Blizzard announced the World Of Warcraft: Cataclysm Collector's Edition, which is available for pre-order on Amazon. As always, I advise an early purchase of the World Of Warcraft: Cataclysm Collector's Edition from Amazon, mainly because of their pre-order price guarantee, which ensures you get the the lowest price if the Amazon.com price decreases between your order time and the end of the day of the release date. In the case of Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty, which originally listed for $100, the final price resulted in a $20 discount.

Blizzard's Collector's Editions generally contain an exclusive in-game item and an art book. The Cataclysm Collector's Edition contains the following:

• Art of the Cataclysm art book
• Exclusive in-game pet: Lil' Deathwing
• Behind-the-scenes DVD
• Cataclysm Soundtrack
• Special-edition Deathwing mouse pad
• One 60-card Starter Deck and 2 exclusive hero cards for the World of Warcraft TCG.

Amazon: World Of Warcraft: Cataclysm Collector's Edition
Blizzard: World of Warcraft Collector's Edition

One of the new shows making its debut this year is The Cape, where a police officer is framed, thought dead, and then returns as his son's favorite comic book crime fighter. Having watched the pilot episode during the panel, I can say with confidence that this is one superhero show that is likely to be canceled quickly if changes aren't made to make it better.

David Lyons plays Vince Faraday, who becomes the Cape, under the tutelage of Max Malini (Keith David). The Cape is assisted by Orwell (Summer Glau), and Max Malini's circus buddies. The problem with the show is that it takes itself too seriously, when it is just really cheesy.

While the pilot I watched had placeholder music, Bear McCreary (of Battlestar Galactica) will be composing The Cape's final music.

The extended entry contains a brief summary of the pilot episode. Included are my notes as to how to make it better.

How to pair the device:

1. Go into System Preferences, then click Trackpad.
2. Click "Set Up Bluetooth Trackpad..."
3. Press the Power button located on the right side of the Trackpad.
4. Click Continue when your Trackpad is detected.

Apple doesn't ship a CD with drivers with the Magic Trackpad, so you'll need to download the drivers from Apple.

In order to enable the Magic Trackpad, first you'll need to download the appropriate Magic Trackpad drivers from Apple's website:

• Mac OS X 10.6.4 (Snow Leopard)
• Windows 32-bit
• Windows 64-bit

The Windows drivers are to enable the Magic Trackpad in Windows OS as a replacement for the mouse.

Apple's new Magic Trackpad ($69) takes the trackpad of the MacBook and MacBook Pro laptops, enlarges it, and makes it usable for the desktop.


In many ways, this peripheral is built for those who primarily use their laptop and have grown accustomed to the multi-touch gestures available on the laptop trackpads. Now those people can use a trackpad instead of a mouse when working at a desktop.

The Magic Trackpad uses Bluetooth wirelessly, so it does require two AA batteries (included). The angle of the Magic Trackpad matches the Wireless keyboard. The Magic Trackpad's materials are very similar to the trackpads on the their laptops -- aluminum and glass. Little rubber feet on the bottom of the unit enables clicking.

The Apple Magic Trackpad can be used as a replacement for the mouse, or simultaneously with the mouse. The Magic Trackpad however, does still require a firm surface to place it on, but it can be used with a much more limited space than a mouse. The range of the Bluetooth wireless on the trackpad is an astounding 33 feet, making it perfect for a HTPC setup.

If there is one problem with the Apple Magic Trackpad, it's that the price of $69 for a Magic Trackpad is at the same price point as the Apple Magic Mouse.

The Magic Trackpad allows for two, three, and four fingered gestures and provides more options than the Magic Mouse. The Magic Mouse has only one two-finger gesture -- a navigation swipe. On a Magic Trackpad, the navigation swipe is three fingered gesture. The Magic Trackpad has the following gestures in addition to gestures found on the Magic Mouse:
Two Fingers:

• Rotate
  
• Pinch Open/Close
  

Four Fingers:

• Swipe up/down for Expose
  
• Swipe left/right for Application switching
  

The new Apple Magic Trackpad is certainly an interesting device, as it makes available to desktops all the gestures that laptop users have had for so long; in some instances though, a mouse is still better. I would not play World Of Warcraft with the Magic Trackpad, or any kind of first-person shooter, for that matter. Still, for those who want to use an external keyboard at home, and still be able to retain all the trackpad functions without being constrained by the laptop's trackpad, the Magic Trackpad fills that niche perfectly.

The entry below contains the transcript of the Guild panel in the Indigo Ballroom at the San Diego Comic-Con 2010. There are videos on the web of the panel, however, for those of you who can read faster than you can watch videos, click below.

Today Amazon listed the Kindle out of stock, having many in the gadget blogsphere wondering what could be next for the Kindle. Some speculated that like the nook, it would house two screens -- one being e-ink, and another being LCD color.

The acutal new Kindle is much less exciting. It features the same 6 inch screen size, a lighter body, a faster redraw on e-ink, a minimized back button, and a larger forward button. The rocker switch has also been redesigned. The Kindle will arrive in two varieties of two colors each: a Wi-Fi only version for $139, and a Free 3G version for $189. Just like the Kindle DX, the Kindle will come in graphite or white. The new pricing reflects on their ongoing price war with Barnes and Noble's nook e-reader -- by undercutting the nook by $10.

According to the Wall Street Journal, Bezos said "there are going to be 100 companies making LCD [screen] tablets... why would we want to be 101? I like building a purpose-built reading device. I think that is where we can make a real contribution."

The Guild kicked off with a speech from Kim Evey (executive producer) thanking the fans for supporting the show, and also to the sponsors of the show, and being amazed at the size of the crowd at Comic Con, filling the Indigo Ballroom. Indigo Ballroom is at least comparable in size to the cavernous Ballroom 20, so the fact that the Guild managed to fill the room is impressive, considering that I went to a Guild panel a few years ago, which was a much more intimate gathering of fans.

After the cast introductions, we were shown episode 3 and an advertising teaser for season 4, and opened up for Q&A. The teaser is in the form of a Bollywood dance video, and it is AWESOME.

The Guild: Season 4, Episode 3:

Update: The music video is now live, and is below:

<br/><a href="http://www.bing.com/videos/browse?mkt=en-us&vid=&from=&fg=sharenoembed" target="_new"title="Season 4 - Music Video - "Game On"">Video: Season 4 - Music Video - "Game On"</a>

Felicia and Wil Wheaton will have recurring roles on the SyFy show Eureka, and will continue to work together on the Guild.

It had been rumored that following the conclusion of Avatar: The Last Airbender, there might be a possibility for revisting the world of Avatar. I had thought this might mean a series based on past Avatars' lives, but Nickelodeon has announced a new Avatar series, set 70 years after Aang's adventures as an Avatar.

PR Newswire: Nickelodeon greenlights new series from the creators of Avatar: The Last Airbender.

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