Michael

"A better idea: preorder it and use your $100 'gift card' from the iPhone if you got one!"

That's exactly what I did. A $35 (including tax) upgrade? What a steal!

As a recent HDTV owner, Comcast has pretty much guaranteed that I will never do business with them again. When was the last time Comcast updated their schedule or gave ANY indication that they intended to do so in the near future?

While Comcast whines about the difficulties of getting contracts and obligations in place, DirectTV is pumpin' out the channels. Comcast, put up or shut up, you dorks.

" Comics are too expensive and not even aimed at the proper audience anymore."

Funny. Manga collections are HUGE sellers with the younger crowd and girls. Trade paperbacks have been moving substantial numbers at bookstores. Monthlies have been selling well across the board and weeklies are proving themselves on the market. The average price for a comic is $2.99 and the target demographic is 18-35. DC and Marvel are raking in the sales and big-budget comic movie successes are spotlighting a lot of great shit.

Congratulations on not having a clue in regards to this subject. Your uninformed opinion is noted, dismantled and discarded.

"No I dropped all X-Men comics cause to me they really screwed everything up."

New X-Men was the best fucking thing to happen to the series in decades. Oh, and the Batgirl thing was covered in Teen Titans #43.

"The problem I see is monthly issues don't work anymore."

Uh, Marvel and DC have had massive year-over-year sales gains for, like, the past seven years. If anything, the comic book industry is the strongest its been in ... a long, long time. Monthly issues don't work anymore? Fuck, 52 is weekly and it's averaging 120,000 or so copies an issue.

Thanks for the grossly uninformed and retarded comment. Also, this story is baseless and misguided. 2000AD's drop off is because of their MASSIVE hemorrhage of talent. The 90s had dudes like Millar, Morrison and Hairsine. Today? Bleh. It's not selling because, relative to other choices at the LCS, it sucks a big fat dick.

What a worthless story.

The Wire on HBO HD, pillar bars and all.

"...features a shot-for-shot recreation of our video..."

They're similar, but claiming anything more is bullplop. Durr, two clips featuring a chip fabrication lab. Golly, I wonder if we're going to see dudes in bunny suits and chip-making machines? Durr.

Anywho, both are rips of that Bjork video for All is Full of Love, and The Postal Service has done nothing more than make a bunch of sub-par electro-pop for dumb teenage girls.

For as bumpy as the consumer market has been for Kodak (though their new set of cameras seems like a move in the right direction), most people tend to forget that Kodak is an essential company for many photography (and, therefore, publishing) professionals.

Electroplankton is such an amazing experience. If you have even a remote interest in electronic music and general tomfoolery, it will offer you countless hours of enjoyment. It's simple, relaxing, colorful and just an overall pleasurable experience.

In this market, success is measured by systems sold. The Sega Saturn had rabid fans and a collection of awesome games. Same with the Sega Dreamcast. Hell, I loved those damn systems. Still, calling either a success would be absurd.

Microsoft needs to ship consoles in 2006. A lot more consoles. As far as 2005 was concerned, sales were a bust. Heck, I think the original XBox outpaced it.