In our first video study of Macworld | iWorld 2012, we took a quick look at the seedy underbelly of the event. Now, we wonder about the public displays of peace, love and understanding that this “lifestyle event” has engendered. Drum lines? Public dances? At a tech show? Who can stop them? Who can save the world?

THQ has announced Margaritaville Online, a free-to-play app “inspired” by the music of Jimmy Buffet. An iPhone version will be coming later, but you can play it right now on your iPad or on Facebook, so expect to start seeing invitations from your uncle who always posts political links to your Wall that immediately send you to Snopes.

Sprocket Slip, Film Leader, Light Leaks, and Grunge FX, though sold separately, work together to give your footage the grainy, distressed, and ill-treated look of the entirely disreputable and occasionally beloved trash cinema of the ’70s. If you want your high-def digital footage to look like it was put into a film can and left to congeal in a sleazy Times Square theater, boy, have I got some plug-ins for you!

You’ve read the title, now read the superflous explanatory article! But in case it’s all to opaque for you, there was a contest where you could shoot (and preferably edit) a film entirely on an iOS device (iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad 2). Vote for the winner now, who will be announced at Macworld | iWorld.

There’s no denying that a major problem facing the U.S.A. is a lack of things you can buy that feature licensed representations of the intellectual property of major corporations. Fortunately, companies are working night and day to address this issue. To wit: Mimoco has announced that soon you’ll be able to tell the world that you, yes you, approve of the “Star Wars” and “Super Friends” by proudly displaying them as superdeformed figures on your USB drive.

If you’ve got a kid who likes (or, God forbid, you like) “The Clone Wars” cartoon, then you might like this game. As it is, I found the usually reliable humor and writing of the Lego games, which take pop culture and turn it into kid-friendly adventure games, starting to wear thin. But then living the action of the latter Star Wars entries feels like less of a good time to me and more like a criminal punishment.

You ended the year in the typical manner, eating your second bag of Cooler Ranch Doritos dipped in cheese sauce and promising yourself that this year, everything was going to be different, and you were going to make a change. And you really, truly meant it, feeling very proud as you rocked back and forth more »

The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) is a controversial piece of legislation designed to allow the government to block websites that trade in piracy and intellectual property theft. However, many internet users feel that it gives the U.S.A. broad censorship powers akin to those found in totalitarian governments, that the powers are too broadly defined, more »

The iPad continues its march to become the hottest gaming device of 1993 with the announcement by Sega that Sonic CD will be available for iOS later this month. The game features Sega’s iconic hedgehog in yet another high-speed side-scrolling adventure as he races through the Little Planet in an attempt to stop Dr. Robotnix from stealing the Time Stones. Sonic CD will be available in the App Store later today (December 14th), at a special sale price of $1.99.

Do you use your iPhone as a video camera? Not just for capturing quick moments, but shooting footage that you plan on assembling and editing later? Do you want to set your frame rates, exposure, and white balance? Choose a different compression technique, and upload it not just to YouTube, but Dropbox, Vimeo, and even your own FTP server? Filmic Pro gives you all those options, and more.