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Movies & TV

The Legend of Korra Announced

Posted by Dustin on Jul 23, 2010

The Last Airbender the movie was awful. It was a horrible, HORRIBLE movie that had vast amounts of potential. Sadly an incompetent director in the form of M. Night Shyamalan...

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Japan

[Right Stuf] 33% OFF Tai Seng Entertainment!

Posted by Dustin on Aug 26, 2010

Right Stuf is having another amazing sale; From now through August 30, the “your price” listed is the price you pay – no coupon code required – and these new prices...

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Technology

Choosing A Cellphone Carrier

Posted by Dustin on Aug 7, 2010

As my 16-month anniversary with AT&T approaches, with that comes the option to upgrade to a new phone early. Naturally I want a smartphone, more speficially, an Android...

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Sports

NHL 11 USTREAM Party

Posted by Dustin on Aug 29, 2010

To kick off the Pre-Launch Week, on Tuesday August 31st between 2-4PM EST EA Sports will be hosting the NHL 11 Rookie Challenge in the Westin Harbour in Toronto where 18 of this...

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Recent Posts

F1 2010 Has (Un)Officially Gone Gold!

F1 2010 Has (Un)Officially Gone Gold!

Sep 3, 2010

Codemasters hasn’t announced anything officially, but Steve Hood (Chief Game Designer) posted on Twitter that F1 2010 has gone gold! Unofficially the Xbox 360 version went gold a couple days ago, the PC version today, and they are still waiting for the OK for the PlayStation 3 version. After two-and-a-half years of being in development, Formula 1 fans...

Why I Canceled My Halo: Reach Pre-order

Why I Canceled My Halo: Reach Pre-order

Aug 30, 2010

So it was announced via Major Nelson’s blog today that Microsoft will be increasing the cost of Xbox Live Gold to $59.99 a year. The reason; “Since launching Xbox LIVE in 2002 we have continually added more content and entertainment experiences for our members, while keeping the price the same. We’re confident that when the new pricing takes...

NHL 11 USTREAM Party

NHL 11 USTREAM Party

Aug 29, 2010

To kick off the Pre-Launch Week, on Tuesday August 31st between 2-4PM EST EA Sports will be hosting the NHL 11 Rookie Challenge in the Westin Harbour in Toronto where 18 of this year’s top rookies will be playing as the teams that drafted them in a knockout tournament to see which one of these athletes also has what it takes to be a championship gamer. ...

[Right Stuf] 33% OFF Tai Seng Entertainment!

[Right Stuf] 33% OFF Tai Seng Entertainment!

Aug 26, 2010

Right Stuf is having another amazing sale; From now through August 30, the “your price” listed is the price you pay – no coupon code required – and these new prices represent a savings of at least 33% OFF the retail prices of all titles from Tai Seng Entertainment! (This includes items that are pre-order, in stock, on order and special order!) Just be...

New FIFA 11 Trailer, David Beckham + EA Active 2

New FIFA 11 Trailer, David Beckham + EA Active 2

Aug 17, 2010

Hot off the digital press, EA has just sent out a new trailer for FIFA 11 as well as announced that David Beckham is now a spokesperson for EA Active 2. You can see the trailer below as well as a plethora of screenshots. Considering FIFA 10 was good and World Cup 2010 added some nice improvements, FIFA 11 should be nothing short of...

Another GameStop B2G1 Sale

Another GameStop B2G1 Sale

Aug 16, 2010

It appears GameStop is having another Buy 2 Get 1 free sale on all in-stock USED games (and accessories?). The sale officially starts tomorrow, August 17th at 12:01 AM CST so start looking! Shoppers should  use code B2G1FREE during online checkout to take advantage of this  offer. While supplies last. Not valid on consoles or...

NHL 11 Demo Drops Tomorrow

NHL 11 Demo Drops Tomorrow

Aug 16, 2010

Just a reminder, NHL ’11 will be available on Xbox Live and the PlayStation Network tomorrow, sometime. Judging from everything we’ve seen so far; broken sticks, better physics, better animations, MUCH better AI, everything, it looks like we’re in for a treat when the game ships September 7th. You can read more about NHL ’11 and all of...

New NHL Slapshot Trailer for Wii

New NHL Slapshot Trailer for Wii

Aug 12, 2010

With the NHL season quickly approaching, the next game(s) in EA’s NHL series will be hitting store shelves September 7th. This year EA will release NHL 11 on the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, while releasing NHL Slapshot, their first NHL game for the Nintendo Wii. Unique to Slapshot is the new Peewee-to-Pros feature. Players will be able to create their...

The Fat Girl Strikes Back

The Fat Girl Strikes Back

Aug 10, 2010

So here I find myself once again, taking up chubby arms against the battle of the bulge.  And boy has it been bulging.  Brutal honesty never does well for the self-esteem but it keeps you painfully self aware.  Now I won’t discuss numbers, unless its pounds lost, but as this is Day 1, there’s nothing to talk about besides I wasn’t such a fat...

More GT5 NASCAR Information

More GT5 NASCAR Information

Aug 10, 2010

G4TV released a new Gran Turismo 5 preview yesterday and aside from more car porn, a few interesting tidbits pertaining to NASCAR could be seen for a few seconds. We spotted five items worth noting in the screenshot below; While we’ve seen a lot of NASCAR footage in GT5 previews, and we’ve heard a lot as well, it appears we’ll only get to...

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