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Californication Renewed for Fourth Season
Having just kicked off its third season the Showtime series Californication has already been renewed for a fourth. The show stars David Duchovny as a (sometimes) successful writer with a sex addiction and has been consistently picking up viewers. The third season premiere drew the highest ratings in series history and was up nearly 60% over the previous season opener. Despite some overly forced dialogue and situations I thoroughly enjoy Californication. I had hesitations on whether I even...
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NBA Live 10 Patch Release Plans
NBA Live 10's lead gameplay designer Mike Wang has mentioned plans for the first patch on Twitter. The patch is slated to release the first week of November. In order to meet that timetable it will probably be submitted for certification by the end of next week. Rather than put the patch out right away EA has decided to hold back a bit to incorporate more consumer feedback. So, as I did with my impressions, there is the opportunity to express your thoughts on issues and possibly see them ...
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Week Four Ratings Change Suggestions
We're now through a full quarter of the NFL season and at this point players have had ample opportunity to display whether they are playing at a level worthy of a ratings increase or that they aren't living up to their current ratings and deserve to drop. With the next roster update for Madden 10 coming later this week here again is an opportunity to let your thoughts be known on what players should see adjustments. Certainly Steve Smith of the Giants is at the top of the list of players ...
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NBA Live 10 Prerelease Coverage
For those of you who may have missed any of the prerelease coverage for NBA Live 10 over the last several days the direct links to the content can be found below. Full online impressions will come later this week once the online play can be completely evaluated. Full Live 10 Initial Impressions Live Run Impressions Second Set of Videos (Various) Full Game Video Pistons @ Heat Player Ratings 360 Hard Drive Evaluation ...
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NBA 2K10 Prerelease Coverage
For those of you who may have missed any of the prerelease coverage for NBA 2K10 over the last week the direct links to the content can be found below. Full online impressions will come in a few days once the online play can be completely evaluated. Full 2K10 Initial Impressions My Player Mode Impressions Full Game Video of NBA Finals GM 7 Second Set of Videos (Various) Full Game Video Spurs @ Jazz Requested Screenshots 360 Hard Drive Evaluation ...
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NCAA Basketball 10 Debut Trailer
EA Sports has released a trailer for NCAA Basketball 10 offering the opportunity for the first look at the game of which very little is known at the moment. We are aware though of what is to be the top 25 rated teams and the top 15 toughest places to play in the game. From the trailer it is learned that Gus Johnson will be associated with the game, however in what capacity is uncertain. Apparently there will be a good deal of info and videos for NCAA Basketball 10 arriving this week. The ...
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Arrested Development Movie In Development
Though it has been long rumored and known likely to happen it wasn't until today that it was confirmed to be officially in the works. The script is being worked on now and the film will include all the main players from the TV series including Michael Cera who had originally expressed a lack of desire to be in a potential movie. The director will be the creator of the show Mitchell Hurwitz and not Ron Howard which was rumored as of late. Howard was the producer of the show and narrator throu...
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NBA Live 10 Initial Impressions
The NBA Live series comes into this year with increased expectations after primarily concentrating efforts on improving the gameplay experience rather than adding in new modes. While EA has built out a good feature set the last few years, the primary focus of gameplay was necessary and appears to have paid off if gamer response and early reviews are to be believed. Continue on for my observations from playing NBA Live 10 over the last few days. Feel free to leave your thoughts in the comm...
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