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Archive for December, 2008

Weiser Books Link Goodness or Why You Should Be Subscribed to the Feed

By Giania • Dec 22nd, 2008 • Category: Literature

Those who are already subscribed to the (feedburner) RSS feed may have noticed a particularly large link dump post, brimful of esoteric whatnots and occult herbal do-dads.
Those who aren’t, I’d like to direct your attention to the great big purple box in the upper right hand corner. Exclusive to the feed is my del.icio.us activity [...]



Mortal Kop-out

By The Evil Genius • Dec 16th, 2008 • Category: Video Games

With crossovers being a major staple in the world of superheroes, you’d think that twisting together two separate universes wouldn’t be such a foreign koncept. Leave it to long-time game developer Midway to take an idea brimming with awesomeness and lead it down a path toward failure approaching epic proportions with their newest installment of [...]



A New Breed of MMO Is Born

By The Evil Genius • Dec 11th, 2008 • Category: Video Games

Well, perhaps not yet “born” yet, per se, but it’s definitely somewhere in its second trimester and we have gotten quite a clear ultrasound at this point of NETdevil’s high concept sci-fi space shooter MMOG, Jumpgate: Evolution. While the game is currently in a solid alpha-build stage, what we’ve been allowed to see thus far [...]



RKNet Store & Request for Printing Suggestions

By Giania • Dec 10th, 2008 • Category: Recursion

Hi friends!
First of all, I’d like to thank whoever came across and ordered a tee shirt from the RKNet Printfection store.
I figured I’d share the store location, if any of you are interested in picking up a shirt (in varying flavors): RKNet Super Emporium. The prices are a dollar over cost, giving RKNet a one [...]



Get Your Shit Together

By Amy • Dec 10th, 2008 • Category: Guides

Look, anyone who knows me can attest to the idea that, I’m probably not the most put-together person on the planet. In fact, my inability to get organized, and my all-star procrastinator status really gives me little credibility when it comes to telling you what to do. However, in the past six months, I’ve been [...]



Papercraft Tools and Resources

By Giania • Dec 9th, 2008 • Category: Guides

When you’re stuck inside because the weather has gone from bad to worse, or when you’re looking for a cheap project for gift giving or just good old fashioned time consumption that actually isn’t looking at pictures of cats with captions, papercraft is great.
“Papercraft” is exactly what it sounds like: crafts made with paper. [...]



Remake: The Sequel Returns Before It Begins

By Sketch E Whiteface • Dec 8th, 2008 • Category: Film

Almost every movie this year has been a remake, a sequel, or an adaptation from a novel or comic book. Many like me find this to be a sad sight in the realm of films which is why many say that Hollywood hast lost it’s originality. In reality I think the reason why studios don’t [...]



Widowmaker — Review on “Punisher: War Zone”

By Sketch E Whiteface • Dec 7th, 2008 • Category: Film

Good morning, shoppers. As usual December has rolled around which of course gives us the lovely sentimental holiday known as Christmas. And as we all know one of the many traditions that is a part of the spirit of Christmas that isn’t mass consumerism is movies. The kind that are sweet, loving, caring. the kind [...]



Don’t Stop At Your Television - Throw Away Your Whole Tech Life

By jbird • Dec 6th, 2008 • Category: Philosophy

Here’s a little social experiment: Erase your MySpace page. Go ahead, you’re going to have to trust me on this one. And while you’re at it get rid of your Facebook page as well. Right now, I’ll wait. Also delete your LinkedIn profile and take yourself off of Match.com, Friendster, and Classmates.com. Peekyou, Flickr, and [...]



New Features: Google Friend Connect and Movie Reviews

By Giania • Dec 5th, 2008 • Category: Recursion

Hi friends!
We just added some Google Friend Connect features that will allow you to publicly declare your RKNet fandom. GFC supports login/signup via Google accounts, Yahoo! accounts, OpenID credentials or AIM signin info. Right now you can add RKNet as a favorite site using this feature, link to us via Facebook, Myspace, etc and invite [...]