A sequel to the 2007 award winning, genre-defying puzzle game, Galactrix expands on the solid foundation, but how does it fare in the depths of space?
GDX 2009: What it takes to build a game
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Ever wondered how video games are made? Industry professionals descend on GDX to expose their ways.
Not Really a Waitress … or a reality TV star
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Remember NBC’s reality show Fame? You do? Wow good memory. It was really just a hypothetical question. Well remember the blonde, Californian girl who made the Top Twelve? No? Well, that’s okay. Who can possibly keep track of the thousands upon thousands of reality stars that grace/contaminate our TV screens? Now in keeping with reality [...]
Wii-kly update: Ogre Battle and Family Party
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Like Ogres and Parties? Maybe not at the same time,Nintendo’s premier download service adds two titles this week. Details inside!
And they’re off!
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Before a recent An Horse show in their hometown of Brisbane, Kate Cooper, one-half of the Australian duo, was asked if she had ever been to the particular venue before. “I had” she said in an interview with Blast a few days later. “I used to clean the toilets there.” An Horse’s back story is [...]
Watchmen’s Silhouette: Apollonia Vanova
March 2, 2009 3 Comments
When the film adaptation of the graphic novel sensation “Watchmen” was first announced, the main concern was whether director Zack Snyder could pull off a successful adaptation of Alan Moore’s iconic word. Key among those concerns was whether the Minutemen — a group of superheroes founded in 1939 and pivotal to the story of “Watchmen” [...]
In Vegas, Kyle Busch becomes a hometown hero
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While the Las Vegas Motor Speedway was being created before his very eyes, NASCAR Sprint Cup and Vegas native Kyle Busch was cutting his racing teeth at the half-mile short track right next door. The younger brother of 2004 Sprint Cup champion Kurt Busch‚ won two track championships at the “Bullring” in Legends cars before he [...]
A night at the Opera
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PARIS –‚ A trip to Paris is not complete without a visit to the Palais Garnier, the beautiful and historic theater once home to the Paris Opera. Located in the heart of Paris’ aptly named opera district, the Palais Garnier is the perfect destination for those travelers keen to avoid tourist-magnets like the Eiffel Tower, the [...]
Litter driving consumerism
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Picture yourself walking down the street on your way to work. As you are walking, you suddenly see an empty Starbucks cup in the gutter. The site of a dirty cup may not be pleasant, but the thought of hot, rich Starbucks coffee to jump start your morning is suddenly inviting. The next thing you [...]
iTunes sucks. There I said it.
March 2, 2009 39 Comments
There are two pieces of software out there that are more greedy and bloated than Apple’s music-playing, music-downloading title: AOL Instant Messenger and Microsoft Internet Explorer. I hate iTunes. I’m sick and tired of Apple getting a pass on quality control just because they gave us the Holy Roman iPod Empire and, by a roll [...]
Australian duo An Horse bursts out of the gate with “Rearrange Beds”
March 1, 2009 Leave a Comment
Don’t be misled by the apparent bare bones two-person lineup of Australian duo An Horse. “Rearrange Beds,” the debut album from singer/guitarist Kate Cooper and drummer Damon Cox, has a sound that’s fuller than many offerings from five- and six-piece bands today. The 10-song, 35-minute record moves along at a clip, with songs ranging from [...]
Chignons are hot this season
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With everyone from Anne Hathaway to Eva Longoria, it seems that hair buns are the latest look to be gracing the fashion runways for summer and fall. Celebrities and runway models are sporting their buns everywhere, and not necessarily the ones made of steel. Our pal Nick Penna, Jr. of SalonCapri, told us this is [...]
Doin it and doin it and doin it in public
March 1, 2009 4 Comments
The names of subjects have been changed to protect their privacy and safety. It was mid-day. Northeastern University student Sarah Alverston was sitting in the library staring blankly into a textbook that she couldn’t seem to focus on. She just had a fight with her boyfriend, and she knew she wouldn’t get anything done until [...]
Online archives that work
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Archives provide endless amounts of information about virtually any topic, but who wants to sit in a stuffy library or even worse,‚ library basement, looking through record after record to find what you’re looking for. The world wide web has revolutionized they way we do things today, and that includes archiving. Now with a simple [...]
Chillin with Cilmi
March 1, 2009 2 Comments
“It’s a beautiful day today in California!” That’s how our chat with Australian singer, Gabriella Cilmi (pronounced chill-me) begins. And it just kept getting sunnier. Blast got to spend a few moments with the 17-year old who has already become famous in her home country of Australia and across Europe, and we learned that the [...]
Kensington Expert Mouse optical trackball
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Ah. Hello old friend. The Expert Mouse has been around for about 10 years. The first time I tested one was for ReviewCenter.com, and the trackball was “90s computer case beige” in color. It depended on mechanical, dust-gathering wheels to position the cursor. This is the seventh generation of the Expert Mouse. Now, it’s optical, [...]
