Archive for April, 2009
Steam’s OrangeBox for Cheap! 10 Bucks!
Steam’s weekend deal should take care of any leftover PC gamers who’ve yet to experience the glory of The Orange Box, with the whole shebang available now for 66% off. Unless you don’t have $10 to spare, there is officially no reason why you shouldn’t at least own The Orange Box by the end of [...]
10 Authors Who Brought Sex to Science Fiction
Sex and science fiction have not always been the most obvious partners; combining the two has occasionally defeated even the genre’s greatest luminaries. But here are ten authors who successfully brought sex into the future. Now ive never read any of these books. Just did some basic research on Sci-fi Sex Novels and how writers [...]
13 Alien Languages You Can Actually Read
Inventing an alien language? Easy. Creating an entire writing system to go along with it? Now that’s impressive. Here are thirteen alien alphabets (complete with downloadable fonts!) you should totally use to write your novel. But first, a couple quick notes. There are obviously way more examples of alien writing systems out there, but these [...]
Hulu iPhone App Comming… and It’s “BADASS”
Sweet raptor jesus. Alley Insider reports Hulu is developing an iPhone app that’ll stream over 3G and Wi-Fi, and it’s "badass." It’ll hit "within a few months." I’ve been dreaming of this moment since Joost’s app. 30 Rock, Dollhouse, Terminator: Sarah Connor Chronicles, Arrested Development, oh yes. Any hope AT&T has of charging people a [...]
Do You Like Domino’s Pizza? This may change your mind.
This is a great lesson on why you never post something like this on the Internet. These Dominos workers posted this on youtube earlier on April 13, 2009 It was removed later this day but re-uploaded because these people deserve to be fired. I know non of this has anything to do with games but [...]
First Look At Assassin’s Creed On iPhone
If you were excited by the prospect of Assassin’s Creed appearing on the iPhone, well, good for you. Just a word of advice, though: you might want to scale that excitement back a little. Why? Because the game isn’t a new title, developed with the iPhone in mind to take advantage of the platform’s numerous [...]
Crash Tops The iTunes All-Time Top Paid Apps List
As part of the countdown to the one billionth download from the iTunes App Store, Apple has released lists of the all-time top paid and unpaid apps, with Crash Bandicoot riding high. Video games represent 14 out of the 20 all-time top paid applications in the iTunes store, and it really isn’t a surprise to [...]
Don’t Expect MotionPlus To Improve Your Old Wii Games
Do you think that – like trophy support on the PS3 – there is scope on the Wii for the new MotionPlus technology to be introduced for older games? Don’t be so optimistic. Responding to speculation that developers would be doing just that, Nintendo have told GameDaily "The Wii MotionPlus accessory is only for games [...]
GameStop CEO Questions Sony’s Price Cuts, Predicts Big Nintendo Game In ’09
Don Matteo is the head honcho at GameStop, so he’s in a position to know a few things. Things like what kind of price cut the PlayStation 3 needs and what Nintendo’s planning for 2009. Matteo tells CNBC that the recent price drop on the PlayStation 2 "really wasn’t worth doing" and wonders if a [...]
Accessory Deals
Amazon leads a parade of price-drops on Xbox 360 accessories. • Amazon: Offering a 120GB Xbox 360 hard drive for $35 off the list ($125). If you have super saver shipping, you get it free in two days. They’re also discounting the wireless network adapter to $80 ($20 off), the text messaging kit to $20 [...]
Rumor: Blizzard Takes On Redneck Rampage?
"Published reports" (i.e. don’t blame me) say Blizzard’s got the Redneck Rampage brand now. Someone should tell Blizz there’s already a redneck MMO out there – it’s called "Mississippi." IncGamers, checking up on some trademark notices, found that ones for the three Redneck Rampage properties (that would be, of course, Redneck Rampage from 1997, Redneck [...]
Sony Makes Its Announcement, PS2 Priced Under $100
As we posted earlier, Sony told us it was planning an announcement for Tuesday. Today is Friday, and Sony has made its announcement Tuesday. Yea sorry a couple days late. And as we also told you earlier, we didn’t think this announcement was a PS3 price cut. From our original post: "We’re leaning towards a [...]
Xbox 360 Update Offers “No New Features”
A mandatory update has just hit the Xbox 360. According to Microsoft’s Larry Hryb, "This update addresses interruption issues that some Xbox LIVE users may have experienced when playing a limited number of Xbox 360 games." Meaning? "There are no other changes or enhancements in this update…in other words no new features." Xbox 360 System [...]
Blizzard, Your iPhone Keep Your WoW Account Safe
For World of Warcraft players deadly serious about account security, Blizzard has released the Battle.net Mobile Authenticator for the iPhone. No need to carry a keychain ever again! The free iPhone app is now available for download through the iTunes App Store, giving World of Warcraft players peace of mind with the power of a [...]
WWW and April Fools
Every year .com company strive to find a good joke to play on there patrons. This year is no exception. Ive scoured the web and have found several good ones. Have Fun with YouTube by adding &flip=1 to your video URL and it will flip everything upside down. A good Trick to pass along to [...]
- Tahlequah - Grand Opening Nerd Town Emporium - September 25 2010! ~Free Tourny
- Magic the Gathering League @ Wizards Asylum
- Jenks ---- Magic FNM Friday Sept 3rd Plus Saturday Sept 4th "Holiday event!"
- OKC - First EVER Halo Reach LAN - 9/18/2010 - HxC LAN
- JENKS! - Pokemon Battle Roads - Saturday October 9th
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