Archive for September, 2009
Today on Wizards.com they announced the release of all foil boosters. These boosters will be available beginning January 8th, 2010 and will contain 15 foil cards from Shards of Alara, Conflux, and Alara Reborn. The packs will come with a MSRP of $11.99 in the US. Based on the product image we can expect them [...]
September 29th, 2009 | Posted in Gaming | No Comments
Following the tradition of previous entries in the franchise, the first season of “Stargate: Universe” will air in two halves.
The first half kicks off this Friday at 9 p.m. EST on SyFY. The second half will return at some point in 2010, according to SyFy.
The model is nothing new for the network. However, when it [...]
September 29th, 2009 | Posted in Entertainment | No Comments
If you’re a fan of Joss Whedon’s “Dollhouse,” you may want to enjoy the second season while you can. It may not be around for long.
Ratings for the season premiere were the lowest in the series’ short history.
The half-hour numbers for Dollhouse among adults 18-49 and 18-34, according to TV by the Numbers (rating/share, [...]
September 29th, 2009 | Posted in Entertainment | No Comments
The same production team that brought The Dead Zone to television screens is teaming up with Stephen King once more. This time, showrunner Scott Shepherd and executive producers Lloyd Segan and Shawn Piller will adapt King’s novella The Colorado Kid for E1 Entertainment, the studio behind Hung. The product will be Haven, an hour-long episodic [...]
September 29th, 2009 | Posted in Entertainment | No Comments
Developer BioWare and partner LucasArts today opened beta signups for their anticipated massively multiplayer online role-playing game Star Wars: The Old Republic.
For a chance at testing the PC MMO before its as-yet-undated launch, those interested will need to register at the game’s official site, select the pre-release testing option from their account page, then [...]
September 29th, 2009 | Posted in Gaming | No Comments
IncGamers has picked up on a rumour that a Star Wars: The Old Republic closed beta may be imminent. There’s not much to go by, but a test news announcement was briefly spotted on the SW: TOR site yesterday which read that closed beta applications were now being accepted. Apparently fans are speculating that this [...]
September 29th, 2009 | Posted in Gaming | No Comments
Cartoon character Mr. Magoo marks 60 years of adventures today.
Mr. Magoo has starred in Academy Award-winning theatrical shorts, three hit television series, the first ever animated holiday TV special and a live action movie.
Here are more fun facts about Mr. Magoo:
- United Productions of America (UPA) first introduced Quincy Magoo in the 1949 animated short, [...]
September 29th, 2009 | Posted in Comic Books | No Comments
Sky Player, Sky’s online TV service, will be introduced to Xbox Live in October, Microsoft has confirmed.
Announced in May, the service will allow Xbox 360 owners to access a range of channels and programmes to view live or on-demand.
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September 28th, 2009 | Posted in Entertainment, Gaming | No Comments
Pegg recently Twittered that he felt the time may have passed to play his comic doppleganger Wee Hughie if Garth Ennis’s The Boys ever makes it too the big screen…
Garth Ennis’s infamously violent comic series The Boys has been rumored to get the CBM treatment for some time now. But the comic has garnered controversy [...]
September 28th, 2009 | Posted in Comic Books, Entertainment | No Comments
Seth Rogen co-writes the season premiere of The Simpsons and uses the show to comment on how Hollywood screws up comic book movies.
Whether you think actor Seth Rogen should be donning a green domino mask and fighting crime as The Green Hornet or not, Rogen has some cache in Hollywood thanks to Knocked Up, Pineapple [...]
September 27th, 2009 | Posted in Entertainment | No Comments