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Archive for January, 2010

Flixster Buys Rotten Tomatoes

Flixster has purchased the movie review aggregation website RottenTomatoes.com from New Corp’s IGN Entertainment for an undisclosed amount.
The combination of the two movie-related websites makes sense for all three parties involved.  For starters, the two are already partnered in certain Internet ventures.  RottenTomatoes scores are fed to Flixster’s extremely popular mobile application and the ratings [...]

Do Consumers Really Want 3-D TV’s?

I have a confession to make. I’m a little confused by one of the themes we’re already seeing from the 2010 Consumer Electronics Show: 3-D Televisions.
Before the C.E.S. announcements began rolling out Tuesday I expected to read a lot of interesting press releases about fancy new televisions. I did not foresee the majority of these [...]

Bullock Ranked No. 1 for Box-Office Star Power

Actress Sandra Bullock has nabbed the golden ring for 2009 as the top Hollywood star at the box office, according to a survey of cinema owners.
A poll of hundreds of owners by Quigley Publishing lists the 45-year-old performer as top dog for 2009, raking in $315 million US worldwide for her comedy The Proposal, co-starring Canadian [...]

Avatar Is A Blue-Skinned Wonder

No doubt about it, Avatar is one impressive film. I’m not entirely sure this is the “future of movies” as it has been endlessly promoted, but it is something to behold, a picture you should definitely see on the big screen where it can truly be appreciated.  
That would indeed make Avatar not just an average flick, [...]

Dragon Age: Origins Returns to Ostagar

Dragon Age: Origins has released to rave reviews from both gamers and industry experts, including a 5 out of 5 from playstationlifestyle.net.  Along with all this positive talk Bioware has been pretty good about supporting their product with two DLC packs already on the PlayStation Store.  Now it looks like there will be a third pack for [...]

Nintendo’s Q1: Wario, Not Punishment

Nintendo of America will release its awesome make-your-own Wario game in early 2010, but apparently not Sin and Punishment 2, according to a press release issued Monday.
Faced with flagging Wii sales, the Kyoto gamemaker is under pressure to release more big software titles for the console in the U.S., but those aren’t forthcoming in the first three months [...]