We just got back from the Red Faction: Origins premiere, and while I feared for the worst, the movie was actually pretty good. Don't expect the action and massive destruction of the game; it's more story-based and bridges the gap between Red Faction: Guerrilla and the upcoming Red Faction: Armageddon.

We had a chance to interview Kate Vernon, known for playing Ellen Tigh in Battlestar Galactica, so keep an eye out for that later this week.

Here's a disturbing mainstream news piece about a man who inflated himself by accidentally falling onto the fitting of a compressed air hose. The guy expanded quite a bit. Human balloon!