Is there anyone surprised that Halo 3 broke a few records?  I haven’t gotten nearly as much time as I’d like with it, but there is zero doubt that it is a phenomenal game. Xbox 360 Exclusive “Halo 3” Registers Biggest Day in US Entertainment History with $170 Million in Sales Microsoft today announced that the Xbox 360 exclusive game “Halo 3” has officially become the biggest entertainment launch in history, garnering an estimated $170 million in sales in the United States alone in the first 24 hours. The Xbox 360 title beat previous records set by blockbuster theatrical releases like “Spider-man 3” and novels such as “Harry Potter and Read more »

DreamScene, the Windows Vista Ultimate add-on that changes your background from a static image to a full-motion video, is now available.  In conjunction with Stardock, we’re pleased to also offer a number of cool, new animated DreamScene desktops, including “Aurora”. Additionally, you can use your own videos as DreamScene desktops or visit Stardock’s Dream.WinCustomize.com website to download Stardock’s DeskScapes (an add-on to DreamScene) as well as a collection of fabulous content created by Stardock and members of the Ultimate community. I’m really interested to see how the public responds.  I can’t decide if it will be very cool, or if it will get very annoying after a while. Read more »

If you have $500 and about three years of your life to give up, consider picking up the new LEGO Millennium Falcon set.  This sucker boasts 5,000 pieces and a four-pound manual.  I would think about getting this, but, I could barely make it through the little 6 piece LEGO sets they used to give away at McDonalds before my ADD kicked in.  This thing would drive me nuts.  (Source: Gizmodo) Read more »

Today, Amazon launched their new DRM-free music store, called Amazon MP3. Amazon boasts a collection of over 2 million songs, all DRM-free, and priced at a pretty little $.89 or $.99.  Albums will go as high as $9.99. Though I know that there are many out there who feel very strongly about it, I’ve never been a huge hater of DRM.  Sure, it’s an inconvenience if you want to use other devices (although there are workarounds), but I’ve yet to find a device that would really make me want to switch from my iPod.  Regardless, for those of you who have adamant feelings about DRM, this is a big day. Read more »

The LA Times (and Michael Bay’s blog) have confirmed that Dreamworks has scheduled the sequel to the surprisingly non-sucky Transformers to bow in the summer of 2009. This is a great move…if they can get LaBouf back.  Transformers was good, but Shia was the one who sold it.  Hopefully, he’ll step back into the role for the sequel. Read more »

Anybody else been singing the Halo theme all weekend long? Yeah, me too. Dum-da-DAH da-da-da Dum-da-DAH da-da-da Dum-da-DAH da-da-da Dum-da-DAH da-da-da-da-da-da…but I digress. Anyway, to stoke your appetite for what will be the best-selling video game of all time, here are the great promos that we’ve been seeing for Halo 3. Museum The first glimpse we got to see is, understandably, the most lackluster. This was merely a set up for what was to come. Two Soldiers Reminisce This is set up kind of like a History Channel documentary, interviewing a couple of old troops about their memories of the war. Believe This one gave me shivers in all my Read more »

Starting in October, the Peacock will be offering free downloads of some of its biggest shows.  Heroes, The Office, Life, Bionic Woman, 30 Rock, Friday Night Lights, Late Night with Conan O’Brien and The Tonight Show with Jay Leno will all be available for download from the network’s new service, “NBC Direct”.  Viewers will have a one-week window to watch the show before it’s locked down.  Additional features, such as HD content, usage on portable devices and “expanded platform functionality” (i.e. Macs) will come down the pipe later on. Vivi Zigler, Executive VP of NBC Digital Entertainment said the following: “With the creation of this new service, we are acknowledging Read more »

Colin McRae, winner of the Scottish World Ralley Championship and namesake for the widely popular Colin McRae: Rally video game racing series was killed Saturday in a helicopter accident.  His five year old son and two family friends were also killed in the crash. Our thoughts and prayers are with the McRae family during this hard time.  Head over to his official website to leave your condolences. Read more »

I will admit, I was absolutely infuriated about the $200 iPhone price drop last week.  Outraged.  I said words I don’t normally say, even.  So when Steve Jobs announced that everyone who purchased the iPhone for $600 would be getting a $100 credit to the Apple Store, I was quite relieved.  Anyway, the refund went live today.  I’ve had concerns that the refund process would be trouble-filled…primarily because I couldn’t find my receipt.  But this could be the most ridiculously simple thing I’ve ever done. Step 1: Click here. Step 2: Enter your phone number and serial number (found on the back of the iPhone). Step 3: Enter access code that Read more »