Years back, if you were a member of the Los Angeles comedy-nerd-art-dork-hip-oisie, you would be lucky to receive an invitation to SUPERBALL. SuperBall was the brainchild of Mystery Science Theater 3000‘s Joel Hodgson and his brother Jim, and it was always the party of the summer, if not the autumn as well. Located deep in the deepest …
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DC Entertainment Announces Its Superhero Execs
Back in September of ’09, Warner Bros. announced the “creation” of DC Entertainment, a company that would oversee the implementation of all DC Comics properties under the Warner Bros. Entertainment umbrella. In other words, WB created DCE to go after Marvel Studios and seed the DC characters across other mediums. At the time of the …
Free Stuff: BioShock 2 Special Edition For Xbox 360
I’m going to make this super easy. I have a number in mind between 0 and one million and the closest person to it gets a free copy of 2K’s BioShock 2 Special Edition. We’ll announce a winner on Friday at 3 PM ET.
The Daily Dose
Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2010
Today in Techland: Peter and I wrote about another frustrating week of watching LOST, meanwhile Steve talked a little about James Cameron’s plans for the Avatar novel. He’s right, we won’t bet against Cameron either.
Meanwhile, Gary brought us a guide to bonus content for Resident Evil 5, soon to be …
Resident Evil 5: A Guide To All of the New Bonus Content
Nearly a year after it came out, Resident Evil 5 is back with a vengeance starting today with the release of a new downloadable episode on Xbox Live. The deluge of new content that’s going to be available for this game in the next few weeks is a little confusing so here’s a rundown of what’s on tap:
Lost in Nightmares
Available …
Dear Microsoft – Outlook ≠ Google Buzz
Hot on the heels of Google’s Buzz launch, Microsoft is pushing out the beta release for Outlook Social Connector, an add-on that pulls info from social-networking sites. Sound familiar? If you’ve been using Xobni then I’m sure you’ve already been using this type of functionality for quite some time.
Users of Office 2003, 2007 …
Things I’m Catching Up On
It’s been a busy few weeks for team Techland. In fact, it’s been an incredibly hectic start to the year for me. I’m like a chicken with my head cut off and everyone at Techland can vouch for that. So in an effort to appease the many folks who send me things to test and review and remind myself that I have tons to do, I present to …
The Daily Dose
Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2010
Today in Techland: Is Dubai something out of a Star Wars planet? It just might be. Will Street Fighter 4 pack much of a punch on the iPhone? Can Invincible save the world … again? Is the Skype app the best thing to happen to Verizon since “Can you hear me now?” Yep.
Just in case you were too busy begging …
Street Fighter IV Dragon Punching Its Way to the iPhone
Capcom just announced that it’s porting over its Street Fighter IV fighting game to the iPhone and iPod Touch. Coming out in March, the game employs a touchscreen virtual d-pad to control the characters’ movements. I haven’t played this version of SF4 yet but I can only imagine how hard it’s going to be to pull off some of Street …
Go Figure: Sobering Numbers For The PSP
SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs Fireteam Bravo 3 came out today for the PSP: did anyone notice? There doesn’t seem to be too much buzz about this game, which is hardly surprising given the latest figures for Sony’s struggling portable game console. According to NPD, Sony sold 100,100 PSPs last month. That’s 1/4th the amount of Nintendo DSs …
The Daily Dose
Monday, Feb. 15, 2010
Today in Techland: Peter and I braved the cold and set off for this year’s Toy Fair and found ourselves elbows deep in stuffed animals, action figures and DIY slime. We’ll serve up the best of the best tomorrow, so keep an eye out. Meanwhile, Windows Phone 7 dropped today, and Steve talked Batman 3 plots and a …
Xbox On WP7: Is Microsoft Finally Ready To Get Serious About Mobile Gaming?
When Microsoft unveiled Windows Phone 7 this morning, they showed that they were finally ready to bring something stronger than NERF guns to the increasingly contentious smartphone street fight. They also indicated a level of commitment to a business that’s been even more neglected: mobile gaming. Games will be one of the six primary …