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Fans of Gone Baby Gone and The Wire are in for a treat. Oscar-nominated actress Amy Ryan, who had a small part on “The Office” season four finale, is coming back for more.

Ryan’s character replaced Toby Flenderson, the human resources representative at Michael Scott’s office. Apparently, the boss and the new girl might have a bit of a love interest in the future.

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You know, there are times when I wonder if the whole theatre mess can get any weirder, but then along comes a bit of news that proves that there’s always a way to tear the bottom off the barrel and start digging until you smell feet.  Apparently, just a couple days ago, the AMC Loews Center Park 8 theatre found it the possible victim of that modern day bugaboo, terrorism.

During a Sunday night screening at the Beltsville, Maryland AMC theatre, someone apparently released a large quantity of mace into the theatre, hospitalizing at least three, including a twelve year old boy. 

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Kotaku has a great article up about a judge’s ruling on “Wayne County Employees’ Retirement System seeking an injunction against the Activision-Blizzard merger”. In the ruling, Judge William B. Chandler III used Blizzard’s game World of Warcraft as a metaphor.

In some ways, perhaps, the world of Mergers and Acquisitions is a massively multiplayer role playing game as well. Like in World of Warcraft and other games, the participants in the M&A field take on certain roles, interact in their own community, hone specialized skills, and even develop a unique, somewhat curious vernacular. One particular quest in the world of M&A is disclosure litigation. In the instance of disclosure litigation presently pending before this Court, the world of M&A meets the World of Warcraft.

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Invariably, every blog post about Quantum of Solace news still turns into a debate about the title. It might be better if we all agreed to just call it “Bond 22″ and be done with the whole thing.

I like the title. The most apt comparison I’ve read is to The Silence of the Lambs. Doesn’t make a lick of sense until you’ve seen the movie, and even then it’s a little fuzzy. But so evocative, and now so common that nobody stops to question it.

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It’s another slow news day for video games. I guess everyone is holding their cards to their chest for E3 in two weeks.

However, here’s some good news for retrogamers: Chrono Trigger is coming to the DS. That teaser site went up earlier, and Square-Enix confirmed what it was.

“But Matt,” you might say. “You totally ragged on Square-Enix when you thought they’d be pumping out endless spinoffs instead of innovating! Isn’t re-releasing old games even worse?”

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Product placement. You know it, you love it. But pretty soon, the characters on your favorite show might be drinking “nameless red-can soda” instead of Coke. If you guessed that the FCC might have something to do with it, then you’re right - but I gave it away in the title, so don’t get too boastful.

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Valve has announced that the Heavy is going to be the next class in Team Fortress 2 to get called back to the design table for new unlockable weapons and achievements.

This time, though, Valve is doing things a little differently. They’ve invited players to take part in the process, talking about their goals for the Heavy and welcoming suggestions.

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And so it ends, kids…the Screen Actors Guild is kinda sorta technically on strike.  The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers made their “last, best offer”–which as it turns out was almost identical to the deal taken by the Writers Guild, the Directors Guild, and SAG’s sister organization, the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists.

SAG, of course, is “reviewing the complex package”, but won’t respond to it one way or another until after July 8th.  The previous contract has since expired.  In the meantime, SAG advises its membership to “continue working until further notice from the guild”.  Which is easier said than done as, apparently, most feature film production has ground to a halt and television producers are winding down production as well, as though SAG had already struck.

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It only gets better!  I tell you, the news coming out of the Screen Actors Guild is a funnier comedy than ANYTHING their membership of mostly overpaid hacks has churned out in years!  Despite the fact that their contract expires at 12:01 AM Tuesday July First, the Screen Actors Guild refuses to even entertain the prospect of a strike!

And if you thought there was an unusually high amount of exclamation points in that last bit, you’re right–I’m just really hyped up about this.  I haven’t laughed this hard in a good while, and I have the Screen Actors Guild to thank.

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It was a dream come true for every disappointed Futurama fan - every nerd, every mathematician, every computer scientist who had embraced the show as his or her own. When we all found out that the show was coming back, we couldn’t believe it.

It used to be that shows disappeared and were gone for good. There was no reliable way for the fans to rally and communicate their desires; luckily, the internet changed all that. (Thanks, Al Gore!) As it became clear that there would be a market for more Futurama, plans were developed to bring it back - not for a whole season, but at least for a little while.

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