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Rick Astley, king of the 'Rickroll,' talks about his song's second coming

I actually like "Never gonna give you up" so I don't mind being rickrolled.

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Super Mario Galaxy IGN review

Super Mario Galaxy looks like best Mario game since Mario 64 and the best Wii game to date. Definitely picking it up next week when it comes out.

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Don Herbert, TV's 'Mr. Wizard', dead at 89

I watched him on Nickelodeon as a kid and used his book to blow off elementary school science fairs.

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Wacky Waving Inflatable Arm Flailing Tube Man

Fantastic domain name and a decent site. That scene from family guy is one of my all time favorites.

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iTunes (finally) introduces Complete My Album

On the couple dozen times I've bought songs from the iTunes Music Store, the fact that I'd have to rebuy the same songs again to complete an album definitely stopped me from buying any more tracks from the same albums. Now Apple has introduced "Complete My Album," their answer to this issue. You get $0.99 off for each song off an album you've already purchasing. Brilliant move.

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Culturally significant words and phrases from The Simpsons

A fantastic look at the words and phrases from The Simpsons that have made their way into popular use.

Cromulent means valid, acceptable, or possibly commonplace, coined by David X. Cohen for the Simpsons episode "Lisa the Iconoclast"; embiggen, more obviously, means to grow in size.

When schoolteacher Edna Krabappel hears the Springfield town motto, "A noble spirit embiggens the smallest man," she comments she'd never heard of the word embiggens before moving to Springfield. Miss Hoover, another teacher, replies, "I don't know why; it's a perfectly cromulent word".

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Texas is #19 on RIAA's list of top piracy schools

The University of Texas at Austin does everything big, the RIAA has listed their top piracy schools and UT comes in at number nineteen. Personally, I think students just need to a better job not getting caught.

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Anna Nicole Smith dead

Anna Nicole Smith found dead in a Florida hotel room. The Playboy Playmate and former Guess model from Mexia, Texas was 39.

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The OC is cancelled

I haven't watched a single episode from this season. It was barely watchable last season so at least they're cutting the rope sooner rather than later. Might make the rest of the season worth watching now since it'll be coming to a decent conclusion.

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Where are all the Xbox 360 games?

Gears of War is incredible but where are the rest of the must-have Xbox 360 games? There really aren't any and the exclusives on the horizon aren't exactly calling my name either.

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How-to transcode and stream videos on Xbox 360

Easy to follow write-up from Joystiq on how to take your Divx files and transcode them to WMV so you can play them on your Xbox 360.

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YouTube Asked To Remove 1000 Sports Clips

Another death blow to YouTube being remotely useful once all the copyright holders come through and clear out all the decent content.

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Why Sony Won't Lose the Next-Gen War

Pretty good opinion piece on how Sony and the PS3 can still win the next-gen console war over the Nintendo Wii and Xbox 360.

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AFI's 100 Years... 100 Cheers

Christina and I watched AFI's 100 Most Inspiring Films Of All Time the other night, here's the full list. Lots of older stuff I've never seen, but I've added a bunch of them to by Blockbuster Online queue so I should be both cultured and inspired soon.

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Blockbuster Leaks TiVo Partnership

Not a huge discount, in fact at my rate for TiVo ($12.99 per month) it's not really a discount at all. Still a good deal for people who don't have either service and possibly a sign of better things to come from the TiVo and Blockbuster Online partnership.

via Zatz Not Funny.

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Why is there no channel 1?

Good Wikipedia definition with tons of math/physics/stuff I can't follow explaining why there's never a channel 1 on your US television.

via Digg.

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Carlos Boozer suing Prince

Utah Jazz forward Carlos Boozer is suing Prince for violating his $70,000 per month lease by painting the exterior of the [house] with purple striping, prince symbol, and numbers 3121. So odd. Who knew Boozer was such a real estate mogul?

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MySpace on The Daily Show

Demetri Martin has a ridiculously funny special report on MySpace and other online communities.

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RosterMania has MVP '06 rosters

If you've got an ActionReplay (contact me if you'd like to buy mine for $20) or other like device for your Xbox or Playstation 2 you can play MVP 2006 NCAA Baseball with real player names instead of just jersey numbers or random fictional names.

I've only really checked the names of the Longhorn baseball team but they look pretty accurate.

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Apple ad rips off The Postal Service

Apple makes a TV commercial directly ripping off The Postal Service's video for Such Great Heights. Immediately, Apple fans claim only truly innovative companies steal from other people. Seriously read the comments, they're defending Apple for this.

I've actually become a pretty big Apple fan over the last year or so (I'm on a 12" Powerbook right now) but Apple fans are complete morons.

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The World of Nintendo

I definitely wanted some of this stuff when I was 10 and totally had this kick ass watch at some point in my youth. You're a loser if you didn't.

Be sure to read the "unaltered" captions, funny stuff.

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So how many XM and Sirius subscribers are there really?

I'm loving my Sirius radio Christina got me for Christmas. Looks like both services may end up being a success. (via)

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TiVo Series 3 Video Interview

HD-freaking-TiVo!!!

6 tuner, cable card, a year too late. Hopefully it'll be reasonably priced so I can pick one up if I ever get digital cable.

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Netflix thefts may involve postal workers

I bet this is a pretty big issue with all the stuff ordered over the Internet these days.

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Track all the stores that don't have Xbox 360's

Completely useless site to keep track of all the sites that don't have any Xbox 360's in stock.

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New TiVo Online Services

Yahoo! Weather, Fandango, streaming music, and more.

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Why Monster cables are good...

And how to make your own.

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Logitech Harmony remote for Xbox 360

Pretty sweet, I've been kind of wishing for a Harmony remote for a while but it's a little useless. I think the simple remote included with the Xbox 360 plus the universal remote from the my receiver should do the job.

Update: Changed the link to a much better article from IGN.

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Xbox 360 allocations for Best Buy by store

One of the stores near me (#202) is getting 168 Xbox 360's, I'll definitely roll by there on the 22nd just to see if I can get lucky.

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Xbox 360 launch line-up

I'm definitely getting Kameo and Madden 360. I'll be checking out Tiger 360, PGR 3, and Gun. Should be pretty good launch if they can match the demand with adequate supply.

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Tape It Off The Internet

Tape It Off The Internet is a global TV guide, Torrent tracking, your favourites and recommendations plus an innovative social layer to hang it off. How legal is it? When will it actually be released? Looks cool though.

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Ultimate Star Trek Collection = Nerd Heaven

221 DVD's of every single Star Trek movie or TV show every produced on DVD. A bargain at only $2,499.99!

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SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs Fireteam Bravo

Hmmmm... I really liked the original SOCOM on the PS2 but haven't played any of the sequels. This certainly looks worth playing. It actually has a full featured online mode too, something severely lacking from the other PSP games I've played. I'll have to try out the lock on targeting to see if it's something I like.

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Xbox 360 kiosk video walkthrough

I haven't been to Wal-Mart since I first looked for the Xbox 360 kiosks a couple of weeks ago, but this video shows just what I'm missing. A Microsoft intro to the kiosks, now all I need to do is actually play it.

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Eerie parallels between Xbox 360 and the Dreamcast

Some of them are really interesting coincidences. Also see why the Xbox 360 will succeed.

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Senate Sets 2009 Digital TV Dateline

Television broadcasters must switch to all-digital transmissions by 2009, I predict that's about when Grande will actually get around to getting HD.

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Tiger 360: A Closer Look

There will be thousands of specators along the course. And you can hit them. Awesome.

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Xbox Live: TrueSkill System

Microsoft is putting in some really complicated measures to attempt to match players of like skills, playing styles, etc. Hopefully it means no NCAA Football matchups with people who get down by 21 and then spend the next 30 minutes trying to talk you into quitting.

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Madden 360: A Closer Look

Madden is looking better and better as we get closer to the November 22nd Xbox 360 launch. It's disappointing that they weren't able to up the ante on the franchise mode yet. I'm sure the second generation of Xbox 360 games will be much better than most of these launch titles.

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Playable Xbox 360's at Wal-Mart

They didn't have it here at the Wal-Mart near me (didn't look like they were setting up for it either) but some stores around the country have their display units up and going. Some movies and playable demos of Call of Duty 2, Kameo, and King Kong.

Get the complete Xbox 360 Premium Edition for free.

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EA Sports NFL Head Coach

My favorite part of Madden is all the franchise-related stuff anyways, so this new coach simulation from EA Sports is definitely interesting. If they do enough with the playbook and let you design actual plays (in depth) and schemes it'll be something I give a look to.

Available in Spring 2006.

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Xbox 360 hands-on preview

Still looking good, I need to start figuring out what other games I pick up at launch other than Madden.

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Madden 2006 for Xbox 360

Some very nice looking screenshots plus the first video footage I've seen. They're obviously upgrading the graphics, but what'll be really interesting to see is how gameplay and the franchise mode will be updated.

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MS demos Xbox 360 to iPod connection

We heard and saw before that devices would be able to connect to the Xbox 360, but now Microsoft has officially shown off the feature and released a few more details as well. Biggest tidbit out of this is that it appears you can't transfer files to the Xbox 360, all you can do is play them.

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GTA Liberty City will have wireless multiplayer

Sweet. I preordered this way before the PSP even came out because it was originally a launch game. Sounds like it's going to be a blast, sure wish they had Internet play and just ad hoc.

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$4500 Xbox 360 bundle at Gamestop

You get a Dell plasma, the premium system, a bunch of random accessories, and pretty much every game that's releasing with the system (at least half of which will completely awful) for the bargain basement price of $4499.68.

Meanwhile, I'm getting mine for free.

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Blu-ray vs HD DVD: State of the Union

Engadget has a great write up and an even better chart of the technical specs of both Blu-ray and HD DVD.

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Where Are They Now & Did They Get Hot

I had a crush on Anna Chlumsky when My Girl came out (shut up, I was 11.) And I've known Lacey Chabert was hot for a long time now.

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Thanksgiving launch for Xbox 360?

Sounds like details are still a little sketchy, but retailers believe the Xbox 360 will hit shelves at least by the day after Thanksgiving, the busiest shopping day of the year. Hopefully I'll get my last two referrals by then so I can get my free one as soon as possible.

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GW and Jeb Bush in Madden (sorta)

Okay they're not in the real game, but Jeb visited Tiburon and they whipped up a video of him running over George on his way to the end zone.

(via)

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IGN Madden 2006 review

Good but not great, I've already made the decision to not get it and get the Xbox 360 version instead when it comes out.

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No more Chapelle Show?

Damn you Charlie Murphy!

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NBC to stop annoying the crap out of me?

Not that NBC has many shows worth watching anymore, but if I do decide to TiVo something on the network I won't have to worry about the slight variations in show length anymore. They used to begin shows at 7:59 or 8:02 in order to squeeze out a couple of extra advertising dollars, but it also ended up creating scheduling conflicts for DVR's.

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Mike Tyson to star in porno with Jenna Jameson

I believe we officially know where rock bottom is. What do you think is more dangerous for Iron Mike, getting in the ring again or having sex with Jenna Jameson?

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TiVo Banner Ads released

Look pretty unobtrusive to me fron the screenshot, though I haven't seen one on my TiVo yet so I can't say for sure. I'd certainly rather have small ads from TiVo if it means they get to stay in business.

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PS3 insider details?

MaxConsole.net has some details on the PS3 that I haven't heard before. Pretty interesting if it's true, I'm still a little concerned about the lack of hard drive when it initially ships.

(via Engadget)

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PSP goes white and gets a browser

The latest official firmware update for the PSP will include an actual web browser. No more need to use hacks to browse the web, now I'll be able to surf the internet anywhere I can get a WiFi connection.

Sony also announced a new white version of the PSP, so if you didn't like the original black one you now have another option.

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Access your TiVoToGo via a browser

Type your TiVo's IP address into your web browser (make sure to use https:// and not http:// because it's an encrypted site) and you'll have access to your Now Playing selection. Simply click a link and download the episode to your PC. Easy.

I don't use my TiVoToGo much so I don't like running the software on my PC all the time, this is a great alternative.

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IGN's NCAA 06 review

A healthy 9.2 and says the game is a magnanimous leap forward for the franchise.

I'm getting closer and closer to staying up late tonight to pick up the game at midnight when it officially goes on sale.

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Gamespot reviews NCAA

They give it an 8.8 and call it arguably the best in the series, as well as a game that's a must-have for college football fanatics.

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Moron pays $200 to get NCAA 06 early

Wow... that's ridiculous. Paying that much just to get the game a week early.

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CompUSA may already have NCAA 2006

If you really love NCAA Football 2006 then you might want to head over to your local CompUSA because some people have found the game there on sale early. Looks like it's only at certain stores, which could be because of the managers at a particular store or just based on distribution centers.

I'll be heading to the closes CompUSA near me to check it out this afternoon.

Update: Looks like I may be out of luck. If you check the availability in my area it says Coming soon and other places say In-stock. If you want to check your area, just change the zip code at the very end of those URLs.

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Petition to revoke Tom Cruise's citizenship

Sign up and try to get Tom Cruise deported back to his home world.

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DT Lindner's NCAA 2006 review

I've now officially posted everything I can find on NCAA Football 2006. Although DT does have financial incentive to encourage people to buy the game (he sells rosters with correct player names), he does seem pretty damn enthusiastic about it.

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NCAA Football 2006 Q&A

Lengthy Q&A with some a lot more small details than anything I've read before.

(via The Blog for the Sports Gamer)

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Dumbass ABC reality show pulled

I'd seen the previews for ABC's Welcome to the Neighborhood and found it not only dumb, but pretty offensive as well. Apparently enough other people thought it was a bad idea that they won't be airing the show. Darn, now there's only 476 reality shows that will be on this fall.

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What could've made Sideways better

I didn't think it was that bad, but it was certainly an overrated film filled with yuppies who make me want to punch them in the face.

(via Best Week Ever)

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NCAA 2006 preview on Gamespot

Mmmmm... in-season recruiting.

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Slingbox coming this week

The Slingbox, which lets you stream and view TV from your cable, satellite or DVR box on any computer with a high-speed internet connection, is going to be available June 30th at CompUSA and Best Buy.

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Tom Cruise kills Oprah

Maybe I should've warned you it was really loud. Oh well, if it doesn't load all the way the first time refresh and watch it again.

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Seriously, Tom Cruise is freaking insane

How can anyone honestly believe in Scientology when this is the kind of crap they're feeding their followers. Yikes.

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Ron Mexico in Blitz?

I know this year's Blitz will focus on a lot of off field issues as well as the traditional gameplay, but I had no idea your QB would be able to contract herpes.

The legend of Ron Mexico grows.

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NCAA Football 06: Diary of a Heisman Hopeful

IGN walks through the Race for the Heisman mode in NCAA Football 2006. I'd love to try it, I wonder if you can do a traditional dynasty simultaneously with that mode. I'd like to create a guy and then have him play for Texas.

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'The Simpsons' movie in production?

Nancy Cartwright, voice of Bart Simpson, officially confirmed that they're already working on a full-length version of The Simpsons. Unfortunately, it sounds like it's still years away.

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TitanTV.com

TitanTV is an online programming guide that lets me see what's on TV right now. Easily lets me filter down to just the HD programming.

CheckHD.com is also useful.

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Play of the Day: Texas vs. Iowa

Eight images and nine videos of the Iowa Hawkeyes taking on the Texas Longhorns in Austin in NCAA Football 2006.

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The worst ad songs

Nothing like selling birth control and cruises with songs about heroin addiction.

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Future of sports gaming

IGN's Jon Robinson's thoughts on how all the exclusivity agreements will affect sports gaming.

Legends football from 2K Sports, college baseball from EA, etc...

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Xbox and Xbox 360 side by side

About the size I thought it was. I'm not sure about that metal disc drive.

(via Joystiq)

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PS3 not shipping with a hard drive?

If they could somehow not include the harddrive but still require it, I'd be all for it. I'd much rather pay $300 for the PS3 and $50 for a 120GB hard drive than pay $465 for a PS3 with a 40GB drive.

But as the other commenters are saying, game makers aren't going to make games that take advantage of it if it's not almost universal.

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A Gamer's Manifesto

What gamers want and will actually get from the next-generation of consoles.

Hilarious.

(via SixFoot6)

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The good, the bad, the ugly of Star Wars Ep 3 (spoilers!)

Great summary of all the great parts of Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith countered and ruined by the huge amount of crappy parts.

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Cy Young winner Santana prepares with PSP

If only my copy of MVP Baseball would ACTUALLY SHOW UP! It was supposed to be here Monday, but stupid UPS sent it 330 miles from Mesquite to Port Arthur instead of the 20 miles to Plano. Morons.

(via Om Malik)

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Civ IV

This one's for Matt. Game looks good, although I spend enough time in front of a computer these days so I've sworn off PC gaming.

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A pinball RTS game

Weird and strangely intriguing, Odama is a real time strategy pinball game.

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NCAA 2006 Impressions

Great blog I found this morning from three guys who love sports gaming and apparently work in the business. They've got an excellent write-up on some hands-on impressions of NCAA Football 2006. I can't wait. It'll most likely be the last game I buy for this generation of consoles.

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Evil Empire vs. Evil Empire

Nick Bakay compares Star Wars and the New York Yankees.

(via Orangebloods forums)

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Netflix + Wal-Mart = Love

Wal-Mart is offering its existing online DVD rental customers the chance to continue their subscriptions with Los Gatos-based Netflix at their current price for the next year. Those who don't sign up with Netflix by June 17 will lose their service. Wal-Mart plans to continue promoting the Netflix service on its Web site.

In return, Netflix will remind its subscribers that they can buy DVDs from Walmart.com.

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Is Star Wars Ep. 3 anti-Bush?

Dear Celebrities,

We do not give a shit what your political opinions are, regardless of which side you're on. Especially if you're freaking Canadian.

Sincerely yours,
Everyone

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Nintendo Revolution images

By far the best looking of the three new next-gen systems.

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Microsoft’s Xbox 360 E3 event

I really wish they had shown this on MTV instead of that other crap.

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PS3 links

I'm collecting all the Playstation 3 links from the first couple days of E3 in one place on my main weblog.

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I'm guessing Lindsay Lohan and Nicole Richie aren't on their way to Krispey Kreme

Someone needs to buy Lindsay Lohan and Nicole Richie a sandwich. They are seriously skinny in a very unhealthy way.

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Xbox 360 Official Shots

Gizmodo has some Norweigan magazine scans of the Xbox 360 and it's controllers. Thing's I've deduced from the images:

• Xbox live headset will plug directly into controller
• The big green orb on the controller is more than a button, it some sort of 4-way thumbstick
• The system will come with a camera
• I have no idea what a hukommelseskortporte is, but it's got two of them

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Natalie Portman shaved her head

She shaved all her hair off for a movie roll, doesn't she care about my feelings?

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Next-Gen Consoles: Facts and Speculation

Everything Gamespot's got on the Xbox 360, PS3, and Nintendo Revolution.

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Rumored Xbox 360 Specs Released

I wonder if Microsoft is planning on suing on the people printing these leaks like Apple did for releasing info on the iPod Shuffle etc.

(via Gizmodo)

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Xbox Live Specs Released For 360

Considering how many free features they have on there (the ones marked with an asterisk), I'm wondering if I'll be purchasing a Live account for the 360.

(via Gizmodo)

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U.S. appeals court throws out broadcast flag

Great news, our government took time out of their busy schedule to actually do something in the public's best interest. The court said the Federal Communications Commision had overstepped it's authority and struck down the broadcast flag. The broadcast flag would essentially let the networks be able to tell you what you could or could not record.

Next step, dismantle the FCC altogether.

(via Omniquiti)

Update: PVRblog discusses the ruling and makes me want to build a MythTV box.

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Rivals-exclusive shots of NCAA 2006

Rivals has posted 20 exclusive screenshots of the upcoming NCAA Football 2006, including several I found very interesting detailing the recruiting process.

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EA and Rivals.com team up on NCAA 06

Article from Rivals discussing NCAA Football 2006. A lot of the info was discussed before by IGN, but this one focuses on the changes to the recruiting process a lot more. Good stuff.

Sounds like recruiting is going to be more difficult this year and have a lot more variables to it. Damn soft verbals.

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IGN Xbox 360 FAQ

Everything IGN knows (or is at least pretty sure about) about the Xbox 360.

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Most realistic Xbox 360 photo yet

I'm behind on this stuff because I was out of town all weekend.

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Insert25

Insert25 is one of the many sites run by Paul Scrivens and one of the many video game blogs I follow, but it's quickly becoming one of my favorites in both categories.

While Kotaku and Joystiq do a good job of reporting the news, Insert25 hits all the big stuff and a lot of random funny crap the other's don't cover. Plus, it's written in a much more casual manner that encourages a lot of feedback and discussion. Really great news and community site that's still growing and improving.

Definitely worth a visit.

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More Xbox 360 secrets

Hard drive, backwards compatability, and more.

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IGN has first screens and a preview of Madden 2006

New stuff abounds, hopefully it's good enough to make me buy it. It sounds like you might actually have to look off defenders when throwing the ball. Pretty cool.

Screenshots look about the same as always.

I wonder if Madden and NCAA will be launch games for the Xbox 360?

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Storm the House

Really fun Flash game, it gets incredibly hectic on Day 3.

Make sure to actually read the instructions.

(via Business2Blog)

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Mark Cuban wants to build the first all-digital theater empire

I think I'd seek out digital theaters if I had a choice. Since I'm in Dallas, maybe that'll happen sooner rather than later.

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Ars Technica reviews the PSP

Another glowing review. Want one yet?

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Morty Seinfeld dies at 82

Barney Martin, best known as Jerry's dad on Seinfeld died yesterday at the age of 82.

(via TVSquad)

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PVRblog

Another great site from Matt Haughey, PVRblog does an amazing job reporting and discussing all PVR-related news. The site always seems to have PVR news before anyone else.

A site that all TiVo owners should bookmark immediately.

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Sony PSP review

I've got to agree with everything, especially the highs and lows. I'm loving it, if Memory Stick Duo's were cheaper I'd definitely would use it for video and pictures. I haven't tried out the audio player yet, but I really don't need one.

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PSP Connect

A bunch of free videos already formatted to play on your new PSP as well as a tutorial on how to get videos onto the thing.

It's really kind of annoying that you have to name your files a particular way (M4VC0043.MP4 for example) and put them in a particular directory (the folder named 100MNV01). They really should have included software to do that for you.

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Untold Legends: Brotherhood of the Blade review

I really wanted this game when I saw the previews and screenshots a month or so ago, but now it's just getting average reviews. Metacritic has an average score of 72 for it. I need to read the IGN review, they gave it a slightly higher score and have a more in-depth write up. It still sounds fun, but maybe not worth $40.

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PlayStation Portable Launch Party

Photos and updates from the Joystiq and Engadget peeps at the PSP Launch Party.

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PSP Video 9

When combined with another application, Videora + PSP Video 9 form the first PSPcasting solution, allowing you to download, convert and copy video to your PSP, automatically using BitTorrent and RSS technology.

Now that is freaking cool. PSP Video 9 uses Videora to use BitTorrent and RSS and BitTorrent to automatically find and download what you want to watch. Of course, I don't think I'm ever going to upgrade from the 32 MB Memory Stick Duo card that comes with it so it'll be pretty useless to me.

(via Engadget)

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Why Britney Spears hates HDTV!

I bet this is the real reason I don't have HD yet, some sort of Cameron Diaz/Britney Spears conspiracy. Damn you!!

(via Gizmodo)

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Kotaku's rambling, random, very positive thoughts on the PSP

I can't wait to get mine next week and tear up some Tiger Woods. I'm also starting to get really interested in Lumines, a very cool looking puzzle game.

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Unpacking the PSP

The PSP is officially released here in the US on March 24th. Until then, I can stare at these pictures from IGN.

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Peerflix gets press, funding

I was actually interviewed via email about Peerflix for an article by someone from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism last week. I'll have to check if that makes it up on the web somewhere and whether my statements were coherent enough to use.

Read my full write up on Peerflix here.

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Napoleon Dynamite vs. Fender

Weird but funny cross-promotion between Napoleon Dynamite and the new animated movie Robots.

(via Kottke)

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ESPNU debuts (not for me) today

DirecTV is debuting ESPU tonight. Too bad Grande sucks.

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Reel Life: Friday Night Lights

Not a new article by any means, but I saw it last night and thought it was good enough to post anyways. I read Friday Night Lights twice when I was younger, but that was a long time ago so it was nice to see a good comparison between the book and the movie. I remembered the Boobie Miles info and that the team didn't really make the finals but a lot of the other stuff wasn't so obvious.

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Apple to acquire TiVo??

Well that sure would be interesting and good news.

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How Paris Hilton got hacked

Umm... duh.

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More Xbox 360 details

In what I think is another bad move (not including a Blu-Ray or HD-DVD optical drive being the other), it seems the next Xbox will come in two flavors, with and without a harddrive. It'll make it next to impossible for game developers to make games that take advantage of it, since a good portion of owners won't have one.

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Broadcast flag could be on thin ice

Sounds like there could be at least some discussion in courts and legislature before the FCC is allowed to enforce the broadcast flag.

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Mark Cuban on the broadcast flag

I'm almost a Mavericks fan solely based on my sincere respect for Mark Cuban. Almost everything he writes on his weblog is intelligent, well thought out, and in line with my views.

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The Evolution of Mario

Nice history of how Nintendo's Mario has looked over the years.

(via Airbag)

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Improvised iPod Placement on The Apprentice?

More reality TV bullcrap.

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Xbox 360 this October??

That's way too soon. There's still enough life in this generation to milk it for more money. Plus by coming out too early they're going to have to skip the HD-DVD or Blu-Ray and put good old fashioned DVD player in the thing.

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National Lampoon tests simultaneous release, almost

National Lampoon's new movie Blackball will be released in theaters and to DVD within a week of each other. Very interesting to see if bigger movies start doing this. Would I rather pay $16 to see a movie in the theater or $4 to rent it or at most $20 to own the DVD?

I can't see people with good home theater set-ups going to the real movie theater much anymore if this takes off.

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I will shoot the next person who says video games have made me violent

Best. Title. Ever. (Okay, of the day.)

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Xbox 360?

Still just rumor, but it looks like the next Xbox may be called the Xbox 360. Wonder if that is a reference to some technology or just a big number?

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Sony PSP to launch March 24th!

Sweet. Looks like I'll be picking up my brand new PSP on March 24th. I hope since I pre-ordered ages ago I'm considered one of the first million and get Spidey 2 for free.

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Some Blockbuster Franchises Bring Back Late Fees

Well that didn't take long. Looks like some Blockbuster franchises are taking advantage of that At participating locations only loophole in the No More Late Fees campaign.

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TiVo's Home Media Engine launched

TiVo has officially launched the Home Media Engine SDK. The kit will allow developers to write their own software to be run on TiVo boxes, things like RSS news feeds and weather updates won't be far behind.

Should be some exciting stuff coming out soon for TiVo owners.

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Peerflix

A really cool idea for those of us that tend to buy too mand DVD's. Peerflix allows you to trade the movies you don't want anymore to someone else in exchange for new movies you do want.

There's no monthly fee so you can use as often or as little as you like, just pay a dollar per trade. Right now when you sign up you get two DVD's completely free. I'll be sure to post my thoughts on the service once I've used it for a while.

(via Hacking Netflix)

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Penny Arcade on Video Game exclusivity

Penny Arcade's got a pretty funny comic on the whole EA with the NFL and ESPN contracts, and Take Two with Major League Baseball signing.

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I Stole Brad

Damn people move fast. Although I think this shirt is better than any of these, and it's unisex!

I would buy anything she told me to.

(via Preshrunk)

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Blockbuster ditching VHS?

Rumor has it the Blockbuster is about to stop selling or renting VHS tapes in stores. About damn time. I'm sure you'll hear complaints, but they'll all be moronic. You can easily find a DVD player for less than $40 these days, if you can't afford that you shouldn't be paying four bucks to rent movies at Blockbuster either.

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Zach Braff's Garden State Blog

Garden State was awesome, Scrubs is the best show on television, and Zach Braff has his own weblog on TypePad. No wonder I have a man crush on the dude. His weblog is pretty damn funny, too bad he doesn't update very often lately. Hopefully he's busy writing more movies and episodes of Scrubs.

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Pepsi and iTunes Join Forces Again

I've got to start looking for Pepsi bottles with the Drink. Win. Play. promo. One in three caps gets a free iTunes download.

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Good news, bad news for local HD with DirecTV

They're going to start offering local HD channels by the second half of this year, but it's using a different technology that will require a different receiver. Good thing I've put it off this long.

Grande sucks.

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Comic Sans Anti F***ing Piracy

Michael Heilemann discusses his opinion of the anti-piracy propaganda that you have to sit through at the beginning of a movie you just paid to see.

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Jessica Simpson's dad likes her boobs

This dude is starting to creep me out more and more. Check out this quote:

She just is sexy. If you put her in a T-shirt or you put her in a bustier, she's sexy in both. She's got double D's! You can't cover those suckers up!

Um... that's not normal.

Update: Here's what he had to say about Ashlee's acting career:

She's going to be a huge movie star. She's like Meg Ryan or Cameron Diaz, with probably more depth. When we're done, she'll play it all.

So not only is he a pervert, but he must be on drugs too!

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Blockbuster cuts online rental service price

Blockbuster has dropped the price for their Netflix-competing online rental service again. This time from $17.49 to $14.99, and the price is guaranteed through January 2006. Intriguing.

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Real World Austin

MTV's Real World is coming to Austin. The show will shoot next month and air in June. It'll be the first season I've watched in probably five years.

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Free TiVo in Bay Area

If you live in the Bay Area and are a Comcast customer, go get a free TiVo!

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Blockbuster sorta drops late fees

Blockbuster rentals will still have due dates, but now you have a one week grace period after that to get the video in before they sell the movie to you. Pretty cool, but not really a complete abolishment of late fees like they're claiming. It will at least let me avoid those damn times when I have to wake up early and drive the wrong direction to return a video before work. (via Gizmodo)

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ESPNU coming March 4, 2005

ESPN is launching a multi-media college sports television network on March 4th, 2005. The very first week will include men's and women's NCAA tournament games. I better get DirecTV and ditch crappy Grande by then.

Grande sucks.

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Netflix Launches Friends List

Nice to see Netflix is adding features to distinguish itself from other similar services. You can now invite friends (both current Netflix users and people who aren't) to share their movie lists with you. You can see what rating they gave movies and see what movies they've seen.

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The Graphic Stylings of Ken Jennings

Pretty cool look at all the ways Ken Jennings wrote his name on Jeopardy’s blue player ID screen. I like the phonetic one. (via Authentic Boredom)

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I love the MPAA

Whoops, I guess I should keep my mouth shut about BitTorrent and the MPAA and RIAA. I take back everything I said here, here, here, here, and oh yeah here. It was all lies.

Oh, and those mean things I said here and definitely here? You knew I was just kidding, right? Are we still homies?

I miss the good old days of the original Napster and even crappy AudioGalaxy. (via Jeremy Flint)

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Prince of Persia: Warrior Within

IGN has a review up of the sequel to one of my favorite recent games Prince of Persia. Looks like they're not happy about some of the changes that were made but overall still think it's a pretty great game.

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Jeopardy guy loses!

Ken Jennings, the Jeopardy guy, is going down on November 30th. I guess I'm a little behind on this, Jason originally posted news of it way back in September. I probably wouldn't have guessed the correct answer, but his incorrect answer was WAY off.

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TiVo Season Pass Top 100

A list of the top 100 programs that TiVo owners have Season Passes for, plus a list of the top 25 rated programs.

The shows on there that I've got on my list:

• Lost
• Joey (for Christina)
• ER
• Nip/Tuck
• Scrubs
• 24
• The Simpsons
• Sex and the City (reruns on TBS for C)
• The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
• Chappelle's Show
• South Park
• The OC

It's nice to see "Lost" doing so well, but it is kind of disheartening to see all the reality crap on there. The same morons out there that are watching "Survivor" are deciding today's election. Scary. (via PVRblog)

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