![Scientists Discover a New Pac-Man Frog [Pac-Man]](http://www.thatsovietguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/1aa97db592cedafc152.jpg)
Look at that badass up there! That, ladies and gents, is a Suriname horned frog, dubbed the "Pac-Man Frog." According to Prensa Latina, scientists in the South American country of Suriname found 46 new species of animals, from insects to fish to frogs. One of those frogs was a new species of Pac-Man Frog, which are called that because their bodies are almost spherical, and their mouths are large enough to allow them to wolf down prey that almost...
![Racial Epithet Shows Up on Minecraft Menu, Developer Apologizes [Minecraft]](http://www.thatsovietguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/6e7cacc3455b87e9e2b.jpg)
The newest version of Minecraft greets players with the sentence "You are a NIGGER," if they switch their language settings to Afrikaans, the language spoken in South Africa and Namibia.
It appears to have been the doing of an unruly Minecraft user who was among many people who worked on language translations of the popular gaming experience. Minecraft's developers at Mojang have apologized and pinned this on the player-translator. The...
![Mass Effect 3’s Multiplayer Turns You into Part of Shepard’s Kick-Ass Strike Team [Video]](http://feeds.thatsovietguy.com/~ff/kotaku/vip?d=qj6IDK7rITs)
It was kind of surprising that Mass Effect 3's multiplayer looked better than expected. But this trailer makes it look like must-play content. You'll see the various races of BioWare's sci-fi universe playing through skirmishes as several classes, with missions that appear to happen all over the galaxy. Does this make you more excited or less for Mass Effect 3's multiplayer?
It was kind of surprising that Mass Effect 3 's multiplayer...
![Developer Makes Disabled Gamer’s Wish Come True With an Arrow Click [Legend Of Grimrock]](http://www.thatsovietguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/6020d2b13da68063a51.jpg)
When a commenter on the website of Legend of Grimrock asked about clickable on-screen arrow navigation for the upcoming indie dungeon crawler, developers said they had no plans to implement such a feature. When they found out why the commenter asked, they quickly changed those plans.
Legend of Grimrock commenter HarpoonIPA is a disabled gaming experiencer, forced to use a mouth stick for typing.
Legend of Grimrock is an old-school dungeon...
![Watch a 3DS Make a Kid Puke and Other WTF Craziness in This Nintendo News Video [Video]](http://www.thatsovietguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/d0c9f0aa01c3700529b.jpg)
Nintendo announced a bunch of actual news over the last few days—the release window for the Wii U, the Nintendo Network, a new Mario side-scroller for the 3DS—but Next Media Animation doesn't care about any of that.
Instead, the Taiwanese news animators give us Nintendo president Satoru Iwata popping out of a warp pipe and getting rouged up by Sony and Nintendo avatars and Mario getting...
![What to Write Down During a Class Lecture [Note Taking]](http://www.thatsovietguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/14cb87111fcfb34eb93.jpg)
Your professor says an awful lot of things during class. You can't possibly write it all down, nor should you. To take the best notes (and ace your exams), pay attention to your professor's cues—conscious and subconscious.
Part of a great guide on note-taking strategies by Brett and Kate McKay on The Art of Manliness, these are the tell-tale signs that you should be writing down what your professor is saying:
Anytime the professor says,...
![Camera Size Shows You How Bulky or Compact Digital Cameras Really Are [Cameras]](http://www.thatsovietguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/cc12dd4dd2483923b54.jpg)
If you're in the market for a new camera but still doing your shopping virtually, add Camera Size to your list of helpful webapps. The site places digital cameras side by side so you can easily find which one fits you best.
Camera Size pits cameras of your selection against each other and in multiple views when available (front, rear, left, right, and top) so you can get a real feel for look and ergonomics. In the two-camera comparison, not...
![Stand Up and Stretch Your Legs in This Week’s Open Thread [Open Thread]](http://www.thatsovietguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/4b9b415d268695bbb5c.jpg)
You've had a long week, and let's face it, none of us are too happy having learned how sitting all day is wreaking havoc on our bodies. So here's a reminder: Stand up, walk around, then join your fellow lifehackers in this week's open thread.
Same drill as always, open-threaders: You can chat and ask questions with your fellow readers all week long at the #openthread hashtag page, but our weekly open thread post is your opportunity to reach the...
![Use Google Alerts as an Identity Theft Watchdog [Security]](http://www.thatsovietguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/63146732bddd9312d49.jpg)
Google Alerts can be a great tool for monitoring any search term you care about—including your own name and other personal information. This means you can use Google Alerts to regularly check if a thief is using your info anywhere online.
We've suggested setting up Google Alerts before to monitor your name, but more for common ego search purposes. Here, WikiHow recommends adding alerts not just for your name, but other key personal...
![Add Keyboard Shortcuts to Netflix’s Web Interface [NetFlix]](http://www.thatsovietguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/2bc657be48fd8451976.jpg)
Firefox/Chrome/Safari: Netflix's new interface may not be the most fun to navigate, but you can ease a bit of the pain with a user script that adds Gmail-like keyboard shortcuts to the entire thing.
Former Lifehacker intern Dustin Luck put this script together because "every site needs shortcuts"—and they serve Netflix well. You can use hotkeys to navigate to different pages, rate movies, add them to your DVD or instant queue, and even...
