Earlier this month John Chow, Stephen Fung and myself headed down to Seattle for the World Cyber Games. I haven’t been to Seattle in well over ten years so I was looking forward walking around a bit. More importantly, I really wanted to check out Red Lobster. Sounds dumb, yes, but we don’t have any [...]
Posted on October 27th, 2007 by Leo
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Halo 3 earned over $170 million dollars in North America within the first 24 hours of its release, eclipsing the weekend opening of every blockbuster movie in history. In fact the film and television industry were blaming Halo 3 for meager ticket sales and low ratings, as everybody was sitting in front of their Xbox [...]
Posted on October 25th, 2007 by Leo
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The new BSG video game comes out tomorrow and is available only for download on the Xbox LIVE Arcade or PC. Made by Sierra online, a division of Vivendi Games, the game features a single player campaign and several multi-player options.The single player campaign runs you through 10 missions and various battles featured in the [...]
Posted on October 23rd, 2007 by Leo
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As mentioned in a previous post, I was invited to participate in a Q&A style panel called “Hollyweird” at the Vancouver Science Fiction, Fantasy and Gaming convention. The panel was yesterday at 10:30am in the Radisson President Hotel in Richmond. I wasn’t quite comfortable in conducting a panel by myself so I asked a couple [...]
Posted on October 22nd, 2007 by Leo
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Once again the lightweights show the heavyweights how it’s done in the UFC. The most entertaining fights were from the little guys who were hungry enough to give us a show. The heavyweight bout between Tim Sylvia and Brandon Vera was a bore. Most of the fight they just clinched and whispered sweet nothings. They [...]
Posted on October 21st, 2007 by Leo
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Tonight is another action-packed fight card for UFC 77: Hostile Territory! It takes place at the US Bank Arena in Cincinnati, Ohio. Tonight’s main event is a rematch between Anderson Silva and Rich Franklin for the World Middleweight Champion title belt. Silva dominated their last match-up where Franklin lost his championship title after having his [...]
Posted on October 20th, 2007 by Leo
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Vancouver’s Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Gaming Convention (Sponsored by WCSFA: West Coast Science Fiction Association) will be held this weekend (October 19-21, 2007) at the Radisson President Hotel in Richmond. Originally I had planned to attend the event as media, and cover the event for this site. When the event organizers found out I work [...]
Posted on October 18th, 2007 by Leo
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Had to travel up to Britannia Beach yesterday, which is about a one hour drive north of Vancouver, to film a new Canadian series called Search and Rescue. Search and Rescue is a drama about the exploits of a Canadian Coast Guard crew. In this episode I play a sailor who needs to be saved [...]
Posted on October 16th, 2007 by Leo
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The 2007 World Cyber Games Grand Final finished off on Sunday, October 7th and the results are in. Last year’s Grand Champion team from South Korea was dethroned and the new victor is upstart Team USA. Our 2nd, and final, day here in Seattle for the WCG was a full work day. Stephen and I [...]
Posted on October 9th, 2007 by Leo
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Our final night in Seattle for the World Cyber Games had us attending the Media Party held by the WCG event organizers and Samsung. John, Sarah (John’s wife), Stephen and I were looking forward to kicking back a few beers after a long day of walking around.The Media Party was held at the Pike Brewing [...]
Posted on October 7th, 2007 by Leo
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