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- Video Game Deal: $20 Off ‘Gears Of War 3′
- Geek Gear: Star Wars ‘Empire Safety Program’ Shirt
- ‘The Avengers’ Passes The $1 Billion Mark Worldwide
- ‘Darksiders II’ Pre-order Bonuses Include Expansion Packs & Dark Horse Prequel Comic
- Filming Underway On Sylvester Stallone/Arnold Schwarzenegger Actioner ‘The Tomb’
- Director Neil Marshall To Captain Dracula Tale ‘The Last Voyage Of the Demeter’
- Watch Now: First Gameplay Trailer For ‘Assassin’s Creed 3′ Released
- Book Review: Scam School, Book 1
- New ‘Game Of Thrones’ Video Game Preview Goes ‘Behind The Wall’
- Digital Comics Deal: ‘Fables’ 10th Anniversary 99-Cent Sale
- Queen To Perform With Freddie Mercury Hologram
- Doom Digest: Alex Ross, R2-D2 Coffeemaker, Roller Coaster Day, Leonard Nimoy
- Happy 68th Birthday To ‘Star Wars’ Creator George Lucas
| Video Game Deal: $20 Off ‘Gears Of War 3′ Posted: 15 May 2012 05:50 AM PDT  For a limited time, save $20 on the Gears Of War 3 standard edition video game for Xbox 360. The game is selling at Amazon right now for $39.99 (that's 33% off the list price of $59.99) [...]            |
| Geek Gear: Star Wars ‘Empire Safety Program’ Shirt Posted: 15 May 2012 04:50 AM PDT  The $10 t-shirt deal of the day over at TeeFury today is a Star Wars-themed shirt called "Empire Safety Program" by R-evolution GFX. The sale began at Teefury today, Tuesday, May 15, 2012, at midnight EST, and will continue for 24 hours from then, and once it's over, it will not be sold on the site anymore [...]      |
| ‘The Avengers’ Passes The $1 Billion Mark Worldwide Posted: 14 May 2012 06:35 PM PDT  After demolishing the domestic opening weekend box office record, Disney and Marvel's The Avengers has officially passed the $1 billion mark worldwide. The movie accomplished the feat in just 19 days, having been released internationally a week or so earlier than it was domestically. Overseas its grand total now sits at $627.3 million, while here in the States it's now at $373 million. [...]      |
| ‘Darksiders II’ Pre-order Bonuses Include Expansion Packs & Dark Horse Prequel Comic Posted: 14 May 2012 04:32 PM PDT  There's several pre-order bonuses and discounts at Amazon and Best Buy for the upcoming video game Darksiders II, which will be released on August 14, 2012. At Amazon, when you pre-order the game for Xbox 360, PS3, or PC, you will get the Arguls Tomb expansion pack featuring extra gameplay content, including a whole new dungeon to explore. You'll also get the Amazon exclusive Deadly Despair Pack, which adds a permanent speed boost for Death's trusty steed Despair, allowing players to travel across the vast world even faster than before. The pre-order bonus as well as a 10% discount is available for the PC Download version (which will be available for download at midnight the day of the game's release). At Best Buy, if you pre-order a copy of the Darksiders II: Angel of Death Collector's Edition for either Xbox 360 or PS3, you'll get an exclusive Darksiders II prequel comic book from Dark Horse Comics titled Darksiders II: Death's Door, along the Best Buy exclusive Angel of Death Pack [...]      |
| Filming Underway On Sylvester Stallone/Arnold Schwarzenegger Actioner ‘The Tomb’ Posted: 14 May 2012 03:00 PM PDT  Production for Mikael Håfström's The Tomb, starring Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger, has begun. Stallone stars as Ray Breslin, the world's foremost authority on structural security. Breslin is framed and imprisoned in a prison of his own design, and together with fellow inmate (played by Arnold Schwarzenegger) must find out how to break out. The film also stars Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson, Jim Caviezel, Amy Ryan, Vincent D'Onofrio, Vinnie Jones, and new addition Sam Neill. Caviezel plays Hobbes, the warden of the Tomb, and Jones will play as Drake, the lead guard of the maximum-security prison. D'Onofrio plays Lester Clark, Breslin's business partner and CEO of B&C Security, their independent security company hired by the Federal Bureau of Prisons to test the integrity of their maximum-security facilities nationwide. Ryan plays Abigail Ross, jack-of-all trades and one of Beslin's closest confidants at B&C Security. Neil is cast as Dr. Emil Kaikev, the prison doctor embedded within the Tomb, who is sympathetic to Breslin's plight [...]      |
| Director Neil Marshall To Captain Dracula Tale ‘The Last Voyage Of the Demeter’ Posted: 14 May 2012 02:00 PM PDT  Hollywood has always been captivated by the romance of a vampire, although recent incarnations of the character have been focusing on the glitz and glamor of the blood-sucking being. Now The Descent director Neil Marshall hopes to bring back the glory days of the vampire Dracula by helming the long-gestating The Last Voyage of the Demeter. Bragi Schut's decade-old script is an adaptation of Bram Stoker's novel Dracula that centers on the large sailing vessel the Demeter on its fateful journey transporting Dracula from Transylvania to England. If you know the story of Dracula, then you're aware that things don't go as planned on the trip, and when the ship washes ashore in a condition opposite of when it departed, only one survivor is aboard [...]      |
| Watch Now: First Gameplay Trailer For ‘Assassin’s Creed 3′ Released Posted: 14 May 2012 01:00 PM PDT  The Assassin's Creed franchise has seen its ups and down. While being incredibly enjoyable and unique at first, sequels were being released at a rampant pace and gamers quickly got sick of them. The series needed a serious breath of fresh air and needed it badly, a breath of fresh air developer and publisher Ubisoft hopes they have with Assassin's Creed III. The fifth game in the franchise (on consoles and PC) is on its way to us this fall, and it certainly takes us to places we've not yet been in the franchise: the American Revolution. [...]      |
| Book Review: Scam School, Book 1 Posted: 14 May 2012 12:00 PM PDT  Scam School Book 1 Kindle Edition By Brian Brushwood Bizarre Magic, Inc. Release Date: March 14, 2012 Scam School, Book 1 is the first (naturally) of three companion ebooks to online network Revision 3's popular series. The premise of the show (and the book), according to the website, is that "Award-winning magician Brian Brushwood takes viewers on an inside tour of bar tricks, street cons, and scams," and this ebook is truly kind of magical, but not for the reasons you might think. More on this later. The book opens with a terrific Forward where Brian Brushwood recalls how he was inspired at age 8 by watching Penn & Teller, and how he wrote to Teller (with no anticipation of a reply), and received in response an incredibly instructive and inspiring letter teaching him some of the finer points of the illusion arts, including this fundamental tip: always engage an element of surprise (a tip Brushwood uses to great effect in many of the book's scams) [...]      |
| New ‘Game Of Thrones’ Video Game Preview Goes ‘Behind The Wall’ Posted: 14 May 2012 11:00 AM PDT  For those who aren't aware, a video game set in author George R.R. Martin's "A Song of Ice and Fire" world of Westeros has been in the making for a long, long time now. In fact, when development on the game began, the hit HBO TV series was merely a rumor. Luckily for those just learning of this news, you won't have to wait long to get your hands on the game, which is of course titled Game of Thrones. [...]      |
| Digital Comics Deal: ‘Fables’ 10th Anniversary 99-Cent Sale Posted: 14 May 2012 10:00 AM PDT  Digital comic distributor ComiXology is now running a 99-cent sale on Vertigo's Fables comic book series, which is celebrating its 10 year anniversary this year. The sale is running now through 11pm EST on Monday, May 14. The sale also includes Fables 1-60 and Jack Of Fables 1-50, as well as several other Jack Of Fables-related issues for only 99 cents each [...]      |
| Queen To Perform With Freddie Mercury Hologram Posted: 14 May 2012 09:00 AM PDT  Metal Hammer in the UK reported today that the rock group Queen is going to have a special performance commemorating the tenth anniversary of the musical We Will Rock You, which is based on the quartet, and as an added "bonus", will have a holographic image of their late singer Freddie Mercury, accompanying them. Guitarist and co-founder of the group Brian May confirmed the news to BBC Television in England, telling them that "It's a little unfortunate that they did that thing with Tupac as we've been trying to make Freddie appear on the stage for quite a while." May was referring to the guest "appearance" made by a Tupac Shakur hologram at the Coachella Festival, held here in America last month. May also went on to state that the Mercury hologram would not sport the same technology used to bring Tupac to eerie life on stage, but Mercury's effect would be achieved as an "optical illusion of sorts." [...]      |
| Doom Digest: Alex Ross, R2-D2 Coffeemaker, Roller Coaster Day, Leonard Nimoy Posted: 14 May 2012 08:01 AM PDT  Every day here at Doom HQ we receive tons of tips from our readers about really cool stuff from the world of geek, as well as promotional materials for new films, comic books, collectibles, and much more. While we do our best to bring you as much of it as possible, we don't always have enough geek manpower available to cover it all on a daily basis. But we hate the idea of all of this really cool stuff wasting away in our inbox. How could we NOT cover it? Hence why we've resurrected our long-defunct column Bits Of Doom, now rebranded and revamped as Doom Digest, a collection of easily digestible bits of news, videos, photos, and other goodies. Today: Comic book artist Alex Ross to receive prestigious alumnus award, a custom R2-D2 coffeemaker complete with sound, celebrate Roller Coaster Day today at your nearest theme park, Leonard Nimoy talks Star Trek, and Universal Studios Orlando theme park's Superstar Parade, plus Bits Of Doom [...]      |
| Happy 68th Birthday To ‘Star Wars’ Creator George Lucas Posted: 14 May 2012 07:00 AM PDT  Today marks the 68th birthday of George Lucas, the classic filmmaker who helmed one of the biggest franchises in cinema history with his Star Wars motion pictures. In addition to directing and writing the first Star Wars in 1977, Lucas has produced and/or direct some other cinematic landmarks, while his Industrial Light and Magic (ILM) sound and visual effects company has been responsible for the visual eye candy in various productions for more than 30 years. Born in the small town of Modesto, California, Lucas' first passion was auto racing. A near fatal accident in that endeavor in 1962 ended all aspirations to pursue that hobby and instead he went south to study filmmaking at The University of Southern California. During his tenure there at USC, he met Steven Spielberg, and the two became fast friends, and of course eventual collaborators, creating a partnership and an eventual empire in Hollywood. He directed many short films while in college, one of them, a science fiction vehicle entitled THX-1138, won first prize at the 1967-68 Student Film Festival and was later adapted into a feature film, which starred Robert Duvall and was released in 1971 [...]      |
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