July 31, 2008 by Micah Warren
The Red Sox, in a three-team deal, sent embattled slugger Manny Ramirez to the Dodgers.
The deal sends Jason Bay to Boston and the Pirates get four minor leaguers. Pittsburgh gets young talent from Boston in Craig Hansen and Brandon Moss, third baseman Andy LaRoche from the Dodgers and AA Dodgets pitcher Bryan Morris.
The $20 million [...]
July 31, 2008 by Blast Magazine Newsroom
We imagine this game will let a lot of people blow off a lot of steam this holiday season.
Electronic Arts announced Thursday that the demo for FaceBreaker, their upcoming arcade boxing title, is now available on Xbox LIVE and the North American PlayStation Network. It will be up worldwide on PSN on August 14.
The demo [...]
July 31, 2008 by John M. Guilfoil
Video game basketball hasn’t been improved upon much lately. Arcade basketball games haven’t gotten better in 15 years. [...]
July 30, 2008 by Blast Magazine Newsroom
Ignition Entertainment launched an online demo for the upcoming puzzle-strategy title Red Bull BC One for Nintendo DS.
“Red Bull BC One is one of the most important B-Boy competitions in the world. The legendary battle hosts 16 of the world’s best B-Boys in a one-on-one, knock-out-battle to determine who is The One,” [...]
July 30, 2008 by Micah Warren
The Detroit Tigers have sent veteran catcher Ivan Rodriguez to the New York Yankees in exchange for flame-throwing middle relief pitcher Kyle Farnsworth. [...]
July 30, 2008 by John M. Guilfoil
It’s heavy and shiny and costs as much as a high-end home audio center channel, but the Bowers & Wilkins Zeppelin will do things to your iPod audio that you weren’t sure she was capable of.
July 30, 2008 by Bradley Ouellette
The challenge is that if President Bush can achieve any of their goals before leaving office the company will give away a free copy of their software to anyone who wants one for 24 hours.
July 29, 2008 by John M. Guilfoil
If the Nintendo E3 press conference was any indication, you can expect to see more of this.
Oxygen Games announced three more titles aimed at the fairer half of the Nintendo DS audience.
My Make-Up: Pamper and make-over your personalized avatars and those of your friends. Players can host makeover and face painting parties, share photo albums with [...]
July 29, 2008 by Terri Schwartz
At last.
July 29, 2008 by Terri Schwartz
This year’s San Diego Comic-con hosted a special event Thursday to promote the upcoming film. Meyer, director Catherine Hardwicke, and some of the movie’s cast attended the panel. Waiting anxiously for them were thousands of screaming fans, though only about 6,500 were admitted to the hall.
July 29, 2008 by John M. Guilfoil
There is no Scrabulous in America today.
Facing a lawsuit, the developers of one of the most popular activities on Facebook have shut down the Scrabulous game for American and Canadian users.
Hasbro filed its lawsuit on Thursday against brothers Rajat and Jayant Agarwalla and their company, RJ Softwares.
In its lawsuit, Hasbro asserts that Scrabulous violates [...]
July 28, 2008 by Micah Warren
BETHLEHEM, Penn. — On Saturday, I got to spend the entire day at Lehigh University at training camp for the Philadelphia Eagles. Yes, I know, I should have posted this sooner. Give me a break.
As a football junkie, the sights and sounds of the opening weekend were very welcomed. This was my first [...]
July 28, 2008 by John M. Guilfoil
It seems like everybody is going green lately, and now we’re seeing that trend emerge in the saturated world of external hard drives.
Storage solutions provider Fabrik announced the SimpleTech [re]drive, a 500GB external hard drive that they are dubbing the world’s most energy-efficient, resource-conscious external drive.
The [re]drive is made from sustainable bamboo wood and recycled [...]
July 28, 2008 by The Review Center
This review of one of the best games ever appeared on Reviewcenter.com in 1999.
Dear EarthTalk: What’s going on in the music industry with all the CDs and plastic CD holders undoubtedly generating a lot of plastic waste? – John S., via email
According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), CDs and DVDs are typically manufactured by combining various mined metals (aluminum, gold, silver and nickel) with petroleum-derived plastics, lacquers [...]
July 27, 2008 by John M. Guilfoil
You get 10 points without any bonuses for placing the word L-A-W-S-U-I-T on either a Scrabble or a Scrabulous board, but Hasbro doesn’t want the latter to keep its place in the lexicon of American pop culture. [...]
July 27, 2008 by Micah Warren
BETHLEHEM, Penn. — Maybe the biggest thing I took away from Eagles training camp Saturday (aside from the fact that Darren Howard sucks), is that DeSean Jackson is really impressive. I know it’s early and it’s just a training camp practice, but the second-round pick from Cal is like a suction cup out there. Some [...]
July 27, 2008 by John M. Guilfoil
High-end component maker Rotel recently let us test out their RDV-1093 DVD player to some fantastic results. [...]
July 26, 2008 by Terri Schwartz
Director Zack Snyder tried to stay as true to the original story as a two-and-a-half-hour movie can to a 416 page novel.
“Making a movie about the war on terror and [modern politics] seemed really wrong in a lot of ways to me,” said Snyder. “It’s cooler if people go, ‘Oh hey, this makes me think,’ instead of me telling people what to think.”
July 26, 2008 by John M. Guilfoil
LOS ANGELES — No, it wasn’t just a funny Penny Arcade cartoon, we saw it with our own eyes. Ubisoft is actually making a game for the Nintendo DS that encourages you to quit smoking through literature and minigames.
That should mix well with the new core audience of the DS, young teenage girls.
