The Lord Of The Rings and The Hobbit Series Brought in a Cumulative 6 Billion Dollars

The numbers are in, and they are astounding. Truly mind-numbing. Domestically and internationally, both The Lord Of The Rings trilogy and the recently concluded The Hobbit trilogy brought in an astronomical 3 Billion dollars each for a total of almost 6 Billion dollars. If the Lord of the Rings trilogies were a country, then with $5.85 Billion it would fall right behind... read more

Tutorial: How To Record or Stream Gameplay from PS4, PS3, Xbox One, Wii U, and More

If you want to record your gameplay from your console or do live game streaming through a service like Twitch, you need several things. In short, the list of what you need for game recording or game streaming are as follows: 1x Game Console such as PS3, PS4, Xbox One, Xbox 360, Wii, or Wii U 1x HDMI Splitter / HDCP Stripper, 1x Game Capture Card, 1x Television or... read more

How To Record and Stream PS4, PS3, and Xbox One, and Eliminate or Bypass HDCP Protection When Recording Over HDMI

If you want to be able to record your PS3, PS4, or Xbox One gameplay, and you have a game capture device, you will soon find out that the game capture device is not enough. This is because of a technology developed by Intel called "HDCP", which stands for High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection. It's just another copyright protection created by the copyright mafia to... read more

Twitch Experiences Security Breach, Requires Users To Change Their Passwords

Due to a recent security breach, Twitch has reset all user passwords and stream keys. Now all users will need to reset their password in order to be able to log in. In this bulletin today, Twitch stated, "We also recommend that you change your password at any website where you use the same or a similar password." Twitch further stated that any users who were... read more

Powers, a New Show Exclusively On Playstation Network, Is Bloody Awesome

Powers is a new show, but not so new to those who remember Heroes. Powers is essentially the same type of show as the 2006 TV show Heroes, although it generally has a different feel. This is because Powers is not a rip-off of Heroes but is actually a TV adaptation of the comic series, "Powers". It is bloody awesome, and for a first show for Playstation, they did a truly... read more

Battlefield Hardline | A Glorified Expansion Pack, With The Lowest Rating Ever In The Battlefield Series

Critics and players agree on this one, Battlefield Hardline is the lowest scoring Battlefield game ever in the Battlefield series. With a critic score of 71/100, it does not come close to the former series' scores. Battlefield 1942 scored 89, Battlefield 2 scored 91, Bad Company 2 scored 87, Battlefield 3 scored 89, and Battlefield 4 scored 81. It's not a wonder why... read more

The Internet Of Things | Are You Ready For The Promise Of A Connected World?

The Internet of Things (IoT) is emerging as the third wave in the development of the Internet. The 1990s' fixed Internet wave connected 1 billion users while the 2000s' mobile wave connected another 2 billion. The Internet of Things has the potential to connect 10 times as many (28 billion) "things" to the Internet by 2020, ranging from bracelets to cars, blurring the... read more

Where are all the young male action heroes?

Where are all the young male action heroes these days? Back in the 1980s and 1990s, we had a slew of brawny action stars: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Bruce Willis, Sylvester Stallone, Mel Gibson, Jean Claude Van Damme, Harrison Ford, Steven Seagal, Tom Cruise, the list goes on. In the 2000s, those stars were waning at the box office, but they were still making action... read more

Sony May Be Near Its Death – Who Might Take Their Place In The Gaming Industry?

This picture of one of Sony's buildings is beginning to look like a tombstone. Sony may be in the throes of death, largely due to poor financial decisions, a potentially failed gamble into the smartphone industry, and a failure to deliver good products consistently as they had in the past with previous game systems. Additionally, although Sony has produced some... read more

Movie Review: God Bless America (2011), An Absurd and Hilarious Satire

Have you ever had one of those days where everything has gone wrong? Your neighbors are rude, your daughter is a spoiled brat, you get fired, and then you find out you have an inoperable brain tumor. Never had one of those? Well Frank Murdoch has, in the political satire "God Bless America", written and directed by Bobcat Goldthwait. The movie is about Frank Murdoch, a... read more