tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29789790569188818222025-09-09T13:00:12.077-07:00Movies, games, books, news, and (of course) technology. What could or should spark your inner geek.Jackal_Splicerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06452233380565546427noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2978979056918881822.post-69461270730938852992012-01-17T20:10:00.000-08:002012-01-17T20:11:55.355-08:00

"Those who give up essential liberties for temporary security do not deserve both and shall have neither." — Ben Franklin I don't know how many times this quote has proven right, and how many times again and again people do give up liberties for little to no security. Humanity wasn't made to be controlled nor to be told what to do. Humanity is to grow with endless possibilities, un-challenged,

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Okay, I LOVE this book. At first to some it might seem a bit odd, but that is what makes it so interesting. Perfect for a geek of any interest. Pick one up as soon as you can and read to your little hearts desire.  Set in a post-ecological, post-economic collapse and near-future, the story follows the story between two people apart of two companies/families. One dealing 

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This movie is obviously just another money maker (just to throw that out there). Now by itself this movie is actually pretty good. Not one to go crazy over but a nice little film to watch. But compared to the other pirates films, it just doesn't make (much) sense. The story is that Jack gets captured and the King of England wants him to find the fountain of youth before the Spanish

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Now Call of Juarez: The Cartel is now up for pre-order.  In which it is a sudden turn in time periods for sure. From civil war and Indians suddenly to present times and the Cartel. Now there are three playable characters rather than two. Which also bring an odd number three player co-op through the storyline or through different missions. Not to mention the always (well, now it

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Honest Hearts is one anticipating add-on that so many have been waiting for. One small let down of the last add-on Dead Money in which the player couldn't return to the land as soon as they finished the main quest. Honest Hearts does let the player go back and fourth as the please after they have finished with the main quest (yey). It starts with a group of traders wanting to open up a new trade

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I miss this show so much right now. :c Now I feel old thanks to those comments. :P

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Shogun 2 takes place right after the Ōnin Civil War ended at 1477. It was a conflict that brought forth many clans all fighting to take place as the new Shogun of Japan. The player takes control of one of the eight clans and must expand to be feared while keeping balance within its borders. Shogun 2 is made by The Creative Assembly and published by Sega. It is a mix of Turn Base Strategy

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Here is the press released Anonymous's response to the whole ordeal of the PSN (PlayStation Network). Along with information about Sony "exposing them", and other journalists that partook in the matter: http://pastehtml.com/view/1eejiqj.html

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While I wait for my order of Portal 2 to arrive; here are some awesome pictures that I found.  I won't do a review for Portal 2 anytime soon. I like to play a game a number of times through so I can see all the hidden stuff, experience everything, etc. All shall love lego!! 

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Okay, It is true, all six of the Star Wars films are going to be re-released in theater in Real 3D. Starting next year, each movie will be released one year at a time; thus the last movie releasing in the year 2018. But, they will release the movies starting with Star Wars Epi. 1 The Phantom Menace on February 10, 2012. John Knoll (Supervisor for Visual effects Industrial Light

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Its all known now that the PlayStation Network (PSN) has been hacked. Hackers in underground forums claim to have access to credit card details from the PSN. During the attack hackers claim to have copied 2.2m credit cards which forced Sony to shut down PSN. At the same time, about 77 million PSN users have begun to report fraud charges on their credit cards (although Sony says it is just a

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Keighley (journalist) heard directly from Gabe Newell (Company Founder) and Erik Johnson (Project Manager) that: "Portal 2 will probably be Valve's last game with an isolated single-player experience," Keighley wrote in Final Hours, "What this all means is something Newell is still trying to figure out." Single player games outside Valve have all but disappearing, God of War had a good run

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First of all, this game had lots of hype then when it came out it suddenly died. I heard nothing of it and couldn't find much to read about it. Realizing this now I must add to the collection of the few "reviews." The story pretty much takes place exactly after the first Force Unleashed (assuming the player picked the good ending) with Vader using part of Kamino's cloning technology to clone

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Just a little comedy/sarcasm while I get a little more organized with College. Sorry if I didn't/don't update as much, been busy. Enjoy:

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AT&T currently wants to buy T-Mobile and their explanation into wanting to do so is that the network wasn't ready for any of the new Smartphones or Tablets that come along. Smartphones generate 24% more mobile data trafic than the "dumbphone" and a Tablet (such as iPad) generates either equal or even greater to that of the smartphone. AT&T's data volume went up 8,000% from

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Anonymous (as everyone should know by now) has been since of April censored by Google. Operation Sony, Operation Sony update, and Operation Black Out have all been censored and taken off YouTube as of April; Claiming to have been a violation of "YouTube's Terms and Service." Along with this some information that has caught the eye of many internet users (or should have) is the New&

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Fear 3 just recently released a look into its Multiplayer over in PAX East. It so far has four modes for muliplayer which include: -Fucking Run -Contractions -Soul Survivor -Soul King Fucking Run: A "normal" type setting which has players fighting waves and waves of enemies to see how many kills and points one can get and eventually out kill the other players. One major difference is that there

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Valve released a Hatless update (which is a surprise for players) and instead added a few things from Team Fortress beta (such as the backburner airblast), nerfed some weapons, and added crits on some weapons but instead did a -25% damage. Now out of all these changes one thing stuck out more than anything. On their website is where the page talking about the update is at, and at one

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Okay, one more Portal 2 post: Apperently thanks to the wonderful world of Vavle and Sony. If you buy Portal 2 for the PS3 you will get a free copy of Portal 2 for the PC/Mac. You will get STEAM cloud for both platforms and can play with any player regardless if they are on the PC or PS3. All you have to do is connect your PSN and STEAM accounts! Read more here:http://ps3.ign.com/

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So here we have a side-scrolling MMO called Glitch. Which is being worked on my Stewart Butterfield (Co-Founder of Flickr) and Team Tiny Speck. It has just entered the Beta stage and yet is still to be said to be as famous as Farmville with all the Social Networking in it as well. The Story begins with the player(s) being inside the minds of 11 giants who all

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http://www.thinkwithportals.com/comic/ The before and after of Portal....

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Okay, first thing that got me into this film was the fact that it had the stuff that turned me into a geek in the first place. Dragons, Steampunk,WWI tech, and of course those ladies in corsets. "The Girls" (In Order) Sweet Pea; Rocket; Babydoll; Blondie; and Amber (I can't say much or I'll ruin the movie) So the movie begins with a female (nicknamed Babydoll) going into a insane 

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Magica is a game made by Arrowhead Game Studios which (up to 4) players are wizards that are sent out to save the world. Yet this adventure is stranger than your usual Lord of the Rings trip. It is a satirical adventure with many movie references ranging from the first released Star Wars to 300. The fun about it is that the players are in control of eight elements

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