Star Wars: A Different Point of View

I just stumbled across the “A Different Point of View” series of podcasts. The episodes are a set of somewhat humorous, but serious essays disproving myths about Stormtroopers and Star Wars universe from the point of view of a sand trooper.
A Different Point of View is a series of essays about the Star Wars Universe [...]

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Halo: First Strike

The third book in the Halo series is title “First Strike.” Eric Nylund, author of the first Halo book “The Fall of Reach” returns to finish some of the unresolved plots from the first book. The book takes place between Halo 1 and Halo 2 video games.
The novel also provides the Halo gamer with insights [...]

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Comic Con 2009

Last week, I attended Comic-Con for a half-day for my second year in a row. Just like last year, the convention was sensory overload and standing room only. KPBS reported that there was about 126,000 attendees and another 25,000 exhibitors in town for the four day event. Over the four days, it was estimated that [...]

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Star Wars Padawan Training Available in July 2009

I just discovered this unique and interesting toy via Scott Adams (Dilbert Blog). Well, it’s not so much a toy as it is just a cool device.
Wearing a custom built device that slips on your head, you can use your brain waves to move a sphere vertically in a container. There’s no wires and [...]

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X-Men Origins: Wolverine (Movie Review)

I watched X-Men Origins: Wolverine movie at the local IMAX theater. I have long been a fan of X-Men and Weapon X series, so I had pretty high expectations for this movie. Learning that one of my favorite comic book characters, Deadpool, was going to be in this movie gave me some hope that he [...]

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Watchmen (Movie Review)

It was about a year or more ago, when I found out the Watchmen movie was coming out. I hadn’t remembered this graphic novel and I wasn’t familiar with the story. Somehow, I had missed this comic.
I avoided spoilers and reading the novel before the movie because I wanted to see the movie first. [...]

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Punisher: War Zone (Movie Review)

The Punisher was one of my favorite comic book heroes (or anti-hero) of the 80s. I’ve seen all of the Punisher movies so far, so I was definitely going to see this movie. I did wait until it came out on DVD before renting it, instead of watching it in the theater.
As with the last [...]

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Halo: The Flood (Book Review)

The second book in the Halo series is titled “The Flood.” The book is written by William C. Dietz who’s background of serving in the US Navy as medic might have helped him with the characters and background stories.
This book is a novelization of the first Halo video game (Halo: Combat Evolved). I never got [...]

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Streaming video to your TV via your console

I read about the PlayOn Media Server on LifeHacker last week. It’s software that runs on your Windows computer and streams video to Xbox 360 and Playstation 3. The PlayOn Media Server streams content from YouTube, Netflix Instant Queue, Hulu, CBS, and ESPN.
The PlayOn Media Server demo works for 14 days and I’m almost half [...]

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Halo: The Fall of Reach (Book Review)

I wasn’t too familiar with the Halo series until last year when I played Halo for the first time. I knew it was a FPS (first person shooter) and knew that it involved running around and shooting aliens, much like most other FPS games. Since FPS games weren’t my speciality, I had never spent much [...]

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