With the Consumer Electronics Show in full-swing, one thing has become crystal clear: the electronics industry is hell-bent on making consumers look like complete tools by the end of the year. By “tool” I mean, “Who is that dork sitting on the sofa wearing the nerdy 3D glasses?”

3D TVs are all the rage. Every major television manufacturer, and a few minor ones, are jumping on the bandwagon without hesitation. ESPN and DirecTV have both announced imminent, full-time 3D channels. Sony has finalized their specifications for 3D Blu-Ray and the industry will have the home version of Avatar to use as consumer-bait.

But…we’re still going to look like complete tools with our 3D glasses.

Is this really what the consumers wants? Probably not. I think it is safe to say we want 3D without the frickin’ glasses. It’s not just the aesthetic-hit your once macho appearance will take, but the real, cold hard facts of reality that will take its toll. WTF am I talking about?

I’m talking about your dog munching on your beloved pair of 3D glasses while you are at work. I am talking about your rug-rat kids bending, throwing, playing and breaking your 3D glasses. I am talking about your 3D glasses disappearing under the sofa or between the cushions. I am talking about your big, fast ass sitting down hard on that pair of 3D glasses.

3D glasses only work in theory and the safety of an IMAX theater. All other locations will spell constant hassle and small-scale disasters.

Hence, this brave new world they want us so desperately to enter will only work sans glasses.

Beyond the hurdles of every-day life we have the tech itself. Everything on display at CES is first-generation technology without a unified standard. Early-adopters will undoubtedly be screwed by the time the second generation is greatly improved and enhanced.  The 3D TV you buy today could be tomorrow’s HD-DVD.

So wait. Be patient. What is available now will be considered garbage by CES 2011, a date that will hopefully see a whole new generation of 3D that can be attained without glasses and the punishing hit to your fashion sense.

He was a Father, an actor, a soldier, and even a famous wrestler and manager in the WWF, but we’ll remember him best for being a plumber. A very large, very eccentric plumber who experimented with rubber band facial piercings.

Today we mourn the passing of Louis Vincent Albano due to natural causes. He is survived by his wife, their 4 children and 14 grandchildren. Our condolences to them on behalf of all of our staff.

As he goes towards the light at the end of the sewer pipe and moves on to the next level, our thoughts also go out to his brother Luigi and his longtime companion, Princess Peach.

On a more serious note… the person who comes up with the most creative alternate headline or opening sentence for this post in the comments below, will get some sort of Nintendo-related swag (still to be determined, but it will be worth your effort) and a free GameAlmighty t-shirt featuring the Captain himself.

Update: We have decided we will accept poems/hiakus, and illustrations too. Anything creative related to the passing. (And be sure your profile contains your correct email address so we can contact you in the event that you win.)

Ever notice something in common with most video game shows on TV?  They all focus on essentially the same thing: games.

Filmmaker Ben Gonyo is seeking to add a little diversity to your usual programming with his new show, GAMERS, which focuses on the lives of gamers, as opposed to just games themselves.

GAMERS was originally a full-length film, but Gonyo translated it into a TV series in order to cover a wide variety of gaming personalities across all platforms.  So far the show seems to be exclusively focused on addictions associated with the MMO genre, with World of Warcraft highlighting most of the episodes.  But having suffered from WoW addiction myself, I would rather enjoy watching a show focusing on those trying to cut back on or quit their gaming addictions (which is only a portion of what is covered by GAMERS).

Gonyo is in the process of submitting the show to major networks (G4, Spike, Hulu and MTV), but he has asked for everyone’s help by signing his petition to get the show picked up.  If you visit his site you’ll get a sneak peak at some of the episodes he’s pitching to the networks, and you’ll be able to view profiles of gamers featured on the show such as Nikki Harper, the co-guild master of Robot Kitten Happy Train.

The show also features interviews with Blizzard employees and even secretly addicted athletes.  Hopefully the show gets picked up.  GAMERS has our support.

Futurama fans seem to live under the permanent threat of cancellation, only to get a reprieve at the 11th-hour. In this case, Comedy Central is riding to the rescue, ordering 26 brand new episodes.

From Reuters:

When the series returns with original episodes in 2010, it will be seven years after the show’s last original episode aired on Fox. That’s a much longer hiatus than the three years “Family Guy” spent on the bench before being summoned back by Fox.

The four “Futurama” specials, produced in the past two and a half years, helped bridged the gap, said Groening, who also created the Fox/20th TV long-running animated comedy “The Simpsons.”

“It was a great way of keeping the show alive, and one of the great things was that everyone enjoyed doing them, so it’s been relatively easy trying to get everyone who was originally on the show to come back,” he said.

All key voice cast members are expected to return for the new original episodes of “Futurama,” along with the series’ core writing team.