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Thoughts on Transformers 2 and Big-Budget Sequels
I’ve been wanting to see Transformers 2 since it was released, but noticed that every few days I watched the IMDB score, it would drop farther and farther down. Checking out Metacritic was even more dissuading, with a 35% overall score. I couldn’t believe how bad this movie sounded. I read comment after comment about how [...]
Continue reading...Harmonix Interested In Selling Music Too
Jan 12, 2009 
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Harmonix has been selling a lot of music tracks for Rock Band and Rock Band 2 for a couple years now. This week they mentioned they would also be interested in selling the corresponding music tracks with the Downloadable Content Songs. Ars technica got the scoop at CES this week. If you had the option [...]
Continue reading...NFL Looking Into Broadcasting Games In 3-D
Nov 24, 2008 (Click to Rate!)
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I enjoy watching NFL games. I enjoy watching them in High Definition a lot more than watching them in Standard Definition. However, more than watching the game even in HD I love watching games at the actual stadium. A few years from now it looks like that may change. The NFL is looking into broadcasting games [...]
Continue reading...Controlling the Future of Gaming and Entertainment Starts with Game Consoles
Nov 20, 2008 (Click to Rate!)
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A study by JPR found the PC gaming market to be 2.6x larger than console gaming market… that includes every Xbox 360, PS3 and Wii together (totally somewhere around 74.7 million units worldwide) with an estimated 196 million “gaming machine” class of PC shipped world wide. Yet, big companies and analysts have been claiming that [...]
Continue reading...Beatles Video Game Announced
Oct 31, 2008 (Click to Rate!)
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The President of MTV Networks, Van Toffler, made the official announcement yesterday that Harmonix/MTV Games and Apple Corp will be making a video game featuring the music of the The Beatles. Harmonix CEO Alex Rigopulos also said that it’s not just a “Rock Band” song expansion pack; it will be “a new, full-grown, custom game built [...]
Continue reading...Web 2.0: Content Delivery Monopolies for All! (Google, Amazon, Apple)
Oct 8, 2008 (Click to Rate!)
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It was announced yesterday that YouTube (Google) is partnering with both Amazon and Apple to begin selling video games and music respectively. The idea is that content on YouTube identified as belonging to a certain video game or song would be associated with what amounts to a “Buy it Now” button that would take you over [...]
Continue reading...Netflix Watch Instantly Services Gets a Boost with Starz Play
Oct 5, 2008 (Click to Rate!)
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As a big fan of Netflix I’ve always been annoyed since the Watch-it-Now service first launched (before it was renamed 3x), had a ton of Triple-A titles, then immediately cut them all… I’m guessing due to licensing with the studios. Fortunately it looks like Netflix has inked deals with NBC, Starz and a few others, helping [...]
Continue reading...Fringe’s Anna Torv was Nariko in Heavenly Sword
Oct 2, 2008 (Click to Rate!)
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Very interesting tid-bit I ran across today. First I happened to catch this post over at GameTrailers, which lead me to Anna Torv’s (pictured above, on the left) IMDB page, which confirmed that she was the voice behind Nariko in Heavenly Sword (an awesome game). So there you have it… Nariko didn’t die, she just got [...]
Continue reading...Local Music Presents: Preston Lee – However Bottomless
Oct 2, 2008 (Click to Rate!)
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This is from local artist, Preston Lee, who produced this piece for a relative’s band (Woolgathering) as well as playing the organ track (wait for the solos!) in 2006. [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Direct Download Local Music Presents The “Break it Down” Blog wants to help support local musicians and artists. While we are bringing you [...]
Continue reading...Local Music Presents: Preston Lee – Fight On (Remix)
Sep 27, 2008 (Click to Rate!)
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This is from local artist, Preston Lee, from 1996 after an initial mix warrented some minor changes. He describes the piece as: Another punchcard-style Scream Tracker track attempting to recreate human-like musical expressiveness entirely through programmed commands. The guitar solos took a really, really long time to input. [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Direct Download Local Music [...]
Continue reading...Local Music Presents: Preston Lee – Drown (Radioactive Mix)
Aug 26, 2008 (Click to Rate!)
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This is from local artist, Preston Lee, who put together this mix over time, mixing and remixing it since 2000 to current date. He describes the piece as: A constantly evolving dream of slowly drowning in a pool of water. Originally conceived as an acoustic guitar solo played in bell tones, it was moved to electronic [...]
Continue reading...Local Music Presents: Preston Lee – Christmas At War
Aug 18, 2008 (Click to Rate!)
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This is from local artist, Preston Lee, who put together this mix at Christmas time; pissed off about the Iraq war. [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Direct Download Local Music Presents The “Break it Down” Blog wants to help support local musicians and artists. While we are bringing you bits and pieces from Arizona’s local artists we [...]
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Jul 5, 2009
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