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"The Top 100 Games of All Time!
Yes, friends, more than 30 editors located all over the world set aside their ages, allegiances and personal favorites to pick the hundred best videogames that the planet has ever seen! There was fighting, there was mayhem, and there was pizza -- lots and lots of pizza.
Now, some of you may proclaim, "but your list is different from the rankings you guys did in 2005!" Well, of course it is people. Plenty of fantastic games have been released since then, and we have plenty of new folks in our ranks to throw in their couple of cents. We're also not afraid to admit that our tastes change over time too."
Great Invasions: The Dark Ages "350-1066 AD" (PC)
Colorful maps for your PC.
Analyst optimistic over Windows take-up. People will adopt Windows Vista faster than they went for XP, according to one analyst.
Filed under: Programming, What To Watch Tonight
At 8, ABC has A Charlie Brown Christmas (hopefully they'll show it again closer to Christmas), then the season finale of Dancing with the Stars. - CBS has a new NCIS at 8, followed by new episodes of The Unit and Cane.
- NBC has a new Biggest Loser at 8, then a new Law and Order: SVU.
- FOX has new episodes of Bones and House.
- There's a new Beauty and the Geek on The CW at 8, followed by a new Reaper.
- At 9, HGTV has a new Decorating Cents, then a new 24 Hour Design.
- Hallmark has John Denver in The Christmas Gift at 9.
- Discovery has a new Dirty Jobs at 9, then a new Everest: Beyond the Limit.
- At 10, FX has a new Nip/Tuck.
- TLC has a new Miami Ink at 10.
- Also at 10: Bravo has a new Real Housewives of Orange County.
- At 10:15, TCM has The Hustler.
Check your local TV listings for more.
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IGN takes you through the epic battle between GeOW2 and R2.
IGN proudly points out that Resistance 2 is the 'better' shooter.
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Give your Xbox 360 it's own blog with 360voice. The system uses a unique technology which takes data from your gamertag, which is than transformed into a history of your gaming, told from the perspective of your Xbox in blog format.
IDW Publishing has joined with Paramount Pictures, J.J. AbramsÂ’ Bad Robot Productions, Kurtzman/Orci Productions and CBS Consumer Products to publish a four-issue limited comic book series tied to next summerÂ’s new Star Trek movie.
Game of the Year. It's a title that many a game developer covet for their own brainchild - and with today's video gaming community not as easily amused or impressed as it was a few generations back, it's harder than ever to even have your own creation be considered for this prestigious award. After all, should your game even be nominated for such an honor, it pretty much means that you're doing something right, and your title has caught the attention of not only its target demographic but also of the entire video game community's (or at least, a goodly-sized chunk of it).
Two men attempt to rob a gas station but the clerk locks the door.
This is a column by one of the authors of The Underminer: or, The Best Friend Who Casually Destroys Your Life. Today: isn't the WGA strike a good opportunity to deepen your yoga practice?
Hi you! How are you? Yes! I am back in New York! Ha ha! It's so weird to be back! Because when you aren't here for a while you really do see how tired and grey everyone looks. No, you look great! Like Helena Bonham Carter in Sweeney Todd!
I was just at Florent with Julianne catching up on old times. About all the crazy drug addicts and failed artists we used to know. And you walk up! What a blast from the past!
Sigh. Remember coming here to Florent after clubbing? Are you still doing that? How fun for you! How fun! You must be having fun!
No I really want to know! As you know, I have been so busy for the past few years as a showrunner for Deadwood and the Sopranos and some top secret upcoming cultural milestones.
But with the STRIKE going on I am finally free and can really re-attune myself ...so I have been working on my villa in Hana, deepening my yoga practice, spending quality time with Wentworth. My boyfriend. My boyfriend Wentworth. Who is also pretty freed up right now because of the STRIKE.
I gotta say, I got pretty sick of living in paradise. And since I can't make tons and tons of money being creatively fulfilled working for premium television, I decided to come to New York and pursue my first love: theater!
It's just so satisfying. Feeling the energy of the audience! In fact I just performed last night with Eva Longoria and the cast of Two and a Half Men. We just got onstage and did some crazy freestyle performance art! I cut up some old credit cards and cried. Charlie and John pretended they were gay and HIV positive and angry! Eva smeared herself with yams and cussed! Where? I don't know...some dirty East Village place called La Mamba? La Latka?
Oh! La Mama? You know it? It's so funky! Wow! You are still doing your crazy downtown performance art, huh? That's so cool, keeping the dream alive. You and your friends. Well get ready, because we media mavens are coming to town, and are feelin' experimental! Ha ha!
Sandra Oh will be starring in a production of Medea at PS122. And I am directing Josh Duhamel and the Fergs in a deconstructed dissonant musical version of Love Letters at some place called The Flea. And Carmen Electra will be performing this amazing, groundbreaking kind of dance form called "Burlesque"? Have you heard of it? Oh really? There are women doing it here? Well it's quite a sight when SHE does it.
Its just so...nourishing...for us established (okay, I'll just say it: rich!) writers and actors and producers to have this time to come back and see what its like to STRUGGLE for art. Just for a little bit. You know? Like to pretend we live in New York and were never discovered and can barely pay for our Cobra health insurance and have bags under our eyes? We are all so into it because it will help inform and legitimize our material after the STRIKE when we go back to making piles and piles and piles of money!
Anyway it really made me thankful for this Thanksgiving. And I hope you are thankful too. Because, I'm sorry I don't mean to harp on you, but you seem sort of down. I mean, you should really appreciate what you have going on in your crazy downtown scene. Whether or not you ever are able to open an IRA or travel to Barcelona is not the point. It's what is on the INSIDE that you should be thankful for. Take it from me! Coming here and roughing it for a month has really shown me how GREAT it is to be a struggling artist who may never make money. It's good for the character I am writing for my new top secret HBO show.
Anyway, be good to yourself. Maybe try to get some sleep. I'll see you soon I hope!
Toodles!
35 new shots posted.
Aah aint that nice... oh wait a minute, what the hell?
Midterms are in the air, as you may have sensed from Nobodaddy's stress-inspired story last Wednesday (TMT News). Frankly, if I have to struggle with information I have learned and barely retained, then I think you should too. Thus, Tiny Mix Tapes is proud to inflict upon you: The Ladytron Challenge!!!!!
This test will be multiple choice with each question worth 666 points, so please do the best you can. Your reputation as reader with a strong repertoire of musical knowledge depends on it. (...)
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The answer (well, one
obvious answer) is after the jump!
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Ordinarily hot drunk blondes can do no wrong in my book. Normal dumb drunk blondes come home and make out girls, take their tops off, share a meal out of a cup... This girl ate maggots.
Forums roundup: Members are discussing a recent test of a modified Mac Pro using Intel's new quad core processors to achieve a total of eight cores -- benchmarks included.... One user questions whether he should purchase an 5th Generation iPod, comparing it to products such as Microsoft's Zune as well as questioning the strength of the iPod 'cool f...
Filed under: Nintendo DS, Sports
If you
intentionally ignored overlooked last week's Wii release of
Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games, Sega hopes to entice you with the DS version instead. The handheld mascot showdown has been assigned a release date of January 22nd, placing it in the sea of calm following this holiday's storm of
intergalactic mega-epics. By next year, you might actually
care whether or not a portly plumber can best a hedgehog in a test of physical endurance.
The press release notes that the DS version of Mario & Sonic boasts single- and multi-card multiplayer, as well as exclusive Olympic events not seen in the console variant. These include platform diving, cycling and "Dream Shooting (Skeet)," no doubt an event tasking players with murdering the star of TV's "
Jericho" before time runs out.
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An anonymous reader writes "Developer 2D Boy has written that they are seeing an 82% piracy rate for everyone's favorite DRM-free physics puzzler, World of Goo. Surprisingly, this rate is in-line with what they were expecting. The article also features a fascinating comparison with the piracy rate of another game that was shipped complete with DRM, at 92%. There seemed to be no major difference in the outcomes of the rate regardless of whether DRM was used or not... well, no difference other than the cost to implement such nonsense."
Read more of this story at Slashdot.
Microsoft released Windows Vista SP1 RC Preview to 15,000 testers as part of its private beta program.
People magazine has posted a new photo of Owen Wilson on the Santa Monica set of Paramount comedy Drillbit Taylor , which opens in theaters December 2007.
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A Cello Trailer for Assassin's Creed has been released. It basically follows the hero through different settings in the game, while he fights the bad guys and runs around, all the while set to some music.
Assassin?s Creed is set in 1191 AD, when the Third Crusade was tearing the Holy Land apart. Shrouded in secrecy and feared for their ruthlessness, the Assassins intend to stop the hostilities by suppressing both sides of the conflict. Players, assuming the role of the main character Altair, will have the power to throw their immediate environment into chaos and to shape events during this pivotal moment in history.
Forums roundup: Members are discussing the new Core 2 Duo version of Apple's MacBook laptops and how they differ from their predecessor, the Core Duo-based model.... Some users are expressing concern over the safety of Norton Anti-Virus solutions after one iMac owner -- who is one in a long line of users -- experienced numerous problems while using...
Five years in the making, Windows Vista has reached its final form at last. It's an ambitious release, from an ambitious company.
Famitsu confirms paid Wii download content for weird Japanese word game - Mario Galaxy next?.
Downloadable content is a staple of PS3 and Xbox 360 releases these days, but it looks like Wii is about to get DLC content of its own via the upcoming Wii Ware service.
Click here to read the full article
Throw out those retirement rumors.
A report issued by the inspector general at the U.S. Department of Transportation says the agency isn't doing enough to protect personal data stored in a registry of problem drivers.
The 360 HD DVD player may not be available just yet, but you can get some breathing room on everyone else this Xmas by pre-ordering yours today. Amazon has it only $199 with a release date of November 7. Goes great with the recent 360 update that enabled 1080p, but broke 360s, then was re-released. – Jason Chen
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Ripten will be posting a "deals of the week" column meant to help frugal gamers get the games and gadgets they love without breaking the bank.
"Harry Potter" author J.K. Rowling has updated her official site with a note saying that she now has three titles for the seventh and final book.
Console Weekly Total
DS 177,772 17,540,509
Wii 111,300 3,866,326
PS3 73,614 1,953,642
PS2 70,057 44,272,772
PSP 51,757 8,641,209
x360 38,212 3,860,039
GBA 5,634 21,296,451
Total 528,346
Ripten writes:
"Far too often I find myself looking forward to the next big game instead of enjoying what I have now. I read exclusive first looks at games, follow their development for two years or so while fantasizing about how truly epic it will be when I finally get to play them, and then they release. Never do those games, no matter how great, live up to the anticipation I felt while waiting for them for so long. Instead of enjoying them like I should, I end up just repeating the cycle by again looking forward to some game to be released in the distant future.
The Witcher is a shining example of a game that isn't overhyped, a game that just appears out of nowhere and manages to be fantastic. Instead of setting itself up for my inevitable disappointment by exclaiming how awesome it is, The Witcher just shows up and says nothing because it doesn't have to. It bares its teeth, flashes some boobs, gets drunk, and kicks some ass. This is something I know you want to hear more about."
Filed under: Drama, Thrillers, Casting, Deals, New Releases, Newsstand
As I came across the announcement of
Ed Harris' new project
Appaloosa, I realized just how solid his career has been. With over 55 movies to his name -- and they vary too, try and tell me
Swing Shift to
Glengarry Glen Ross isn't a leap -- Harris is one of the best working actors today.
Harris directed and starred in
Pollock (2000) with great success, so he's decided to do it again. He has chosen to not only direct and star in
Appaloosa, but he is also writing the screenplay. The film is based on Robert B. Parker's novel about a marshal in a
High Noon scenario with a corrupt rancher. Also attached to the project is
Diane Lane and Harris' co-star from
History of Violence,
Viggo Mortensen (you can check out Karina's review
here).
There aren't many production details yet as Harris is still busy promoting the upcoming film
Copying Beethoven (directed by
Agnieszka Holland), where he plays the famed composer in his later years. Like I said, the man has range.
[via
Dark Horizons]
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Some consumers who purchased Valve's Orange Box from vendors located outside of their home country -- mainly in an attempt to save on cheaper products -- have recently reported that their otherwise legally-obtained games have since been deactivated by Valve's Steam software for territory violation.
Talking with Shacknews, Valve's Doug Lombardi now says that the Steam software is merely carrying out this function by design.
"Valve uses Steam for territory control to make sure products authorized for use in certain territories are not being distributed and used outside of those territories," said Lombardi.
Revolutionize your interactive gaming and online communication experience with the PLAYSTATION®Eye USB camera. The PLAYSTATION®Eye has the ability to reduce background noise and focus on the spoken word for smoother, more accurate speech recognition and transfer. The fast frame rate allows for improved tracking and responsiveness for pristine video quality. The PLAYSTATION®Eye is also engineered to perform well in low-light conditions and includes a dual action lens for close-up and full body options.
Well, we knew it was only a matter of time, right? Shock Till You Drop reports that Child's Play producer David Kirschner is preparing to give his franchise the remake/reboot treatment.
Months after being announced, the alliance provides proof of its existence with a Windows release.
Wiz Solitaire is a collection of card games with the ability to use beautiful custom decks. It supports different deck formats, allowing you to choose between thousands of available card sets. You can also easily create your own decks with the included Deck Editor. It includes more than 20 games including Klondike, Free Cell, Spider, Pyramid, Eagle Wing, Baker's Dozen, Seahaven, Rouge et Noir, Scorpion, La Belle Lucie, Golf, and Yukon.
License: Shareware
Changes:
Forty Thieves, Josephine, and Streets, which were
accidentally broken in the previous release, have
been fixed.
Go up and try your bad pickup lines on this woman, I dare you.
Filed under: Culture, Sony PlayStation 3
The PlayStation 3's system font isn't the only thing it's borrowing from
Spider-Man. Just like the first one million PSPs came bundled with Sony Pictures'
Spider-Man 2, the first half million PlayStation 3 systems will come with Will Ferrell's NASCAR opus,
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby in the much-vaunted Blu-ray format. While Will Ferrell's pocked visage isn't the first thing we'd like to experience in stunning 1080p (we're thinking
giant apes on skyscrapers is a little more befitting) we are impressed that the Sony Pictures title will be bundled a month before it reaches the unwashed masses at retail on December 12th. Gotta love that corporate synergy!
With just
400K launch units in North America -- all bound to sell out mere seconds after their pristine boxes enter the grime of the retail environment -- you can consider this a freebie for the early adopters camping out for their console. And hopefully they have either a PS2 component cable or an HDMI cable to watch it with 'cause --
just like the Japanese console -- "video output in HD requires cables and an HD-compatible display, both sold separately."
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IThe ComebacksI is directed by Tom Brady, who has absolutely nothing to do with New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady, but it might as well have been him. That could have been funnier. Does a movie like this even need a director? Perhaps they use him to carry props. He certainly had nothing to do with making it funny, since its not. It isnt even much of a sports parody. Most of the jokes are phallic puns or obvious but not too offensive! sex gags that really have nothing to with football, baseball, or anything else...
CIO Forum: Unilever IT chief on getting staffing right...
ComingSoon.net talks with Kelley Sane, the fascinating screenwriter of New Line's new global thriller Rendition , starring Reese Witherspoon and Jake Gyllenhaal. He tells us how the project came about and was developed since he first heard of the questionable CIA policy on which the movie is based.
