Q-Games, makers of the PixelJunk games, has revealed today that PixelJunk Eden will be breaking out of its PSN exclusivity and hitting Steam. Though PixelJunk Eden has been released since 2008, the game remains absolutely excellent, and the Steam version will include its Encore DLC pack, which adds new levels, and the whole package will only cost $9.99, which after having played through both Eden and Encore, I personally consider a steal.

There were some seriously odd things about the plant Philcoxia, an herb which lives in the rocky, white sandy Campos Rupestres region of Brazil. For one thing, the slim, stickly plant had only tiny leaves with which to photosynthesize in a nutrient poor area. For another, it had strange, sticky underground leaves. Initially described in 2000, researchers also noted stalked capitate glands — usually a sign of a carnivorous plant. However, there were no corpses nearby to suggest any grisly business. That was until someone looked underneath the soil.

One of the better “awkward workplace comedies,” Party Down, originally aired on Starz and only lasted two seasons, so you may not have heard of it — though each new episode did release on Netflix Instant the night it aired on Starz thanks to a sweet deal Netflix had once upon a time. It was fantastic, so it got canceled, because that’s frequently how that goes. Former casty member Megan Mullally, however, recently confirmed that the series will continue on in movie fashion, similar to Firefly and Serenity, and the movie will pick of where the season two finale left off. If you like things that are funny, this is good news.

Universal Studios’ Jaws ride may be closed and gone forever, but a well-shot, simulated tour of the entire experience — including the walk through the midway leading up to the ride — forever lives on thanks to InsideTheMagic’s YouTube account. The video tour, and nostalgia, after the break.

A new study has found that tornadoes seem to have an overwhelming preference toward forming in the middle of the week. This isn’t necessarily because the hyper-destructive funnel clouds are dedicated workers that live for the weekend, but rather because of the pollution created by humans commuting to work. Just another example of human beings sowing the seeds to their own destruction.

Remember that ridiculous Slide Pad thing Nintendo is releasing for its maligned 3DS handheld? Well, some enterprising soul managed to snag one of the devices early in Japan, where the peripheral went on sale yesterday, and made a startling discovery. Apparently the manual for the device claims that although the Slide Pad runs on a separate AAA battery, it will last some 480 hours before needing to be replaced.

For better or worse, Zynga is a powerhouse in the gaming industry. Thankfully, though, not powerful enough to gobble up other popular gaming studios. A recent piece in The New York Times states that Zynga tried to buy Rovio, developer of Angry Birds, for $2.25 billion, as well as tried to buy PopCap, developer of Bejeweled and Plants vs. Zombies, for $950 million. Both studios said no, and The New York Times claims they refused because of what they felt were negative company practices over at Zynga. Remember, Zynga is evil.

Though there have been only some 500 reported human cases of the avian flu H5N1, it is often regarded as one of the most dangerous viruses in the world. Apparently capable of killing 59% of infected people, the virus has been limited mostly by its inability to move easily from human to human. At least that was the case before virologist Ron Fouchier of the Erasmus Medical Centre modified the virus to be extremely contagious. Now, he’s facing harsh criticism over creating the virus in the first place, and whether or not his work should be published.

According to the Navy Times, the aircraft carrier George H.W. Bush (CVN-77) has been struggling with some critical technical difficulties since it began its first deployment. Namely, that it has been extremely hard to keep all the $6.2 billion carrier’s toilets functioning. According to sources onboard the ship, there have been times when none of the carrier’s 423 toilets have been available for use. The horror of this situation is brought into sharp focus when you remember that the ship carries some 5,000 sailors.

Internet Explorer has finally dipped below 50 percent global browser market share for the first time in over a decade, causing web developers everywhere to smile a bit before they realize that the number hasn’t dipped far below 50 percent, sitting at 49.59 percent. Internet Explorer still leads the desktop browser market share at 52.63 percent, but what carved away at its overall lead is the emergence of the mobile market. Though desktop browsing dominates the browser market with around a 94 percent hold, that other 6 percent of browsing was enough to take knock Internet Explorer’s share down a peg.