By Frank on May 31, 2009
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Let’s face it – as geeks we probably have a higher tolerance for what is commonly referred to as “cheese” when it comes to movies, games, and other media. What’s cheese, you say? Well, like its namesake, it’s something that probably came about by accident (I mean really, letting milk get old enough [...]
Posted in Internet, TV and Movies | Tagged Cheese, movies
By Frank on May 31, 2009
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Those of you who don’t really know much about owning a home or its benefits probably don’t know much about equity. Put simply, building equity means you are building trust on the part of lenders in terms of evaluating how much value you have in the home you own. [...]
Posted in Gaming | Tagged games, Massively multiplayer online game
By Frank on May 30, 2009
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So Destructoid, among other sites, is reporting some of the pre-E3 news buzz, including the trailer for an interesting little number from Square Enix called “Neir”. Neir appears to be a bloody slashfest of not just beat-em-up but dismember-em-up goodness. It’s clear that the fast-paced trailers are the ones best [...]
Posted in Gaming | Tagged E3, Square Enix
By Frank on May 30, 2009
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Syp from Bio Break dropped in a post yesterday that was a sort of eulogy for the most recent of MMOs to go down the path of imminent death, The Matrix Online. After seven years of problems, issues, and trials, the MMO based upon the sci-fi IP is finally going the way of [...]
Posted in Gaming | Tagged games, Massively multiplayer online game
By Frank on May 29, 2009
Threadless is awesome for providing a community for shirt designs to be sold, and davidfromdallas put this up a while back. I just had to link it because it made me smile.
Chicago-based companies for the win!
Posted in Gaming | Tagged T-shirt, Threadless
By Frank on May 29, 2009
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So Mythic’s looking for its subscribers to hopefully make the Public Test Server not an empty wasteland so some testing can get done for Warhammer Online, which is why they’re introducing incentives to get the job done.
In addition to all the stuff that’s being thrown in for the patch, qualifying contributors [...]
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By Frank on May 28, 2009
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Via Kotaku, we have an update regarding Midway’s assets and how they might be divvied up among the sharks out there – er, I mean, the media conglomerates, like Warner Bros.
In these tough times, of course it sucks that a major gaming company, long known for establishing a foothold in old school arcades and [...]
Posted in Gaming | Tagged Midway, Mortal Kombat
By Frank on May 28, 2009
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James Bond, at least prior to the tough guy, gritty reboot he got, was known around the world as an “international man of mystery”. The cool, suave attitude along with the enigmatic aura he gave off was part of the appeal of the character that got him the ladies. Sure, [...]
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By Frank on May 27, 2009
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Over at Snaffy’s Space, there’s a post up about “holdover” games. Seems like Snafzg is looking to move on to the next “primary” MMO and is looking for games to keep him going.
This really got me thinking about the whole idea that people who play MMOs are really in just [...]
Posted in Gaming | Tagged Massively multiplayer online game
By Frank on May 7, 2009
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Spoilers for the New Star Trek Within!
Thanks to a promotion in the Chicago area, I managed to score free tickets to an early screening of the new Star Trek movie by J.J. Abrams. I thought that maybe people would benefit from a little bit of a review if they’re not too [...]
Posted in TV and Movies | Tagged Star Trek
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