Archive for December, 2003

Blitzkrieg II Q&A

3D Gamers has an interview on Blitzkrieg II is now available, investigating the 3D real-time strategy sequel under construction at Nival Interactive, courtesy of Strategy Informer. Project leader George Ossipov is at hand to discuss the game’s premise, three campaigns, improvements over the original game, new 3D engine, gameplay details, wide variety of units, reinforcement [...]

Battlestar Galactica

galactica2003.net reports that e decision to pick up the new Galactica as a series has been delayed until early 2004 by Sci-Fi who’ve extended the stars contract options. The hold-up is the series would be the most expensive show in the channel’s line-up.
Dark Horizons

Results of Favorite Super Hero Poll

It would seem that it was a very close race between Spider-Man and Wolverine:

ONE FILM TO RULE THEM ALL

The final installment of “The Lord of the Rings” trilogy continued to reign at the box office despite a handful of new openings as Hollywood had its best Christmas weekend ever.
“The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King” pulled in $51.2 million in ticket sales for a total of $224 million since [...]

Design-Your-Own Computer Case Kits

I was walking the aisles of the local Fry’s and discovered a nifty computer-case-erector-set-thingy. Made by Aero Cool, the Lubic kit is basically a bunch of aluminum rails, acrylic panels (for mounting hardware to), and misc. screws to connect it all, for constructing a unique computer case. They have a gallery of example cases. BTW, [...]

Coming to a Theater Near You: Digital Films

Grab the popcorn, cinemaphiles. You may be about to sit through one of the best movie sequels in years: digital cinema.
“The digital image is brighter, sharper, the colors are more crisp and the image is a bit steadier,” says Patrick von Sychowski, an analyst with Screen Digest, the British-based media research firm.
After years of Hollywood [...]

Paypal e-mail scam going around

Appears there is another Paypal e-mail scam going around. Always and I mean always load your browser yourself not thru a link in a e-mail and type in the URL manually yourself. Clicking on a HTML item in a e-mail message and you will more than likely end up on a website in China. [Boing [...]

Best-Selling PC Games

Here’s NPD’s list of the best-selling PC games for the week of Dec. 7-13:

1.) Sims: Makin’ Magic from Electronic Arts
2.) Call of Duty from Activision
3.) Zoo Tycoon: Complete Collection from Microsoft
4.) Finding Nemo: Underwater World of Fun from THQ
5.) Sims Double Deluxe from Electronic Arts
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City of Heroes (PC) - Review

GameSpy has a review up on a SuperHero based MMORPG called City of Heroes:
Graphically, City of Heroes screams “comic book.” Although it’s not cel-shaded, it certainly has the look and feel of its pen-and-paper counterpart. The neighborhoods are also very well-detailed, and while they convey a certain sense of familiarity (buildings, sidewalks, etc.), there’s none [...]

Some Screen Shots

Battlefield: Vietnam (PC) - Worthplaying

EverQuest 2 (PC) - OGaming

Vietcong: First Alpha (PC) - Worthplaying

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