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Movies & TV

LEGO Marvel Gets the Real Phil Coulson

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Ready for a huge dose of LEGO Marvel Super Heroes news? At today’s San Diego Comic-Con panel, Warner Bros. and Traveller’s Tales revealed a bunch of new characters and just who would be voicing them. Oh yeah, and they brought out Stan Lee to reveal that he’ll be playable in the game as well.

All the info is below, but the cool news is that Clark Gregg — Agent Coulson in The Avengers — is back to play Phil in the game. On top of that, Nolan North continues his run as Deadpool and Steve Blum is back as Wolverine. Batman: Arkham Origins’ Dark Knight, Roger Craig Smith, is Captain America in LEGO form. Plus, Troy Baker — Joel in The Last of Us, Booker in BioShock Infinite, and the Joker in Arkham Origins — is playing Loki.

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Source: FULL ARTICLE at IGN Movies

Movies & TV

Comic-Con: LEGO Booth Models, Giveaways and More!

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Superman

With San Diego Comic-Con just one day away, LEGO has revealed a few sneak peeks at what they have in store for the convention floor.

First up, the company sent us a couple pics of some serious, life-size LEGO models featuring Superman from Man of Steel and Iron Man as seen in Iron Man 3. These will be displayed at the LEGO booth this weekend. Check ’em out:

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Source: FULL ARTICLE at IGN Movies

Science & Technology

LEGO Announces New 'Nether' and 'Village' Minecraft Sets at SDCC

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A couple years ago, a running petition on LEGO’s CUUSOO site led to the release of a Minecraft LEGO set, a partnership which seemed all but inevitable. And on Wednesday, the plastic-brick company announced the impending launch of two brand new Minecraft kits. Both sets will debut during San Diego Comic Con at the LEGO booth (#2829).

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Source: FULL ARTICLE at IGN Tech

Video Gaming

The LEGO Movie Videogame Announced

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Warner Bros. has announced it’s teaming up with TT Games to create a new action-adventure title called The LEGO Movie Videogame.

The title will be released in 2014 on Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii U, PC, Vita and 3DS alongside the upcoming LEGO film.

The LEGO Movie Videogame will cast players as average minifigure Emmet, who due to a series of unfortunate events has somehow become viewed as the only person able to save the world. What follows is a quest to stop an evil tyrant, with Emmet needing to become the hero everyone thinks he already is before it’s too late.

Managing director of TT Games Tom Stone said, “We’re thrilled to be able to give kids the joy of reliving Emmet’s adventures in becoming virtual Master Builders with The LEGO Movie Videogame. Players will be taking on the ultimate mission to save the LEGO world and use their virtual building prowess to build unimaginable sets and creations.”

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Source: FULL ARTICLE at IGN Video Games

Video Gaming

Nintendo Direct and 3DS Showcase: Prediction Time!

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While things have been rather quiet on the Wii U front – save a stray Toki Tori and LEGO here and there – when it comes to portables, Nintendo has been kicking butt and taking names. The 3DS software library is on fire, and recent releases like the masterful Fire Emblem Awakening (check out our full review here) and the ridiculously enjoyable Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon (full review here) have made it hard to put the system down.

And yet it seems things will only keep getting better. Nintendo recently announced not only a 3DS showcase, where members of the press will have a chance to check out a variety of 3DS software, but also a 3DS-focused Nintendo Direct – and it’s all happening tomorrow.

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From: http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/04/16/nintendo-direct-and-3ds-showcase-prediction-time

Business, Finance, Occupation & Industry

Books-A-Million Features Eggstravaganza Hop & Shop

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By Business Wirevia The Motley Fool

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Books-A-Million Features Eggstravaganza Hop & Shop

Deals to Fill Everyone’s Basket This Season

BIRMINGHAM, Ala.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Books-A-Million, Inc. (Nasdaq/NM: BAMM) will be hosting Eggstravaganza Hop & Shop in stores across the nation this Easter season. As customers look for ways to celebrate the Easter holiday and the arrival of spring, Books-A-Million hopes to offer the perfect items for everyone on their list.

“Spring is in the air and Easter is around the corner. Neighbors, teachers and parents looking for the best spring gifts will have a wonderful opportunity to purchase a variety of exciting items at our stores,” said Jeff Skipper, Vice President of Marketing, Books-A-Million. “From Easter baskets, stuffed animals, children’s books and a wide selection of Bibles and cards, shoppers can fulfill all their Easter shopping needs by visiting any Book-A-Million location in the coming weeks.”

Books-A-Million will offer seasonal items, such as Easter plush and candy, Otter Box iPhone and iPad covers, the latest LEGO sets and new release movies, including Wreck-It Ralph and The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. Inspirational gifts, such as Willow Tree figures and leather Bible covers will also be available.

Specific items for sale this season include:

Books: Enjoy the season’s popular new books A Story of God And All Of Us, Until I Say Goodbye or James Patterson’s ultimate thrill ride, Alex Cross, Run, as well as a large selection of Bibles and children’s Easter story books like Here Comes Peter Cottontail.

Toys: Open a world of imagination with the best toys, games and puzzles from Hasbro, Webkinz, Skylanders, Lalaloopsy and Thomas the Train.

Tech: Expand minds with educational learning tools from LeapFrog and Brain Quest or let a storybook come to life on NOOK HD+ – the best tablet for families. And accessorize with ear buds from Skullcandy and more.

More: Explore the Duck Commander in-store camouflage displays stocked with more than 40 items, including Duck Commander DVDs, hunting books, novelties, clothing and toys.

The 2013 Eggstravaganza Hop & Shop will be held in all of Books-A-Million’s 259 locations. Customers can visit their local BAM! store or www.booksamillion.com to learn more about gift cards and other special Easter items.

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Source: FULL ARTICLE at DailyFinance

Business, Finance, Occupation & Industry

PFSweb to Report Fourth Quarter and Year-End 2012 Results on March 27, 2013

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By Business Wirevia The Motley Fool

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PFSweb to Report Fourth Quarter and Year-End 2012 Results on March 27, 2013

Management to Hold Conference Call at 11:00 am ET on March 27 th

ALLEN, Texas–(BUSINESS WIRE)– PFSweb, Inc. (Nasdaq: PFSW), an international provider of end-to-end eCommerce solutions, today announced plans to release its financial results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2012, before the market opens on Wednesday, March 27, 2013.

Management will host a conference call at 11:00 am Eastern Time (10:00 am Central Time) on Wednesday, March 27, 2013, to discuss the latest corporate developments and results. To listen to the call, please dial (888) 562-3356 and enter the pin number 22248664 at least five minutes before the scheduled start time. Investors can also access the call in a “listen only” mode via the Internet at the Company’s website, www.pfsweb.com or www.kcsa.com. Please allow extra time prior to the call to visit the site and download any necessary audio software.

A digital replay of the conference call will be available through April 29, 2013 at (855) 859-2056, pin number 22248664. The replay also will be available at the Company’s website for a limited time.

About PFSweb

PFSweb is engaged by iconic brands to enable and manage customized eCommerce and omni-channel commerce initiatives. PFSweb’s iCommerce Hub(SM) technology ecosystem offers retailers a multi-channel order management system that allows partner/client data integration and international payment processing. PFSweb’s iCommerce Professional Service(SM) provides interactive marketing services, eCommerce web site development and support services, IT development services, content management, customer intelligence and relationship and account management services. PFSweb’s iCommerce Centers of Excellence(SM) provide global fulfillment and logistics, high-touch customer care, client financial services and technology hosting.

Together, PFSweb’s iCommerce Solutions allows for international reach and expertise in both direct-to-consumer and business-to-business initiatives. PFSweb supports organizations across multiple industries including Procter & Gamble, L’Oreal, LEGO, Columbia Sportswear, Sorel, Carter’s, AAFES, Riverbed, Ricoh, Hawker Beechcraft Corp, Roots Canada Ltd., Diageo, BCBGMAXAZRIA, BCBGENERATION and HERVÉ LÉGER BY MAX AZRIA. PFSweb is headquartered in Allen, TX with additional locations in Tennessee, Mississippi, Canada, Belgium, and the Philippines.

To find out more about PFSweb (NAS: PFSW) , visit the company’s website at http://www.PFSweb.com.

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Source: FULL ARTICLE at DailyFinance
Video Gaming

Super Nintendo Video Chat: LEGO, Stars and Secrets

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So… something interesting happened on the way to recording Super Nintendo Video Chat this week. We kind of forgot what a Shine looked like. Weird, right?

It’s a bit of a long story, but when Rich forgets precisely what he saw, and our video crew, upon replicating these Nintendo secrets, thought a Super Star was a Shine, disaster is imminent. Suffice to say, we’re going to be talking about the Nintendo secrets, and within that, we’ll be talking about Shines. And wondering if Nintendo is interested in doing more Super Mario Sunshine. And generally looking stupid.

We just wanted to get that out of the way first. No doubt you’ll still mock us in the comments.

Moving along, the crew of Sam, Rich, Altano and – drum roll, please – Jeremy Parish, chat about the many games arriving on Nintendo’s systems, most notably Etrian Odyssey IV, Castlevania, HarmoKnight and a small bit of Luigi’s Mansion. Plus a great deal on LEGO City Undercover. Speaking of those Nintendo secrets, let us show you some of them:

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Source: FULL ARTICLE at IGN Video Games

Articles of Interest

Evan Bacon, 15-Year-Old, Builds Life-Size Superman, Batman, And Iron Man Using LEGOs (PHOTOS)

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By The Huffington Post News Editors

It’s a bird, it’s a plane… it’s a life-size LEGO Superman, built by an extremely awesome teenager from Texas.

Evan Bacon, a 15-year-old LEGO enthusiast, finished building the six foot and six inch tall Superman earlier this month. According toTechnabob.com, he used 18,000 individual LEGO pieces to replicate the Superman character in the upcoming film, “Man of Steel,” which premieres in June.

Evan also built a life-size version of Batman when he was 13. The LEGO masterpiece, which took three months and between 10,000 and 20,000 bricks to finish, earned Evan three first place prizes at the 2011 Brick Awards.

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Source: FULL ARTICLE at Huffington Post

Video Gaming

LEGO City Undercover Review

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LEGO City Undercover faces a burden unlike any previous LEGO game developed by Traveller’s Tales. Not only is this production the first LEGO game by Traveller’s Tales to not feature a major movie or comic book license, it’s the first major Wii U game of 2013 – and the biggest release to come since that system’s launch four months ago. Nintendo fans will not just be looking for a great LEGO game. They’ll be looking for Undercover to deliver a complete and lasting experience that will help end a languishing software drought. In many respects, LEGO City Undercover delivers upon that potential. This is by far the largest LEGO game Traveller’s Tales has produced. Yet, at the same time, it’s held back by a variety of issues, including the fact that its core gameplay doesn’t have much depth.

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Source: FULL ARTICLE at IGN Video Games

Everything Under the Sun

5 More Games You Won’t Believe Somebody Made

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Have you ever come across a game that completely stuns you? Not in terms of quality; rather, the fact that it was actually made in the first place? Just like the top four floors of a seven-storey Tokyo adult shop, there are gaming fetishes out there most of us don’t even know exist. These gamers are being catered to by some remarkably specialised experiences, built just for them.

We’ve dug into several of these before but let’s take a look at a few more.

For most people, the joy of cutting grass is something that wears off extraordinarily quickly. It usually happened around five minutes after your father realised you were tall enough to push the lawnmower yourself, leaving him free to go back to spending Sunday afternoons watching football inside. It’s at this point most kids remember they used to be able to get an ice cream for simply pretending to do your homework and making sure you didn’t leave any upturned LEGO out in the hallway late at night.

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Source: FULL ARTICLE at IGN Video Games

Video Gaming

LEGO Batman 2 On Its Way To Wii U

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Warner has announced that LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes will be released on Wii U in Spring.

New Wii U features are part of the deal, including an “enhanced interactive map” (surprise! A map!), and it will be playable entirely on the Wii U Gamepad, should you so choose.

We very much enjoyed LEGO Batman 2 at IGN – it got an 8.5. It’s sold 3.4 million on other platforms worldwide to date. And if you’re in the mood for more LEGO and Batman-related things, IGN‘s Daniel Krupa recently got his hands on some Dark Knight Rises LEGO.

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Source: FULL ARTICLE at IGN Video Games

Movies & TV

LEGO Does Man of Steel

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Earlier this week, we got our first looks at Mattel’s new Man of Steel action figure line, including characters like Jor-El and Zod. Now, LEGO has released new images for their Metropolis Showdown set, which pits Henry Cavill’s Superman against Michael Shannon’s Zod in what looks like a mini-fig fight for the ages. Check it out:

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Source: FULL ARTICLE at IGN Movies

Video Gaming

Hitman HD Trilogy Review

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We don’t know where the Hitman series sits on the list of famous Danish exports. Somewhere beneath Vikings, LEGO and pork products, probably. Less popular than Carlsberg but cooler than Lars Ulrich? That’s just a guess.

Either way the Hitman series, which has moved more than eight million units around the world at last count, certainly has plenty of fans. Hardcore ones, too. The kind that relish tough, intelligent gameplay. To sate said fans, and perhaps muster up a few more, Square Enix and Hitman dev IO Interactive have seen fit to stitch together Hitman 2: Silent Assassin, Hitman: Contracts and Hitman: Blood Money in one convenient package. The PC-only original is absent from the bundle but it’s worth remembering the best parts of it were actually re-imagined for consoles in Contracts.

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Source: FULL ARTICLE at IGN Video Games

News, Politics, Government

Apple Might Take a Page Out of the LEGO Playbook As It Plans Its Next "Innovation"

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By Allen Adamson, Contributor What comes to mind when you hear the brand name LEGO? Perhaps, it brings back memories of the fun you had playing for hours on end with those little plastic interlocking blocks. Or, it might be thoughts of the kids or grandkids with whom you spent hours on end building cities and airports and castles with those little plastic blocks. Maybe it’s thoughts of picking up, or tripping over, all those colorful blocks of plastic after the kids or grandkids have moved on to other activities. As a father, I think of the playing and the, well, helping to pick up. But, as a marketing professional, I think about what a nifty brand LEGO is; a brand which was launched in a small workshop in Denmark in 1932 and has since become the third largest producer of play materials in the world. The brand keeps its edge, not just because the toy makers at the top continue to come up with imaginative iterations of the simple knob-and-tube connecting system on which the product was originally based, but because it stays connected to its founder’s simple guiding principle that “Only the best is good enough,” whether the best refers to the product, or to the care of its millions of young LEGO enthusiasts.
Source: FULL ARTICLE at Forbes Latest

Movies & TV

LEGO Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Out on DVD

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Following a record breaking debut on Cartoon Network, LEGO and Lucasfilm announced today that LEGO Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Out will be getting a DVD release on March 26.

Here’s the official synopsis: “The heroes of the Rebel Alliance including heroic Luke Skywalker, swaggering Han Solo and steadfast Princess Leia have no time to celebrate their victory over the Empire as a new Imperial threat arises. But as Jedi-in training Luke embarks on this next mission, he discovers that his celebrity status as a ‘Death-Star-Blower-Upper’ can be a double-edged lightsaber when he’s constantly mobbed by crazed fans. So much for secret missions! Meanwhile, Darth Vader and Darth Maul are locked in a hilarious ‘Sith-ling’ rivalry as they compete for the Emperor’s approval. It’s an action-packed comic adventure that’s out of this world!”

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Source: FULL ARTICLE at IGN Movies

Video Gaming

LEGO City: Undercover Titles Dated

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Nintendo has announced the release dates for two titles in the LEGO City: Undercover series on Wii U and 3DS.

LEGO City: Undercover will launch on Wii U in North America on March 18, while the game’s prequel, LEGO City Undercover: The Chase Begins, will arrive on 3DS on April 21.

While it’s slightly odd that the prequel will release more than a month after the standard game, it’s good to know we won’t have to wait much longer to get a desperately-needed brick fix. When we got our hands on the Wii U title, we found that despite numerous comparisons to Grand Theft Auto, the game resembled it in no way. Finally free from the shackles of its recent licensing agreements, it’ll be interesting to see how well the next game in the LEGO franchises manages standing on its own two feet.

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Source: FULL ARTICLE at IGN Video Games