A Moog On The Goog’

A Moog on the Goog’

Today marks the late Bob Moogs 78th birthday, founder of Moog synths and keyboards, and godfather of all prog-rock keyboardists everywhere. In honor of the late Mr. Moog today’s google doodle is a full-fledged working synth!!

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XCOM: Enemy Unknown – Release Date Totally Known!

XCOM: Enemy Unknown – Release Date Totally Known!

Seeing footage of XCOM: Enemy Unknown at this year’s PAX: East quickly reminded me how much I longed for the glory days of well executed turn based strategy.  Not only did the XCOM look incredible, it also seemed to mysteriously capture the tone and pedigree of the original title.  If you’re anything like myself and have been waiting for a proper release day for this long anticipated title, we’ve got great news, the wait is almost over!  XCOM is set to invade North America on October 9th 2012 for both 360 and PC. (click for more info)

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Aliens Colonial Marines: 5 By 5 This February!

Aliens Colonial Marines: 5 by 5 This February!

Not only is Colonial Marines the canonical sequel to Aliens (one of my favorite films of all time), the game played well and was visually stunning. The fine folks at Gearbox and SEGA have finally given us a release date that’s not too far off, February 12, 2013.

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Who Is Ant Man?  We Cast Marvel’s Next Avenger!

Who is Ant Man? We Cast Marvel’s Next Avenger!

Believe it or not, somewhere one Earth Marvel’s Ant man is somebody’s favorite Avenger. With Avenger mania sweeping the planet (and draining wallets everywhere) Marvel Studios is fully aware that Ant Man has the potential to be HUGE (see what I did there). Scott Pilgrim director Edgar Wright will soon be bringing us the misadventures of Hank Pym, also known as the Ant Man. Considering Mr. Wright has consitantly given us cinematic gold, we have high hopes for the Ant Man franchise.  Now, last we heard there is no solid plan to bring Edgar Wright’s Ant Man into the current Avengers film universe, but if we whine enough we may get our way.  More importantly however are the following questions. Who exactly is the Ant Man? And, who is the perfect actor to portray the super genius Hank Pym?

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NBC’s Revolution Trailer – A Fun Romp Through The Apocalypse (Video)

NBC’s Revolution Trailer – A Fun Romp Through The Apocalypse (Video)

I hadn’t heard all that much about NBC’s new science fiction survival story “Revolution”, until earlier this week while recording our very own podcast. Revolution follows the adventures of a family attempting to survive in a world without order, law, or electricity. As with everything J.J. Abrams touches, there will inevitably be a vast and complicated conspiracy designed to stretch for multiple seasons

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