Some Stuff: Wednesday, August 19, 2009

1921: Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry was born

2004: Internet search engine Google went public.

Robert Redford is getting back into the Washington scene with a film about a woman executed as an accessory in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. Redford plans to direct The Conspirator, the story of Mary Surratt. Starting in the fall.

Internet Movie Database is out with the top 15 rated films of the new millennium -- the 15 made since 2000 that IMDb users have rated as the best.

5. Up (2009)

4. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)

3. City of God (2002)

2. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)

1. The Dark Knight (2008)

Sony got on stage yesterday at GamesCom and confirmed that the new, slimmer PS3 is really real. It'll be out in the first week of September and will retail for $300. It's smaller and lighter, has a 120GB HDD, and packs "all the same features" of the regular PS3 while consuming 34 percent less power and taking up 32 percent less space. Rumour says Existing PS3’s will have their prices dropped by a hundred bucks this week in anticipation.

A new survey by the (CDC) reveals that gamers are more prone to depression and obesity than non-gamers. Findings:

- female gamers are more likely to be depressed than non-gamers


- male gamers have higher incidents of obesity than non gamers


- 45% of the population plays video games .. the average gamer age is 35