Three Wise Men

Every now and then you are able to read about new kind of batteries with higher capacity, faster recharge, new technologies, new materials used, cheaper production, and so on, and so on. However this first half of the year was really charged up with battery news.

We’ve been reading about new batteries on a monthly basis and if all those predictions come true and all those announcements turn into workable products then in the next five years our notebooks will need to recharge once a week and we’ll never have to worry about power management again.

A quick recap of some battery news so far.

Battlestar Galactica, 2004 re-imagined series ended in fourth and final season. Fans were happy and fans were unhappy. In the fourth season finale there were a lot of answers to questions around the background story, who is who and what is their purpose. Of course, there are still questions that were left unanswered.

Will the upcoming movie, which is expected to be aired in November, answer those questions? Some of them perhaps, I doubt that we will get to know what was going on with Starbuck.

The Plan will be all about Cylons’ plan and the masterminds behind it. The Cylon perspective of the whole story. James ‘Adama‘ Olmos told that after you see The Plane, you will want to see the whole series again. I hope that this is true.

For now, we’re keeping our fingers crossed for Tricia Helfer‘s re-appearance in some new, previously unseen,  ‘they-ran-out-of-fabric’ dress.

Check the trailer below.

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More than ten years have passed since the Blizzard‘s release of StarCraft. StarCraft is a Real time strategy game with Sci-Fi theme. Many people consider it as the best RTS game even today. Blizzard really hit the nail on its head with StarCraft, it is the fourth best-selling game on PC right behind World of Warcraft on third place and The Sims 1 and 2 in front.

Three completely different races with completely different units where every unit is unique resulted in a lot of different tactics and careful micro management. Playing StarCraft is an art of knowing each unit and knowing when to use them. With careful tactics and right units you can stop your opponent when he tries to perform a rush-attack with only a handful of units.

Therefore it is not surprising that StarCraft 2 is one of the most expected games in the history of gaming. I would say that it comes close to Duke Nukem Fornever. With a minor but important difference. Starcraft 2 is not such vaporware. In a recent interview at DreamHack in Stockholm with lead designer and lead producer of the game we were told that Blizzard will try to release the game in 2009, but they won’t release if it isn’t ready.

In a way, they have a deadline but it is kind of moot.

Edit: Here’s a link to the battle report of an actual game play.

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Academy award nomination for best performance by an actor in a leading role and best performance by an actress in a supporting role slipped away from rough Mickey Rourke, who portrays Randy ‘The Ram’ Robinson and slightly aged, but still sexy looking Marissa Tomei as sensual dancer Cassidy.

All I can say … shame. Because the movie is quite good. Drama describing a relationship between ‘The Ram’, his daughter Stephany played by Evan Rachel Wood, and wrestling. He is constantly hunted by choices he has made in his life, and Cassidy always has the cure for them. All is fine until one day, when he least expected falls down and ends in a hospital bed.

Movie was produced and directed by Darren Aronofsky whom we had the pleasure of meeting in the science fiction drama The Fountain. Movie is a constant flow of unknown feelings which tear The Ram apart. Constantly falling and trying to stand up until a supporting hand picks him up and helps him find his way.

It can easily be rated 9 of 10.

Bear in mind that this is a drama, a sport drama. Where people get hurt. Some blood, acted violence, 1 or 2 sex screens, drugs, harsh language, probably not suited for younger audience.  Have a peek at the trailer if you have not seen it and remember “The only place I get hurt is out there.”.