Monthly Archives: September 2006

Final Rachel Blake Video from “The LOST Experience”

The final video is on YouTube. Supposed to be on the ABC.com web site somewhere, but I can’t find it anymore.
Rachel Blake Video
You can tell the “LOST” writers are big Star Wars fans. Perhaps even too big….
For details on the finale of the experience, the DJ Dan podcast, you can read this article.
UPDATE
DJ Dan Podcast
Synopsis [...]

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“Barenaked Ladies Are Me” Is I

The Barenaked Ladies (BNL) just released a new album called, amusingly, Barenaked Ladies Are Me (which, evidently, is meant to be read “Army”, in reference to folks like me, who are part of their ever growing legions of fans).
Over the last couple of years, this band has really matured. In cooking terms, it’s like when [...]

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Star Trek for the Next Generation

Star Trek, the original series, in High Def with enhanced visual effects, coming your way soon. You can mind meld with the people working on the new episodes over at StarTrek.com.
But can they fix all those annoying pauses in William Shatner’s soliloquies?

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Lego Star Wars II

The first Lego Star Wars game designed by Traveller’s Tales games was one of the best Star Wars games ever created. It was a fun game to play with an excellent sense of humor (a feature I think most games lack today). The sequel, which is a Lego take on the Star Wars classic trilogy [...]

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Veggie Mickey

Mickey Mouse, long a purveyor of fast food kids meals has seen the light (or more likely his cholesterol level) and is now a purveyor of healthy foods.
I’m hoping to see a lot more of this kind of positive stuff from the Disney company in the near future.
Yea! Veggie Mickey!

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LOST Video

Just finished watching the 2nd season of “LOST”, and my head is spinning trying to figure out where the writers of the show are going. (I suppose watching “LOST” is kind of like being drunk…somewhat disorienting in a pleasant kind of way, most of the time.) Anyway, for those of you needing more information about [...]

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The Design of World Of Warcraft

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Raph Koster has posted his notes from the Austin Game Conference keynote given by Rob Pardo, VP of design at Blizzard. Must reading for anyone interested in how to make a fun, succesful game.
UPDATE: Gamespot has an article on this as well.

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Disney Quests?

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The Orlando Sentinel has an interesting article about a new offering that is being tested at the Disney theme parks in Florida. (Transparency — I work for the Walt Disney Parks and Resorts division, but far removed from marketing. And I read about this on the Sentinel web site like everyone else.) It’s an interactive [...]

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