Posted in: Random Fun by Archive Authors on August 28th, 2007
Here's site I StumbledUpon that might be of interest to you: FreeDocumentaries.org. It is what it sounds like: a list of complete documentary movies that you can watch, drawn primarily from Google Video. I don't imagine all of these will be available for too long; click "Watch this film" on the "Bowling for Columbine" page, for instance, and you're greeted with a screener warning at the beginning of what is obviously and illegitimately posted copy of the movie.
Posted in: News and Opinions by Archive Authors on August 28th, 2007
From this Digg thread on the earlier HD-A2 deal at Amazon:
// Netflix plug.
Don't forget, Netflix offers HD-DVD and Bluray for no additional fee, so once you have those players and watch your free movies, consider signing up. [from Digg]
Posted in: News and Opinions by Archive Authors on August 28th, 2007
From this Digg thread on the earlier HD-A2 deal at Amazon:
// Netflix plug.
Don't forget, Netflix offers HD-DVD and Bluray for no additional fee, so once you have those players and watch your free movies, consider signing up. [from Digg]
Posted in: News and Opinions by Archive Authors on August 28th, 2007
From AVSForum. Apparently having an HD-A2 in your cart with 3 combo discs works out to $210. Then, you get five straight HD DVD's by mail. Not a bad way to get in the HD game if you feel so inclined! Still good to go as of 4:46 PM central.
...So the end cost is only around $210 for a HD-A2 plus three combo HD-DVDs (with 5 more after rebate).
Posted in: News and Opinions by Archive Authors on August 22nd, 2007
TechDirt sums up my thoughts astutely in their post on the recent dealings to reignite the HD DVD vs Blu-ray format war:
Fewer people are willing to adopt one technology if there's still a half decent chance the other one might prevail. At the same time, fewer people are willing to adopt one technology if half the content they want to view is stuck on the other technology. It's a lose-lose situation. [from TechDirt]
Posted in: Random Fun by Archive Authors on August 22nd, 2007
Heh - this is funny stuff - 13 of the Worst Movie Accents ever [found via BB]. I've never really paid too much attention to accents - either their relevance to a film's setting, or their authenticity, but apparently they really piss some people off. See the trailer below for a good example...
Posted in: Dare to Play the Game, News and Opinions by Michael Durr on August 22nd, 2007
Super Metroid goes VC, Bioshock goes Letterbox, and My 360 goes Boom - Welcome to the column that comes and goes just like that chalupa from the mexican roadside eatery known as Dare to Play the Game.
Welcome to another edition of Dare to Play the Game. Guess what, I join the thousands and thousands of XBOX 360 peeps. My 360 go boom. It had been glitching here and there for a few weeks. Not too troublesome, but a pain. Well this weekend, it decided to go postal. It would freeze in the middle of the session, give four red lights, beep for no apparent reason, etc. Then it happened, the dreaded three rings. Nine months into owning the console, thank you have a nice day. I had bought a warranty through Microcenter in addition to the manufacturer warranty that I thought would cover the replacement. That way I would not have to go through the hassle of calling Microsoft, waiting for a box and sending it back. After fighting with Microcenter on two seperate occasions about their warranty, we culmulatively decided they should go rot in a very unearthy place. (Well I decided that for them). Even though they would not come out and say it, their warranty is essentially useless because of recent Microsoft legislation. So I called Microsoft, that did go pretty easy, I was told I would have a box sent in about 10 minutes after I got on the phone. It should be there Thursday or Friday. Maybe it will make it back by Halo 3, maybe not. One slight advantage, the repair center is in McAllen, Tx about half a dozen hours south of here. So here is hoping.
Posted in: News and Opinions by Archive Authors on August 17th, 2007
Posted in: News and Opinions by Archive Authors on August 17th, 2007
Here's a great round up from Trigger Street - the Top 5 Most Ridiculous Movie Plots of All Time.
Behold Number One - see how long it takes you to guess the movie:
Posted in: Dare to Play the Game, News and Opinions by Michael Durr on August 15th, 2007
Metroid - VC, XBLA - The Reality, & Halo 3: the Box Office Smash - Welcome to the column that lives in the dream and only participates in the reality as needed known as Dare to Play the Game.
Welcome to another edition of Dare to Play the Game. Gaming, well I fired back up Rainbow Six this weekend; I did make it to First Sergeant (the one after Master) and played it for a good long while. Of course this was Saturday morning or whereabouts where my connection does nothing but good things. I played a ton of the Stranglehold demo and to be honest I've very impressed. Outside of that, I won a poker tournament online that I should never have. Competitive tournament, one bad beat later I'm left with $4. Somehow, I scrape on; thick and thin until it is me with about $150-$200 and this other guy with $900+. I win the next seven hands to beat him, climaxing with a Queen High flush. Get the achievement as well which was nice. I even played some Guitar Hero 2/80's to pass the time. Got 230k on Message in a Bottle, my hands hurt very badly. I think once the last Lost Planet pack goes free on August 16th, I will start playing that. But anyway, we dispense and move straight into:
