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- Episode 51: Play Now

is over the hill but trudging ahead, valiantly.  This episode, Max and Ben welcome gaming guru Eric Bee as he brings them up to speed on all things .  If you don’t listen to this episode, you will no longer be cool.

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favorites Cheap Trick are currently gracing the cover of Illinois Entertainer magazine. Check out the sweet interview with Rock God/ Piece Brewery co-owner/ Patron Saint here.


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Get tickets to see Cheap Trick, Poison, and Def Leppard @ the Tinley Park First Midwest Bank Amphitheater July 17th here. For more tour dates, click here.


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The sale of to Warner Brothers should become official in about 10 days. According to spokesman, Geoffrey Mogilner, this will put the , This is Vegas, the sports titles (i.e the Blitz: The League series), arcade titles along with the and Seattle based studios. The San Diego and Newcastle studios are not included in the purchase. Also not included with the purchase would be the TNA license, which maybe we could get a good TNA game now. The purchase is slated to be for $33million.

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Some new -inspired work from our friend . Check out more of his awesome work here.

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Mountain Dew and World of Warcraft have finally teamed up to make sure Nerds maintain the necessary level of obesity and caffeine-ation required for hours of sitting on your ass playing . Not since the KFC/Guitar Hero marriage have things been so exciting for the junk-food loving, outdoor-hating gamer. (Myself included)

And because I can’t mention Warcraft without it:


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has announced that later this year, they will begin to place on the 360 . Obviously this will drive a great deal of revenue to , but aren’t you 360 users already paying for the service? To me this seems like an unnecessary way to make , but they say it wont impact the overall gaming experience, you just have to deal with annoying ads on your now. More from ’s Larry Hryb below:

I need to let you know that you don’t need to worry about a huge influx of ads across the . One of our core principles is to enhance, not interfere with the gaming experience, and we work directly with our partners to only deliver experiences that are relevant to the LIVE community. Silverlight will help make those ads a more organic part of the , like we’ve done with some of the NXE slots in the past. No one on the team wants to turn the into something that looks like like Shibuya Crossing. That’s just not good for anyone.

So there you have it, hopefully this wont get to out of hand, but I expect a great deal of backlash from customers on this considering already gets $50 a year from their Live customers. Image courtesy of Kotaku.

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In the early 70’s, a company named Third Eye produced a sweet series of -themed black light for sale in comic shops, record stores, and head shops. Some day, when I have the means and the wall space, I intend to amass a nice collection of these. Until then, however, I can check out the gallery of images on Nick Derington’s Flickr here.

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See who’s boning who in the universe with this awesome chart courtesy of uncannyxmen.net. See it full scale here.

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An exclusive download for the Playstation 3 network, Punisher: No Mercy drops tomorrow, July 2. Although the preview makes the game look a little dated, this could still be a great way to get your Punisher fix. Basically a tournament-style first person shooter, this may be one to check out, especially with how light the summer has been -game release wise.


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I have no words.

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Currently to be released only in Japan (of course) by Mamegyorai this is the first in a series of collectible statues called . This one is by Rockin’ Jelly Bean. Let’s just say I currently have a rockin’ jelly bean just looking at it. Get it here.

Thanks to Citizen Jenny Frison for the heads up.

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The have announced that they will begin taking pre-orders for Queen Alluxandra of the Bluddmane Clan, Isadorra of the Ironspynne Clan, Siliskk the Mutant and full sets of Queen Alluxandra & Her Royal Council, all characters from their fan favorite property 7 th Kingdom, beginning at 8pm est on Wednesday July 1 st.

Although Queen Alluxandra and Isadorra will be available at both Store Horsemen (http://www.StoreHorsemen.com) and on hand at the 2009 San Diego Comic Con, the ONLY place youll be able to get Siliskk and the Royal Council Set will be at Store Horsemen!

Queen Alluxandra and Isadorra will be $20.00 each (plus shipping - if youre not purchasing them at SDCC) or youll be able to pre-order the pair together for only $35.00!

Siliskk will be available in very limited numbers only through Store Horesmen for $20.00 each, plus shipping.

Queen Alluxandra & Her Royal Council will retail through Store Horsemen only for $220.00 for the full set of 11 figures. The Royal Council set will include Queen Alluxandra, Isadorra, Siliskk, Kromius, Ccora, Akkuli, Biggara, Badathiir, Dzwirra, Oktobria and Raavia.

Royal Council sets are going to be limited to only 125 sets, so be sure to place your order early, because just like past 7 th Kingdom sets, these are expected to sell out quickly!

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Recently, while looking through a friend’s Flickr, I stumbled upon some images of a show by @ 111 Minna Gallery in San Francisco.  I’ve been crazy about his ever since.  Stay tuned to for an upcoming interview…

For even more of ’s amazing work, go to his official site here.

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There is something about these classic villains that really lends itself to super stylized reinterpretation. SerugioSan is a talented illustratior from Bogota, Columbia, who recently posted these images of the pair on his Flickr and DeviantArt.

For more of SerugioSan’s work, check out his DeviantArt page here.

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Now on sale, from -based comic publisher Devil’s Due and written by favorite, Larry Hama, behold Barack:The Barbarian.

Get it @ Chicago Comics.

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