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NASCAR May go Non-Exclusive After a Decade with EA The stock car organization is looking to diversify its brand which for gamers could lead to very good things. With sales of EA's annual NASCAR title posting less than desirable results and Nintendo's Wii offering up a whole new world of...

Hands-On with City of Heroes Mission Architect Create your own missions, original enemies and objectives, share them with other players regardless of server and gain rewards. The ultimate MMO sandbox is coming soon to Paragon City. Anyone who has ever attempted to roleplay with a group of...

Star Trek: TNG Cast Reunites for Family Guy Seth McFarlane makes it so as the crew of Enterprise-D attends an animated convention in a special episode of Fox's raunchy cartoon. Having already conquered the world of Star Wars with its already [http://www.familyguyblueharvestdvd.com/] brought...

Netflix Prepares "Streaming Only" Subscriptions Thanks in part to the overwhelming success of its Watch Instantly service, the movie rental company plans to offer subscriptions sans mail. Chances are good that if you're an Xbox 360 user, you or at very least someone you know has become a...

Final Fantasy XIII Demo Detailed Japanese gamers will get a long-awaited taste of the next installment in Square-Enix's epic franchise on April 16, but there's a catch. Ever since Square-Enix included a playable demo of Final Fantasy VII with the release of its forgotten fighting game...

Samuel L. Jackson Strikes Nine Picture Deal with Marvel Though once thought to be in jeopardy, Jackson will indeed be playing the role of S.H.I.E.L.D. agent Nick Fury across the Marvel film universe. Stan Lee may be the king of Marvel movie Iron Man...

The Joker Joins the Brave and the Bold Cartoon Network's kid-friendly take on the Dark Knight finally welcomes his arch-nemesis. For fans of science-fiction and comic books, staying home on a Friday night has finally become an acceptable practice. With amazing shows such as Batman: The Brave...

The Making of Wrestle Jam 88 The fictional Nintendo game featured in Darren Aronofsky's The Wrestler isn't just a clever metaphor, but a fully functional title. Darren Aronofsky's The Wrestler [http://www.foxsearchlight.com/thewrestler/] contains more than its fair share of scenes that are...

Spider-Man Goes Broadway Featuring music by Bono and The Edge of U2 and directed by Julie Taymor of Across the Universe fame, nothing could possibly go wrong. Remember that scene from Spider-Man 3 where Peter Parker jumped up on top of the bar, tap danced his way across a set of tables...

Science Explains Why You Hate George Lucas The posse of Bill Nye may be able to explain why nerds hate the Star Wars creator, but they still can't justify midichlorians. The George Lucas of my childhood is a brilliant visionary that brought us the joy of Indiana Jones Adventure...

Assault on Dark Athena Arrives in April The highly anticipated Chronicles of Riddick package gains an April 7 release date in the US, with Europe set for April 24. If you found it difficult to muster up excitement over the oft-delayed, Vin Diesel headlining first-person action title that is...

Noby Noby Boy Heads to the Moon Everyone wins as PlayStation Network users unite for new content in Keita Takahashi's latest. Like most folks who downloaded Noby Noby Boy off of the PlayStation Network this past week, I still can not fully explain what it is that I played. I spent a good two...

Sugar Returns to Mountain Dew this April Rejoice! The eerily official drink of the gamer nation ditches the corn syrup for the real thing. Professional athletes have Gatorade, NASCAR drivers have Budweiser and gamers? Well, we have Mountain Dew, of course. That sweet, delicious slurm...

Midway Partners with Ubisoft to Publish The Wheelman That other game starring Vin Diesel is still due in stores March 24, only now it'll come with an extra logo on the box. The always troubled publisher announced this morning that it'll be getting a helping hand from a French connection...

Street Fighter IV Launch Party in Three Short Stories Last night's Little Tokyo bash was one of the biggest videogame software launches ever witnessed and everyone walked away with a story to tell. "Excuse me, we're cutting in line now. Thanks." Originally, the Street Fighter IV launch...