Monthly Archives: January 2009

Board Game Review – Mutant Chronicles

January 25, 2009
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Board Game Review – Mutant Chronicles

Overview - Mutant Chronicles by Fantasy Flight Games is a collectible miniatures game pitting humans versus demons in the far future. The starter set comes with everything two people need to get started, figures, unit reference cards, action cards, map, counters and dice. As a collectible miniatures game each player provides a warband composed of…

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Fallout 3′s Four New Achievements [Operation Anchorage]

January 25, 2009
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Fallout 3′s Four New Achievements [Operation Anchorage]

Eagle-eyed readers Andrew D. Larry B. and Captain McNinja spotted four new achievements for Fallout 3, worth 100 gamerscore, up on their Xbox profiles. I guess this needs a spoiler alert. So, there it is. The achievements are "Aiding the Outcasts," "The Guns of Anchorage," "Paving the Way" and "Operation Anchorage." Of course, we knew…

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Comic Book Review – The Mighty Avengers #21

January 24, 2009
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Comic Book Review – The Mighty Avengers #21

Context The Mighty Avengers rise from the ashes of Secret Invasion Story We have seen this type of thing before, the team has been destroyed and demoralized. Someone must bear the torch of the Avengers and start the team anew. Some members are shocking by their inclusion, some members reject the offer, and in the…

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DTV likely delayed till June 12

January 24, 2009
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The Senate Republicans and Obama have been pushing the need to keep analog signals online instead of switching all television transmissions to digital, to free up wireless spectrum, meaning that we could see a delay in the switch. It would seem after reports of the delay, and with the FCC backing to prevent the switch,…

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Availability for Windows 7 beta extended

January 24, 2009
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Microsoft Windows Communications Manager, Brandon LeBlanc, has announced that availability for the Windows 7 beta download has been extended until February 10th, 2009. Microsoft noted that they have extended the availability as "enthusiasm continues to be so high for the Windows 7 Beta and we don’t want anyone to miss out we will keep the…

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Barrymore Wants More ‘Charlie’s Angels’

January 24, 2009
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Barrymore Wants More ‘Charlie’s Angels’

While performing her promotional duties for the upcoming He’s Just Not That Into You, Drew Barrymore told the fifth letter of the alphabet that she’d like to see another Charlie’s Angels movie one day. "I’m so into it," enthused the always upbeat Barrymore. "I’m so into it – Charlie’s Angels 3!" One would imagine it…

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Comic Book Review – X-Infernus #1 & #2

January 24, 2009
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Comic Book Review – X-Infernus #1 & #2

Context The return of Illyana Rasputin – Magik formerly of the New Mutants Story Magik roars back into the X-Men’s lives in this four issue limited series.  The first issue mainly deals with the current status of things.  Cyclops can’t help Colossus find his sister,   Nightcrawler trains a new member of the team and Illyana…

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MAD Magazine Shifts From Monthly To Quarterly Schedule

January 24, 2009
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The venerable humor magazine today announced that starting with issue #500 in April, it will move to a quarterly publication schedule from its current monthly. The magazine’s version for younger readers, MAD Kids will cease publication with the issue on sale February 17th, while the final issue of MAD Classics will go on sale March…

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Star Trek Online: The Path to 2409: 2384

January 24, 2009
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The history of the Star Trek Online universe has moved forward yet another year with the addition of the lore piece, "The Path to 2409: 2384". Federation analysts say that a shakeup in the Romulan power structure has left the empire vulnerable to attack from within and without. Starfleet is dispatching additional ships to the…

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Halo Wars Gone Gold, Demo Dated

January 23, 2009
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MS Game Studios announced today that Halo Wars has gone gold. Not only that, but there will be a demo available for the game on Xbox Live starting on February 5, 2009 at 9AM GMT, at least in the UK, and 2AM PST in the US. Click read more for the full info. PRESS RELEASE…

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