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Get ready for a brand new level of gaming lag! Microsoft has announced that Halo 2 and Windows Live Gaming will be coming to their flagship operating system, Vista, on May 8th. [Link]
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There’s a Stargate MMO coming our way. Based on the worlds visited during the long-running movie-cum-tv spin-off Stargate SG-1, and the more recent Sci-Fi channel darling, Stargate Atlantis (the spin-off of the spin-off!), Stargate Worlds MMO is set to be a huge gaming environment containing all the planets featured throughout the shows, or as Cheyenne Mountain’s Joe Ybarrra says “as many as we have time to build.” There are also two direct-to-video movies in production which Ybarra suggests will share content (both up and down stream) with the MMO. [Link]
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EA and Spielberg. Two great gaming tastes that taste great together. [Link]
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Dell wants you to plant a tree, and it’s the first time we agree with anything Dell has ever suggested! Plant a Tree is now an add-on option with every Dell computer purchase, with the intent of reducing the ecological footprint created by every PC. And just in case you’re not in the market for a new computer, they’ve added a stand-alone donation section. [Link]
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From mile-long lines to midnight shootings to the most unwanted console on the market? PS3, what up? [Link]
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Can’t get enough handheld gaming? Love show tunes? Well then you’re in luck! From now until April 22 you can quell your jones for both with The Game Boy, a Broadway musical from the Vital Childrens Theatre about a boy who “gets too wrapped up in his new exciting computer game adventures.” [Link]
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| Bytes: Trek XI Gets Title, Capt America Dead |
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The much-anticipated 11th Star Trek film will be titled … Star Trek. Paramount’s big-screen prequel, to be direct by Lost creator J.J. Abrams, is tentatively scheduled for release Christmas 2008. [Link]
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In case you haven’t heard by now (yeah, right!): Captain America Shot and Killed! Thank the massive mainstream media coverage for spoiling the story before fans could read about it in Marvel Comics Captain America #25.
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yes, Yes, YES!! Check out the pre-release single, Farcry, off of Snakes & Arrows, the upcoming album due out on May 1 from ProgRock deities, Rush. [Link]
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CBR was lucky enough to get a sneak peak of the upcoming Heroes episode “.07%” at the Museum of Television and Radio, wherein the mysterious Mr. Linderman sheds some more light on his plans for the future. *Avast, spoilers ahead!* [Link]
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Gaming guru Peter Molyneux is taking man’s best friend to a whole new level in Lionhead Studios’ upcoming Fable 2. Here’s some footage, with Peter’s narration, from the GDC ’07. Oh yeah, there’s also mention of protected vs. unprotected sex… huh?!? [Link]
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Russell T. Davies says that Doctor Who will have another go ’round, with Series 4 being confirmed in this interview on the Telegraph.co.uk. [Link]
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The first of four direct-to-DVD Futurama movies, titled Bender’s Big Score, is scheduled for release December of ’07. Creator Matt Groening talks with IF magazine about the upcoming The Simpsons Movie, as well as the Futurama DVDs. [Link]
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R rating to get harder? [Link]
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Macbook au flambe? Mattyb plays show and tell with this tale of his girlfriend’s laptop going nuclear meltdown in the middle of the night. Let’s hope this is a rare and isolated incident! [Link]
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Check out a trailer for Simon Pegg‘s (Shawn of the Dead) upcoming film Run, Fatboy, Run over at firstshowings.net [Link]
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Gizmodo sez there’s a good chance that next month Apple Inc. will be releasing Black 24-inch iMacs, Mac Pros with 8-Core processors, updated 15-inch MacBooks, and a new line of Cinema displays. [Link]
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Jet Li is joining Michelle Yeoh in the cast of The Mummy 3. Li will reportedly play the eponymous character. [Link]
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The trailer for Next, another in a long line of successful Phillip K. Dick movie adaptations, is up at apple.com. The film, which is based on Dick’s 1954 short story The Golden Man, stars Nicolas Cage, Julianne Moore, and Jessica Biel. [Link]
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Classic Sci-fi film The Day The Earth Stood Still has a remake in the works, currently slated for a May ’08 release. [Link]
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The Incredibles director Brad Bird is rumored to direct a live-action film based on the book 1906, a fictionalized story set during the infamous San Francisco earthquake. [Link]
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