Electronic Arts has hinted that at least one of the gaming behemoth’s titles is headed to Facebook.

An anonymous source says this does mean that there will be a Facebook version of “Madden NFL”, and that it will be a “simpler experience” of the original game.

It is easy to see that, if this takes off, more of EA’s titles could get a Facebook presence. And why not? FARMVILLE is really just a version of THE SIMS. As anyone into Facebook is aware, some of their most level headed friends have fallen victim to this cyber-growing game!

Late last year EA acquired PLAYFISH, one of the BIG manufacturers of social games for the Facebook platform, for about $300 million. It became the first of the gaming industry’s titans to really acknowledge the muscle of social games, and now it has a stellar Facebook game development team in its ranks.

One can only guess as to the games to come! SIMCITY MAFIA? SPOREVILLE? YOVILLE CLUE? Game on!

Midway through the second quarter of Superbowl XLIV, an ad for Dockers announced that if you logged on, you could get a free pair of pants.

As I was sitting at my laptop anyway, I typed in the URL. I expected a wait, and there was. It took me about 10 minutes to get to the site.

First blow- it’s a contest. You enter to win a pair. Well, not that I was too surprised, so OK, I’ll enter.

Second blow- You can enter for free pants, but unless you go and sign up (separately) for other offers, you have to pay for shipping.

For the actual contest, I had to give my name, e-mail address, gender and zip code. And here comes the CAPTIA….

Third blow and FAIL! I entered all info, clicked submit, and….. nothing! I try again, and… It tells me the page is not available, come back later!

So, did Dockers know that the Superbowl is watched by MILLIONS of people? Apparently not. Nor did they realize a lot of us are gonna be near a laptop or internet equipped device!

I hope they are happy with the millions of hits to their domain. I, for one, am not a fan of a triple dupe!

Is it REALLY that damn bad in Hollywood right now?

Universal Pictures announced it is making a movie based on Hasbro toys ‘Stretch Armstrong’! For some reason, Universal is under the impression Stretch is a Superhero, like Superman.

They are further deluded into thinking that Twighlight actor Taylor Lautner is the right choice to play the part. In the past two years, Taylor has emerged as a real star at the global box office. This future Cineturd is bound to shoot that career into oblivion.

The 3-D film will be released in 2012… oh! I see! It’s in 3-D!

Yeah, now that it is the way to go, expect all manner of 3-D crappola to be thrust out the anus of Hollywood. At least the Razzie awards will have many awards to hand out in the next few years.

I sure cannot wait for Smell-O-Vision to make it’s glorious comeback…

Oh, and by the way, Hollywood is also working to destroy another Hasbro game. Hancock Director Peter Berg’s “Battleship,” is due for a hellish birth on May 25, 2012 – Memorial Day weekend.

The Nintendo Wii has done what no other game system has done before. It has helped tens of millions of gamers get into shape.

Now, the New England Journal of Medicine has published an article stating it may be ushering in a new wave of gaming-related injuries.

“Wiitis” as it’s called, is the new wave in game injury, taking it’s place along side of “Nintendo thumb” or Nintendinitis, a form of repetitive strain injury first noticed in heavy gamers over ten years ago. The Wii’s innovative control systems are causing injuries all over their bodies.

Falling off the Wii Balance Board seems to be the main cause of injury. Though the board is only a few inches from the ground, a mishap can still lead to anything from soft-tissue damage to broken bones. Injuries can also result from playing Wii games in confined spaces, and getting hit with a non-restrained controller.

However, the Wii’s emphasis on active gaming clearly encourages the otherwise sedentary to get up off the couch and get moving. The Wii is aiding in the fight against obesity, heart disease and diabetes.

Considering the injuries that one could sustain from bicycling, Kayaking or a walk in the park, I think the risks using a Wii are acceptable.

Facebook users have found a way to top the sharing your bra color meme, which I really could not participate in anyway: Celebrity Doppelganger Week.

It all started when some IT person put it to Facebookers to find their celebrity lookalike. The thing went viral immediatly, with folks replacing their profile picture with famous people they most resembled. The website MyHeritage.com became the go-to site for research, if you were unaware you looked like anyone. It even caused them to crash, from the flood of requests.

According to My Heritage, the celebrity that closest resembles me is- David Schwimmer.

Now, when this started, I was hesitant to upload a picture of him, since there are copyright laws about using celebrity pictures, and Facebook’s terms forbid it. I abstained from posting one, as a result. However, this idea intrigued me. What would the results be of my Bitstrips Avatar?

Well, the answer is– Desmond Llewelyn!

The man who played the ingenious ‘Q’ from the James Bond movies is my Doppelganger! Well, at least my cartoon version’s double!

You should try this! Get a Bitstrips account, make your avatar, and see who it closest resembles! I think you will be amazed!

She isn’t The Oracle in Batman, but a woman who was watching the sunset on a tourist webcam in northern Germany spotted a man lost on the frozen North Sea! She alerted the authorities and probably saved his life!

The man had become disoriented, after climbing over pack ice off the coast of St. Peter-Ording, to photograph the sunset. The man began using his camera to flash for help, when he was unable to locate the beach.

Hundreds of miles away in southern Germany, the woman watching the same sunset saw the frantic man on her computer. She then contacted the authorities, who guided the man, a German tourist, to shore by flashing their car lights.

Had he not been found, the man would have frozen to death on the ice.

The webcam images are routinely erased, so the dramatic flashes from the man’s camera were not saved before the story came to light.

Who does not remember that fun movie, with Bill Murray, Andie MacDowell, Chris Elliot and Captain K’nuckles hisself, Brian Doyle-Murray?

Remember how Weatherman Phil, who kept trying to die and end the vicious cycle, at one point attempted to kill the Groundhog Phil along with himself? (Hmmm… they are both named Phil…)

Anyhoo, it did not work. Why? Was it because the Groundhog was a robot?

Well, if good ol’ PETA as their way, that might be the case!

The animal rights group wants the Groundhog Replaced With a Robot. Yes, it’s true… are you really surprised?

The People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals issued a statement, coincidinng with Groundhog’s Day, asking that Punxsutawney Phil be replaced by an animatronic groundhog for future celebrations.

Now, at first I dismissed this, as it is PETA. They have overdone it so much over the years, I think most people just laugh them off now. But perhaps this is what they wanted!

Maybe they have been building for this moment. Think about it. Replace one of the world’s most famous animals with a robot. And not just famous, a harbinger of climatic change! Controlling such an icon could be just what PETA needs to bring us to our collective knees!

Once the robot Phil (the rodent, not the weatherman… hmmm… rodents and weathermen…) Sorry! I was digressing! PETA could then hack into the system controlling the Groundhog, and make it impossible for winter to end!

After that, they would hold us all for ransom! It would be either do what PETA says, or have no summer at all! This plot was ingenious, but thankfully we here at DORKAZINE were clever enough to see through it!

Now, we just need to beat them to the punch, take control of Punxsutawney Phil, and end world winter forever!

EPIC WIN! PETA P’WNED!

Last week Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, who brought us the Universally popular LEGO STAR WARS, LEGO BATMAN and… AND LEGO INIANA JONES are gonna do it again! That’s right gamers! LEGO HARRY POTTER: YEARS 1-4 is on it’s way!

The game will focus on the early years, following Harry, Ron and Hermione, as well as other characters from the series. Gamers will be afforded a chance to attend classes at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, as well as engage in other wizardly activities such as casting spells, mixing potions, and flying on broomsticks! Maybe even have a go at Quidditch!

Of course, it’s a LEGO video game, so searching for gold and treasures will, of course, be part of the journey! Earning parts to some bonus is always a fun sideline in this fun series.

The game will be available fr PS3, XBox 360, Wii, DS and the PC. You will have the pick of over 100 characters, including Hagrid’s dog Fang!

Hogwarts is the biggest environment the game franchise has ever tackled. Scheduled for a May release, I cannot wait! especially since this will be my first LEGO game to play on my Wii! Oh, to be a Beta tester…

The 1st Academy Awards ceremony was held Thursday, May 16, 1929, at the Hotel Roosevelt in Hollywood to honor outstanding film achievements of 1927 and 1928.

52 years later, The Razzies arrived.

On March 6th, The 29th Golden Raspberry Awards (as in ‘blowing a Raspberry’) will be held to recognize the worst in film. Founded by American copywriter and publicist John J.B. Wilson, the event annually precedes the Academy Award ceremony by one day.

And what a year we had in film! “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen” and “Land of the Lost” top the pics for worst movie of the year. They each got seven nominations on Monday, including worst picture of 2009 and worst-acting slots for Will Ferrell and Megan Fox.

Other nominees for worst picture include “G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra”, “Old Dogs” and “All About Steve” with Sandra Bullock, who is also Oscar nominated for “The Blind Side”. If she wins both, she will be the first in history to do so.

As happy as I am to see ‘Land of the Lost’ nominated, the fact that both Miley Cyrus (as worst actress) and her dad Billy Ray, (as worst supporting actor) for “Hannah Montana: The Movie” made me LOL!

Unlike the Oscars, the Razzies are voted on by paid members. For as little as $25.00 a year, anyone can have the bragging rights of being a voting member. To be on the Oscar committee, you have to win and Oscar. This sounds like a lot more fun!

I may join, just to get my licks in on Will Ferrell and company for once again ruining Land of the Lost!

Remember Fridays? The ABC weekly late-night live comedy show, which aired on… wait for it… Fridays!

From 1980 to 1982, it was a welcome relief to the stale ‘Saturday Night Live’. The show was originally 70 minutes in its first season, but was expanded to 90 minutes in season two.

Like SNL, each week Fridays featured music acts and, in the second season, celebrity guest hosts. (You may have heard about the Andy Kaufman debacle!) Also fake newscasts and spoofs of television shows and commercials.

Fridays veered into dangerous territories, with skits about drugs (again, the the Andy Kaufman debacle!) sex, and physical violence. The production values for musical segments were higher, using coloured concert style lighting, as opposed to SNL’s flat white illumination, thus appealing to the MTV crowd.

Fridays had a host of memorable sketches, like SNL:

“Drugs ‘R’ Us” aka “The Crazed Pharmacist”
“Nat E. Dred” – Catchphrase: (Is it turmeric? No no NO no, gimme ganja! Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah!)
“Battle Boy” (My favorite!)
“Dick”
“Pitkinville, Montana”
“Latin DJ”
“The Three Stooges”
“Live and Be Well”
“Howdy Doody”
“Pastor James Babbit”
“Dancing Chickens”
“The Golden Boys”
“The Monster”

The series ended in 1982. First, ABC decided to expand Nightline to five nights a week, which moved Fridays to air at midnight instead of 11:30. Now, by the end of its first season in 1981, Fridays was outperforming Saturday Night Live in the ratings. The later time slot hurt the show, and Saturday Night Live had performed a major cast and crew overhaul to combat it’s new nemesis.

ABC tried to save the show by putting it on in prime time. The episode was scheduled against CBS powerhouse Dallas, which did nothing to help the show’s moribund ratings. The series was promptly canceled.

Now, 28 years later, DVDs abound from SNL, including some of those early 80’s tragic years. Yet, Fridays remains seemingly unearthed. Why is this?

The answer is really surprising. Apparently Micheal Richards is the only cast member who has the right to approve any home video release. He had that written into his contract. So far, he has not signed off on a DVD release, though some clips of him and Larry David on Fridays appear on the ‘Seinfeld’ Season 3 and 5 DVD’s.

After learning this, I headed for Facebook, and started the ‘Tell Micheal Richards to approve the release of ‘Fridays’ on DVD!’ group!

If, like me, you would love to relive those awesome Fridays moments again, join the group, and lets get our Fridays!

Apple has generated a lot of chatter with its newest innovation. But it may not be quite the conversation it wanted.

As people waited in anticipation on Wednesday, Apple unveiled the iDork, a cyber hero for the 21st century. He’s a combination of genetic mutation, cloning, and good ol’ android tech.

Many women are saying the name evokes awkward associations with specific adult acts. People from Boston to Ireland are complaining that “iDork,” in their regional brogue, sounds almost indistinguishable from “iDirk,” their beloved show about a lifeguard at Loch Ness, starring Dirk Benedict.

Apple made the announcement in a stunning show with an amazing flash developing animation video of the hero’s new theme song. Rap group Green Brothers says the theme sounds a lot like ‘If You Believe’ a song on their 2009 Soulsville record.

So, now the most hyped and anticipated product of the new year has been presented by Steve Jobs, showing off the new Apple iDork’s 6 Million Dollar bionic skeletal structure. One thing is for sure- the future of spandex will never be the same… at least until the unveiling of Google Eyes ocular implants for men, with x-ray vision.

It was the perfect prank– until it FAILED!

Olathe High school girls’ basketball coach Joel Branstrom was told he’d win tickets to the Final Four if he hit a half-court shot while blindfolded. All in the gymnasium were in on the punk, prepared to scream wildly when his attempt inevitably failed. This way, you see, the coach would think the shot went in. For an instant
he would think he was Final-Four-bound, and then the joke would be revealed.

Well, muhahahaha to those pranksters- He made it.

Not only is this Kansas High School coach a much-loved guy, he was also a walk-on for the University of Kansas basketball team in 1997. That Kansas team was ranked No. 1 headed into the NCAA tournament but lost one game short of the Final Four.

Coach Branstrom took the joke in stride. He said he thought something was up, waiting for a pie in the face moment. He figured the crowd would cheer after any shot he attempted. He didn’t believe that it actually went in until a good bit afterwards.

Yahoo news reported that he received a gift certificate from a Mexican restaurant from students who felt guilty about setting up the prank. However, local residents have since chipped in, and now he and his family are going to the Final Four Tourney.

That’s AWESOME baby!