A few days ago China launched a crewed mission to it’s newest space station, Tiangong 2. The crew has since successfully docked and are, as far as reports indicate, having a perfectly normal mission on board the orbital laboratory. Obviously in reading this you know that they are space stations, sure, but just what are …
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What Do I Mean When I Say The Switch Is Exactly What I Thought It Would Be?
When I wrote earlier about the announcement of the Switch, I said that it was “Exactly what I thought it was going to be.” I didn’t quite explain it well, which happens when I first get writing about something spur-of-the-moment. I thought I should explain myself better. We all knew the NX was going to …
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Cinemassacre’s Monster Madness X – Episodes 11 Through 15
Time now for another 5 pack of horror film info from James Rolfe. This time we cover days 11 through 15 of Cinemassacre’s Monster Madness X. Silver Age Sci-Fi, modern horror classics and more fill the list this time. Enjoy! Day 11: Top 15 Silver Age Sci Fi Day 12: Terror Firmer (1999) Day 13: …
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First Look at Nintendo Switch
Okay, enough of me being excited that I guessed exactly what the Switch would be, let’s take an actual look at the promotional video Nintendo put out today: So, what do we see here? Let’s break it down. The video starts off with a guy playing a Zelda game at home, on his TV. …
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Nintendo Switch Is Exactly What I Thought It Would Be
Today Nintendo finally made a proper announcement on the project previously known as Nintendo NX – It’s now known as Nintendo Switch. Not the best name, but not as bad as Wii and WiiU. Seriously Nintendo, hire a new naming person. Anyway, this comes after over a year of rumors, reported into leaks, and more. …
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Angry Video Game Nerd Episode 142: Berenstain Bears
October at Cinemassacre doesn’t just mean Monster Madness, but also the Halloween episode of the Angry Video Game Nerd series. This year, James has decided to cover the most frightening thing yet in gaming: Berenstain Bears games. Okay so that’s obviously a joke, but there are quite a few games based on this classic and …
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Soyuz MS-02 Launch Replays
What rocket launch article on Xadara would be complete without a companion article on the launch replays? In this case, as mentioned in the last article we have a beautiful day launch of the Soyuz booster and the MS-02 spacecraft. This booster didn’t launch from “Gagarin’s Start,” the normal pad that most Russian manned flights …
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Soyuz MS-02 Launches To The International Space Station
Earlier today a Soyuz rocket launched the Soyuz MS-02 spacecraft on a mission to the International Space Station, carrying a fresh 3 person crew to the orbiting laboratory, bringing the ISS crew total back to 6, and the total number of people in space right now to 8: 6 on the ISS and 2 on …
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Jim Sterling Vs Digital Homicide – The Interview
A perfect follow up to the last article would certainly be posting the entire interview between Digital Homicide and Jim Sterling. Digital Homicide, the ultimate producer of terrible games on Steam, and JIm Sterling, the ultimate critic of terrible games on Steam. A match made in hell, to be sure. This interview was recorded in …
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Digital Homicide: The Full Story
So on the subject of good old video games, I’ve been wanting to cover the more prominent subject on Steam recently of a company known as Digital Homicide. Oh, the drama and chaos they have caused, all because the duo that made up the production studio simply don’t know how to complete a game. Oh …
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Antares Flies Again
For the first time in nearly 2 years, an Antares rocket launched from the launch facilities on Wallops Island, Virginia, carrying a Cygnus cargo craft to the International Space Station. While a pretty straightforward launch of a somewhat plain seeming booster, this launch was a critical moment for Orbital ATK, creators of Cygnus and Antares, …
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Shenzhou 11 Launches To The Tiangong 2 Space Station
Very early today, at around 7:30 in the morning Beijing time, China launched its Shenzhou 11 mission to its new Tiangong 2 space station. Tiangong 2, which was launch September 15th of 2016, can support the manned mission for around 30 days, or so reports say. Shenzhou is a spacecaft very similar to the Soviet …
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Those Damn Rocket Engines
No, I still can’t get past the insanity a few weeks ago on YouTube when I brought up the fact that the SpaceX booster has a large number of engines, and that increases the chance for something to go catastrophically wrong. To recap, not only did people get mad at me over even daring to …
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A Paywall Isn’t The Answer, Mark
YouTube is absolutely filled with video game reviewers of all types. The only way to be successful is to stand out above the rest, and one particular series, Classic Game Room, has done that successfully for almost a decade now. What started as an internet TV show way back at the turn of the millennium …
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XadaraCast Episode 1 Is Out Now!
[UPDATE – THIS PROJECT HAS BEEN ABANDONED. THIS IS A LEGACY POST] After a very long wait, tons of delays, and retake after retake, XadaraCast episode 1 is finally out. Sadly, it just isn’t as good as I was hoping it would be, but I still got it edited together and uploaded. The Podcast is …
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