Archive for October, 2004

Is the PDA headed for extinction?

I must admit that the PDA I bought last year was a complete waste of my hard earned dollars, I should have known better. My laptop is with me at all times and the few times it wasn’t the iPAQ was in the bag with the computer. I usually use the PDA to play solitaire [...]

GREEN LANTERN: REBIRTH #1 REVIEW

With a story that is touted— along with Identity Crisis— as the most important event of 2004, with the return of a “beloved” character after years of poorly written stories, there is the fear that its going to be so overblown, so pompous that it would be unreadable. As a fan of Green Lantern, I [...]

Internet turns 35

San Jose Merc: Happy birthday, Internet, you’re 35 years young today!

newmediamusings.com

Batman Begins Announced

Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, DC Comics, and Electronic Arts have announced that they have teamed up to create a game to support Batman Begins, the latest film in the Batman series set for release in Summer 2005.
avault.com

Gamer suing Microsoft for bad Xbox drives

Yesterday, Sean Burke filed a suit in Los Angeles alleging that his Xbox stopped reading and playing games after
less than a year of normal use. The suit is looking to represent all Xbox owners who have had similar problems and is
seeking compensation. Microsoft hasn’t responded yet, but we’ll keep you updated. Any readers have [...]

Guild Wars Free for 3 Days.

The ‘free mmorpg’ or should we say ‘the game that could have been Diablo 3′ Guild Wars is shown to the world in the World Preview Event.
Play the beta-version of the game till the 31st of October by downloading the client and by registering an account.
While the client is small (90 Kb) the game will [...]

DVD Edition and Previous Edition Clarification

Greetings, City of Heroes fans! CuppaJo stopped by the official forums to clarify some points regarding current subscriptions and the upcoming DVD edition of City of Heroes. Here’s the info:
A few clarification points about the DVD.
If you purchase the DVD, you will be able to link the special DVD code to your current [...]

City of Villians: Beta Details

AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 28, 2004— NCsoft® Corporation (KSE: 036570.KS), the world’s leading developer and publisher of online computer games today announced preliminary beta testing plans for the highly anticipated City of Villains™ massively multiplayer online computer game. The plan will reward long time players of City of Heroes™ with beta testing slots for City of [...]

De Niro Voted Greatest Living Movie Star (AP)

AP - Two giants of 1970s cinema, Robert De Niro and Al Pacino, have topped a British magazine’s poll of the greatest living movie stars over the age of 50.
yahoo.com

Godzilla: Save The Earth Xbox Preview

Fifty years ago, Japanese film studio Toho released a black and white monster film that was eventually released in the US (with actor Raymond Burr edited in) as Godzilla: King of the Monsters. Since that time there have been 26 Japanese made film sequels (with an all new filme due out in Japan in December), [...]