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The Tauntaun Sleeping Bag lives!!

Saturday, October 10, 2009

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The Tauntaun Sleeping Bag lives!!

When you think your about to expire out in the frozen waste land the number one survival skill is to open up your pack animal and crawl in side!   At least if you’re a Star Wars fan that’s what you do!  I could add some funny little quips about this, but if you’ve seen the [...]

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Verizon & Google get married!

Tuesday, October 6, 2009

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Verizon & Google get married!

Well the wait is finally over.  For me in particular.  Ever since Apple stabbed me in the back and went exclusive to AT&T I’ve waited for this day.  For I was NEVER going back to AT&T and their crap coverage and customer service.  I said that about 6 years ago and was only very slightly [...]

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Solomon Kane | preview trailer and thoughts

Wednesday, September 16, 2009

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Solomon Kane | preview trailer and thoughts

First take a look at the trailer! Ok, so things to know about this movie are that it was created by the same guy who brought us Conan: The Barbarian.  Yes the old movie back in 1982 & all it’s follow ups.  For a good, no AWESOME experience go watch the trailer in the link on [...]

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Hard Rock Cafe in Vegas: Multi Touch Wall

Tuesday, September 8, 2009

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Hard Rock Cafe in Vegas: Multi Touch Wall

Next time you’re in Vegas (which I will be in a couple of weeks!) you may want to pop into the Hard Rock Cafe which recently went through a face lift.  And what a face lift it was as they added a new feature in a 4′ x 18′ multi-touch screen!  Or WALL is better [...]

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Call of Duty mod: Galactic Warefare

Sunday, September 6, 2009

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Call of Duty mod: Galactic Warefare

It’s no secret that one of the best games on the X-Box 360 in the last year or so is Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare.  So how do you take a deliciously geek-approved game and make it even better?   Bring it into the Star Wars universe.   Some German fan community has taken it upon [...]

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Disney Buys Marvel for $4 Billion Dollars

Tuesday, September 1, 2009

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Disney Buys Marvel for $4 Billion Dollars

Holy Goofy vs Wolverine!  The biggest name in the comic’s game was just acquired by the Mouse Ears.  I guess Tinker Bell spread a little fairy dust out for the Marvel execs…and by fairy dust I mean ‘blow’ & by out I mean ‘cut up on a mirror’, and those bastards sold out!  The acquisition [...]

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X-Box 360 drops in price!

Saturday, August 29, 2009

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X-Box 360 drops in price!

As rumored and predicted Microsoft has officially dropped the price of their X-box 360 family of consoles! 360 Elite was $399.00, now just $299.00 360 Pro was $299.00, now just $249.00 So if you were holding out…good on you!  You get a deal.  The thing to keep in mind about the consoles right now is that none [...]

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This Transformer costume actually transforms!

Thursday, August 27, 2009

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This has got to be one of the best ‘transforming’ costumes to hit the web yet.  Aside from one that transforms football players into upstanding citizens.

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District 9 – A quick Review

Friday, August 21, 2009

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District 9 – A quick Review

First off it seems like 90% of the reviews I’ve checked online give big ole details into the movie’s plot…which I’m not about to do.  This is simply my review.  If you want to read the full story details, check them out on the wiki site or get more info on the official site.  Or [...]

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Microsoft’s new “Zune HD” – Finally an iPod killer?

Tuesday, August 18, 2009

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Microsoft’s new “Zune HD” – Finally an iPod killer?

As you may have heard already Microsoft is set to release it’s new version of it’s flagship MP3 player, the Zune HD.  Needless to say the name implies it’s most predominant new feature, HD video.   So not only will it play back HD video on it’s gorgeous 480 x 272 OLED screen and support [...]

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