and arrive in theaters some time in 2009.

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Things certainly seem to be moving quickly for Gentlemen Broncos. Five days ago, Patrick had first broke the news on the follow-up project for Napoleon Dynamite and Nacho Libre creator Jared Hess. Now, The Hollywood Reporter has already announced that Sam Rockwell has signed to star along side Flight of the Conchords creator Jermain Clement for the teen comedy. The story centers on a teen fantasy novelist who has his story ripped off by his idol at a writer’s camp. Michael Angarano (Lords of Dogtown) will play the teen that comes up with the fantasy story with the unfortunate title of Yeast Lords.

Rockwell will play the fictional character in the story and there will be some “book-come-to-life sequences under two guises: one in the teen’s story and one in the author’s story”. Well, if anybody can pull it off, it would be Rockwell — the man has a knack for playing some of the most diverse characters without breaking a sweat. If you don’t believe me, take an afternoon and watch The Green Mile and then Confessions of a Dangerous Mind and tell me those are two pretty impressive ends of the spectrum.

The script was written by the husband and wife team of Jared and Jarusha Hess, and will be produced Mike White and Ben LeClair. Both White and LeClair worked with Hess before on Nacho Libre. So it looks like Patrick’s prediction came true and the cast is going to be an ‘indie’ affair, but with the addition of Rockwell and Clement there&rsqu