Archive for October, 2010

REVIEW: Lionheart: Kings’ Crusade
/ October 29, 2010 9:15 AM

REVIEW: Lionheart: Kings’ Crusade

An RTS is an RTS is an RTS. They all seem to play out exactly the same, and the majority seem to fail to measure up to a few shining stars in the genre (read: StarCraft & StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty). Lionheart : Kings’ Crusade, prom Paradox, is about as standard of an RTS as one can find

E FUN Introduces the Next2 Android-Powered Tablet
/ October 28, 2010 2:00 PM

E FUN Introduces the Next2 Android-Powered Tablet

E FUN will be introducing the 7″ Color TFT Touch Screen Next2 Tablet in November available through Home Shopping Network. While it remains to be seen if the tablet can stand up against the long vaporware-prone HP Slate, Apple iPad, or Samsung Galaxy Tab, the Next2 does come with Wi-Fi, Pandora, a Border’s powered eReader, 2GB of Memory, SD/MMC slot,

Chris Evans in Captain America Costume Revealed
/ October 28, 2010 8:45 AM

Chris Evans in Captain America Costume Revealed

This week’s Entertainment Weekly has the goods, check it out on newstands and here’s a small glimpse at the cover. Thanks to AICN for the tip and EW for posting the cover

SyFy Cancels ‘Caprica,’ Removed Immediately
/ October 27, 2010 8:15 PM

SyFy Cancels ‘Caprica,’ Removed Immediately

SyFy has cancelled Battlestar Galactica prequel Caprica after three-fourths of its first season has aired. In the traditional cable scheduling move, the second half of season one premiered a few weeks ago to even worse ratings than the series ended the first part of Season One. While Caprica, and BSG before it, were never huge in the ratings, it seems

Activision Releases ‘Bakugan: Defenders of the Core’
/ October 27, 2010 7:44 PM

Activision Releases ‘Bakugan: Defenders of the Core’

Activision today released the NOW Production produced Bakugan™: Defenders of the Core for the Wii, Nintendo DS, Xbox 360, PlayStation3 and PSP. The card-based fighting game should defiantly thrill fans of the TV show and toys. Check out the press release and screens after the break

Concord Records Releases New Ray Charles Album
/ October 27, 2010 6:38 PM

Concord Records Releases New Ray Charles Album

Concord Records has unearthed some newly discovered recordings of the late, great Ray Charles, who would have turned 80 back in September. The new disc, titled Rare Genius: The Undiscovered Masters, contains previously unreleased songs including a duet with the great Johnny Cash. We have the full press release after the break, along with a video, but you can download

Nelly Furtado Debuts Acoustic Single ‘Night is Young’
/ October 27, 2010 6:26 PM

Nelly Furtado Debuts Acoustic Single ‘Night is Young’

Songstress Nelly Furtado has an new greatest hits album due out November 16 on Geffen and she stopped by Walmart’s Soundcheck to perform and acoustic version of her single, “Night is Young.” For those who can’t wait for the album to drop, you can get the single on iTunes right now, and for those who want to think a little

‘The Dark Knight Rises’ Title for Nolan’s Third Batman?
/ October 27, 2010 7:37 AM

‘The Dark Knight Rises’ Title for Nolan’s Third Batman?

Quint over at AICN via this interview at Hero Complex Blog reports that director Christopher Nolan has let it be known that the third Batman film in his series will be titled THE DARK KNIGHT RISES keeping up with the lack of “Batman” in the title. Quint also states that the lack of The Riddler in the third film may

Razer Announces First MMO Keyboard: The Anansi
/ October 26, 2010 10:27 AM

Razer Announces First MMO Keyboard: The Anansi

Razer, not one to be behind in the race when it comes to hardcore gaming peripherals, announced The Anansi today, the first MMO keyboard from the company. The board features over 100 programmable buttons (we’re thinking the use of several keys in different modes like the Logitech G110), and the thumb buttons just below the spacebar (see the picture above

Stetson and Erin McCarley Team Up for Clothes, Covers
/ October 21, 2010 2:26 PM

Stetson and Erin McCarley Team Up for Clothes, Covers

Clothing company Stetson and several performing artists, including Erin McCarely and PawnShop Kings, are bringing the catalog to life in a way. Each artist, dressed in Stetson clothing, is performing a cover of a song near and dear to them. The first artist out of the gate is McCarley who is covering Hank Williams’ “I Saw the Light” which you