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Video Games News & Opinions

(Surprisingly Not Crazy) Thoughts On Mass Effect 3′s Ending, Old & New (Mostly New)

Posted June 30, 2012 by Jason L.

Unlike Adam (aka CheeseBadger), I’m not a fan of the Extended Cut. Sugarcoating a piece of crap doesn’t make it food. It might look more like food, but it’s still not edible. This is the case of the Mass Effect 3 Extended Cut. When you talk about Mass Effect as a franchise, one word comes [...]

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Highlander Remake Casts Its Lead: Ryan Reynolds!

Posted June 29, 2012 by Adam Popovich

You heard me, Ryan Reynolds has been cast as Connor Macleod in the Highlander remake. For many, apparently this is a bad thing, but I’ve always had a history of loving Ryan Reynolds, and I always look forward to seeing his abs him in anything I watch. I think he’s a perfectly fine actor, and has [...]

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The Best of 2012 NBA Draft: Our 5 Winners

Posted June 29, 2012 by Jason L.

For the last six or so years of watching the NBA, I have finally enjoyed a draft night. For years, my favorite team has either: a) traded picks to avoid luxury tax, or, b) drafted the inferior one of siblings. Let’s take a look at a list of players my team could have drafted had [...]

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‘Guild Wars 2′ Release Date Announced!

Posted June 29, 2012 by Bree Brouwer

Fans of Guild Wars can rejoice. Today Mike O’Brien of ArenaNet announced the official release date of the Guild Wars sequel, Guild Wars 2, after a few rounds of beta and stress tests.  So starting on August 28, 2012, all you guildies can hit that power button and join in on the glory (no, the word guildies does not have [...]

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Thoughts On Mass Effect 3′s Endings, Old & New

Posted June 29, 2012 by Adam Popovich

Mass Effect is a series in gaming that is unique in many aspects. It’s one of the first to actually portray a truly mature, adult story, in a relatively Hard SF setting. It’s a series that has won many fans because of its engaging, emotionally resonant story and characters, that let you place yourself in [...]

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2012 ‘Hall of Fame’ Inductees – Shanahan Snubbed

Posted June 28, 2012 by Alex Belsky

The 2012 Hockey Hall of Fame class has been decided and joining the no-brainer, first-ballot Joe Sakic are Pavel Bure, Adam Oates and Mats Sundin. The biggest surprise of the nomination process, much to the chagrin of Red Wings Nation, was the omission of Brendan Shanahan. Shanahan is definitely Hall of Fame caliber and will [...]

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Grizzly Links: Late, But Totally Worth the Wait.

Posted June 28, 2012 by Bree Brouwer

- “Street Fighter II” + “Portal Gun” = Hysterical:  You can never have too many guns, especially Portal ones.  [GammaSquad] – Bill Murray Streaks with His Clothes On, the Crowd Goes Wild:  Seriously, who could be mad about this?  [FilmDrunk] – Joss Whedon picks his “Buffy” favorite top 10:  Win, win, win, win, win, etc. [...]

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Ted – 2 AM Text Review

Posted June 28, 2012 by Guest Writer

My buddy Aaron is a bartender for a certain movie theater here in Michigan, and on occasion, the theater will have advanced employee screenings for movies the Wednesday night prior to the film’s release. These are his thoughts on TED… Aaron: WAKEUP SNOWFLAKE!! Just finished watching Ted. – 2:02 AM Aaron: Between the last 2 [...]

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Captain America 2: Zola, Bucky, and The Avengers

Posted June 28, 2012 by Adam Edmondston

More news has come to light about the new Captain America movie. The Playlist had this to say… Black Widow and Hawkeye may also be involved in Captain America 2 and there will be some romance between them. The pair of agents shared plenty of screen time with Captain America in The Avengers, and having [...]

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Yet Another ‘The Dark Knight Rises’ Robin Rumor

Posted June 28, 2012 by Scott Fraser

Speculation about whether or not Robin will appear in The Dark Knight Rises has been going on for a long time now. Nolan has made it clear that there is no place for Robin in his Bat-world, which you think would end it all right there. But not us fanboys, no sir. We have to [...]

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New Trailer for ‘Prototype’ – Robot in Disguise!

Posted June 27, 2012 by Adam Edmondston

Just to clarify, this is not the film adaptation of the 2009 Activison game Prototype, nor is it based of the 1983 TV movie with the same name starring Christopher Plummer. It is however the latest movie from the Bandits Brothers (the company behind Act of Valor). It does however seem to take elements from [...]

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Wrestling

WWE Announces New Show to Weekly Lineup!

Posted June 27, 2012 by Adam Popovich

In an age where keeping business plans secret is nearly impossible, and where released dirt sheets spoil myriad wrestling story lines on a weekly basis, this week WWE actually managed to surprise most of the Internet Wrestling community by announcing a brand new, Prime Time original series to complement its current programming schedule. The show [...]

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TV Reviews

Cinemax’s Femme Fatales: 205 – Killer Instinct

Posted June 26, 2012 by Scott Fraser

We’ve seen a lot of different Femme Fatales over the course of the series, and this one is no different. She is a beautiful, seductive, highly trained assassin, who is probably bad luck to anyone she meets. This episodes starts with just such a meeting.  We get to witness Davis (Mark Simich) and Lauren (Mirtha [...]

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The Munsters are Back in ‘Mockingbird Lane’

Posted June 26, 2012 by Lucy Shaw

Because the world apparently demanded it, NBC has in production a pilot for a remake of The Munsters. Called Mockingbird Lane – the street where The Munsters live – it is  being produced and written by Bryan Fuller (Pushing Daisies) and directed by Bryan Singer. For anybody who doesn’t know what The Munsters is (I don’t want to be [...]

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TNT’s Falling Skies: 2.03 – “Compass”

Posted June 26, 2012 by Rev. Mark Kaiser
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Monday Night Raw: Recap & Review 6/25/12

Posted June 26, 2012 by Adam Popovich

Tonight’s Raw opens with a recap of the whole AJ/Daniel Bryan/CM Punk/Kane horrible imaginary 4-way storyline. It then cuts to a backstage scene, with AJ speaking out loud to herself, rehearsing conversations with the three of them, as if they were all there. Oddly they tried to make it some kind of reveal that she [...]

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Mircosoft vs. Motorola: XBOX 360 to be Banned? *UPDATED*

Posted June 25, 2012 by Jason L.

A while back, Microsoft decided to sue Motorola (owned by Google) over Motorola’s use of ActiveSync in their Android phones. ActiveSync, in a nutshell, updates calendar automatically. Most smart phone manufacturers have already settled with Microsoft by paying royalties. Anyways, in retaliation, Motorola sued Microsoft over Microsoft’s violation of Motorola’s patents. They include Wi-fi tech, [...]

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