What is the expression? Damaged goods.

Quantum of Solace, sequel to 2006’s Casino Royale and the first Bond film to be a direct continuation of the previous, features Daniel Craig reprising his role as a revenge-hungry James Bond. Casino Royale was notable in that in broke many of the long-held traditions of Bond films and attempted to re-imagine the franchise. Its ambitious nature allowed it to go beyond the conventional boundaries of its predecessors and excel where they had not. Quantum of Solace, on the other hand, seems content to bank on the success of its predecessor and actually manages to dilute the new style significantly.

Once in a while, greatness is achieved. The sheer talent of Wayne Gretzky, the creation of penicillin, and the moving speeches of Martin Luther King are such proofs of greatness. While no video game can reach these levels by the standards of today, Mario and Luigi: Superstar Saga (M+L:SS) reached new heights in gaming in 2003. The finished product was magical, but not without its flaws.

Who watches the Watchmen? We Do.

What's that I hear? Perhaps the sound of geek ecstasy? That can only mean one thing: Second Full Watchmen Trailer! Premiering with Quantum of Solace this weekend (somehow I missed it though), Snyder has come through with his promise of the next full length trailer. While I did not like it as much as the first one (The End is the Beginning is the End is just way to epic and fitting), this trailer still left my socks thoroughly rocked. Enjoy my friends!

Or: Why You haven’t seen me on TF2 in a while…

Gears of War 2 is the hotly anticipated follow up to the system-defining Gears of War. What Halo was to the first Xbox, Gears of War is to the Xbox 360. Does this mean that you’ll have to switch back and forth between the main protagonist and a member of the opposing side every other chapter like in Halo 2? Er, not quite… read on.

Sprider of Kotaku.com recently spotted another easter egg in the Left 4 Dead public demo. While more certainly exist (the Orange Box Juice poster to name one), this one's a little bit... extra special. On the back of a "Chocobites" cereal box in an apartment is the mention of collectible TF2 action figures. Collect all 10 it tells us! Wait a minute... ten?! Scout, Soldier, Pyro, Engineer, Heavy, Demoman, Sniper, Medic, Spy... there's only 9 TF2 classes! A hint perhaps? Or maybe just a careless error? My guess is to the former, but only time will tell. Bigger pic follows:

With the return of Randy “The Natural” Couture against Brock Lesnar, Zuffa is touting the match up of Couture vs. Lesnar as the “biggest fight in UFC history.” Well, I don’t really know about that, but overall the card looks pretty good including the main event that is a virtual tossup. Let me break down each fight on the card.

Yerp... it's exactly how it sounds. The sequel to Gas Powered Games’ Supreme Commander will be published by Square Enix with the the intent of "increasing western development efforts aimed for the global markets.” No release date or further details as of yet, nor whether or not SE will be setting an androgynous protagonist quota. Full press release below. Thoughts?

Eagle Eye premiered well over a month ago, I know. However, I only recently had the misfortune to be in the same room with it so I'm justifying this review with the "better late than never" policy. Unfortunately for my viewing of this movie, that rational just aint gonna cut it. Eagle Eye had one of those trailers that wow'd me, I'll give it that. Much like a seasoned hooker, it revealed just enough to make you want more, but not enough to spoil the hype. Sadly, Eagle Eye fails to live up to the excitement in almost every way possible.

AC/DC is a band that pretty much everyone in the world knows. Whether it is "Highway to Hell", "Thunderstruck", or "TNT", everyone knows something of AC/DC. This would be their fifteenth album, but does "Black Ice", the album that fans have been after for 8 years, live up to expectations? Really, one matter is the Wal-Mart alliance, similar to that in which the Eagles did with "Long Road out of Eden", giving some exclusive rights to the store. Joy. As things go, the price is right, 12 dollars for 15 songs.

Woohoo! Took us long enough (sorry about that), but we finally have an episode recorded. You can check out the first episode of the official podcast of the 8th-circuit through the link below. Alternatively, you can also check out our itunes page here. In this episode we discuss Halo 3: Recon, Bioshock 2, Fable 2, Call of Duty: World at War, Zack and Miri Make a Porno, and what we've been up to this past week. Enjoy and please do leave comments on how we can improve!