short circuits

New and noteworthy experiences among DVDs, video games, gadgets and the Web.

DVD

To infinity and beyond Woody (voiced by Tom Hanks), Buzz (Tim Allen), Jessie (Joan Cusack) and their toy-box friends return to the screen in "Toy Story 3," set during the week before Andy goes to college. Buzz, Jessie and the gang are sent to a day care center that winds up being, as one survivor puts it, a place of squalor and despair, "run by an evil bear who smells of strawberries." The toys' break-out from the day care center winds up being the ballast of the film. Woody meets a new group of toys, including a hedgehog who approaches pretend tea parties with the thespian seriousness of Daniel Day-Lewis. Ultimately, every "Toy Story" movie is not just about the film's plot or narrative, but the stories the characters want to be in when Andy plays with them. It's just this deep sense of longing that will bring adult viewers to that Disney-approved point of smiling even as they weep openly. The DVD and Blu-ray sets (Disney, $30-$46) include the "Day and Night" short film, Buzz Lightyear Mission Logs and many featurettes.

WASHINGTON POST

Out Tuesday: "Cars Toon: Mater's Tall Tales," "Centurion," "Deadliest Catch" (Season 6), "The Fugitive" (Season 4, Vol. 1), "Mad About You" (Season 5), "The Pacific," "V" (Season 1), and Blu-rays of "The Bridge on the River Kwai," "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang," "The Goonies," "Highlander," "The Sound of Music," "White Christmas."

GAME

A familiar refrain The sixth main entry in the "Guitar Hero" series, "Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock" ($60 for Xbox 360, PS3, Wii; rated Teen) adds a few new elements to the mix but remains largely similar to previous games in the series. The basics are well-known: Using a guitar-shaped controller, a special drum set or a microphone, up to four players play or sing along to the game's 93 songs, online or off. The music selection ranges from Tesla to Tom Petty, Muse to Megadeth, the Rolling Stones to Rush (whose seven-part "2112" is included). Anyone can probably find something to like in the track listing -- and something to dislike. The game also features a Quickplay+ mode, which includes challenges for each song, and the Create mode, which allows players to record and remix their own tracks.

SACRAMENTO BEE

WEB

You've been unfriended Research at the University of Colorado Denver has discovered the two most frequent reasons why Facebook users get unfriended. Surprisingly "FarmVille" requests did not top the list. The top two reasons folks unfriend others are either that they post too much drivel or on polarizing subjects -- you know, such as politics or religion.

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