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Music Hero (Android) Review

Music Hero (Android) Review

Yeah, an obvious rip-off of Guitar Hero. And it also stated that you could play using music loaded from your phone.

Hoodwinked Too: Hood vs Evil Movie Review

Hoodwinked Too: Hood vs Evil Movie Review

Does anyone remember the original Hoodwinked movie? Nobody else does, either. Blue Yonder Films, the studio that brought you Doogal tries to pull another rabbit out of their hat by releasing a sequel to the twisted fairy-tale movie titled Hoodwinked Too: Hood vs. Evil. All of the original voice characters are present from the first [...]

How to make it as a gaming journalist

How to make it as a gaming journalist

Have you ever thought about having a career in the video games industry?  Some might think that it’s all glamorous, but the panelists at PAX10′s Movin’ on Up: How to Make It (Or Not) in Videogames Journalism will tell you that it’s a lot of work, with a little bit of luck mixed in.  Many [...]

Purchasing a DVD Recorder

Purchasing a DVD Recorder

DVD (“Digital Versatile Disk”) players and recorders have all but replaced the VCR (“Video Cassette Recorder”) and its associated analogue technology, at the heart of home entertainment systems. A DVD recorder, for example, allows you to record from standard definition, analogue television, as well as digital cable, satellite and “Freeview”, and you can, of course, [...]

3D TV is Coming

3D TV is Coming

Listening to Lenny Lipton tiptoe through the history of 3D content production and viewing technology, he almost convinced you that 3D TV is finally just around the corner. Oh sure, the internationally renowned author and inventor acknowledged that there were still a few obstacles to overcome – like standards — but after more than 40 [...]

Guitar Hero 5 Review

Guitar Hero 5 Review

Following on the success of its preceding title, Guitar Hero World Tour, Activision brings gamers Guitar Hero 5. Building on the popularity of playing in a four-person band experience, GH5 opens up opportunities not just to play a new, if somewhat eclectic, playlist, it also gives players the freedom to play lead and bass guitar, [...]

Freezepop: Interview Part Deux

Freezepop: Interview Part Deux

Last year we had the privilege of speaking with all three members of Freezepop at PAX 08 (read our first interview here).  Although the interview was great, we still had a lot of unanswered questions, so we wanted to sit down with them again and get the straight scoop about what has been going on in [...]

Avatar: The Sweet Gentle Skullfrak

Avatar: The Sweet Gentle Skullfrak

Many of us have experienced the violent double-dicked skullfrak that Michael Bay calls Transformers…and some of us have even suffered the terrible Spielbergian ass raping called Indiana Jones 4. Well James Cameron has just made sweet beautiful love to my eye sockets. For 16 glorious minutes on Friday evening James Cameron lovingly cradled the back [...]

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Movie Review

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Movie Review

It has been nearly two years since fans last witnessed Harry Potter (Daniel Radcliffe), battle the evil Voldemort (Ralph Fiennes). At long last, J.K. Rowling’s beloved saga continues with “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince”. The film picks up a year after the events of the previous film with the evil Death Eaters wreaking havoc [...]

Ice Age 3: Dawn of the Dinosaurs Review

Ice Age 3: Dawn of the Dinosaurs Review

Scrat and the gang are back, and this time in stunning 3D in the new “Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs”. The third chapter in the popular series once again follows the adventures of the unusual mix of friends, in their frozen home. As the film opens, Manny (Ray Romano), is a nervous wreck as [...]

Wii emulator actually works!

Wii emulator actually works!

I’ve been an emulator buff for a while, but generally emulators seem to only work well after the console has been off the market for several years. Well, I found a Wii emulator that not only works, but works rather well.  The games I tried on it work very well with little sound or graphical [...]

Guitar Hero: Smash Hits Review

Guitar Hero: Smash Hits Review

The hits keep on coming in the highly popular Guitar Hero franchise with the latest release, Guitar Hero: Smash Hits. The 48 song collection contains all the best tracks from the previous Guitar Hero games, and allows gamers to not only play Guitar, but add vocals and drums as well. The game is not a [...]

Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen Movie Review

Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen Movie Review

Following up the success of “Transformers” was not easy task, and thankfully Director Michael Bay and the amazing wizards at Industrial Light and Magic are up to the challenge as “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen” is the rare sequel that outdoes the original in almost every way. The film once again stars Shia LaBeouf as [...]

Rock Band Unplugged Review

Rock Band Unplugged Review

All I can say, is: it’s about time.  Why did it take so long to get Rock Band on PSP?  Nintendo DS has had Guitar Hero On Tour for a couple of years now, and while everyone else was playing FPS and old rips of Playstation One games, we got the pleasure of watching other [...]

1968 Tunnel Rats Movie Review

1968 Tunnel Rats Movie Review

It is no secret that many films have often tried to convey the true horrors of war. Films ranging from “Platoon”, “Saving Private Ryan”, and “Apocalypse Now”, have attempted to convey the carnage and brutality of war by showing it through the eyes of individuals who were not prepared for the reality of combat. In [...]

Guitar Hero: Metallica Review

Guitar Hero: Metallica Review

Guitar Hero Metallica has arrived and allows aspiring rockers to jam along to their favorite music and live out their rock fantasies. Following up the successful Guitar Hero World Tour, Guitar Hero Metallica offers 28 Metallica classics as well as 21 other songs from artists such as Diamondhead, Samhain and Mercyful Fate who are credited [...]

Rock Band Unplugged for the PSP!

Rock Band Unplugged for the PSP!

It seems like after several long years, the PSP is finally coming of age.  Last month, Sony released Resistance: Retribution for the PSP (read our review here).  This is one of the first games on the PSP to make extensive use of the internet, and Sony’s Playstation Network.  Sony is finally starting to flex its [...]

Know1ng Movie Review

Know1ng Movie Review

John Koestler (Nicolas Cage) is a man who lives in a world of facts. As a professor at M.I.T. he is more concerned about things that can be proven through hard science than with things that cannot be proven. With the recent loss of his wife leaving him a single father, John is not willing [...]

Watchmen – Tales of the Black Freighter BluRay Review

Watchmen – Tales of the Black Freighter BluRay Review

Following on the smash success of “Watchmen” Warner Brothers Premiere has released “Tales of the Black Freighter” on DVD and Blu-Ray. The features laden set is truly impressive an tells the story within a story of The Black Freighter in an animated format. Fans of the graphic novel Watchmen will remember that the newsstand owner [...]

Video Streaming: Who Needs TV?

Video Streaming: Who Needs TV?

It was a satisfying feeling when I happened upon a website recently that told me that a band I have always enjoyed are back together after they disbanded a few years ago. This group had been performing for 30 years to capacity crowds. Then came their farewell concert tour and everyone thought they would only [...]