Q& A: Red Mile's Chester Aldridge Talks Sin City, Jackass (Gamasutra) Sausalito, California based publisher and developer Red Mile Entertainment was formed in 2004, and released its first game, the IR Gurus developed Heroes of the Pacific for Xbox and PS2 late the next year. The title was followed soon after by PSP racer GripShift, developed by New Zealand based Sidhe. More recently, the company has announced its acquisition of licenses for Jackass, the popular ......more...Hollywood agent wins right to leave firm (International Herald Tribune) An arbitrator decided that Ed Limato, a longtime agent for stars like Steve Martin and Mel Gibson, could leave International Creative Management to join a rival....more... Hollywood Arbitration Lets Agent Join a Rival (New York Times) Ed Limato, a longtime agent for stars like Steve Martin and Mel Gibson, will be able to leave International Creative Management for a rival and take his clients with him....more... Firehouse Dog (DVD Talk) I wasn't expecting to like Firehouse Dog (2005), not by a long shot---and although it's far from a perfect family film, it certainly has a few charms....more... AMD's Fusion looks as innovative as Intel's gluing process (The Inquirer) Sure, it seems like the whole antivirus company versus virus author thing seems more than a little sick and even symbiotic, and I would love to see malware authors locked up in Riker's Island with "child rapist" tattoo'd onto their buttocks....more... News: Apple updates iMac offerings (MacCentral Online) At its press briefing in Cupertino Tuesday, Apple unveiled a remodeled iMac line that features an aluminum-and-glass enclosure. ...more... July 12, 2007 Less Than Half of HDTV Owners Watch HD (MultiChannel News) A new study from the Consumer Electronics Association predicts that HD set sales will hit 16 million in 2007, bringing the total number sold in the U.S. to 52.5 million. While some 30% of U.S. households are HD-capable, the study finds there is plenty of work ahead for the TV industry....more... Harry Potter turned kids into readers (Newsday) For everyone in the business of getting kids into books, Harry Potter remains a phenomenon. It was a revelation that fourth through seventh graders would read 600- and 800-page books, let alone reread them. That they would stand in line in the middle of the night - in costume! - to buy a book. That they would endlessly toss back and forth details of the lives of fictional characters, as if they ......more... Office delayed. Who cares? (CNET) Blog: Other than Microsoft....more... |