Monthly Archives: November 2004

Half Life

Buy HL2 Early, No Worky!

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Steam News is reporting the following for peeps who bought HL2 early. Yet another way the man can stick it to the little guy.

If you have purchased a copy of Half-Life 2, we are sorry you are still waiting to play. This is not Valves choice. Vivendi is insisting that the game has not yet been released, and has threatened that Valve would be in violation of its contract if we activate the Half-Life 2 Steam authentication servers at this time.

Thanks for your patience and we will update you when we have more news to share.

World of Warcraft

Queue Update

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The following was posted not long ago in the World of Warcraft Forums:

Hello everyone. The server team has just gotten back to me with some information that Id like to share with you.

The Eastern and Central servers have just been restarted. It appears that every server in this cluster is running smoothly with the new changes that have been made. We will be taking care of the Pacific and Mountain servers shortly.

However, in order to monitor the changes and make sure everything gets up to speed in working order, the player “cap” is set lower than it usually is to prevent undue strain. Well be increasing the caps slowly back up to normal as things progress during the evening.

Thank you all for being patient with us today and for bearing with us through the rest of the server restoration. We hope to have everything back up and running normally soon. 🙂 – Caydiem –
Assistant Community Manager, WoW

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Later Update
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Okay, looks like Pacific and Mountain servers are taking the plunge now. 🙂 – Caydiem –
Assistant Community Manager, WoW

Television

Simmons Bio on A&E

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blabbermouth reports: The A&E “Biography” episode on KISS bassist/vocalist Gene Simmons is set to premiere on Wednesday, December 8, 2004 at 10:00 p.m. ET.

About the episode: Simmons is the co-founder of KISS, one of the biggest and most successful rock n roll bands in American history. “Biography: Gene Simmons” reveals how Simmons has managed to outlast, out-think and out-play most other rock stars. He parlayed his rock n roll success into books, movies, real estate development, TV shows, magazine publishing, merchandising and his latest project, his first solo album in 25 years, “Asshole”. [see full story for more]

Full Story – http://www.roadrun.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=29076

Videos

APC On Hold

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MuchMusic reports: A Perfect Circle have announced that they will be going back on hiatus as members of the group pursue their own projects. The news comes just over a week after the Election Day release of their politically charged “eMOTIVe” album. Meanwhile, frontman Maynard Keenan says hell be recording and touring with Tool. Fans hoping for a little more from A Perfect Circle are in luck. The band releases a CD/DVD package called “aMOTION” later this month.

Full Story – http://www.muchmusic.com/news/

World of Warcraft

The New Drug

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I wrote a feature article about my initial experiences with the World of Warcraft. It is not a review by any means, but more of an expose on my reluctant experience to play the game.

From the article: It all started with this guy I know; lets call him “liphe”. You see, “liphe” was hooked on World of Warcraft and he wasnt afraid to tell everyone he knew (and some he didnt know) how cool it was. I did my best to resist temptation. I mean, after all, I have been down that road and MMORPGs are bottomless pits to hell. In a straight tripn yo, do not pass go, do not collect $200, kind of way. Then the guys at Blizzard sent me an email requesting my presence during an early stress test. How dangerous could it be? After all, the stress test was only good for a few days and I could see how World of Warcraft felt without fear of becoming addicted.

Read the rest here.

Videos

Rockn The News – November 9, 2004

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NIN Delay
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Aversion reports: Apparently five years isnt enough time for Trent Reznor to make an hours worth of music.

The album has now been pushed back from an early 2005 to spring 05 release. Reznor also dumped the working title, Bleedthrough, for artistic reasons. [see full story for more]

Full Story – http://aversion.com/news/news_article.cfm?news_id=3303

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Clapton Plans Live Johnson Tribute
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liveDaily reports: Eric Clapton, who earlier this year released an album of Robert Johnson covers titled “Me and Mr. Johnson,” is set to issue a DVD and CD that feature him performing some of Johnsons songs live.

The new DVD/CD, titled “Sessions for Robert J,” was recorded this year in four different settings: in rehearsal studios in England and Texas, at 508 Park Ave. in Dallas (where Johnson recorded in 1937), and in a hotel room in Santa Monica, CA. [see full story for more]

Full Story – http://www.livedaily.com/news/7296.html

Intel

Rollins Releases New DVD

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IAYM reports: Henry Rollins is planning to release a new DVD entitled “Shock And Awe” featuring his on-stage musings from the recent “Shock And Awe… My Ass” tour on February 01st, through his own label imprint, 2.13.61.

Full Story – http://www.iateyourmicrophone.com/

Movies

New Rob Zombie Movie

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Blabbermouth reports: Rob Zombies second project as a feature film director, “The Devils Rejects”, has been given a release date of August 12, 2005. Although a February release for the movie had been previously rumored, Zombie himself announced online last week that the picture would not be finished in time for that. “The Devils Rejects” is the sequel to Zombies directorial debut, 2003s “House Of 1000 Corpses”. The rocker-turned-filmmaker has said that this movie will be much darker and nastier than its predecessor. [see full story for more]

Full Story – http://www.roadrun.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=28932

Videos

Rockn The News – November 8, 2004

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VH1 & Dee Snider Rock the Troops
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Abrasive Rock reports: Throughout the day on Thanksgiving, VH1 Classic will air special video requests and dedications from crew members now stations on the aircraft carrier U.S.S. Nimitz. VH1 Classic and Dee Snider were invited to come on board and interview the sailors and help them send video dedications and holiday messages back to their families at home. [see full story for more]

Full Story – http://www.abrasiverock.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=6355&sid=dd0b1e4144861d25c4a5be8004c067cf

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China Says No To Dropkick Murphys Tour
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Aversion reports: The Dropkick Murphys plans to tour China were abrubptly changed this weekend after it learned the Chinese Government pulled permits needed to play.

The band was also denied the visas needed to head to China. It planned to take its punk rock to the country to promote its Blackout (2003, Hellcat) [see full story for more]

Full Story – http://aversion.com/news/news_article.cfm?news_id=3300

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AFI Disown Comp CD
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Aversion reports: Fans might be happy about the brand-new A.F.I. compilation, but the band isnt taking responsibility for it.

The band fell short of condeming the Nitro Records compilation, simply titled AFI, though it released a statement to fans telling them they had not authorized the record. [see full story for more]

Full Story – http://aversion.com/news/news_article.cfm?news_id=3298

Quake

Limp Bizkit Recording Next CD

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Ananova reports: Limp Bizkit have begun recording their new album and hope to have it finished by Christmas.

Speaking in a message on their official website, frontman Fred Durst also speaks about the chemistry between the band since guitarist Wes Borland returned reports NME.com.

“Were packing up and heading north to record a new album. Los Angeles is too comfortable for us, so we have to leave our everyday lives behind. This music is hungry for our blood, and we have to feed it what it wants.

“We have about two months before the holidays hit. Do you think we can hammer it out before Christmas? Well see. [see full story if you are hungry for Fred and want to read more]

Full Story – http://www.ananova.com/entertainment/story/sm_1165010.html?menu=entertainment.music