Alright, it’s NaNoWriMo time, so although I hope to keep allgeektout updated with one or two posts a week, expect to see less coming from me during the month of November.
In the meantime, however, MacHeist has released a great, FREE bundle to (I assume) kick-off MacHeist 4 – although they haven’t actually announced whether that’s [...]
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[News] MacHeist is Back!
November 7th, 2009 · No Comments · News
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[News] Storyline Confirmation for Epic Mickey
October 6th, 2009 · No Comments · News
Thanks to Eurogamer, we now know what the story of Epic Mickey really is. As rumored a few months ago, the story involves the older characters of the Disney universe rising against their newer rivals. Leading the crew is Oswald the Rabbit, Walt’s first character, who releases “the Phantom Blot” (who interestingly enough is also [...]
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[News] Sad Day for Legos – Lego House Torn Down
September 28th, 2009 · No Comments · News
Remember the article about the opportunity to build a house made almost entirely out of Legos? Well, it’s been built. And it’s been torn down.
Apparently Legoland decided they didn’t really want to transport the house anyway, and since James May couldn’t find anyone else to pay the movement costs (according to Gizmodo they would have [...]
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[News] SpyParty Gets Back to What Spies Are Really About
August 31st, 2009 · No Comments · News
Spies are stealthy, aren’t they? Then how come every single spy video game tends to contain the same elements – explosions, shooting, and generally being as un-stealthy as any human being could be? Chris Hecker is changing that around a bit with his upcoming game SpyParty, which is an advanced and interesting version of the [...]
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[News] Adobe on CS3/Snow Leopard Combatilibity – "Wait, you actually still use those versions?"
August 25th, 2009 · 3 Comments · News
Before I get in trouble for falsifying quotes – that is not an exact quote. However, it’s not that far off from what the official Adobe Snow Leopard Compatibility FAQ says. In it, they assure you that CS4 has been tested on Snow Leopard, that it works fine, and that they will continue to test [...]
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[News] Upcoming LEGO Movie Looks to Be a Blockbuster, Tom and Jerry will be Smashing
August 13th, 2009 · 1 Comment · News
Here’s an interesting upcoming movie, as reported by Variety.
Dan Lin, who is shepherding Warner Bros.’ “Sherlock Holmes” and exec produced the studio’s upcoming family film “Shorts,” will produce the movie through his Lin Pictures, which is also behind a “Tom and Jerry” film that will put the feuding animated characters in a live-action setting.
The LEGO [...]
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[News] Lots of Things IN SPPPAAAACCCEE Tonight!
August 11th, 2009 · No Comments · News
A bit last minute, but it turns out that Saturn’s rings aren’t the only thing you won’t see tonight (or are the only things you won’t? Gah, this is confusing). As it turns out, if you look out tonight, you’ll also be able to see “Perseids”.
Tonight, on August 11th, is the best night to see [...]
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[News] Don't Like the Wii Vitality Sensor? Good.
August 11th, 2009 · 2 Comments · News
Nintendo announced the Wii Vitality Sensor at E3 2009. People were… underwhelmed to say the least. According to Iwata (Nintendo’s CEO), that’s a good sign.
When we make some new announcement and if there is no positive initial reaction from the market, I try to think of it as a good sign because that can be [...]
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[News] Keep on Eye on the Sky Tonight
August 11th, 2009 · No Comments · News
If you happen to look out into outer space tonight, you’ll notice something missing; Saturn’s rings, to be precise.
This “Saturn Equinox” occurs twice each year – each Saturn year, that is, so you won’t be seeing (or rather, not seeing) this effect for another 15 years. So tonight, make sure that you look outside and [...]
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[News] Epic Mickey Looks Epic, Sounds.. Ehh
July 30th, 2009 · No Comments · News
If you follow video games, then you’ve probably seen the concept art for the supposed Wii game Epic Mickey. For those of you who haven’t, spoiler alert: It’s beautiful.
Even the rumored story, or what’s been released of it, sounds awesome (via CVG):
As for the story, we’ve also been told that it’ll be based around very [...]
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