Entries for August, 2009

Guild Wars 2: The First Official Stuff in Nearly Two Years!

Yup, ArenaNet posted some concept art on their Guild Wars 2 Facebook page today, and it’s pretty fantastic. If you played the original Guild Wars, the style should be familiar from the zone loading screens. And you should also know, then, that the concept art was pretty spectacularly-rendered in-game as well. It’s so great to […]

Episode 31: The pause.com Entertainment Podcast

Episode 31 of The pause.com Entertainment Podcast is live! NOTE: To subscribe to the pause.com Entertainment Podcast on iTunes Click here to open iTunes to our podcast, then click the SUBSCRIBE button. In this episode: Note: Feel free to play the drinking game of your choice where you have to drink every time I say “Yeah” in […]

Hubble Ultra Deep Field Video, Animation is Exhilaratingly Calming in its Wonder

I know that there are people out there who would start to watch this and think “What’s the point?” and close it within a few seconds. But for many of us, this video represents more than just some “nerdy occupation”, obsession or waste of public taxpayer money. It represents possibility and hope. And it’s amazing.

Milla Jovovich Creeps us Out in The Fourth Kind Trailer

Which is weird, cuz usually she doesn’t creep us out at all. FYI there’s a much better version right at thefourthkind.net

Stargate Universe Featurette Sheds Light on Series, Characters

If you’re an SG-1 or Atlantis fan who can’t wait for Stargate Universe (like me), then check out this featurette with cast interviews and footage from the upcoming first episode.

Even People with Smart ForTwos Need to Lug Stuff

This morning after dropping off my dry cleaning, I noticed this Smart ForTwo in the parking lot with a bike rack on the back, and I couldn’t help but wondering if the bike was bigger than the car and if, when mounted, the whole car would tip over just like Fred Flintstone’s when he got […]

The Jig is Up: The U.S. Gets Royally Screwed on Wireless Fees

If you were kinda thinking that maybe Nigel Powers was onto something with regard to his hatred for the Dutch, here’s the clincher: We pay about 5x more than they do for wireless service. And you can lump the Swedes and Fins in with the Dutch while you’re at it. This is from a story […]

Gizmodo’ Brian Lam Claims to Have Gotten Inside Scoop on Apple’s Tablet

Nothing in the article is much of a surprise, except maybe for the fact that it could be used as a secondary display on Macs. And that Lam gets so excited about anonymous tips that he can’t drive straight. But I still question the usefulness of such a product. Sure, the CrunchPad sounds neat, cuz […]

Episode 30: The pause.com Entertainment Podcast

Episode 30 of The pause.com Entertainment Podcast is live! NOTE: To subscribe to the pause.com Entertainment Podcast on iTunes Click here to open iTunes to our podcast, then click the SUBSCRIBE button. In this episode: In Video Games, Lou goes over some stuff from Aion‘s closed Beta #5 and admits that he finally gave in and started to […]

Champions Online Pre-Order Offer

If you’re one of the many people looking forward to Cryptic’s Champions Online MMO, make sure you consider the pre-order offer they’ve got going on right now. If you buy either a lifetime ($199.99) or 6-month ($59.99) subscription, you’ll get a few fun perks, such as: Access to the Star Trek Online Close Beta scheduled […]