Welcome to the Loadout. Our philosophy is that the working week is a recurring boss battle that you’ll need the proper weapons to take down. The supplies at hand won’t always be pretty but you might just be able to hold out until the weekend. Green means add it to your arsenal, yellow leaves it [...]
Well here’s a new one. Microsoft is apparently in negotiations “with TV networks to create a new subscription-based TV service on its Xbox gaming console,” according to Reuters. This information comes from sources who “asked not to be identified,” so take it all with a grain of salt.
In 1992, Marvel Comics writer Bill Mantlo was severely injured in a hit-and-run accident, and he’s required full-time care ever since. Three years ago, the Portland, Oregon comic book store Floating World Comics raised money to improve Mantlo’s quality of life by putting together a show of mainstream and indie cartoonists’s drawings of ROM, Spaceknight–the [...]
Given all of the problems its had to deal with so far, what were the odds that Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark‘s opening preview night went off without a hitch? Let’s ask the New York Post’s Michael Riedel, who was there:
Whether you think he’s the world’s greatest director or not, there is a legion of fanboys out there who love to hate on Michael Bay. On one hand, he’s made millions and can pretty much guarantee a summer blockbuster. Still, many die-hard fans of the original source material pick apart his movies for their illogical plot holes, [...]
Are you one of the 37 million people who has downloaded the handset game, Angry Birds? Do you think it needs a Christmas revamp? For free? Got your attention now, haven’t we?
With the beginning of the holiday season comes the cyber scam blitz.
The latest version of Google’s free mapping software, Google Earth 6, is now available for download.
What would be the only thing to make next year’s impending nuptials of Prince William and Kate Middleton – almost officially Britain’s favorite commoner by this point – even more special than they already are? If they were transmitted around the world in 3D, of course!
If you’re looking for a nostalgia fix, the 1980s made up the golden age of computer games.
