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This looks to be kickin' rad and will be a serious factor in my future personal game system purchase. The inclusion of Metaknight in the game has me particularily excited, though Snake being in it is rather cool.

This is a very odd cover of the europop hit Night of Fire, by the HINOI Team, with supporting singer Korikki (a wrestler). Hinoi Team is a J-Pop girl group formed around Asuka Hinoi with supporting members Keika Matsuoka, Hikaru Koyama, and Rina Takenaka. Most of their releases (such as this one) are covers of Europop songs. Check it out for hot japanese chicks and hilarity.

Warner Bros.-based Legendary Pictures has picked up film rights to adapt the popular fantasy video game franchise World of Warcraft and will develop the project with game publisher Blizzard Entertainment, which is owned by Vivendi.

At least Uwe Boll won't get his hands on this one.

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Slated for release by New Line Cinema August 18, Snakes on a Plane is a modern action movie starring Samuel L. Jackson as FBI agent Nelville Flynn. Nelville and partner John Saunders (Mark Houghton) escort John Saunders (Mark Houghton), a former Mafia member, to testify in a highly publicized case that could bring down said Mafia. In the course of a flight between Hawaii and California, an assassin pays airport security to sneak a time-release crate of 400 snakes of various sizes on board in the hope of killing the witness.

The movie has recently received mass anticipation from the internet as a result of its excellent title and premise. At one point, the film's title was switched to Pacific Air Flight 121. In August 2005, a disgruntled Samuel L. Jackson told an interviewer, "We're totally changing that back. That's the only reason I took the job: I read the title." In another interview in early 2006, Jackson claimed that once he learned about the movie title being changed he said: "What are you doing here? It's not Gone with the Wind. It's not On the Waterfront. It's Snakes on a Plane!" The film was soon reverted to the working title of Snakes on a Plane.

In the realm of the web, the somethingawful.com forum goons and other web communities are responsible for increasing the hype for this film to a high degree. In recognition of the unprecedented Internet buzz for what had been a minor movie in their 2006 line-up, New Line Cinema ordered five days of additional shooting in early March 2006. While re-shoots normally imply problems with a film, the producers opted to add new scenes to the film to take the movie from PG-13 into R-rated territory and bring the movie in line with the growing fan expectation. Among the reported additions is a line that originated as an Internet parody of Samuel L. Jackson's traditional movie persona: "That's IT! I want the motherfucking snakes off the motherfucking plane!".

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Carmen Electra, doing what she does best. Possible NWS, but for reasons of sexiness, not for nudity.

A particularily skilled lego mod artist is selling a custom Cloud Strife lego character with buster sword on ebay. The character itself is made out of basic lego pieces with painted on additions and sculpy clay hair.

The same artist has done numerous other customs in the past that are particularily cool any you are advised to check them out.

""Dark Side of the Moon A Cappella" is an all-vocal version of Pink Floyd's magnum opus "Dark Side of the Moon." No instruments were used in the recording of this unique version of the album. Eight singers and one "vocal percussionist" (similar to a beatboxer) recreate the original work in its entirety.

The album was recorded in High Definition, without breaks between the tracks (as in the original), and is as close to the original in timing as possible, thus preserving its "Wizard of Oz Compatibility." Produced and mixed by the renowned a cappella Producer, Freddie Feldman, this recording breaks new ground in both the worlds of a cappella and rock.

Dark Side of the Moon A Cappella has been nominated for Best Pop/Rock Album in the 2006 Contemporary A Cappella Recording Awards (CARAs)."

Give their version of "Time" a shot, the intro for it is truly epic, and when I say epic, I mean hilarious.
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The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) is on a rampage, launching legal attacks against average Americans from coast to coast. After over 18,000 lawsuits and counting against P2P users, file sharing has continued to increase rapidly. Meanwhile, music fans, like 12 year-old Brittany LaHara, college student Cassi Hunt, and parent of five Cecilia Gonzalez, are being forced to pay thousands of dollars they do not have to settle RIAA-member lawsuits, and many other innocent individuals are being caught in the crossfire.

This irrational crusade is not generating a single penny for the artists that the RIAA claims to protect. The RIAA should be working to create a rational, legal means by which its customers can take advantage of file sharing technology and pay a fair price for the music they love. With artists increasingly turning against the lawsuits, momentum may be shifting in favor of a better way forward.

Copyright law shouldn't make criminals out of more than 60 million Americans — tell Congress that it's time to stop the madness!

We have 73044 signatures so far - this is amazing! If we can get 100,000 signatures, we will deliver the petition to the Senate and House Commerce and Judiciary Commitees.

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"Women sacked 'for not baring breasts to gorilla'

Two former caretakers who refused to bare their breasts to a 300lb (136kg) sign language-speaking gorilla named Koko have settled a lawsuit against the Gorilla Foundation. Nancy Alperin and Kendra Keller said that they were dismissed after they refused to expose their bosoms and reported sanitary problems at Koko’s home in Woodside, south of San Francisco. They were told that if they “did not indulge Koko’s nipple fetish, their employment with the Gorilla Foundation would suffer”, their claim alleged. Ms Alperin and Ms Keller said that Francine Patterson, Koko’s caretaker and president of the Gorilla Foundation, pushed them to bare their breasts to bond with the 33-year-old female simian. The foundation has denied the allegations. The settlement’s terms were not disclosed. (AP)"

from Times Online

"'The market forces that exist today make it unrealistic to spend $200 million on a movie,' said Lucas, a near-billionaire from his feverishly franchised outer-space epics. 'Those movies can't make their money back anymore. Look at what happened with King Kong.'" Lucas' prediction: "In the future, almost everything that gets shown in theaters will be indie movies ... I predict that by 2025 the average movie will cost only $15 million.""

from the New York Daily News

We'll just have to see then, won't we?

Time to take a break from the news so that I can list some quotes from everyone's favorite assassin droid, HK-47. (See KOTOR for more info)

"Commentary: The meatbag speaks without clarity. Detail your involvement or the master will splatter your organs all over the floor."

"Suggestion: Shall we find something to kill to cheer ourselves up?"

"Statement: I have already learned a great deal, master, and I am anxious to learn more of lying, betrayal, and new ways to harm innocents."

"Exclamation: No! Master, no! What are you doing?"

"Conclusion: Still there was a brief moment where I felt like I almost understood why some meatbags choose peace and friendship over a high-powered blaster carbine."

"If you will excuse me, I will meditate on the face of my old master as he was being electrocuted. I find it most soothing."

"I think he is making fun of you, Master. Shall i proceed with wasting the Meatbag?"

"Deceit: Nothing to see here miss, just a regular droid. Move along, move along."

"I therefore make no claim to that designation, prospective buyer. I am a law-abiding droid. Yes, indeed, law-abiding, that's me!"

"Translation: 98% probability that members of the miniature organic's tribe are being held by Sand People, master. Doubtless he wishes assistance. 2% probability that the miniature organic is simply looking for trouble and needs to be blasted. That may be wishful thinking on my part, master."

"Osaka’s Suntory Beverages is launching the Final Fantasy XII Potion on March 7, a week before the PS2 title hits shelves and sends RPG fans into a frenzy. A 120 ml plain Jane bottle goes for 191 yen (about $1.60 US), while the Premium Set commands 600 yen ($5.75). The Premium Set is limited to 3 million boxes that include one art card and a special 100 ml bottle of Potion. So for more money, you get less to drink. Guess that’s okay for collectors, but sucks if you’re thirsty."

from Kotaku