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Super Bowl 2011

Super Bowl Sunday is always a great time to be hanging out with family and friends. This year it’s the Pittsburg Steelers against the Green Bay Packers. For those of you who aren’t big football fans, there is always some other things to look forward to during this day. For example, you have The Black Eyed Peas performing the halftime show, Christina Aguilera singing the national anthem, and other performances and celebrity sightings before, during and after the game. Though the game is a ...

Bubble Ball Beats Angry Birds For #1

Robert Nay is from Spanish Forks, Utah. He invented a game just in a month not knowing how popular it would become. A friends’ father who also suggested a program to use to build it suggested the idea to him. Did I mention he is only 14 years old and only took a month to build it? I guess not, well now you know. Robert Nay first designed his own website in the third grade, and is now in the eighth grade designing Iphone applications. His mother also helped him with the game by designing the...

Seasons Greetings from Laika

I received this in one of my e-mails a few days back, and I found it a nice touch to the holidays. Laika, the people behind the film Coraline, sent out a mass e-mail to a few companies. I figured since this is basically open to the public, I could post it up here as well. Click the picture or the link below to go to the website that has the online greeting card. Happy Holidays From Laika An Animation Card from Laika Information about the company from the Laika Website: LAIKA,...

Disney’s ElecTRONica Party Launches

Are you a TRON geek who is looking for somewhere to party every weekend? Chances are you really don't get to go anywhere you would enjoy at those regular night clubs, but now you're in luck!! Where else can you join fellow TRON fanatics in an all out dance party? Disneyland of course!! On Friday October 8, 2010. They have opened up their doors to this awesome-tastic event. This Fall season at the Hollywood Backlots in Disney's California Adventures they are holding a special event on w...

Captain Jack Sparrow Goes to School

Beatrice Delap, a nine-year-old girl from a Meridian Primary School in Greenwich, got the surprise of a lifetime when Captain Jack Sparrow walked through the doors of her school after she had written him a letter requesting he help her stage a mutiny on her teachers. Johnny Depp, who is currently filming at a nearby location to the school, decided he come in his alter-ego outfitted and everything and give this young "budding pirate" her wish. Depp is filming the next installation to the Pirat...

Tony Curtis (1925-2010)… Laid To Rest

Hey everyone I thought about putting this in my "This Week In Movies," but I thought that film legend Tony Curtis deserved his own article. Tony Curtis, who passed away from a heart attack last week was buried October 4, in Henderson, Nevada (Examiner.com). This man of many talents was buried with some of his favorite objects like: two of his original paintings, a Stetson hat, an Armani scarf, driving gloves, an iPhone, and a copy of Anthony Adverse (Examiner.com).  There were clips of h...

A Bit of Marvel Movie History

With Comic-Con coming up I wanted to take a glimpse back in superhero history.  Everyone, whether or not they want to, can remember the Fantastic Four movies that were released a few years ago. The first film titled, Fantastic Four (2005), and its sequel, 4: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007), did financially fine at the box office (according to rottentomatoes.com: 2005- $154.5M, $2007-$131.8M)but they did not fare so well with many fans. Well I was just reminiscing about some old movies and I...

Nerdgasmic!! Street Legal Tron: Legacy Lightcycles For Sale!!

After reading about this, my mind just went into full blown overdrive. How would you like to own your very own Tron Lightcycle? I know I've been wanting one since the first movie ever came out. Think about it, sure during the day it's going to be like "WTF are you driving?" But at night, how many heads would you turn and how many nerds would just totally geek out when they see you riding down the road in your pimped out motorcycle..... right?! If I had the money to fork over, I would be telli...

Tekken vs. Street Fighter? Fact or Fiction….

So we've had Street Fighter vs. Xmen, Capcom vs. SNK, Marvel vs. Capcom, so why not have a Namco vs. Capcom game? (Or shall I say Tekken vs. Street Fighter) If this rumor is true, then I am totally excited and might just piss my pants once Namco and Capcom announce it on E3 which is coming in a few days. I loved the Marvel vs. Capcom series and am glad that it will have their third installment early next year, but I think Tekken fans will enjoy seeing their favorite characters battle the likes...

Is Reality the Future of Gaming?

Jesse Schell, a Carnagie Mellon University professor, pointed out that this may be the direction we are all headed towards during the DICE Summit session in Las Vegas this week. He pointed out how the gaming industry and social networks have become quite popular in this day and age. The last couple of years has been a big boom in both those industries with the introduction of social network sites (i.e. Myspace, Twitter, Facebook) and also online gaming brought to consoles (Wii, XBOX Live, PS3...