I can see this as a plausable option for 4-coma and shoujo. However, working on any media device can be distracting(games, internet)--I don't really think it will be a productive option at the end of the day.
It is still a rather interesting idea, though.

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2014-01-10/nintendo-3ds-program-lets-you-create-your-own-manga

I think that would be hard to use since the 3DS touch screen is really small (unless you have an XL but even then). I've tried drawing with the basic program you can use on it and it just doesn't work well.

If you really want to draw on a touch screen device just get a proper tablet instead.

http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2014/01/14/nippon-ichi-softwares-if-you-thought-it-was-harem-paradise-it-was-yandere-hell-coming-to-playstation-3

Are Crunchyroll links allowed? Anyway, check out the name of this game.

http://television.cosmicbooknews.com/content/now-gotham-tv-series-said-feature-batman-joker

New details about the Fox Gotham TV series are stating that the series will now feature Batman.

Previous reports indicated that Batman would not be a part of the series as it would center on Detective Jim Gordon before he meets Batman.

Now it's learned from TV Guide that not only will Gotham feature a young Bruce Wayne, but origin stories for the Batman villains: Riddler, Penguin, Joker and Catwoman.

http://www.themachinetobeanother.org/?page_id=877

Holy wow Batman... Using virtual reality to swop brains/perspectives with somebody else. Fascinating...

P.S. There is a video involving gender swopping which is mind boggling, but it's NSFW (nudity), though to be honest, your boss probably wants to see it to

http://www.siliconera.com/2014/01/23/square-enix-slime-chocolates-just-time-valentines-day/

Trivial but Dragon Quest related. i like.

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-01-23/official-live-action-attack-on-titan-ad-1st-photo-debuts

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-01-24/tales-of-phantasia-ios-released-free-to-play-in-n-america

GOOD. I'm really glad the direction Tales is taking to the west.

Corrosive said ...

Genetically modified crops have been around for some time, but now genetically modified animals as food could soon become a reality. For years a company called AquAdvantage have been trying to get FDA approval that their GMO Salmon are safe for human consummation. Super healthy fast growing fish sounds great in our already over populated world, but there are fears of the impact the GMO salmon will have on the environment if they ever were released. They could seriously affect the food chain and provide some heavy competition for "real" salmon. AquAdvantage have said all the female salmon are sterile so they can’t mate, but my mind keeps going to Jurassic Park: "life will find a way".

http://www.livescience.com/25799-frankenfish-salmon-gmo.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetically_modified_food
http://westernfarmpress.com/government/gm-salmon-final-jumps-regulatory-run

So do you think that genetically modified foods are necessary especially as me near a world population of 7 billion or are we delving into things that we have no place meddling in?

You might remember the above from last year… well now it’s all becoming very real.
Genetically-modified purple tomatoes heading for shops

Oh good...
Windows 8 update hides the horrible Metro tiles
http://www.theverge.com/2014/1/30/5362156/windows-8-1-update-1-boot-to-desktop-by-default

I saw that SABC is showing a repeat of that TV show “Extreme Makeover: Home edition”.
I watched it back in the day, was pretty interesting. A struggling family asks for help, & the Extreme Makeover team come & basically rebuilds you crappy old house! Into a beautiful new one, with all the added features in seven days!

But I always wondered, what happens after a few years? Do the residents look after their new house or sell it, & make a sweet profit?
When the Extreme Makeover guys rebuild these houses, they are only thinking short term & not long term!

For example, this one family had two young kids & triplets on the way!! So they needed help with their small house, to prepare for the three new babies!
Short term thinking they give the parents there room, the two young kids their own rooms! & make a small nursery for the triplets, with built in diaper changing tables & the lot! Oh yes & the farther gets his own bar, with pool table etc.
Now what happens to those three little ones when they need their own rooms?
You can give the nursery to one of them, just have to rip out all the baby friendly stuff! & the other two? Dad can say goodbye to his bar, & they will have to share a room in there! They will also have to rip out all that bar stuff though, goodbye pool table!

I found two interesting links (see below), one with a family that duped the Extreme Makeover team! Saying they had two sick daughters to take care of & needed help!
& the more interesting one that says, once these houses are re built there value goes up & so does there taxes!! Which they can’t afford now & also keeping up the maintenance of said house!
STRUGGLING families ask for help!!! How are they going to pay the higher taxes & keep up the maintenance on their nice new homes?? That’s where short term thinking gets you!!
It’s like giving a homeless man a Ferrari! He will pee his pants he’s so happy!! But how will he pay for petrol, insurance, maintenance & where will he keep it? Sale it? Who’s going to buy a Ferrari from a homeless man? “Smells like pee?”

Link
Link

I was bored, I just felt like writhing some stuff

@Knight
Yeah, it happens more often than you think with the reality shows

e.g. When Oprah Winfrey "gives" you a "free" car, you have to immediately pay a massive tax levy on it (up to $7000). for a GIFT.

The Biggest Loser contestants are able to lose weight because they go on a strict regime with a personal trainer, dietician, liposucker etc. and the game show pays their wages for the full time, so they don't work, just exercise. After the show you get dumped back into real life.

Was a good Cracked article on it a while back
http://www.cracked.com/article_20299_5-depressing-realities-behind-popular-reality-tv-shows.html

That Cracked article was very interesting!!
But as for the Biggest Loser, the contestants can do something once the show is over!
They can still eat right & jog around the block! If they want to go directly back to their old life styles, then that’s their fault!

& as for these reality shows, they are not “reality” anymore. Hell, the only ones I watch are Survivor & The Amazing Race...& Total Divas

KnightFall500 said ...

That Cracked article was very interesting!!
But as for the Biggest Loser, the contestants can do something once the show is over!
They can still eat right & jog around the block! If they want to go directly back to their old life styles, then that’s their fault!

Yes and no.
The lifestyle they live while on the show is not real and I highly doubt they get much "after show service"
Once you have to make all those healthy meals yourself, squeeze in 3 hours in the gym per day, and buy all the supplements yourself, on top of your job and friends and co-workers telling you "Your skinny now, you can eat anything!",
I'm not surprised they fall of the bandwagon (and leave a big crater )

If you had a lifestyle that got you to 150kg, then you lose 80kg in 6 months, then you get dropped back into your old lifestyle... yeah. OUCH.

that home show generally just adds to their bond so they get in more debt. But yeah Oprah's giveaways were all taxable. those poor sods who got a car the one year learnt that the hard way

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2014-02-22/madoka-designer-draws-artwork-inspired-by-yuna-kim

Yoshitaka Amano fans and Madoka fans*COUGHeveryoneCOUGH* may be interested in this.

very interesting. An article about games that turn 10 this year.

http://www.today-fun.com/article/96/10-Games-Turning-10-in-2014.html

Slightly geeky...
So the internet has actaul gatekeepers

http://www.businessinsider.com/the-internet-is-controlled-by-14-people-2014-3

Not really an article, but trying to wrap my brain around this...

Reading a muscle mag. The fitness models they feature are about 158cm and weight... 45kg
Looking at the pics, they look healthy, but the numbers are just mind boggling.
I'm about 180cm and weigh in at 98kg (been bulking)

My friend is a SKINNY b@st3rd. about 178cm and weighs 65kg (not much muscle)
These girls are PURE muscle (which weighs more than fat) and just 20cm shorter, but 20kg lighter than him. I cannot see how you can carve 20kg of my mate without hitting bone...

20cm is a lot - like a whole head really. A slab of meat the size of a head could weigh 20kg. And if you are going by BMI then they would be classed as underweight.