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Month: October 2010

NYCC 2010: DC Comics Drops Prices for Ongoing Titles

 

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New York, October 7, 2010– Beginning January 2011, DC Comics will implement a line-wide pricing adjustment, lowering the prices of all standard length 32-page ongoing comic book titles currently priced at $3.99 to $2.99, it was announced today by DC Comics Co-Publishers Jim Lee and Dan DiDio.

“Today’s announcement re-affirms DC Comics’ commitment to both our core fans and to comic book store retailers,” said Jim Lee, DC Comics Co-Publisher. “For the long term health of the industry, we are willing to take a financial risk so that readers who love our medium do not abandon the art form.”

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News: Masi Oka to Guest Star on Hawaii Five-O

                      
On October 18th, Masi Oka will guest star on the new hit series Hawaii Five-O.  Many will recognize Oka as Hiro Nakamura, the regular part he played on the hit show Heroes, as well as from his film work and guest appearances in shows like Without a Trace, Still Standing, Yes, Dear, Scrubs, Joey, Reba, The Loop, All of Us, Will & Grace and The Gilmore Girls.    

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Blu-ray Review: Superman/Batman: Apocalypse

The DC Universe Animated Film series has been on a roll with putting out constant quality animated features based on various popular stories from all over the DCverse for the past few years. From Justice League: The New Frontier, to Batman: Under the Red Hood, this series of releases headed up by legendary superhero animation mastermind Bruce Timm has offered us many varied experiences, each very differently styled from the last. The newest addition to the series Superman/Batman: Apocalypse, which is now available on Blu-ray!
 

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Console Gaming News: DJ Hero 2 Pre-Order Bonus Gifts


DJ HERO® 2 PRE-ORDER AND GIFT WITH PURCHASE OFFERS DETAILED

 

Turntable Controller Bag by PUMA®, Turntable Controller Stand, Character Unlock Cheat, MP3s of On-Disc Mixes and Deadmau5 exclusives Among Offers

 

DJ Hero 2, the ultimate mixer of music and friends, will spin, scratch and crossfade into stores nationwide on October 19, 2010, and fans who reserve their copies early or purchase right at launch can take advantage of a variety of valuable pre-order and gift-with-purchase opportunities at major North American retailers including GameStop, Wal-Mart and Amazon.

 

DVD Review: The Human Centipede


There’s a movie that has been talked about for the last few months as being one of the most disturbing to be released in a while. A truly bizarre movie that tells of the reverse engineering of the Siamese twins process using their gastric systems. That’s right, The Human Centipede is being released on to an unsuspecting public. Be afraid.

Karl’s Shocktober Movie List

It’s that time of year again. The time when all the ghosties, and goblins, and things that go bump in the night come out. The month of October, which leads to Halloween? And with it are the scares that go with this time of year. So here’s my recommended watching for the month. Let me know what you think. I know that there are a lot of movies that deserve to be on the list but didn’t make the cut this year, so let me know what I missed. Share the scare.

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COMIC-CON TO STAY IN SAN DIEGO THROUGH 2015!!!

Fans can finally relax because Comic-Con International has announced plans to remain in San Diego through 2015!

Check out the Press Release from Comic-Con:
 

 

Comic-Con International: San Diego (Comic-Con), the largest comics convention of its kind in the world, today announced it will be staying in San Diego for the foreseeable future.