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A very peculiar downloadable content is available for Gears of War 3, called “Weapon Skin Collection – Launch Collection”. Essentially, it unlocks every weapon skin available for the game. It doesn’t add any gameplay adventage, nor is it necessary in any other way. It’s purely cosmetic. It also costs 3600 Microsoft Points, which is $45USD. Worse yet, it’s a 172kb file, so...

You can't have you cake and eat it to the same goes for cellaring your beers. Today is one of those days that I am heading downstairs with a flashlight. I will without a doubt discover beers I forgot I even bought. I might even find a beer or two from a now defunct brewery. I am not going to...

This is the second of three festivals that I will have attended in under a month. Needless to say, my wife is a very patient person. There was a lot going on with this festival and I’ll just start right from the beginning. The Grounds: The grounds were basically a city block in downtown Rockford, IL. While...

Another villain has been revealed by Rocksteady for Batman: Arkham City, and while Deadshot is nominally one of Batman’s Rogue’s Gallery, having appeared first in Batman #59 in 1950, he’s one of the more mainstream DC villains. Deadshot calls himself ”the world’s greatest assassin” (Deathstroke might have an issue with that), and is known for his perfect aim and...

Basketball Hall of Famer Michael Jordan opens the debate on the greatest NBA team in history. His preferences are all his Bulls teams – of course – but he challenges you to pick another NBA great team in a video contest. How? The contest has you picking the team you think is the greatest ever, then posting a video of...

The merging of Microsoft Windows and Xbox gaming gets a boost as Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) has officially confirmed that Xbox Live will be an integral part of Windows 8, which will allow users to control their Xbox 360 features from the PC. This was first announced back in June. According to Larry Hryb, aka Major Nelson, on his blog: “We are...

Paul has some angry comments, Jonah has some angry comments, while Jordan just chuckles and makes a Freudian mistake. In between complaints, the Gaming Flashback looks at the Amiga classic Syndicate, and the following news items: The Lund Report: August 2011 NPD Tiger Woods PGA Tour 12 PC controversy rages THQ: Next-gen consoles will be discless Quantic Dreams claims they lost 10M euro...

This delicious reissue of Jimi Hendrix live in concert has the track listing changed around (go to Wikipedia if you want to investigate how the tracks were swapped from the original vinyl turntable release to the newly remastered edition), includes a wonderful booklet written by John McDermott, and preserves the trifecta of "Johnny B. Goode", "Lover Man" and "Blue...

Last night on Hell’s Kitchen, the five remaining chefs received a mulligan after no one was eliminated last week. They awoke this week to a new challenge: determining what to do with the giant salmon that had fallen from the sky on the table in front of them. Fortunately, Chef Gordon Ramsey let them off the hook. ...

Let’s all agree that Stephen Glover or “Steve O” from Jackass is an idiot. That being said the Mtv jester and Jackass star may have gone too far at the Roast of Charlie Sheen. Steve made a joke about the victims of the Station Nightclub fire in Rhode Island. The fire that claimed the lives of over 100 Great White fans...