I just got the word via email from Netflix,Dear Stephen,You spoke, and we listened. We are keeping Profiles. Thank you for all the calls and emails telling us how important Profiles are.We are sorry for any inconvenience we may have caused. We hope the next time you hear from us we will delight, and not…
Month: June 2008
Coming Soon from Nintendo
Wario Land: Shake It! stars Wario, the smelly, bad-mannered alter ego of Mario. With the Wii Remote controller turned sideways like an old-school controller, veterans and newcomers alike can run, jump and smash their way through hectic side-scrolling stages. Players shake the Wii Remote to help Wario take down his enemies, empty bags of treasure…
Soul Calibur 4: Coming Soon!
See that little widget on the right? It’s got some information on the soon to be released Soul Caliber 4 game.This is the fourth installment in the Soul Caliber series and it will only be available for the Xbox360 and the PS3. It features 720P graphics on both systems.All of the characters have not yet…
Call of Duty 5 Trailer
Are you ready for this?Call of Duty 4 brought the game into the modern age. Call of Duty 5 takes you back to World War 2 when the entire world was at war.Check out the video clip and check back for more information as I get it.
The New Flooring Part 1: Out With The Old
For those of you following along at home I recently purchased about 200 square feet of hardwood flooring to redo the floor in my master bedroom. Most of the rest of the house has hardwood flooring from when it was built in the 1950’s but an addition was added on in the 1990’s that did…
NetFlix, Why Do You Hate Me?
‘Like many NetFlix customers I rudely received an email from them telling me that one of their best features is going away.Dear Stephen,We wanted to let you know we will be eliminating Profiles, the feature that allowed you to set up separate DVD Queues under one account, effective September 1, 2008.Each additional Profile Queue will…
Alone in the Dark: Wii Controls
I am now officially stoked over this game. Alone in the Dark for the Wii is looking more and more awesome every day.So what if we don’t get HD graphics. Look at the controls on this beast! The use of the Wii-Remote and Nunchuk looks to be the best such implementation yet on the Wii!June…
New Silver/Black DS Lite (comes with crap game)
The picture does not lie. Nintendo is putting out a special Silver and Black DS Lite Guitar Hero bundle. It will be available June 22, 2008 in North America.The colors look OK but the included game sucks ass. Did I say that? Yeah, I guess I did.All the footage and advance information I have seen…
Gaming From The Past: Dragon Strike
Dragon Strike is a game from TSR that was released in 1993. It included a very cheesy VHS tape and a bunch of miniatures. Clearly designed to do battle with the HeroQuest games this one never took off.On its own it’s not a terrible game but there was so much better stuff on the market…
Hardwood Floors
For some time now my wife and I have been planning on ripping the carpeting out of our house and refinishing the hardwood floors that lie beneath. Our bedroom is the one exception in that it does not have hardwood floors beneath the carpeting. It has a fake wood-grained vinyl flooring instead. Being the industrious…
Get Your Own Pip-Boy 3000!
Isn’t this some amazing news. Amazon has managed to score a serious exclusive deal on the new Fallout 3 game. If you want to get your own Pip-Boy 3000 you need to order the Exclusive Fallout 3 Survival Edition from amazon.Contents include:A Vault Boy collectors item direct from Vault-TecThe Art of Fallout 3 hardcover book…
Wii Video Preview: Mario Super Sluggers
On April 10, 2008 Nintendo announced the impending release of Mario Super Sluggers. This Mario-themed baseball game looks to be a lot like the baseball game included with Wii Sports with a few extra touches thrown in. Some notable items include the ability to play as your Mii, create custom fields, multi-player minigames and the…