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Video Game Deal: Mass Effect 2, Dungeon Defenders, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
The Geeks Of Doom Round Up 5: Seeking A Friend For The End Of The World and Whitney Houston
Music Review: Band Of Skulls ‘Sweet Sour’
Comic Review: Winter Soldier #1
‘Valley Girl’ Getting Remade By MGM and Clay Weiner
Kristen Kreuk Joins The CW’s ‘Beauty And The Beast’
Comic Review: Star Wars: Knights Of The Old Republic: War #2
The Drill Down: Inside Blogball

Video Game Deal: Mass Effect 2, Dungeon Defenders, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2

Posted: 18 Feb 2012 05:54 AM PST

The video game deal of the day over at Amazon today is 75%-80% off on select PC Downloads.

- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2: $4.99
- Dungeon Defenders: $2.99
- Mass Effect: $4.99
- Mass Effect 2: $4.99
- Mass Effect 2 - Digital Deluxe Edition: $7.49

Visit the main Sale for these deals, as well as the weekly sale items, like $50 off the Xbox 360 250GB Holiday Value Bundle with Kinect and $20 off the Skylanders Spyro's Adventure Starter Pack, which are discounted til the end of today as well [...]

The Geeks Of Doom Round Up 5: Seeking A Friend For The End Of The World and Whitney Houston

Posted: 17 Feb 2012 05:51 PM PST

The Geeks Of Doom Round Up hits into episode numero five, and Andy takes a look at the trailer for Seeking a Friend for the End of the World, written and directed by Lorene Scafaria, and starring Steve Carell. For our music selection this week, Greg remembers Whitney Houston, and in tribute plays a cover version of "Where Do Broken Hearts Go" by Me First and the Gimme Gimmes.

Later, we look at George Lucas' view on whether Han Shot First or Greedo Shot First, and mention the recent announcement of the upcoming Machete sequel. And as always, we close out with a preview of what to expect on The Drill Down and Social Blend podcasts [...]

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Music Review: Band Of Skulls ‘Sweet Sour’

Posted: 17 Feb 2012 04:00 PM PST

Sweet Sour
Band Of Skulls
CD | MP3
Vagrant Records
Release Date: February 14, 2012

As a music geek, one of my favorite pastimes when listening to a new artist is picking out all of their influences. I can usually figure it out right away, but then there are bands like Band Of Skulls. The English power trio so effortlessly blends styles like blues, classic rock, pop, folk, and garage rock on their new album Sweet Sour that pinning down one or two major influences becomes nearly impossible. Fans of 2009's Baby Darling Dollface Honey need not worry about a sophomore slump. The way that record was produced, it felt as though the band would leap from your speakers into your living room, rocking out right in front of you with every spin. Everything that made the former effort sound fresh and exciting is still here, just tightened and refined without sounding forced or insincere [...]

Comic Review: Winter Soldier #1

Posted: 17 Feb 2012 02:00 PM PST

Winter Soldier #1
Written by Ed Brubaker
Art by Butch Guice
Color Artist: Bettie Breitweiser
Letters by VC's Joe Caramagna
Cover by Lee Bermejo
Marvel Comics
Release Date: February 1, 2012
Cover Price: $2.99

For decades, we all thought that Bucky Barnes was one of the two characters in the Marvel Universe who WAS dead and would actually STAY dead. After reading Winter Soldier #1, I'm sure glad that surviving death is a regular occurrence in the Marvel U.

Here's where Ed Brubaker's years of writing Bucky and Captain America pays off. Yes, it's paid off for several years now, but this is different. If it was anyone else but Brubaker writing this series, it might not go over so well. But, Brubaker knows this character like the back of his hand and it shows. It almost feels like you're reading an issue of Captain America where Bucky takes over as the central character [...]

‘Valley Girl’ Getting Remade By MGM and Clay Weiner

Posted: 17 Feb 2012 12:21 PM PST

Apparently people are just Nicolas Cage crazy.

Here's the story. Deadline is reporting that MGM is, in their imminent wisdom (read: odd insanity) set to remake the 1983 musical, Valley Girl, which was one of the launching pad for the now beloved and often maligned thespian. The studio has tapped Clay Weiner to direct. Wait, who? [...]

Kristen Kreuk Joins The CW’s ‘Beauty And The Beast’

Posted: 17 Feb 2012 10:00 AM PST

So while more and more adaptations of Beauty And The Beast begin to pop up, there is one currently in the works, that is going about it in a different way.

Deadline reports that The CW has tapped Smallville star Kristin Kreuk to join the cast of their take on the story, which itself will be loosely based on the cult 1980's CBS series, formerly starring Linda Hamilton [...]

Comic Review: Star Wars: Knights Of The Old Republic: War #2

Posted: 17 Feb 2012 08:04 AM PST

Star Wars: Knights Of The Old Republic: War #2
Written by John Jackson Miller
Pencils by Andrea Mutti
Inks by Pierluigi Baldassini
Colors by Michael Atiyeh
Cover Art by Benjamin Carré
Dark Horse Comics
Release Date: January 11, 2012
Cover Price: $3.50

Knights Of The Old Republic: War continues with its next issue, bringing with it a little enlightenment into some of the new characters introduced in the debut publication. Along with some more depth into the culture of the Mandalorian Warriors, KOTOR: War strays rather from the traditional Revan/Malak and Jedi/Sith tome, and looks more into the impact of an ancient war on specific individuals [...]

The Drill Down: Inside Blogball

Posted: 17 Feb 2012 07:00 AM PST

This week, Andrew Sorcini, Devindra Hardawar, Dwayne De Freitas, and Christopher Burnor take a look at other companies that are storing your data without your permission, following last week's coverage of the Path debacle, and later we examine former TechCrunch reporter turned Crunchfund partner MG Siegler's claim that tech journalists today are foregoing putting research and expertise into their work in favor of using sensationalism to chase page views. But first, the headlines...

Google develops a home entertainment system, two Kickstarter projects hit the $1 million mark, SNL pokes fun at Verizon marketing, Steve Jobs earns a posthumous Grammy, Twitter beats MSM on news of Whitney Houston's death, The Pirate Bay says goodbye to .torrent files, Apple readies the iPad3 (and tests an 8-in. tablet), and Apple invites inspections of its suppliers [...]