Son of Star Wars tests this weekend
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US missile defence gets serious Analysis The US intends a further test of its ballistic-missile defence system, as haggling over budgets and where ground stations will be based continues.â¦
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Tycho: We'll be going over PAX preregistrants soon to determine this year's Omeganauts, and anyone who has registered by June 15th is eligible. If you'd like to hurl yourself into the running, please do so at your earliest convenience. This year's Omega Prize differs substantially from our offerings in the past. Here's how: Winner and guest secure passage to this year's Tokyo Game Show, flight and Hotel included, assisted by five thousand dollars in cash as a kind of general purpose "Misbehavior Fund." Ain't a bad wage for three days' work. (CW)TB
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EA&#39;s Lord of the Rings-themed RTS is marching into stores nationwide. Precious details inside... Electronic Arts has announced today that the company has shipped their latest title based on the popular Lord
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Weekend appearances gave both campaigns a chance to road test their strategies for dealing with the war in the primaries and beyond.
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How old school: Most  moviegoers will have to settle for 2-D this weekend.
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Gabe: I just have some random stuff to share here.***UPDATE***Looks like we got bumped to 2/12 because of a Magic tournament.Pokemon League night is next Tuesday at the Comic Stop. Matches start at six pm, but you can show up a little early if you'd like to trade cards. As always new players are welcome, just bring a starter deck. It's also a good idea to register at Go-Pokemon.com and bring your POP ID. A reader wrote in today to tell me that he was doing the New York Sun crossword puzzle for January 30th and noticed this clue for 12 down:  "Tycho's pal in the webcomic 'Penny Arcade' (4 letters)." That's totally awesome. I'm sure the Force Unleashed will be fine. The time period around the original trilogy is just getting so crowded. Now Vader has a secret apprentice? I mean, it makes sense canonically to me. The Emperor had Mara Jade out there doing his dirty work. It's not unreasonable to think Vader had a similar arrangement. Also the very nature of Sith rule makes covering your ass a necessity. The hook for the game is fine and I don't mind the 3rd person action stuff. There are a few games I'd much rather see them make though. The fact that they have not made a sequel to Republic Commando is fucking criminal. That's not a joke either. I mean that someone over there should be put in jail for the rest of their life. RepCom was an incredible squad based shooter, and unlike most games in that genre it was packed with awesome characters. This games deserves a next gen sequel. The other game that needs a next gen installment is Tie Fighter. Seriously that game came out in 1994 and it's one of the best space shooters ever. And for fucks sake stop setting things during the movies. There's nearly sixty years worth of incredible content (minus the dark nest series) extending out past Return of the Jedi. You don't have to keep trying to cram stories into the same 20 year period. They're milking so much content out of that period that eventually we'll be playing a game as Luke where the goal is to repair vaporators on the south ridge. Hurry up you've only got 'till mid day!Rez is available on Xbox Live now. It's one of the best games ever made.   The most popular piece of clothing we've ever made, AKA The Black Mantle is back in stock. It's joined by its polar opposite, the Luminous Vestments. I have a feeling both will be sold out before I finish typing this.   -Gabe out
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Gabe: There is some really nice HD footage from PAX available over at gametrailers.com now. They have a pretty slick behind the scenes look at how the show comes together as well as an interview with Gaybe and Tykoh from Pennies Arcadez!
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The Coming Soon! Box Office Report has been updated with the studio estimates for the weekend. Be sure to stay tuned there for the final figures on Monday.
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The Air Force is scheduled to launch a new Delta 4 rocket here Saturday afternoon in a test that will help determine whether it can become a &quot;heavy lift
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Gabe: Just a reminder that the last day to purchase tickets for the Child"s Play charity dinner and auction is Thursday. New items for the auction are coming in every day. I wanted to let you all know that we"ll have items in all different price ranges. I know last year we talked about items going for ten and twenty thousand dollars. Trust me when I tell you that you can come with significantly less than that and walk out with something cool. Even if you don"t want to bid on anything it"s a really fun event to watch. Either way, Thursday is the last day to get your tickets.
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Tycho:  We grabbed a couple demos yesterday afternoon to see if we were missing anything, specifically Tenchu Z and Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, and came away with the expected comic materials.  I think Tenchu Z may get explored in a more robust fashion in Monday's strip, but after the loading is complete the demo flashes up one of those screens that is completely grown over with control instructions.  It wasn't even an especially bad one, and there are very, very bad ones, like the one in the demo for StarFire Saga V: Laserion.  It was merely an assault on the mind, paralyzing in its way.
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In Jerez de la Frontera, from Wednesday December 1, Anthony Davidson will test with the BMW WilliamsF1 Team. The following week, again in Jerez, Nick Heidfeld will assist with the testing programme, commencing Thursday December 9.
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That&#39;s because Skywalker (Hayden Christensen) is back for the first trailer that previews filmmaker George Lucas&#39; hotly anticipated final &quot;Star Wars&quot; prequel, &quot;Star Wars: Episode III -- Revenge of the Sith.
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Gabe: You might notice that in Today"s comic Tycho is reading Bloodlines. We both just wrapped the book up and it"s incredible. I"ve always been a huge Boba Fett fan and now thanks to Karen Traviss I know why.
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THE hottest new attrac tion in movie theaters this weekend isn&#39;ta feature - it&#39;s the smashing first trailer for the eagerly anticipated &quot;Star Wars Episode III: Revenge
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By SETH BORENSTEIN   Associated Press writer  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Stargazers will get a rare triple planetary treat this weekend with Jupiter, Mercury and Mars appearing to nestle together in the predawn skies.
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Apparently movie fans are ready for some football...and little   else.