Well, after two very busy months at work, the swine Flu, & a month long bout with bronchitis– I am back to blogging. During this down time I have picked up several great games & seen some fantastic movies– so look for reviews in the coming days. That’s it for now, check back soon.
The Misfits, the first and greatest horror Punk band ever, is releasing their first new music since 2003. The 12″ LP maxi single will feature two brand new songs– “Land of the Dead” & “Twilight of the Dead” both written by founder Jerry Only. The new LP will be released Halloween, 2009, but will be available for pre-order soon at the Misfits’ Fiend Store. As an added bonus, you can download both tracks from iTunes starting October 27th. Oh, & if you are lucky enough to see them on tour this fall, you can pick up a limited edition clear orange vinyl copy of Land of the Dead at the show. Only 1000 copies of both the limited edition and the 1st pressing will be available, so grab yours fast.
So, I just spent the last two hours on the phone with a friend of mine who’s facebook account was hacked tonight. Unfortunately, we made a few mistakes that I will talk about in a bit so you don’t do the same. The interesting thing about this is that it is happening more and more often. Don’t believe me? Just Google “my facebook account has been hacked” and see how many thousands of pages come up. The real disturbing thing is, not only will you find victims– but “how tos” as well.
Now, this of course is to be expected– this is what hackers do. They see a challenge and rise to it. Hacking facebook is no different than hacking into school records, medical reports, phishing for bank or credit card info, except that the penalties are not nearly as harsh. Malicious hackers do it for fun, for the challenge, to prove a point, & in some cases to get a job. A job you ask? Really? Well, if a hacker can prove there is a problem with a system, in many cases they either know the solution or can establish one with little effort. Companies hire both convicted and “reformed” hackers all the time for security positions. I recently saw an article on Monster.com with tips on how to make a hacking hobby into a career. Read more…
YouTube pulled the embed code, so here is the direct link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzQ66p8Vfdk
This looks fantastic! You can check out the offical site at zombieland.com, Follow them on Twitter, or become a fan on Facebook. Thanks to heysteven.com for the heads up via Twitter.
Well, I haven’t been posting much and I sincerely apologize. When you work for yourself, sometimes doing the actual work takes priority over personal things like, I don’t know, blogging. So what tore me away from my meal ticket, why Fanboys of course. If you are reading this you know what a fanboy is and are probably one yourself, but you may not be aware of Fanboys, the movie. I first heard about this cinematic masterpiece in 2007 when its original release date was pushed back due to the unbelieveable event of additonal funding. Director Kyle Newman was given more funding to shoot additional scenes that the original budget did not include. Which is really cool if you think about it. Most fan movies barely have enough funding to be shown on YouTube, but this one actually had George Lucas’ seal of approval and even had Kevin Smith begging for a cameo. So, learning about all this I was willing to wait until 2008 for it to be released in a theater near me, but the movie was again pushed back because the reshoots could not take place before December 2007. These reshoots were directed by Steven Brill and not by Newman, so some of the critical plot points were left out– this caused internet unrest with fans of the project. Ultimately the movie was recut and finally released in the US in February of 2009, but only in limited markets & my local theater not being one of them. This was not too surprising considering that most critics didn’t get it, and a lot of fans didn’t either. The good news? A quick release on DVD– May 19th, 2009 to be exact. Unfortunatley due to a missing Netflix rental, I did not receive a copy until more than a month later. Read more…
Bungie’s Halo: Reach Debut Teaser was shown at E3 yesterday, here is the vid courtesy of G4:
But who cares? The Halo Wars Strategic Options Add-on Pack is offically available now for 800 microsoft points, but who does Microsoft think is going to buy it? Most players have already burned this game in to the ground & I don’t know anyone who is going to spend the credits on it. The new DLC doesn’t address any of the original flaws of the online interaction and only gives you a few new easter eggs and game scenarios. (see my earlier post) All said, I was stoked about this game & it was solid for the first few hours, but once I realized i couldn’t play the way I wanted to, i let it collect dust under my copy of Dance, Dance Revolution. Save your self the time and credits and just trade in your copy of Halo Wars for a used copy of Halo 2 and call it a day.
Boy does it.
Brilliant is the only word that I can use to describe the newest installment of the Star Trek film franchise. I have waited a few days to write this because I really wanted the film to soak in before I tried to express how I felt about it. Being a Trekkie, I have been excited about this movie since the first rumblings back in 2005. I downloaded wallpaper for my computer, re-watched all of the original episodes & films (even “The Voyage Home” which is my least favorite), & for the last 4 years have been throwing out random “live long & prospers” to perfect strangers. I went opening night, bought my tickets the day before, and got in line an hour early. I sat mesmerized by the sites and sounds of a very familiar story told in an entirely new and exciting way. J.J Abrams thrust Star Trek closer to the 22nd century than any other director before him, while still capturing the essence of the original series. Gene Rodenberry, who created the series and who died shortly after Star Trek VI premiered, would have had a hard time creating a more perfect version of his world. It had everything you would expect from a Star Trek movie– action, adventure, great cinematics, better than real CGI, bad ass aliens, & a hot scantily clad Orion chick (played by Rachel Nichols who will also be in this summer’s GI Joe movie). And as much as I miss William Shatner as good old Captain James T. Kirk, Chris Pine, who starred in Bottle Shock, did an almost seemless job of filling his shoes. Speaking of Cast, Zachary Quinto (heros) as Spock, Karl Urban (Lord of the Rings, Doom) as Bones, Zoe Saldana (Vantage Point, Black Out) as Nyota Uhura, Freaking Simon Pegg (Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, Run Fatboy Run) as Scotty, John Cho (Harold and Kumar) as Sulu, & new comer (if you don’t count TV) Anton Yelchin as Chekov. Plus, Leonard Nimoy as Spock Prime and a cameo by Winona Ryder as Spock’s Mom (betcha didn’t catch that one). I don’t think a better cast could have been assembled. I did miss Mark Lenard playing Ambassador Sarek (Spock’s Father) who has been in every variation of Trek since the beginning, but was glad to see a new Crewman #6 disposed of so readily on Vulcan. Read more…
