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Roster Updates Take Step Back This Year
When it comes to the subject of roster updates there are various opinions on how often they should occur. However what everyone seems united in is that they should be at least consistent in the delivery of them. After having significant advancements made with the 09 titles the majority of games have actually fallen off from the expectations that were built up for this year. -Madden 10 started with a stream of weekly roster updates but then quickly slipped. There was a stretch where only o...
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Thanksgiving Weekend Box Office Results
The Blind Side nearly knocked off New Moon as the number one movie at the box office over the weekend. New Moon pulled in $42.5 million which was down a stunning but not unanticipated 70%. In comparison The Blind Side shot up over 17% from its opening weekend for $40.1 million. That puts it at $100 million in just nine days of release while New Moon has collected $230 million in the same time frame. Of the three new movies that released wide on Thanksgiving it was Old Dogs that pulled in ...
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Potential Features for NCAA Football 11
A survey distributed by EA may have provided some insight into improvements and new features that are being considered for NCAA Football 11. The questionnaire asks for a selection of the top three out of 13 choices. Included are things like an Athletic Director mode with stadium creator, authentic team entrances, and ESPN style TV presentation. While there is no guarantee any of the options will make it in the game it does stand to reason that some of them will. Of the possible selections...
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Promo Trailer for Human Target
Fox has released a promo trailer for the new series Human Target. Starring Mark Valley, Jackie Earle Haley, and Chi McBride the show is based on the DC Comic. It follows the cases of a unique private contractor who interferes with murder attempts by impersonating the intended victims. Human Target premieres on Sunday January 17th at 8pm followed by the first two hours of the new season of 24. It then moves to its normal time on Wednesdays at 9pm. ...
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Madden NFL Arcade Impressions
I've always been a fan of arcade style games however with certain caveats. They have to be simple to play but still include some sort of strategy. With that they must eliminate any frustrating elements that comes from that strategy or from the simplified gameplay. Essentially the game needs to have an overriding fun feeling while still offering the opportunity to increase skill and outperform opponents. This generation the best example of meeting those criteria came with The BIGS. More re...
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Thanksgiving 2009 at the Box Office
The day before Thanksgiving tends to perform only slightly better than a normal weekday. Thanksgiving is generally slow but then the day after is one of the busiest of the year. On Wednesday three carryovers in New Moon, The Blind Side, and 2012 topped the new offerings and that will likely continue through the weekend. Opening yesterday was the martial-arts movie Ninja Assassin which debuted with $3.3 million, the comedy Old Dogs which starts with $3.1 million, and the stop-motion animat...
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Daybreakers Trailer
Earlier today the full theatrical trailer for Daybreakers arrived. Set in 2019 Ethan Hawke stars as a researcher during a time where most of the population has turned into vampires. As the human race nears extinction the vampires are forced to either capture and farm every remaining human or find a blood substitute before time runs out. However a covert group of vampires makes a remarkable discovery that has the power to save the human race. Daybreakers is scheduled to release on January 8th...
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NBA 2K10 Will Get Second Patch
Once the first patch for NBA 2K10 was released the question immediately raised was whether or not another would follow. That patch did not fix everything it was supposed to and as always the community has other areas they would like to see improvement in. Today 2K Sports announced that there will in fact be a second patch for the game. While there is no way to lock down a date at this point the estimation being given is that it will arrive sometime in January. According to the statement t...
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