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Events
Nelson Abalos

Is Blizzcon really worth the ticket price tag?

I’ve been to Blizzcon’s first, second and fourth year.  With every year, the ticket price has been hiked up another $25, starting from $75. Back when I was a World of Warcraft addict, I didn’t mind the $75 price tag.  I got to shake hands briefly with the developers, learn about the new and upcoming

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Gaming
Josh

Sony Online Entertainment Announces New Character for DC Universe Online

Today Sony Online Entertainment announced another character in their masterpiece DC Universe Online. The character is Circe the Sorceress, the ruler of Aeaea. SOE gave a brief introduction to her story: “Circe made a pact with the witch goddess Hecate in her efforts to become even more powerful, becoming Hecate’s instrument of vengeance against the

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Science and Tech
Nelson Abalos

Apple Keynote Summary

After the usual “hey-look-at-how-much-money-we-are-making” portion of the keynote event, Apple announced their newest products. iLife ’11 officially announced: Same apps but all updated. iPhoto – New full screen modes, Facebook enhancements, and sharing tools integrated with HTML emails and social apps. iMovie – New audio editing, one step effects, create your own (cheesy) movie trailers

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Gaming
Rachel

Girl Crush of the Week: ZeldaxLove64

I have this tiny obsession with YouTube and I ran across this amazing girl: ZeldaxLove64. She is an awesome singer who loves Zelda and video games. While she usually recreates popular music, this was the video that made her my official girl crush. Go past the break to watch it.

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Events
Josh

Guild Wars 2 Panel at NYCC

At the New York Comic Con panel, Arena.Net answered many questions the crowd had about Guild Wars 2 and made the crowd even more excited about the upcoming game. Guild Wars 2 will be incredibly different than the original. Arena.Net explained many things about how the world will be, how some of the economy will

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Events
Chris Toruno

Silent Bob Takes Vegas

What could make Sin City greater than it already is? How about an evening with Silent Bob, himself, Kevin Smith? Just an evening, you say? Actually, make that two. On November 12th and 13th, Kevin Smith will be appearing live for two nights only at the Palms Casino and Resort in Las Vegas. It’s a

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Gaming
Chris Toruno

Nintentdo Turns 25!

Mario, Metroid, Castlevania, Zelda. All of these games have one thing in common: they all made their debut on the original Nintendo Entertainment System (NES). Today, October 18th, the NES celebrates its 25th birthday, and we wanted to take this moment to say HAPPY BIRTHDAY NINTENDO! Ah, what fond memories and good times you gave

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Gaming
Nelson Abalos

Mortal Kombat: Scorpion’s Story [Video]

The new Mortal Kombat is koming next year. To help you get kaught up with the backstory of one of the franchise’s legendary characters, Warner Bros. has released a new trailer for Scorpion. Check out the video to understand why Scorpion isn’t really a big fan of Sub-Zero.

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Gaming
Justin Dean

Skill Training (How to get +4 to Skill Checks) Part 2

Last week, we talked about not judging ourselves for what we can and cannot do. This week, you get the fun stuff, noting what you can do and building off of that with your skills. Like in every RPG, the basis of your skills starts off in your ability scores. I would like you to

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