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Space, the final frontier… again.

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Yesterday before working in the yard (which was looooong over due BTW) and visiting the MIL for mother’s day, the wife and I went to see the 2009 reboot of Star Trek. I really enjoyed the movie, so I won’t ruin it for anyone by posting spoilers… besides, there are enough of those around the web for you to read if you really want to.

The movie offered enough to bring new people to the series, while keeping some of the old to please the trekkies. Famous lines like “I’m a doctor, not a …” and “I’m giving it all she’s got captain” find they way into the movie. I wasn’t too sure about the entire cast line up going into the movie, but after seeing it I feel like everyone filled their rolls very well. I’m looking forward to seeing more Star Trek movies with this crew.

I’m my no means a trekkie… I watched TOS and TNG but hated DS9, Voyager and Enterprise. Heck, I still have yet to see Star Trek: Nemesis which came out in 2002. Doh!

Mashable iPhone App

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I love Mashable.com, it’s a fantastic site for social media related news and info. I find myself visiting several times each day, and have hoped for a while now that they would release an iPhone app or a iPhone friendly website. Sure, there is a mobile site you can access if you know about it but you aren’t automatically sent there if you have an iPhone.

I was thrilled to see the news yesterday that Mashable now had their own iPhone app. Sadly, I wish it had been a bad April Fool’s joke. The app blows. :( Continue reading →

Sony PlayStation 3

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I’ve had my Sony PlayStation 3 for a couple of weeks now. While I cannot say that I wish I had never gotten it, I can say that I am currently disappointed with this system.

It really doesn’t matter what message board or forum you visit, you’ll find people comparing the PS3 and the Xbox 360. And there will always be someone asking which is better. My response was always the same, “it depends on what you want it for.” Continue reading →

Mortal Kombat vs DC Universe

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I was pretty excited when I first heard about Mortal Kombat vs DC. The thought of Scorpion vs. Batman was just cool. Yesterday evening my step brother decided to pick up the game for the Xbox 360. While it was a fun game, I’m glad I wasn’t the one that spent $50 on it.

While it has a lot of nice visual details, and the story was decent, the game itself felt like it was missing a lot. For starters, there isn’t a lot of fighters. MK vs. DC only has 22 characters so it’s missing a lot of people from both universes. If you’re expecting to unlock additional characters, you’ll be sadly mistaken… there are two characters that can be unlocked by completing each of the story modes. Two, that’s it.

The only hope is that maybe, we’ll see additional characters added by way of downloadable content. After all, that is the new way of milking money out of the customers, isn’t it??

While fun, right now I couldn’t justify buying the game. Perhaps if the downloadable content adds enough at a fair price (i.e. free) then I might change my tune.