Buffy Season 8?

Well, it looks like we might be finally getting a new season of Buffy... in comic book form. Joss talks about it a little in this interview with Wizard

Time Warner not providing CableCARDs for TiVo Series 3?

Consumer Fury has a post detailing an email exchange with Time Warner of Raleigh, NC. In the exchange, Time Warner states that they will not provide CableCARDs for use with TiVo Series 3 (which comes out later this year).

CableCARDs allows devices such as TiVos and newer televisions to tune into digital channels without the need for the crappy set-top boxes from cable providers. Cable providers are required to offer CableCARDs by the FCC so hopefully this is just a case of Time Warner being a pain in the ass.

RIAA vs. The People

RIAA vs. The People is a blog that is keeping tabs on many of the RIAA's cases against their would-be customers.

The blog is run by two lawyers involved in the some of the suits, and they are currently looking for information pertaining to the use of file sharing by the major record labels.

Stop the Surveillance Bills

The EFF has posted an action alert about two draft bills in the Senate that would move legal challenges against government surveillance out of the traditional court system in the secret FISA courts. The Judiciary Committee may vote on this Thursday so act now.

Narbacular Drop

Some students at the game programming school, Digipen, produced this cool FPSish game, Narbacular Drop, where your only weapon is the ability to place two portals which you can then walk through.

This game is about a year old, but it is in the news because these guys were apparently hired by Valve, and a game based on this mechanism called Half Life 2: Portals, will be released with Half Life 2: Episode Two.

Narbacular Drop is free and short so give it a try.

Trauma Center

Finally picked up a copy of Trauma Center. This game has been sold out everywhere so I had to pick it up off of eBay.

The game has been a blast so far. For the time being, I think it's my favorite DS game. Now I have to track down a copy of Phoenix Wright.