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    This Week: Dan, Adam, along with guest John Amos discuss the pending Roller Coaster Tycoon feature film, a possible new look for the PSP, the new Scribblenauts, Steam now for most computer platforms, and of course recent and upcoming games like the awesome Super Mario Brothers Crossover and Red Dead Redemption. Be sure [...]

My first impressions of the Gdgt live event.

  This Week: The FCC allows Hollywood to swtich off your audio ports for streaming, and the future of TheBasement, including an all new show coming this summer! Be sure to check us out LIVE every Tuesday night, 9:00PM (CST) at live.tothebasement.com! Have a topic idea for a future show? Email us at 20min@tothebasement.com.

Following months of trailers, promotions, Iron Man 2 one sheetand kids  running around playing with the merchandising efforts, the actual product, that being Iron Man 2, the comic book movie sequel finally premieres. We now cut through the media buzz and find that Tony Stark ran into battle requiring a fresh battery.

 In the sequel to the 2008 blockbuster, we follow Tony Stark, Robert Downey Jr., 6 months after revealing to the world that he is the technological superhero. The US government wants to secure Stark’s technology and weaponize it further. Industrial business rival Justin Hammer, of Hammer Industries, played by Sam Rockwell (Moon, Choke), also wants the Iron Man weapon. Meanwhile in Russia, a former Soviet scientist, who partnered with Tony’s father on developing the arc reactor, dies, leaving his son Ivan, played by Mickey Rourke (The Wrestler, Sin City), on a vengeful quest to thwart Iron Man’s throne of solidarity and security. Closer to home, Tony appoints his sidekick, Pepper Potts, portrayed by Gwyneth Paltrow, as CEO of Stark Industries all while not acknowledging any of their sexual tension and hitting on the new personal aide, Natasha Romanoff / Black Widow, played by Scarlett Johansson (Vicky Cristina Barcelona, Ghost World), and finally working with agent Nick Fury of S.H.I.E.L.D., Samuel L. Jackson, on developing the “Avengers Initiative.” Most of all, our main character has found that his arc reactor-powered heart is actually poisoning his blood and he needs to reinvent his energetic wheel immediately. In his Drunken Tony Stark / Iron Man hitting on Peppermoments of vile weakness, Tony’s pal, Air Force Lt. Col. James “Rhodey” Rhodes, where Don Cheadle (Brooklyn’s Finest, Ocean’s Eleven) take the character over from Terrence Howard, clutches the auxiliary Iron Man suit and morphs it into the mighty War Machine.

Photo courtesy PreCentral.neAfter a long time of people wondering the fate of Palm and its magnificent webOS, a future is set in stone. HP, the computer company who isn’t unfamiliar with the PDA field, will be buying Palm shares at $5.70 each, for a total of around $1.2 billion. Check out the press release for [...]

    This Week: While Hank and Adam are off being pirates, Dan and John talk about the death of the floppy, new developments with Hulu, Will and Tommy Lee at it again, GoldenEye, and photo booth’s real life photo.   Be sure to check us out LIVE every Tuesday night, 9:00PM (CST) at live.tothebasement.com! [...]

We live in a world where comic book characters in film have proliferated for decades, booming primarily in the last ten years. As such, audiences around the globe have become inundated with numerous origin stories of various superheroes and foes. In Kick-Ass, we have an irreverent look at comic book reverence that proves to deviate [...]

  This Week: Dan is in a rush to finish his laundry, so he and Adam quickly discuss new games to be had, including Bionic Commando 2, Dead Rising 2, Red Dead Redemption, Dan’s former obsession… and how EA annihilates it with Lord of Ultima, and many more!   Be sure to check us out [...]

    This Week: Another member of TheBasement Crew has gone missing! But the show must go on, and the gang talks about MGM and the Bond saga, our favorite dinosaurs, the new iPhone, and the flying car effort!   Be sure to check us out LIVE every Tuesday night, 9:00PM (CST) at live.tothebasement.com! Have [...]

  This Week: John’s mysterious absence leads Dan and Hank to discuss the Top 5 Overused videogame enemies, underwater aliens that show shocking new living abilities, a duck that refuses to fly from your thoughts, the impressive truth about the season finale of House, and groundbreaking speeds for SSD’s.   Be sure to check us [...]