If you're an old fan of M.A.S.H. like I am, then you probably remember Corporal Klinger often sporting a mustache and a dress in his drive to get a "Section 8" and be sent home out of the Korean War. Section 8 referring to a US military reg that's a ticket home when a soldier is declared mentally unfit for duty. Based on that, this game and I should get along just fine.

Within the single-player campaign, you take on the role of Alex Corde, a member of the Section 8 space Marines that are sent out strike the enemy group ARM of Orion. This particular group of marines are deemed nuts for taking on missions of that sort, and if you're personally acquainted with any real Marines, you'll know that must be pretty insane.

The spawning process in the game, is a new twist on a concept older than video-games themselves, but visually it is very nice. Troops "burn in" from thousands of feet dropped from the belly of a landing craft that looks a little too similar, for my tastes, to the lander from Aliens.

If you're a FilePlanet subscriber, you can get in on the beta yourself, beta keys come out at random intervals and are first-come first-serve.

There's also a partnership tied in with GameStop pre-orders to pick up the Captain's Armor in-game item. Which, though I think pre-order rewards are overused and most often under-developed, looks pretty good.

Reportedly there will be dedicated servers for both the Xbox 360 and PC systems, although the game will not support cross-platform multiplayer. (one of these days, one of these days) Fans of the HALO franchise are going to love this, critics are going to pan it for reconstituting a lot of tried and true sci-fi fps maxims. That is a good strategy, pretty up what works, repackage and market. Multiplayer "ooo, you so pwnt" bragging rights and possible add-ons are going to be what ensures the longevity of any title of this genre and let's hope fans of Section 8 get that.


Available: Fall 2009
Developer: TimeGate Studios, Inc.
Genre: First Person Shooter
Players: 1+
Platform: PC, XBOX 360®
ESRB Rating: T

I enjoy Funko's bobble heads, there's something nostalgic, simple and kind of ohhh, artsy about their little disproportionate bodies under the wobbling oversized heads. They don't just make head nodding wobbles of fun though, they've got some great flash drive designs now.

If you couldn't get your hands on one of MIMO's Limited Edition Boba Fett flash drives, rejoice, because the oh so much easier to come by (and better looking, in my opinion) Funko designed Fett USB flash drive is on it's way.

I swear, it's a conspiracy, everytime I think I'm catching up on my Fett-o-phile wishlist, something new comes along. While I'm on it, I'll remind everyone, I am an Entertainment Earth affiliate, so don't go getting your iPanties in a wad about me advertising their stuff. I'd probably recommend Pinhead the Cenobites toyshop if he was selling Boba Fett merchandise. EE has some Fett exclusives I have yet to get my hands on so click the link and feed my need for jetpacks :P

I really admire the ingenuity and talent involved in creating these papercraft. The best source, with daily updates, that I've seen around is PaperKraft.net

Take a look around the site, check out their links to other interesting papercrafts, you'll be glad you did, especially if you have kids and want to get them involved in using their hands, not just their thumbs on a video-game conroller. :)

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There is a reason I, a lover of science-fiction in all it's vastness don't usually even visit Sci Fi Wire. You know what I'm talking about, that purported science fiction blog "powered" by the Sci-Fi Channel.

It's because of crap like this.

Yo, geek wannabe's, Trek has been and always will be "cool". Get over yourselves and stop comparing Obama to Spock, you're making me wanna cry.

I don't like that site, and I don't want to promote it, BUT, some things just have to be said. Head over there, and tell them they're the worst kind of posers. The movie was good, but I do feel that it sought to make Star Trek into something chewed up and reconstituted as "American Idol Trek".

That's my rant :)

Bulkypix and Motion Twin announce the release of My Brute Lite on iPhone and iPod Touch. Now you can not only jump in and beat the crap outta your opponent on your PC via browser, but you can do it on the go. :P

The My Brute Lite app is available here: Available HERE

My Brute Lite is easy to access and allows you to:
- Open your own dojo.
- Fight up to 3 opponents a day.
- Discover and master more than 70 skills and weapons.
- Have discussions with other players from around the world via Open Feint
- Challenge your friends on Facebook Connect

If you prefer to get involved with the original My Brute, you can always challenge me. I'm there, occasionally kicking butt, I never can resist a free flash-based game. That's a picture of you getting smacked around below, oh wait, that's not you, that's the last guy, hehe.