This couch cannot by very comfortable. All those hard square lines. It’s a great novelty but we still prefer comfy couches, right? Or is it deceptively comfortable?
The Space Invaders themed couch was designed by Igor Chak.
Front view of couch.
Space Invaders couch from behind. Argh, aliens!
Via Technabob
Today, the Amazon Deal of the Day is a wireless wooden guitar for Rock Band on the XBox 360. The guitar is a wooden replica Fender Stratocaster. Not a bad for a saving of $200.
The guests at Comic-Con recently had a surprise broadcast from maverick Captain Jack Sparrow.
Bloody Mary. Penelope Cruz. Fountain of Youth. Pirates.
You get the jist.
The Dead Zoo have family tours tommorrow.
Bram Stoker Dracula Halloween Horror Festival. *Catches breath*
EA will webcast the Annual Meeting of Stockholders on August 5th.
Book promotion via The Intern.
Be still my broken heart. John Hamm, Don Draper from Mad Men, says he’ll never marry.
Robert Kirkman starts up a new comic book venture.
Panties not to be seen in public. NSFW!
I plead insanity.
Disney spends over half a billion on a social gaming company.
Hugh Laurie signs a record deal.
Kodansha publishing house fined for using a man’s likeness.
Tomorrow is the first Irish Artisan Craft Fair in Limerick, see here for more.
PopCap, creators of Plants Vs. Zombies removes “Thriller” MJ lookalike.
Eek! MTV now have a Jersy Shore game and Snooki iPhone app.
Steig Larsson is the first author to sell over one million Kindle books.
Snaps from the latest Pirates of the Caribbean movie. Woo!
The best and worst from Comic-Con this year.
Before I turned on Jedward’s debut album, I took precautions. One has to be careful.
I made sure it was bright outside and that I had a full bottle of wine to dampen the rush of blood to the senses. Once a girl guide, always a girl guide.
But I have to admit it, I was disappointed. Disappointed that I couldn’t hate the record. It’s actually just a bit of fun. A roll in the long grass. A pop quickie.
Planet Jedward is a slice of the pop duo’s best cuts from The X Factor – Ghostbusters and Under Pressure (Ice Ice Baby) beside tunes you couldn’t believe them covering, The Beastie’s Fight For Right To Party and The Undertones’ Teenage Kicks. And it’s those unexpected indie covers that end up being the weakest links on the album. Is it any stretch to suppose that Jedward are happiest at home on planet Pop?
The strongest song on the record is undeniably a cover of The Strangeloves’ I Want Candy. John and Edward jump aboard the Bo Diddley beat like flies on shit and it’s completely infectious!
The problem with the record is that it sounds like it’s in mono. Jedward are all about optics. Without Jedward hamming it up, the songs while synth and poptastic, never reach their true potential. Yes, and the bottle wasn’t totally obliterated on first listen.
A respectable debut that Jedward fans will eat alive. Us neutrals will swing from lukewarm to it’s not actually that bad.
Earworm: I Want Candy
Label: Absolute Records
Rating: 
Why Ken Follett started writing novels.
Weight loss coach robot.
Channel 4 is re-inventing video games.
Dublin is an UNESCO City of Literature.
As we’re all still a bit Eclipse crazy, I’ll note that M&S are launching a range of low-slung undies inspire by R Patz.
Literary classics re-imagined as airport paperbacks.
Via Teen.com, here’s Tegan and Sara’s brand-new boppy video for On Directing. Definitely a pop-out-loud tune sans their tendency to be a bit self-regarding.
The real battle is Edward versus Eric. Forget Edward against Jacob in Twilight and ignore Eric versus Bill in True Blood. Ten differences between the two guys below. Both are smexy blonds by any standard so if you had to pick, who would it be? Edward or Eric?
Edward
Eric
Yeah baby, Eric all the way for me!
Of course, we have to include Jacob and Bill in the poll too for variety. If you think we should include something or someone else, let us know.