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 [...]
FaceBreaker demo available
July 31, 2008 Leave a Comment
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. [...]
Red Bull BC One demo released
July 30, 2008 Leave a Comment
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,” Ignition said [...]
An iPod blimp: The Bowers & Wilkins Zeppelin
July 30, 2008 Leave a Comment
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.
More girl games coming to the DS
July 29, 2008 Leave a Comment
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 [...]
Scrabulous shut down to American and Canadian users
July 29, 2008 Leave a Comment
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 [...]
Thoughts from Eagles camp
July 28, 2008 Leave a Comment
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 camp [...]
The “green” [re]drive
July 28, 2008 Leave a Comment
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 [...]
EarthTalk: CDs? The next president’s environmental agenda?
July 28, 2008 1 Comment
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, [...]
DeSean Jackson looks good so far
July 27, 2008 Leave a Comment
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 [...]
Comic-con 2008: All eyes watching “Watchmen”
July 26, 2008 Leave a Comment
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.”