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Name: Tom Paige
Age: 38
Times at Comic-Con: Two
What are you most excited about seeing at Comic-Con?
Seeing hot chicks in spandex.
Describe your costume and how you made it:
I'm wearing a really gay, royal blue, spandex rocker costume that is a combo of wrestling and music. I pieced it together from dance clothing.
Comic-Con: Scenes From a Geektravaganza
Many have been waiting for it for the past 8 years since the release of Diablo 2, and its finally arrived. Actually it's only been announced, but still how exciting right? Blizzard currently has the triple threat of WoW: Wrath of the Litch King, Starcraft II and now Diablo III on deck waiting to be released to the blood thirsty masses and fanboys. Obviously not all going to be released at once, with Wrath of the Litch King due out by the end of this year (I believe, its been awhile since i've been on a computer) and Starcraft II soon to follow with my projection of a Q4 '09 release of Diablo III Blizzard will have many nerds, pimple faced teens and middle aged men satisfied for the following couple years.
While I may not purchase Starcraft II as soon as its out, you can guarantee EB Games will have my name down for a copy of Diablo III months before its on the shelves. Check out the site for your self, the gameplay video is quite impressive. It looks like they wont be straying far from the already working equation of hack + slash = hours of fun, with quite a bit of improvements and added goodies thrown into the mix. Needless to say expect my life to be consumed come release.Diablo III
BioShock may have been conceived as a study in nuance, a place for gamers to discover and explore at their own pace, but its dip into the ethical morass of Ayn Rand's objectivist philosophies has brought her beliefs back into the mainstream spotlight and even piqued the interest of the Ayn Rand Institute's president, Yaron Brook.
Brook, a former member of the Israeli Army military intelligence and award-winning finance professor at Santa Clara University, first took notice of the game when he discovered his 18-year-old son playing it. It's a fact that didn't bother Brook despite his son's objectivist beliefs and the game's not so positive take on the philosophy.
"My son has to find his own way in life," he said. "There are certain games I wouldn't want him to play, like Grand Theft Auto, games that celebrate criminality. But a game that might lead him to think and have him challenge his ideas, I'm fine with. "Luckily for me he doesn't agree with the game, he still seems to believe in objectivism."
kotaku.com | read article
Beaten. I take back everything I said about the Halo series. Fun, decent epic story, and at the end I said to myself "thats one bad ass dude". I still hate Halo fanboys.
The Halo series has ruined millions of adult lives, and a few children's too. Yet I stand before you today to declare it a massive achievement of the human race. Thank you Lord Microsoft for this gift you have bestowed upon us. I swear to uphold the covenant and collect as many hidden skulls as possible in your name. I also hate Halo fanboys. At least I'm done my G damn job in a few days, which leaves me plenty of time to rank up in multiplayer...
Well I blew (maybe not blew, because it wasn't really 'wasted') my paycheck on an Xbox 360. I've been wanting one for a few months now but have had other things i've needed to spend money on. It feels good finally buying it for myself though. Along with the Pro edition (no point in blowing another $100 on the elite for a black paint job, an hdmi cable, and 100 gigs of HD space i wont fill) I purchased Mass Effect. After hearing so much about it, the previews then the reviews I had to get it. I haven't played a solid single player RPG in quite awhile so its refreshing to dive into one so deep as Mass Effect. I've only spent about 2 hours playing and I've probably touched about 2% of the total content available. I feel like a kid again sitting in math class throwing ideas around in my head on how ill level my character and should he become specialized in this weapon or that weapon? Seriously I can remember sitting in classes in high school and drawing out flow charts on what paths to take in games, and throwing down sell prices for items and how could I raise enough for that one I wanted? It's official... I'm still a nerd.
A North Carolina man who saw an SUV flip and roll on a highway last November was able to provide medical aid to the victims with skills he learned from the America's Army, say the videogame's makers.
Paxton Galvanek pulled one of the passengers out of the smoking car, then found another bleeding heavily from his hand where his fingers had been lost during the crash.
"I used a towel as a dressing and asked the man to hold the towel on his wound and to raise his hand above his head to lessen the blood flow which allowed me to evaluate his other injuries which included a cut on his head," Galvanek said in a letter to the America's Army design team.
Galvanek said he learned about controlling bleeding from playing section two of the "medic" class training in America's Army, a game developed by the Army as a recruitment tool.
"I have received no prior medical training and can honestly say that because of the training and presentations within America's Army, I was able to help and possibly save the injured men," Galvanek said.
Wired.com | read article
Many have been waiting for it for the past 8 years since the release of Diablo 2, and its finally arrived. Actually it's only been announced, but still how exciting right? Blizzard currently has the triple threat of WoW: Wrath of the Litch King, Starcraft II and now Diablo III on deck waiting to be released to the blood thirsty masses and fanboys. Obviously not all going to be released at once, with Wrath of the Litch King due out by the end of this year (I believe, its been awhile since i've been on a computer) and Starcraft II soon to follow with my projection of a Q4 '09 release of Diablo III Blizzard will have many nerds, pimple faced teens and middle aged men satisfied for the following couple years.
Well I blew (maybe not blew, because it wasn't really 'wasted') my paycheck on an Xbox 360. I've been wanting one for a few months now but have had other things i've needed to spend money on. It feels good finally buying it for myself though. Along with the Pro edition (no point in blowing another $100 on the elite for a black paint job, an hdmi cable, and 100 gigs of HD space i wont fill) I purchased Mass Effect. After hearing so much about it, the previews then the reviews I had to get it. I haven't played a solid single player RPG in quite awhile so its refreshing to dive into one so deep as Mass Effect. I've only spent about 2 hours playing and I've probably touched about 2% of the total content available. I feel like a kid again sitting in math class throwing ideas around in my head on how ill level my character and should he become specialized in this weapon or that weapon? Seriously I can remember sitting in classes in high school and drawing out flow charts on what paths to take in games, and throwing down sell prices for items and how could I raise enough for that one I wanted? It's official... I'm still a nerd.
