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Registration for PAX East 2012 has opened up! I already bought my tickets. Anyone else plan on going?

JoCo is back!

Jonathan Coulton has released his new album today! For those of you unfamiliar with JoCo, you may recognize his work from "Stay Alive," the song that plays during the end credits of Valve's Portal.

The album is called "Artificial Heart," and is available on iTunes, Amazon, and his website.


iTunes
Amazon
JoCo






I guess you could also go buy a "CD" in one of those "Store" things.

It's That Time of Year Again!

The other day, Spike TV announced the nominees for Game Of The Year in this years Video Game Awards.

Don't get me wrong. I think the VGA's are a travesty and nothing could actually make them worth watching, but as the only real definitive award show out there, I think it's worth mentioning.

For the year of 2011, the Game Of The Year nominees are:

-Batman: Arkham City
-Portal 2
-The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
-The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
-Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception

I'm not surprised to see Skyrim or Zelda on there, even though they aren't being released until later this month. But I think that all of these have a chance in the running.

My personal choice?
Portal or Uncharted.

Why A Sonic Screwdriver Would Ruin Any Action Movie

I found this funny. Maybe you will too!

So I know I'm a bit behind on this post, but...

Just one day after the announcement of the iPhone 4S, Steve Jobs, co-founder and former CEO of Apple Inc., passed away last Wednesday at the age of 56.
Jobs had been fighting pancreatic cancer since his diagnosis in 2004, and was forced to step down as CEO earlier this year as he felt he could "no longer meet my duties and expectations."
For those wishing to share their thoughts or condolences, Apple is encouraging people to email their story to rememberingsteve@apple.com

About time, too.

Finally, at long last, the CDC has released a how-to-guide on how to prepare for a zombie apocalypse.

"Beware the cows! Not all milk is enriched!"

In other video game related news, Double Fine's Psychonauts was just released for Mac over the Steam market place. Released in 2005, Psychonauts still stands out to me as one of the most brilliant, charming, and funny games of all time. The game is currently $9.99, and comes with Steam Cloud capabilities.
Also being released is an iPhone app tie-in with the game that gives you extra commentary by Scott Campbell and Tim Schafer.

This is a triumph,

Let me say right off the bat that Valve is absolutely one of my favorite video game developers out there.

For all of you who beat Portal 2 the day it came out (like me), and haven't been content playing the single player campaign over and over again, it is your lucky day. Valve has just announced Downloadable Content will come out for the game on October 4th. While the DLC won't add to the story of Chell in a bunch of single player levels, it will add "Peer Review," and entirely new co-op campaign once again staring Atlas and P-body.

Oh, did I also mention that it will be free on all platforms?

Announcement of the upcoming iPhone announcement.

Apple today issued invitations for a "special iPhone event" October 4th. This is almost definitely to announce the new iPhone 5, as well as news concerning iOS and iCloud. Exciting stuff!
I don't know if anyone else cares, but I've personally been holding out for the new iPhone.

As it turns out, Physics might be complete bullshit.

As I'm sure most everyone, a story broke last week that may completely change what we know about modern-day Physics. At Cern, the world's largest physics lab, tests have been conducted that resulted in subatomic particles moving faster than the speed of light; something that scientists have always deemed impossible. In fact, in Einstein's theory of relativity, he defines the speed of light as a Universal "speed-limit," and much of modern physics is dependent on this fact.
The test was run over 15,000 times, and always showed the same results. In many scientific circles, this would be considered a bona-fide discovery.
Antonio Ereditato, who gave a presentation this past Friday, has published the science teams findings; not in order to show off this discovery, but in the hopes that some one may see an error in their work. If what they've discovered is actually true, then the entire ground work that physics is based off of would have to be re-written. If nothing else, Dr. Ereditato says that, "My dream would be that another, independent experiment finds the same thing - then I would be relieved."

For a more in depth look, check out the BBC's article here.

Hopefully, we'll hear more soon.

It's like the song by Poison.

Get it?