Superman: Man of Steel

Henry Cavill has been announced as the new Superman in the upcoming Superman film, Superman: Man of Steel.

Not much is very known about this movie. So far all we know now is Henry Cavill as Superman, Zack Snyder is directing and a set release date it December of 2012.

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Dead Space 2 Review

After two days of playing Dead Space 2 for the PC, I have finally beaten it. It was a spectacular game full of busting necromorphs and punting necro babies, but of course there were some down sides.

First off, I want to say that I didn't cheap out when it came to Dead Space 2, I got myself the special edition that contains the game, replica plasma cutter, original soundtrack, concept art lithograph and a downloadable Zealong Force Gun and suit.

The plasma cutter is about 3.5-4 inches in height and 6.5 inches in width, I thought it would've been bigger at first, but it all became better when I found out that it lit up. What's weird is that the LED lights are green instead of blue, either way, it's awesome and it's standing up on my shelf. Do I think it was the extra 20 dollars? I got DLC, a replica plasma cutter, lithograph and a soundtrack. I do believe I got my moneys worth. Just wish that a concept art book came with it since other special edition games come with it.

When I got home and tore open the game, I was excited, but the excitement turned to rage when I had to download EA Download Manager. I was forced to install EA's DM while installing Dead Space 2, it wasn't that bad at first, I had the room on my hard drive. And after 3 activations later I had to redeem my copy of Dead Space through the Download Manager. I go and redeem it and the program glitches and I exit out of it. I retype it and it says my code has already been used and my copy does not appear in my games list at all, so I raged for many many minutes. I then ditched DM and tried to add my copy through Steam, I first got an error because I was adding it through the CD drive, but thank God Dead Space 2 runs without the CD and I found the files on my Hard Drive instead. Figuring all that out took me about over an hour. Thus I was finally able to play my game.

I will try to make this as spoiler free as possible, but you are warned that there might be spoilers.

If you don't know anything about Dead Space 2, let me start by saying that you play as Isaac three years later after the USG Ishimura incident. Isaac is found floating in space on his pod and is brought to the Sprawl, a space station on Jupiter's moon; Titan. The game picks up after you wake up, and it starts hard and fast. The minute you are able to move, you're running for your life.

The Good:

The controls were slightly better than the first game. Things seemed a bit smoother along with Isaac's movement. All the basic controls were still in the game with some new controls. Instead of a map, you have colored lights leading you to a bench, save point and store, just like your objective guide in the first game.

Upgrading your weapons takes a lot more nodes, and there aren't that many nodes like in the first game that you can use. I found out that you need to rely on the secret rooms more, and that requires a node. But luckily you're still able to buy the nodes in stores.

The new Necromorphs were amazing, I loved the new designs for them. My favorite ones were the Crawlers and the Pukers. The Pukers are since their vomit will slow you down. So when you're fighting a pack of them, it gets annoying. The Packs were fun to fight when you have your force gun. You can blast a handful of them with the Force Gun.

Puker

Crawler

 Pack

The story line made this game even better than I imagined. At first I thought Isaac talking wouldn't make the game as good as the first one and wouldn't be as scary. But I was wrong, the fear factor was still put in the game and kept it amazing. Couple parts that I liked were the infinite swarm of Necros that came at you, so you were forced to run and couldn't explore or you would be overwhelmed, and then running from the regenerating Necro during the last chapter. The twists were absolutely amazing, I was giggling like a little girl and gasping at certain parts. And then the little cliff hanger at the end is getting me more excited that a new installation might come out.

The new weapons were a neat new addition, I haven't tried all of them. The Force Gun seemed like it was buffed a bit and actually became useful in certain situations. And the secondary fire to the Rivet Gun was hilarious.

The multiplayer was a fun, but very difficult, addition. I haven't played that much with the multiplayer, but by what I've played with, it's a difficult thing for the humans.

What better addition to the game? JET PACKS! A jet pack addition has been added to the Zero-G parts of the game.

The Bad:

One thing I didn't like about this game was the lack of the map system. I loved the map in Dead Space but the got rid of it and replaced it with a guidance system.

One thing that really irked me wasn't because of the game, but was due to EA. As a lot of people know, EA has ruined the PC version. They are not supporting it very well at all. Today they released new DLC for the console versions, but not the PC version. And EA's DRM is horrible (which DRM isn't horrible though?). And along with that, PC users do not get the Elite Suit for beating the game. The PC version of Dead Space 2 should not be as much as the console versions.


All in all, Dead Space 2 was amazing and highly enjoyable. I recommend this game to anyone who's interested in a horror/shooter game. Not only was the game play fun, but the story was intense for me. I believe that Dead Space has a pretty deep story and I love how it branches off to books, movies, comics and even a Wii game. Extended Universes are always a plus for me. I give this game a 9/10, despite it making me rage at some times. The stunning graphics, game play and story is a must have for your video game collection. And now that I am done with Dead Space 2, I can finally update my blog in a better fashion.

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Hsien-Ko and Sentinel Reveal Trailers

I know I am a wee bit late on this, I blame Dead Space 2 for taking most of my time, but here are reveal trailers for Hsien and Sentinel

Hsien-Ko



Sentinel

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PSP2 Is The NPG

Sony has announced today, at a Sony press conference in Japan, the next generation in the PSP family. The Next Generation Portable is a nice sleek looking device that features dual analog sticks, 3G, GPS and a 5 inch screen with other new designs. Supposedly the games are flash memory based (what is this, the PSPGo2?) and you can download them using wi-fi.

This thing looks nice, but will it do better than the PSPGo? We'll see how it goes with it's release date suppose to be this holiday season.

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Sentinel Leaked In MvC3

There's a leaked image going around from a magazine showing Sentinel in action.

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The Fantastic Four Are No Longer Four

Everyone knows Marvel has been planning to kill off one of the Fantastic Four members, and now, it has been revealed on who kicks the bucket. Along with the death leaves another sad moment; the end of the Fantastic Four. And I'm not saying the group no longer will exist, I'm saying that the comics will be over with. Issue #588 will be the last continuity Fantastic Four comic. Marvel's Vice President, Tom, Brevoot, said that, "588 is the final issue of the Fantastic Four. Beyond that, we're not ready to say exactly what we're doing. There won't be an issue 589."

If you don't want to find out who dies, then don't read ahead.

Looks like you made it, now you get to find out that Johnny Storm dies after 50 years of radiation. I can't say how he dies, for no one really knows for sure expect that he's extinguished after fighting an exhausting battle. Today will land a sad day for the Fantastic Four world. Sure their scientific mumbo jumbo made it hard to follow, but the FF is one of Marvel's longest going comic. Well, here's to you Johnny. R.I.P Human Torch, you will be missed by every girl in the Marvel Universe.

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Beyond Black Mesa

Beyond Black Mesa is a short film that was shot on a Canon HV20 and costing only $1,200 to make that took well about 2 years to make. But what makes this Half-Life video different than others? The main character is the one and only Adrian Shepard from Half-Life: Opposing Force. Take a glance at this pretty good video.

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Nintendo 3DS Price and Date

Nintendo has given out the price and release date for their 3DS. Expect it to hit stores this year on March 27th. How much you ask? Well, let's just say you should be saving your pennies and nickels for this, because it's just only $249.99

You can start pre-ordering your copies now over at Nintendo. The 3DS is also having an assortment of games for it's release, such as:

Pilotwings Resort
Super Street Fighter IV
Nintendogs + Cats
Steel Driver
Asphalt 3D
LEGO Star Wars III: The Clone Wars
Kid Icarus: Uprising
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D
Madden NFL Football
Dead or Alive Dimensions
Pro Evolution Soccer 2011 3D
Star Fox 64 3D
Ridge Racer 3D
Combat of Giants: Dinosaurs 3D
Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D
Bust-A-Move Universe
Super Monkey Ball 3D
Samurai Warriors Chronicles
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Shadow Wars
The Sims 3

It will take me many paper routes to get this. But dammit I will get it in the end. And I will play endless hours of Madden to practice my football gaming skills. Because everyone knows Madden is life.

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X-Men First Class

A cast picture was leaked yesterday and there's been a lot of harsh criticism about it, and I don't blame everyone doing so at all. Have you seen the picture?

I don't know what it is, but the costumes look bad. Mystique looks like Brian Singer's X-Men. And Oliver Platt as Beast? He looks like Lou Ferrigno Hulk, but blue. Emma Frost looks decent, not as slutty as the comics, but still decent. Even earlier today, Matthey Vaughn spoke out about how much he hated this photo, saying that it didn't show how his movie really is going to be. He even gave us two other photos of Magneto and Charles.

I really do not have anything to say about these photos. I have no complaints about the costumes. But I'm hoping that this will be a good X-Men movies.

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Dead Space iOS Video

A video for EA's Dead Space for the iPod came out today. And my God it looks crisp for a mobile game. I don't know it the controls will be a pain (which they probably will) but my oh my do I want this game. I don't know the pricing on it, but expect it to be out this Tuesday.

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Marvel Vs Capcom 3 Alternate Costumes Part 2

Chris Baker, the manager of Marvel's video games, had a sit down with IGN to talk about Marvel's alternate costumes. He talks about Pheonix, Storm, MODOK, Dormammu and Captain America. My personal favorite is Punisher Cap.

For a more in depth talk about it, head over to IGN here to read the full article. I have yet to read it all, but I will once I get the chance. I had no idea some of these costumes existed. And Marvel did an excellent job with the alternate costumes by what I've seen.

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Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance

The newest Kingdom Hearts franchise for Nintendo 3DS has unveiled it's name today, and I will say, I am somewhat impressed. I like how it's going back to the old school of the first Kingdom Hearts. But as you notice, there's a lack of Disney. I believe that Kingdom Hearts is getting out of control, this is like the 7th Kingdom Hearts game. They probably ran out of originality and is slowly starting to get rid out Disney. Dream Drop Distance looks like the best Kingdom Hearts game they've made in awhile, but I'm not setting my bar high for this at all.

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Thor Renamed, New Thor Continuity and Captain America Pictures

Marvel has stated that the current Thor comic continuity will go back to it's original name. Journey Into Mystery starting with issue #622 in April.

Along with that, a new Thor continuity appears during the same month. Mighty Thor will lead into the new upcoming Marvel crossover Fear Itself and will be focusing on kid Loki. An interview with Kieron Gillen (the writer of Mighty Thor) goes into depth and explains more.

I'm iffy on Loki's new design. If this wasn't a comic book world, everyone would do what they can to stop Thor from retrieving Loki, especially since Siege. We'll see how this goes I guess. I'm sure that they're making a new continuity and renaming Thor to bring in new readers because of the movie (The same thing was done for Invincible Iron Man, but the numbering was redone). And it's safe to assume that they'll do the same thing with Captain America.


Speaking of our red, white and blue hero. Last but not least, enjoy these pictures of Chris Evans from the new upcoming Captain America movie.

When we got first looks at the costume months ago, I was so scared on the outcome and was not feeling it at all. But now, for some reason, I'm really digging this look. And look! Cap's shield shows some sort of damage! Time for a paint job on that.

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Taskmaster and Akuma

Earlier this morning, Taskmaster and Akuma have been reveled to be the next two characters for Marvel vs Capcom 3. With just a few more weeks till the release, two more characters remain unknown. Akuma has been known for awhile since he's been leaked in a couple of pictures.

I have yet to figure out which team I will use. Now that Taskmaster has been unveiled, I want him and Deadpool to team up together. Taskmaster's multiple fighting styles will obliterate his enemies, he's even taken on Captain America and won.

Akuma and Taskmaster reveal trailer

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Pokemon Black and White

New reveals for Pokemon's new game came out today. First let's start off with the Pokemon themselves, the English names were revealed today. And I will say, they're not as original as other ones, but hey, this is Gen V, Pokemon has been losing it's originality.

 

Just realized this picture is too small, so here are the names in text format

• #494 - Victini
• #495 - Snivy
• #496 - Servine
• #497 - Serperior
• #498 - Tepig
• #499 - Pignite
• #500 - Emboar
• #501 - Oshawott
• #502 - Dewott
• #503 - Samurott
• #504 - Patrat
• #505 - Watcho
• #506 - Lillipup
• #507 - Herdier
• #508 - Stoutland
• #509 - Purrloin
• #510 - Liepard
• #511 - Pansage
• #512 - Simisage
• #513 - Pansear
• #514 - Simisear
• #515 - Panpour
• #516 - Simipour
• #517 - Munna
• #518 - Musharna
• #519 - Pidove
• #520 - Tranquill
• #521 - Unfezant
• #522 - Blitzle
• #523 - Zebstrika
• #524 - Roggenrola
• #525 - Boldore
• #526 - Gigalith
• #527 - Woobat
• #528 - Swoobat
• #529 - Drilbur
• #530 - Excadrill
• #531 - Audino
• #532 - Timburr
• #533 - Gurdurr
• #534 - Conkeldurr
• #535 - Tympole
• #536 - Palpitoad
• #537 - Seismitoad
• #538 - Throh
• #539 - Sawk
• #540 - Sewaddle
• #541 - Swadloon
• #542 - Leavanny
• #543 - Venipede
• #544 - Whirlipede
• #545 - Scolipede
• #546 - Cottonee
• #547 - Whimsicott
• #548 - Petilil
• #549 - Lilligant
• #550 - Basculin
• #551 - Sandile
• #552 - Krokorok
• #553 - Krookodile
• #554 - Darumaka
• #555 - Darmanitan
• #556 - Maractus
• #557 - Dwebble
• #558 - Crustle
• #559 - Scraggy
• #560 - Scrafty
• #561 - Sigilyph
• #562 - Yamask
• #563 - Cofagrigus
• #564 - Tirtouga
• #565 - Carracosta
• #566 - Archen
• #567 - Archeops
• #568 - Trubbish
• #569 - Garbodor
• #570 - Zorua
• #571 - Zoroark
• #572 - Minccino
• #573 - Cinccino
• #574 - Gothita
• #575 - Gothorita
• #576 - Gothitelle
• #577 - Solosis
• #578 - Duosion
• #579 - Reuniclus
• #580 - Ducklett
• #581 - Swanna
• #582 - Vanillite
• #583 - Vanillish
• #584 - Vanilluxe
• #585 - Deerling
• #586 - Sawsbuck
• #587 - Emolga
• #588 - Karrablast
• #589 - Escavalier
• #590 - Foongus
• #591 - Amoonguss
• #592 - Frillish
• #593 - Jellicent
• #594 - Alomomola
• #595 - Joltik
• #596 - Galvantula
• #597 - Ferroseed
• #598 - Ferrothorn
• #599 - Klink
• #600 - Klang
• #601 - Klinklang
• #602 - Tynamo
• #603 - Eelektrik
• #604 - Eelektross
• #605 - Elgyem
• #606 - Beheeyem
• #607 - Litwick
• #608 - Lampent
• #609 - Chandelure
• #610 - Axew
• #611 - Fraxure
• #612 - Haxorus
• #613 - Cubcho
• #614 - Beartic
• #615 - Cryogonal
• #616 - Shelmet
• #617 - Accelgor
• #618 - Stunfisk
• #619 - Mienfoo
• #620 - Mienshao
• #621 - Druddigon
• #622 - Golett
• #623 - Golurk
• #624 - Pawniard
• #625 - Bisharp
• #626 - Bouffalant
• #627 - Rufflet
• #628 - Braviary
• #629 - Vullaby
• #630 - Mandibuzz
• #631 - Heatmor
• #632 - Durant
• #633 - Deino
• #634 - Zweilous
• #635 - Hydreigon
• #636 - Larvesta
• #637 - Volcarona
• #638 - Cobalion
• #639 - Terrakion
• #640 - Virizion
• #641 - Tornadus
• #642 - Thundurus
• #643 - Reshiram
• #644 - Zekrom
• #645 - Landorus
• #646 - Kyurem

Even your two buddies got their English names revealed: Bianca and Cheren. I really don't know why they decided to change Belle and keep Cheren

From Belle to Bianca

From Cheren to Cheren

And if you've been following the show at all, you'll know that Ash has been carrying around an egg lately. Well, it finally hatched into a Zuruggu

I'm kinda iffy on the new Pokemon game. The names aren't very unique and they really don't look like Pokemon. They look more like Digimon, and yes I know, a Digimon artist drew these ones up. I've played the Japanese versions of both games, and the only thing I liked about it were the 3 monkeys. Other than that, there was not much that popped out. I have no doubt that the game is still going to do good in sells, just because there's so many loyal Pokemon fans. And I might even be one of the slaves that will give in and buy it. Just so I can keep my Pokemon game collection going.

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New Spider-Man Reboot Picture

What's this? Another Spider-Man post? Our favorite Web-Slinger on a roll it seems like. Today we've got a glimpse of Andrew Garfield in the Spidey oufit.The movie is inspired by Ultimate Spider-Man, a series I enjoy and still am enjoying. I just need to read their over 100 paged special issue. But if you've never read Ultimate Spidey, it all takes place during his High School days. From Age 15-17 If I can remember correctly, somewhere around that age.

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Beenox: The New Main Spider-Man Developer

The gaming company, Beenox, has rightfully earned the place to be Spider-Man's primary developer. If you don't know, Beenox is responsible for developing Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions. Straight from the press release, Beenox is now “the primary developer on upcoming Activision titles featuring Marvel’s famous web-slinger, Spider-Man.”

Congratulations to them, because they did an amazing job with Shattered Dimensions. Each Spider-Man had a different feel and fighting style and I'm excited to play more Spider-Man games from them.  You can tell they put time and effort into it and it easily shows.

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DC Event: Flashpoint

Flashpoint is starting to emerge from the surface since it's announcement last year with 3 teaser pictures. Flashpoint will be about Reverse Flash going back through time and making sure that most super heroes were never created. I don't follow DC too much, since I"m more of a Marvel guy, but I have been following their comics more often lately

People aren't too sure who this is meant for. Speculations have said it was for Superman, but he already has his own picture (see below). And others believe it could be J'onn J'onzz. No one's too sure at the moment.

 I'm sure this one is about Bruce Wayne not spending most of his time being Batman and instead keeping his focus on his casino.

Obviously this one has to be Superman since he came to Earth in a spaceship when he was a baby.

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Dead Space 2 Launch Trailer

New Dead Space 2 trailer comes out. We're getting closer to the release dates and I'm getting excited. One thing that concerns me is that Isaac is talking. Now, that's not a bad thing, but it gives a different feel than the first one. We've already been told that there will be cut scenes, which is new, and that leads me to believe that this will be more of a shooter than a horror game. Despite the first game being a 3rd Person Shooter, it still made you feel like you were Isaac a bit. Every time someone talked to me, I myself would be talking back to them (yes, it's a bit weird, but I know some of you have done it for Half-Life). In Dead Space 2, I don't think I'll be doing much of that. Nontheless, I think this game will do excellent. Just 13 more days.

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Action/Fantasy Game on the iPod

Another gaming is coming for the iPod from Gameloft (a mobile video game company). I found this out on GameInformer, and they were saying how much it looks like a Legend of Zelda game (which it isn't) and it does have some similarities. There's no title or release date for this. This is another iPod games that I'm interested in.

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Age of X, 3DS, Dead Space and Devil May Cry iOS Edition

Today lands lots of pictures and screenshots. And instead of making a new entry for each topic, I've descided to crush them into one.

Age of X
First we'll start with Age of X. We were given an Age of X preview earlier today

The new character designs for this new X-Men universe is pretty damn awesome. Have you seen Cyclops? He has a skull for a face. Characters shown in here are most likely:
Sunspot
Iceman
Storm
Berserker (Warpath or Thunderbird)
Cannonball
Colossus
Basilisk (Cyclops)
Jubilee
Moonstar
Loa
Angel
Namor
Gentle
Dazzler
Chamber
Magmus (Megneto)
Legacy (Rogue)
Along with that there's this:

The Avengers of this new Marvel Universe. Ghost Rider, Susan Storm and Spider-Woman (that's whom it looks like) are part of the main Avengers team by the look of it, and I'm liking it.

3DS
Now this other stuff, I got from GameInformer. But it's been announced that the Nintendo 3DS won't have a universal translator. If you don't know what that means, then check out this translated e-mail from Nintendo JP Support, “There are no Region codes in DS and DSlite, but DSI, DSILL, 3DS has region codes. The Region Codes are installed in each games and the 3DS itself. If the codes don’t match you can’t play if the region codes are different. For example if you play a Korean 3DS game with a Japanese 3DS system (or vice versa) you wont be able to play at all.” I'm not effected by this at all, since I never play imports.

Dead Space
 As for Dead Space, we're talking about Dead Space Aftermath here. If you don't know what I'm talking about, then read the description:
The year is 2509 and not only has Earth lost contact with the Ishimura and Isaac Clarke, but now also the USG O'Bannon, the first responder ship sent to rescue them. Four crew members of the O'Bannon have survived. But what happened to the rest of the crew? What were they doing? What secrets are they keeping? All to be revealed...in the Aftermath! Dead Space: Aftermath is a fast paced, horrifying thrill ride told through the perspective of the four survivors by several renowned international directors. 

For more pictures, head over here

I enjoyed Downfall very much, and I'm hoping Aftermath will be as great or even better. It's to hit stores January 25th.

Devil May Cry 
Early this month I mentioned that Dead Space will be coming out for the iOS, well Devil May Cry will be doing the same thing. But it's not going to be anything new, it's just a simplified version of Devil May Cry 4, just don't expect it to be exactly like the console version. For now, Nero will be your playable character and later on Capcom plans to release Dante.For an iOS game, this doesn't look that bad at all. Seems pretty crisp. We'll see how well DMC4:Refrain holds when it's released later this month.

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MvC3 TV Trailer

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Arkham City Concept Art

Not much, but at least it's something. Here's a piece of concept art from Batman: Arkham City.

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Razer Switchblade

When it comes to gaming, Razer does not mess around. The people at Razer Zone has designed on for gamers, and I'm impressed. This baby is powered by Intel's Atom processor, which brings a powerful punch for quite a few games. What I like about this is that you can play an FPS on it along with RTS/MMO/Casual games. And with each game type, the keyboard scheme changes. For example, if you're launching up WoW on it, you have all your macro keys and arrow keys and for your FPS games, you have arrow keys and attack keys. These are just concept designs, so there is no release date nor price for it at the moment. And don't you think this is just limited to gaming. The Switchblade will be running Windows 7 with Wi-fi and 3G service. Oh, and for you FPS freaks, don't worry, you're able to plug in a portable mouse.

I love Razer, they make excellent products. I have a couple of their products and I'm completely satisfied with them, so I'm pretty sure that the Switchblade (just the project name, not the actual name for their new PC) will do well and have major hits. If I ever had extra money for it, I would buy it (even if it did cost an arm and a leg)

If you want to find out more, head over to their site:
http://www2.razerzone.com/switchblade

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