Posted by Stephen Johnson - Monday, November 12, 2007 6:07 PM
Here's what went down today in the world of popular culture, videogames and technology.
- Populous is coming to the Nintendo DS.
- The first day of the 2007 Miss Video Game contest "wrapped up in grand style."
- Unreal Tournament 3 will feature GameSpy's multiplayer technology.
- Take Two president Strauss Zelnick spoke to GameSpot on Friday, and systematically shot-down a host of internet rumors swirling around about the delay of Grand Theft Auto 4.
- Residents of Broward County, Florida can now go online and file divorce actions.
- Check out our review of the Raptor Ultimate Gaming Chair.
- Engadget is claiming Microsoft will launch the Zune Originals website tomorrow, where customers will be able to customize their second generation Zune free of charge.
- NBC launched NBC Direct service that allows free downloads of NBC shows up to seven days after they air.
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Posted by Robt. Juster - Monday, November 12, 2007 5:44 PM
We were kinda "meh" on the last couple Need For Speed games... they were decent, but there are a lot of decent games out these days. You're going to have to be extra super good to get our attention this month.
Need for Speed ProStreet looks like its going to hit that extra super good mark. It makes its way to stores Wednesday, and we've put together a page chock-full of previews, trailers and developer interviews. Hit the link below and check it out.
X-Play: Need for Speed ProStreet Blowout
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Tags: Cars, PlayStation 3, Videogames, Xbox 360
Posted by Mike D'Alonzo - Monday, November 12, 2007 4:53 PM
 Crave Online is all about The New Avengers: Illuminati #5, which reveals which of the Avengers is the Skrull that has been infiltrating the outfit over the last several issues. This is all building up to the giant Marvel crossover of Invasion, which is sure to bring the Skrulls like nobody's business.
So, go to Crave Online and read all about it. No one wants to be behind the times when there's such an important comic event in the not-too-distant future. Do they?
Crave Online: The New Avengers: Illuminati concludes.
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Tags: Comics
Posted by Stephen Johnson - Monday, November 12, 2007 4:43 PM
Last week we posted a behind-the-scenes look at the making of the Beowulf videogame but this is the big week for Beowulf fans.
The Ubisoft movie-inspired videogame based on the original Viking badass hits stores tomorrow four days before the movie opens nationwide. Check out this bloody launch trailer!
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Tags: Videogames, Videos
Posted by Mike D'Alonzo - Monday, November 12, 2007 3:50 PM
 Well, kids, looks like this WGA strike is going to last quite some time, and, as our new shows are finishing up their stockpile, we're soon going to be running out of fresh meat to enjoy, television-wise. That's where TheFeed comes in, to help you determine what to do with your miserable life when there's nothing on television.
So, today's recommendations:
- St. Elsewhere (Season One) - The greatest television show of all time. Launched the careers of Howie Mandel, Ed Begley, Jr., Denzel Washington, Alfre Woodard, David Morse, and Tim Robbins. The first season, on DVD for the first time, is all tension all the time. Keep an eye on Peter White. He'll be important later.
- Twin Peaks (The Gold Box) - Contains seasons one and two of David Lynch's most excellent television show that had the world on edge for an entire year back in the late 80's/early 90's. This box contains all the episodes and the pilot, re-released for the first time.
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Posted by Stephen Johnson - Monday, November 12, 2007 3:30 PM
Gamefly's top game list is back, folks, and you won't find a better down-and-dirty barometer of the desires of gamers. This week, the most popular games (Cross Platform) are:
- Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Xbox 360)
- Assassin's Creed (Xbox 360)
- Mass Effect (Xbox 360)
- Super Mario Galaxy (Wii)
- Timeshift (Xbox 360)
- Uncharted: Drake's Fortune (PS3)
- Kane & Lynch: Dead Men (Xbox 360)
- Simpsons Game (Xbox 360)
- Assassin's Creed (PS3)
- Half-Life 2: The Orange Box (Xbox 360)
For more detailed list from each console, click the tag.
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Posted by Stephen Johnson - Monday, November 12, 2007 3:16 PM
 TheFeed supports the same things feminists do. As long as our dinner is on the table when we get home from work, you gals can believe any damn thing you want. And you look adorable when you get passionate about politics.
The women of Sweden, though, are taking the whole equality thing even further and demand the right to bare their breasts in public pools. To make their point, protesters show up at swimming pools, take off their tops and go for a dip. That's what we call politics!
"We want our breasts to be as 'normal' and desexualized as men's, so that we too can pull off our shirts at football matches," spokeswomen Astrid Hellroth och Liv Ambjörnsson told Ottar, a magazine published by the Swedish Association for Sexuality Education.
We support the beautiful women of Sweden and their fight to go topless. As long as my dinner is on the table when I get home.
TheLocal: Topless Swedish bathers: 'They're just breasts'
(TheFeed jokes around a lot, but we actually think the Swedish women have a point. Also, that picture? It's a Blue-Footed Booby.)
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Tags: Girls, Videogames
Posted by Stephen Johnson - Monday, November 12, 2007 2:43 PM
 Playing Second Life is like walking around in a collective utopian dream. Linden Labs' MMO/user-created-experience is a new frontier of trans-human evolution where every man is god, free from physical limitations to realize his deepest desires. Judging from the game, the best humanity can come up with are barren shopping malls, oversized animated genitalia and unicorn rape.
So news organization CNN is opening up shop there! The network is encouraging residents of Second Life to share their own "SL I-Reports" about events occurring within the virtual world.
When Second Life residents see something they deem newsworthy (like a unicorn rape, or a particularly well-made set of animated genitals), they can take snapshots, shoot video, or write a report about the event and submit to CNN, where it will be "broadcast" to other residents of Second Life, who are, let's face it, the only people on earth who care about what occurs in Second Life or believe that anything that "happens" to pretend people inside a videogame can possibly be considered news in any sense of the word at all.
So WTF, Second Life/CNN? Also, there's a blog.
CNN: CNN enters the virtual world of Second Life
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Tags: Other People's Misfortune, PC Gaming, Videogames
Posted by Mike D'Alonzo - Monday, November 12, 2007 2:38 PM
 Hitman, the movie, has been under some scrutiny of late over the idea that it might hit movie theaters with a PG or PG-13 rating, which seems to be a bit off from the tone of the game. Well, worry not. The movie will be able to retain its deviously violent edge now that the MPAA has draped it with an 'R' rating.
The movie will be released in a couple of weeks, with Timothy Olyphant as the title character. We don't know if it will be any good, as a matter of fact, we're betting against it, but it will at least be violent, and that's pretty good, no?
Kotaku: Confirmed: 'Hitman' Movie To Be Rated "R"
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Posted by Stephen Johnson - Monday, November 12, 2007 2:30 PM
While Sony usually updates their systems with small changes, often, Microsoft tends to drop a whole mess of update on 360 owners all at once. So when they update, they really update. The fall update is already late, so speculation is running rampant as to what new features it will contain.
The Parental Timer has been confirmed. Footballer Jerry Rice and the PTA think this is a good idea. Likely kids who still live at home do not. Other than that, the European market will almost certainly be enjoying the movie and TV show downloads we've been watching in the states. And some web-heads are talking abou Divx support, but no one knows for sure.
But other than that, it could be, literally, anything. TheFeed would like to see a surliness timer, so when parents use the parental timer to discipline their kids, kids can respond with automatic surliness. That way, everyone's life is easier.
What would you like to see?
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Tags: Videogames, Xbox 360
Posted by Stephen Johnson - Monday, November 12, 2007 11:52 AM
 Rock Band just blew TheFeed's collective head off with the news that one of the games bonus tracks will be Timmy and the Lords of the Underworld singing "Timmy."
There's a video at IGN.
We think Rock Band just won.
Timmm-MAY!
IGN.com: Rock Band and the Lords of the Underworld
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Tags: Music, Videogames
Posted by Stephen Johnson - Monday, November 12, 2007 11:44 AM
Rumor on the internet website machine computer thing is that Microsoft is planning a big surprise for the 2nd anniversary of the birth of Xbox Live Arcade.
XBLA is set to receive its 100th game during the same period, so you'd expect Microsoft would drop a double-dose of awesome on consumers.
Website Xblarcade.com says their unnamed source within Microsoft promises next week we will be playing the “true” sequel to the biggest XBLA title to date. (EDIT: Not as the 100th game. That honor belongs to Screwjumper.)
Which is Geometry Wars, right?
We shall see how true the rumor is soon.
Xblargcade.com: Rumor: MS to go all out for release #100
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Tags: Videogames, Xbox 360
Posted by Ty Colfax - Monday, November 12, 2007 11:28 AM
It’s almost time, people… It’s almost time for all your aunts and your mom to drag you to the mall… It’s almost time for you to wander aimlessly through the local game store chain reading descriptions of lame PC efforts and old 64 games in the bargain bin… It’s Black Friday, people. Get to shopping.
And here’s a little something to keep you from going insane while sucking on an Orange Julius at the mall, sitting on those little benches by the plants in the middle of the thing, with the thing.
Target is unleashing some decent deals on HDTVs like the Olevia for $549. PSP for $169? Sure, I’ve been meaning to get one.
There are some halfway decent deals at Radio Shack if you’re among the 4 people that still shop there.
For the moment you can do some online shopping through Sears that rivals other prices for places you have to actually go to, including an HD Tivo for $279.
And check out this Best Buy ad which boasts 50% off HBO full season boxes. (It’s not clear whether this Fragglerock Season 2 or stuff you actually want.)
And you can’t beat a day that has its own web site: blackfriday.info
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Posted by Stephen Johnson - Monday, November 12, 2007 11:14 AM
Our robotic overlords have their quirks--the way their heads explode when Captain Kirk confuses their logic, the fact that they've enslaved all mankind to work in their outer space diamond mines, etc.--but it's all forgotten when the robots rock out.
So we're happy that Gibson is releasing a robotic, self tuning guitar. It will be available December 7, and will allow for single touch "standard" tuning as well as allowing for six common altered tunings.
In honor of robots rocking out, TheFeed is proud to present our incomplete list of robots who rock out. It's under the jump. Feel free to add any we forgot in our comment section.
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