Archive for January, 2005

Google vs. Microsoft: Trustbusters Not Needed

In the fourth quarter of 2004, Google, a company renowned for its Web search service, released the Google Desktop, a software program that lets users search through materials stored on their own computers, from e-mail to Microsoft Word files to recently browsed Web pages.
Google Desktop is the company’s first major foray into PC client software, [...]

Pirates of the Caribbean Sequels Updates

Taggart star Alex Norton ( The Count of Monte Cristo ) has joined the “Pirates of the Caribbean” sequels cast, reports the Daily Record . The 55-year-old actor will play Edinburgh sea captain Sam Bellamy. “I’ve only just heard that I got the part of Captain Bellamy. I’m really excited,” said Norton, “I [...]

Stan Lee to Speak at 2005 D.I.C.E. Summit

CALABASAS, Calif. (Jan. 27, 2005) – The Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences (AIAS), the professional organization dedicated to the advancement and recognition of interactive arts, announced today that Stan Lee, the co-creator of Spider-Man, The Incredible Hulk, X-Men and many other superheroes, will be delivering a speech at the 2005 D.I.C.E. Summit on February [...]

Star Wars: Empire at War preview on Gamespy

Head on over to Gamespy for a basic overview of what you can expect from Star Wars: Empitre at War. The article
doesn’t have anything new in it, but it does clarify some of the details. The real-time strategy game, being developed
by Petroglyph, is shaping up nicely. It looks like they’re serious about shaking up the [...]

Half-Life 2 sells a few copies

There are hermits in deepest Madagascar that have had no human contact in 12 years, and yet, strangely, have heard of Half-Life 2. There’s a man on an island
somewhere who still thinks it’s World War 2, and even he has heard of Half-Life 2. Which explains how come so many
copies have flown off shelves. No, [...]

Far Cry [Patch]

Far Cry retail patch v1.31
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Batman Begins’ SuperBowl spot news

BOF has been told by several sources that a commercial for BATMAN BEGINS will run next Sunday during the “Big Football Game.” I’ve heard it is a thirty second spot which has been cut from footage already seen in the teaser and first trailer.
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Keanu Reeves on a possible ‘Constantine’ sequel

Keanu Reeves says he’s hoping to return to the role of ‘Constantine’ for a sequel.
“My contract didn’t have a second film in it. But myself and some of the producers and Francis Lawrence fell in love with the guy. I fell in love with the guy. I had one of the [...]

Ghost Rider shooting in Bacchus Marsh

Moorabool Shire Council has joined the film ranks of Ballarat City and Hepburn Shire Councils after confirming Columbia Pictures will shoot a scene of Ghost Rider in Bacchus Marsh.It will be the second Hollywood blockbuster to come to the shire this year, with filming of Charlotte’s Web starting in Greendale yesterday.
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Sin City, X-Men 3, Superman, Spider-Man 3: The Comic Reel Wrap for January 31st

You can finally bring Rosario Dawson home with you, and Nightcrawler has no love lost for Bryan Singer. We’ve got a new Jimmy Olsen, Marvel’s main movie newsman talking, giant radioactive reproductive organs, the death march with cocktails and much more in a big bunch o’ Comic Reel.
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