Bah weep granna weep ninni bong! Botcon 2012 was this past weekend in Dallas, Texas and Hasbro, IDW, Jagex, Activision, and many more dumped a whole truckload of Transformers news on the fandom. For the interest of time’s sake, we chose to roundup the weekend’s news and photos in one comprehensive post, so you could [...]
Archive for April, 2012
Microsoft invests $300 Million into Nook e-reader
Even with its own Windows 8 tablets on the horizon, Microsoft is taking preemptive action to help curb the growth of Amazon‘s Kindle by investing mucho dollars in Barnes and Noble’s Nook device. Microsoft is going one step further, pre-installing a Nook app in Windows 8 that will help extend the reach of the book [...]
Harebrained Schemes LLC has a kickstarter to raise money for a new Shadowrun game!
Kickstarter, a website allowing folks and corporations to ask for donations for projects and business ideas, has become a bit of a hotbed of game projects. Tim Schafer raised an absolute ton of money to create a new adventure styled game and now Shadowrun may have it’s seeds planted as well. A group calling themselves [...]
Josh Gad from “Book of Mormon” to play The Woz!
Josh Gad, star of Broadway’s Book of Mormon is currently in talks to play Steve Wozniak in the upcoming indie film Jobs, opposite of Ashton Kutcher. If you’re familiar with any of Gad’s work, you should feel pretty comfortable with him coming on board as Apple Employee #1. I imagine The Woz is pretty happy as well.
Rayman Legends video for Wii U leaked
http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f9?isVid=1&isUI=1 What you are seeing is the first leaked video of Rayman Legends for the ever elusive Wii-U, which seemingly includes functionality for toys or figures to be transferred into the game. Take the time to watch now, because it seems like Ubisoft is doing it’s best to scrub the internet of this video pretty [...]
Uh-oh! Nintendo posts huge loss for the last year
If you have listened to our last couple of podcasts, you know that the Geeks have some serious misgivings about Nintendo and it’s next console in particular. Well, we might not be that off base, if today’s financial numbers are to be believed. According to Joystiq, Nintendo has posted a $461.2 million dollar loss, the [...]
NFL Draft 2012
Josh here, and we are just a few hours away from Andrew Luck being taken Number 1 overall in the 2012 NFL Draft, and it’s not too early to start looking ahead to the Fantasy Football season. Not sure what Fantasy Football is all about? Getting thrown into an office or family league? As the [...]
Dead Space 3 and Army Two 3 spotted on Game Designers resume.
A report over at Playstation Lifestyle points out a few big name titles on the projects section of a game designers resume. Other leaked sightings have already been floating around for dead space 3 so im not surprised there, but this is the first I’ve seen of Army of Two 3( and that’s not like [...]
Fire Emblem Awakening should be coming for North American 3DS owners
The popular strategy rpg series Fire Emblem, always a big hit across the Pacific, has gained a sizable fan base here in the west. As such, Nintendo of America has registered a domain name for a website of the game Fire Emblem Awakening for the 3DS. While this isn’t actually a full announcement of the [...]
Nintendo 3DS system update live in US: allows folders, fixes eShop layout
Tired of scrolling through page after page of your downloaded apps and games on your 3DS? If you are, today is your day, because the latest system update has gone live in North America, bringing with it the ability to create folders for different apps and games, as seen in the picture above. Also of [...]
Bane’s voice on the mend?
According to reports out of Cinemacon in Las Vegas, NV, several clips from the soon-to-be-released The Dark Knight Rises were presented to audience members, and it appears by several accounts that Christopher Nolan has buckled under the pressure from fans: Bane’s voice is now clear. According to Jim Vejvoda over at IGN.com, “Bane was not muffled [...]
Transformers Prime Cyberverse Commander Wave 2 released at US retail!
When it rains, it pours! Not only have new Powerizer and Revealer waves been sighted in the last few days, but now TFW2005 board member Ruminus is reporting having found Cyberverse Dreadwing and Ironhide at a Toys R Us in Arizona! As Brandon would say, “Put on your hunting shoes, folks, there’s toys to be [...]
Transformers Generation 1 series now available on Netflix
Looking for something new to watch? Maybe something new but yet old, that will bring back warm fuzzies from your childhood in the 80′s? Then look no further that Netflix, friends, where the Generation 1 Transformers series has been made available today. That’s right, all 98 episodes of the iconic series that cemented Optimus Prime [...]
Shut up, crime!
Don’t get that reference? Meh, it’s ok; Rainn Wilson and I forgive you. But what does Rainn Wilson and a judge from New York not forgive? Tweeting your crimes. Judge Matthew Sciarrino has ruled against Malcom Harris, a guy with a sketchy past and heavy participant in the Occupy Wall Street movement, particularly storming the Brooklyn [...]
Denver Broncos drop 500 page playbook for iPad
The Denver Broncos have dropped their 500 page printed playbook and have upgraded to iPad. The Denver Post has the details: This season, the team will hand out iPads that feature the week’s game plan, scouting reports, video clips and other relevant data… A key component to the software is that it runs in the background [...]
New Call of Duty being announced May 1st
Coming as absolutely no surprise to anyone in the world with a pulse, a new Call of Duty entry will be exploding on to consoles this holiday season. The official announcement will come during the NBA playoffs on May 1st to make sure all the frat boys know about it. Rumors are already hot that [...]
Man of Steel trailer coming with dark knight rises. New details!
Of course if you’re reading this site you are going to see Dark Knight Rises this July. Or you are being dragged by a geeky spouse. Well, in addition to a great Batman flick you’re also getting treated to a minute long Man of Steel trailer. While this is old news, sources have confirmed the [...]
Transformers Prime Powerizer Wave 2 released at US Retail
Huzzah! TFW2005 board member Rubicon has posted pictures of two of the most sought after characters from Transformers Prime, Starscream and Bulkhead, who make up Powerizer Wave 2. These figures are now available at US retail, with the pair in the picture having been found in Lodi, CA at Target. Thanks for the pics, 2005 [...]
New “Batman: Arkham City” DLC coming May 29th
Harley Quinn is in mourning. And she’s pretty pissed at a certain pointy-eared Caped Crusader. Warner Brothers announced new DownLoadable Content for the award-winning “Batman: Arkham City” today called “Harley Quinn’s Revenge” that will add about two hours of campaign gameplay to the game and allows players to switch back and forth between Batman and [...]





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