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Today Microsoft announced their next generation of Xbox, and it will be called the Xbox One. It was a relatively short press press conference but with E3 being only three weeks away Microsoft said there was more to come.  This go around they showed off what the console looks like and what the general features of the console would be. They also showed a few games that would be coming to the Xbox One and some of their partnerships. It seemed like t.v. integration was a big topic in this press conference and they showed off how that would work.

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The Great Gatsby

This past Sunday my roommate and I went to see The Great Gatsby. We had been talking about this movie ever since it was announced. I read the book and saw an earlier movie version in my high school literature class. It is one of my favorite books. I really love period pieces, like Mad Men on t.v. and several H.G. Wells books. The thought of revisiting the roaring twenties really excites me. That’s why I was so excited to hear that they were making a new movie. When I heard that Leonardo DiCaprio was attached to play Gatsby and Tobey Maguire was going to play Nick Carraway I thought that these were good choices for their respective characters. Then I heard that it was going to be shot in 3-D and I became hesitant, not that that affects the quality of the movie, but sometimes 3-D can be a detriment to the look it. I’ve had a few days to gather my thoughts on the movie and now I will review it right here for the site. Just know that this is a discussion of specific scenes from the movie.

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I have been a fan of Minecraft since it was in beta. I’ve played the standard or vanilla game and I have also tried many of the mods that are available for the game. My favorite mod for Minecraft would have to be Single Player Commands. With this mod you can fly around the map which isn’t normally an ability that you have, and you can also give yourself more blocks from the list of vanilla blocks. In the last couple of weeks however I decided to try out the Tekkit mod. I kept seeing videos with pipes moving stone and dirt and some energy carrying cables and decided to give it a try. The current version of Tekkit is called Tekkit lite and you have to download a launcher that sets up its own version of Minecraft so you don’t have to worry about changing files in the Minecraft folder. One of the first things I saw was a nuclear reactor and I thought “I have to build that.” So after watching numerous Youtube videos  I finally started on it. Now I have a world with power and a mineral sorting machine, with oil and water pumps to power and cool it respectively. I have wanted to start a Youtube series for a while and I finally did with A Watchful Penguin Walkthrough. We now have a channel and I hope to make many more videos for the site. Here is the first video titled Minecraft Tekkit, I hope it gets you interested in Tekkit and you give it a try. If you like the video please subscribe to our channel for more videos in the future.

Last night Sony fired the opening salvo in what will be the next generation of consoles (sorry Nintendo Wii U, baby steps). At a press event in New York, Sony revieled the 4th iteration of its PlayStation console. During the event they showed off the console’s features, announced new games, showed more information for already announced games, and they revealed the Dualshock 4 controller and Playstation 4 eye.
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Gaming in 2012

Posted: January 6, 2013 by Dustin Southworth in Video games
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Here is a funny video that explains what happened in gaming in 2012
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Here are the new games.

Hitman: Absolution

Persona 4

Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed

Playstation All-Stars Battle Royale

Movies released 11/16/12

Posted: November 16, 2012 by Dustin Southworth in Movies
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Here are the new movies this week.

Lincoln

Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn 2