Here is an official Lucas Arts trailer video for the upcoming Star Wars: The Force Unleashed, coming out on April Fools Day for Wii, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PlayStation 2, DS and PSP. This first Star Wars game on the new generation of consoles takes place between Episode III and A New Hope, and promises [...]
Source: Eagles reach deal with Asante Samuel
Feb. 28, 2008 5 Comments
UPDATE: The Eagles signed Asante Samuel Friday to a six year deal after BLAST broke the story Thursday. According to a source inside the Eagles with knowledge of the situation, former Patriots cornerback Asante Samuel has reached a deal to play in Philadelphia next year. There are no specific details on the terms, years or [...]
No Doubt comes to Guitar Hero III
Feb. 28, 2008 Leave a Comment
Activision announced Thursday that several hit songs from No Doubt’s diamong-selling Tragic Kingdom album will be released as a downloadable track pack for Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock. The set includes the songs “Don’t Speak,” “Excuse Me Mr.” and “Sunday Morning.” The track pack is currently offered on Xbox Live Marketplace and was made [...]
FBI to investigate Clemens
Feb. 28, 2008 1 Comment
The FBI plans to open up an investigation against Roger Clemens to find out whether he lied to Congress about his use of steroids. In case you’ve been living under a rock, the seven-time Cy Young winner has denied using any performance enhancing drugs. “The request to open an investigation on the congressional testimony of [...]
The Old Shoebox: Download the Hardball 5 demo
Feb. 28, 2008 Leave a Comment
One of my all time favorite PC sports games was High Heat Baseball 1999. It was behind its time and had sub par graphics, but it was a smooth playing game that was insanely customizable. It had replaceable graphics, importable stadiums (real Citgo sign for Fenway) and custom sound effects and player musical anthems you [...]
Remembering Myron Cope
Feb. 27, 2008 Leave a Comment
Myron Cope, the 35-year color commentary man for the Pittsburgh Steelers died Wednesday morning in a nursing home in Mt. Lebanon, Pa. Cope had been struggling with his health since leaving the broadcast booth after the 2004 season. Before joining the Steelers family, Cope was a widely read freelancer for Sports Illustrated reporting on such [...]
Dead Space in stores on Halloween
Feb. 27, 2008 Leave a Comment
Brand new horror, sci-fi, survival, adventure, scary game, Dead Space will be on shelves in Europe and North America as a treat on October 31 for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. “Dead Space will ensure that gamers have a spine-tingling Halloween,” Electronic Arts said this week. Set in the far future, Earth’s appetite for natural [...]
Phil Harrison to leave Sony
Feb. 26, 2008 Leave a Comment
In a move that shocked the video game world, Sony announced this week that Phil Harrison would resign from his post as President of Sony Computer Entertainment Worldwide Studios. With more than 16 years behind him at Sony, Harrison has been a key figure behind the highly successful PlayStation brand. “The past 15 years at [...]
Mass Effect PC confirmed for May 6
Feb. 26, 2008 Leave a Comment
Xbox 360 hit Mass Effect will hit PC screens May 6. Key PC-only features: New squad control interface — Players can now issue commands to individual squad members, providing a new level of depth to the tactical combat Hot-key functionality — Biotic powers and abilities can be mapped to individual keys, allowing a faster “run [...]
Happy Birthday, Jackie!
Feb. 26, 2008 Leave a Comment
Happy Birthday to the late, great Jackie Gleason! Gleason, famous for his portrayal of Ralph Kramden in The Honeymooners, would have been 92 years old today. “The Great One” is getting a couple of gifts for his birthday. First is the launch of his all-new website, JackieGleason.com, which will feature constantly updated clips and photos [...]
2008 Penthouse Pet of the Year
Feb. 25, 2008 16 Comments
Penthouse Magazine announced last week that their Pet of the Year is Mississippi-native Erica Ellyson. Ellyson, January 2007′s Pet of the Month, was picked by the magazine’s readers out of 12 finalists. “It took me a while to believe I was the Pet of the Year,” Ellyson said. “When I found out I said, ‘Really? [...]
EarthTalk: Green computers? Meat?
Feb. 25, 2008 Leave a Comment
Dear EarthTalk: As an online gamer, I spend a lot of time in front of my computer. What’s the environmental impact? And are “greener” PCs available? – Bob Grant, Burlington, Vt. Online gamers and other heavy computer users are definitely leaving an environmental mark. Depending on when it was made and how it was designed, [...]
The 2008 Academy Awards, minute-by-minute
Feb. 24, 2008 3 Comments
11:48 p.m.: That’s all, folks. The last awards of the night felt really rushed. At just over three hours, this is definitely one of the shortest ceremonies in recent memory. Thanks to everyone who checked in with Blast for all our Oscar coverage, and congratulations to all the winners and nominees! 11:45 p.m.: Looks like [...]
Commentary: What the Oscars SHOULD look like
Feb. 24, 2008 Leave a Comment
February 24th is here. This year, the Academy Awards are celebrating their 80th season of turning a blind eye to the deserving films and, well, awarding the lame-os. And although he’s still considered the barometer for film quality standards, Oscar will surely be back this year with his latest disappointments, when he’ll send those “should-have-beens” [...]
Pearl Vs. Calipari: Let’s get it on!
Feb. 23, 2008 Leave a Comment
The state of Tennessee plays host to the NCAA’s regular season game of the year Saturday night for the 1-2 showdown at FedEx Forum, home of John Calipari’s Memphis Tigers (26-0). The second ranked Tennessee Volunteers (24-2), coached by Bruce Pearl, are traveling across the state in attempt to repeat their 76-58 win over the [...]
SunAge patch released, download it here
Feb. 23, 2008 Leave a Comment
Lighthouse Interactive and Vertex 4 released update 1.08 for SunAge, their sci-fi real-time strategy game for PC. The new update adds several new enhancements, an auto-updater, bug fixes and above all, new multiplayer features. Features in update 1.08: Re-balancing of several in-game units, an added enhancement given community feedback Multiplayer game lobby with chat functionalities [...]
Academy Award cocktails
Feb. 23, 2008 Leave a Comment
We’ve been sent some booze mix ideas themed in honor of Sunday’s stike-free Academy Awards. They’re branded, but we won’t tell anyone if you use the cheap stuff. The June-go Citrus Splash Created in honor of the Academy Award-nominated film Juno 1 part Malibu Mango Rum 1 part Malibu Pineapple Rum Fill with orange juice Combine [...]
The MacGyver crack
Feb. 22, 2008 Leave a Comment
Take a seven dollar can of compressed air from any office supply store. Flip it over, and spray its liquid nitrogen on a computer’s DRAM, or digital random access memory. Reboot the computer, or even extract the DRAM chip and clone it, then run a few relatively simple programs. Nothing that would defeat an intermediate [...]