Archive for February, 2009

How Broke Would You Have to Be to Revert Back to Dial-Up?

In an effort to cut costs wherever possible, some consumers are going back to the cheaper, crappier-in-every-way dial-up we all cast aside years ago. This recession has just gotten serious.
Sales of the often sub-$10 dial-up subscriptions have increased after the stock market crash and many report that they’ve switched from [...]

Xbox Live, PSP buzz, and Wii downloads

Out of nowhere, one of the biggest announcements this week was the news that the PSP is getting three new high-profile games. They could end up being ports—something that has plagued the system for years, but it’s a start to reviving the handheld as a gaming system first, instead of just a portable movie player. [...]

Right Now on TV Squad

Our brothers and sisters over at TV Squad have busted through the boob tube and brought with them the following juicy bits of must-see eye candy:

Reality TV fans can rejoice. Survivor is going to be around for at least another two years.
Lost fans, however, may be bummed out by the rumors that Evangeline Lilly [...]

Empire: Total War Review

Here’s the super awesome world-exclusive review of Creative Assembly’s Empire Total War:
Empire: Total War is a masterful combination of all the things that I love about strategy games — a great setting, a first-rate presentation, tactics that reward maneuver, and a strategic layer that requires flexibility in your plans. The 18th century is a perfect [...]

City of Heroes Mission Creator Explained

Kotaku is running an article with details on an update to City of Heroes which will allow players to create their own missions and publish them for others to play
"The Mission Architect for City of Heroes and City of Villains actually appears in game within buildings belonging to Architect Entertainment, a company that has developed [...]

Comic Book Review- Teen Titans #68

Context Red Devil and Kid Eternity in Hell Story Red Devil’s powers were taken away in an attack by the new Brother Blood, and in an effort to regain his powers, Kid Eternity takes him to Hell [...]

Major Nelson Reveals That LE RE5 Xbox360 Is Jasper Unit

Major Nelson posted a video of the unboxing of the limited edition red Xbox360 RE5 bundle. In the video he, of course, showed the power supply unit. Apparently, people are claiming this was a secret message to his site users that the motherboard inside the unit is the Jasper model which comes with the cooler [...]

Two More Years of ‘Simpsons’

Fox has ordered two more seasons of the Simpsons, which will bring the show to 22 years and 493 episodes. The show is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year, which ties Gunsmoke for the most seasons for a scripted primetime series.

Who Framed Deadpool?

He’s the “Merc with a Mouth” and he’s gotten himself into a whole new world of trouble beginning this April in Deadpool: Suicide Kings #1 (of 5)!  From the creative team of writer Mike Benson (Moon Knight, television’s Entourage) and artist Carlo Barberi comes an all-new explosive romp featuring everyone’s favorite wisecracking sociopath!  After [...]

“Stargate: Universe” Casting Complete

The cast of the next installment of the “Stargate” franchise is set according to the Hollywood Reporter.  SciFi announced that Lou Diamond Phillips, Ming-Na, Elyse Levesque and Alaina Huffman have been cast in “Stargate: Universe.”
They join Robert Carlyle, Justin Louis, David Blue, Jamil Walker Smith and Brian J. Smith in the series.
Phillips  will play Col. [...]


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