Overly Positive

That’s right, here we are with another cure for your Monday doldrums. It’s the beginning of the week, it seems like the weekend is so far away, but don’t despair – by the end of the week you’ll either be paid, or if it’s not a paycheck week, you’ll be well on the way to getting paid. Either way, you win!

Let’s see what we can dig up today:

-Star Trek movie passes $225 million dollar mark (via Yahoo Movies): People thought that this movie would perhaps be the greatest overhype of all time or take its place in sci-fi moviedom as one of “the best evar”. Looks like if the box office estimates are right, that it’ll be the latter. Sci-fi geeks rejoice – J.J. Abrams has made your franchise cool again.

-Guitarists break record for largest gathering of jammers (via Destructoid): Destructoid reports that even though Brutal Legend is mired in legal troubles and may never come out, that people shouldn’t despair – in the UK, people broke the record for largest gathering of guitarists in one place. The masses played Motorhead’s “Ace of Spades” and generally had a good time. Now, it might not be a direct win for geekdom, but think about this – it’s only a matter of time before someone picks up their toy guitar and tries to put together a Guitar Hero or Rock Band gathering. Who cares if the only music you’d here is the clickety-click of those colored buttons? 5 stars, indeed.

-Dungeons and Dragons becomes F2P (via IGN): Turbine’s finally caught on that most D&D players actually do play for free after the cost of materials, and they’ve made Dungeons and Dragons Online the same way. The somewhat-maligned MMO is now re-launching as a free-to-play alternative with microtransactions to support its operating costs. So if you don’t particularly like d20′s all over the place, check out D&D Online again.

…and finally, in the realm of randomness:

-Man Finds Ecstasy in GTA Used Game Box (via The Escapist): You know, sometimes you might think of getting a used game, and you can count yourself lucky if you get an instruction book with it. Well, someone got more than they bargained for when they found a bit of something that probably belonged in Grand Theft Auto IV than it did inside the game box. At least it was “in character” – although it’s worth noting the man who bought the game was getting it for his son…who’s 12.

That does it for this edition of your “Case of the Mondays” cure!