This Guy Built an 18,000 Piece LEGO Enterprise
Building enthusiast Chris Melby has built a replica model of the U.S.S. Enterprise completely out of LEGO bricks. Some 18,000 pieces, in fact.
The ship is 68 inches long, 29 inches wide, and stands about 32 inches on its base. The wooden base is 22 inches in diameter, and the saucer part of the ship measures in at 29 inches in diameter. It took Melby some eight months to build the thing (including the holidays)!
Melby notes that the model was built through a series of intertwining layers and a host of custom pieces to allow the ship to appear smooth, as opposed to jagged with hundreds of LEGO studs showing.
You can check out all the pictures, and Melby’s full breakdown of the process on his website.
Zombies Almost Didn’t Make it in Call of Duty
Head of Treyarch Studios Mark Lamia explained how the now-popular zombie mode almost didn’t make it into Call of Duty at the Las Vegas DICE Summit, an annual gathering of game developers, publishers and other industry notables.
As Mark tells it, when Treyarch was given the opportunity to work on Call of Duty: World at War, it was hard to get the team excited about the project because it was the third World War II Call of Duty title they had worked on, so some of the team was experiencing creative burnout. Mark says it was important for the team to think outside of the box and get inspiration for where they could take the series, but that the addition of the now established zombie mode almost didn’t happen, mostly because of him.
Man of Steel Made JMS Change 1 Detail in Superman: Earth One
With Superman: Earth One by writer J. Michael Straczynski and artist Ardian Syaf hitting comic stores today (it'll be available in book stores on February 10), we conducted an email interview with JMS to hear more about the project.
JMS talked about creating his version of Zod, how the Man of Steel movie had an important effect on the story, and more. Hear what he had to say, then let us know your thoughts in the comments.
Brian Bendis Bids Farewell to the X-Men
Since the conclusion of Avengers vs. X-Men and the start of the Marvel NOW relaunch, Brian Michael Bendis has helmed the two flagship X-Men comics - All-New X-Men and Uncanny X-Men. However, Bendis' X-Men run will be wrapping up this spring as Marvel transitions into the Secret Wars crossover. As revealed by Comic Book Resources today, Bendis' final X-Men issue will be May's Uncanny X-Men #600.
Point Break Reboot Delayed
Warner Bros. has pushed back the release date of the Point Break reboot to Christmas of 2015.
Originally slated to come out July 31, Point Break will now premiere December 25, according to Variety. This means that the remake and Mission: Impossible 5 have basically swapped dates during the past week.
Keanu Reeves and Patrick Swayze starred in the original Point Break.
Deals of the Week: $30 DualShock 4, Seasons of The Simpsons, $36 Xbox Live
Get a DualShock 4 for $30 After Rebate
It's via rebate, but cash it in and you can get a DualShock 4 for $30 from Tiger Direct. This is definitely the cheapest I've ever seen PS4 controllers. They're currently $51 on Amazon, for comparison's sake. 
This 55-inch LG HDTV Had Never Been Cheaper
Release Date Set for Steve Jobs Movie
Universal Pictures has set a release date for its Steve Jobs movie: October 9, 2015.
Directed by Danny Boyle and penned by Aaron Sorkin, the film will be made up of just three scenes, each one taking place backstage before a product launch and ending in 1998 with the unveiling of the iMac.
Michael Fassbender will play Jobs, with Kate Winslet as former marketing chief of Macintosh Joanna Hoffman, Seth Rogen as Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, and Jeff Daniels as former Apple CEO John Sculley.
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App Store Update: February 4
Every day hundreds of new apps make their debut on the App Store, and hundreds more are updated or reduced in price. We have sifted through the noise and highlighted those select few that might be worth your attention.
Note: The prices and deals compiled below are accurate at the time we published this story, but all are subject to change.
Dragon's Lair II: Time Warp HD – ($4.99)
It's impossible to keep track of how many different times this arcade classic and its predecessors have been ported to other platforms over the last 30 years, but here's yet another new edition made specifically for iPads. So let's do the Time Warp again!
Battlefield Hardline Characters Can Grow Extra Arms and Use the Force
If you're lucky enough, you may stumble upon an extremely rare reload animation while playing the Battlefield Hardline beta.
Despite only beginning on February 3, players have begun finding hidden reload easter eggs that range from silly to supernatural.
After the videos appeared on Reddit (spotted by Kotaku UK), Hardline's animation director Tony Gialdini shared that several more are hidden in the game, and players have only a one-in-10,000 chance of triggering the animation.
He added that it must be an empty reload, so use those bullets. Here's what's been found:
Saul: Odenkirk Dishes on the Possible Breaking Bad Tie-Ins
Warning: A spoiler for the finale of Breaking Bad follows...
On Sunday, February 8, Better Call Saul - the highly-anticipated Breaking Bad spinoff - will debut on AMC. In advance of the premiere, IGN was able to sit down with series lead Bob Odenkirk to talk about what fans can expect, as small town hustler/struggling lawyer Jimmy McGill transforms into the man we know as Saul Goodman.
Better Call Saul Series Premiere Review
IGN TV: I'm curious, what's surprised you the most so far about Jimmy, the real man behind Saul?