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Last week I brought you some pictures of one of Battlestar Galactica’s hottest actresses, Grace Park. Fortunately, she is not the only hot actress on the show, and isn’t the only hot cylon either. This week, I bring you Number Six - or as she is known in real life, Tricia Helfer. If the human race was going to be enslaved, having these two as your captors would make things so much easier to bear.

Hit the jump for plenty of sexy pictures (although many of them are slightly censored…but if you’ve been on the internet for more than 10 minutes you should be able to find them in all their original glory pretty easily):

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Early this morning a multitude of new information was revealed about Halo 3 due to an article in Gamepro. The user who found it included plenty of pictures, but unfortunately they were very low resolution and not great quality.

However, more have now been posted, and this time they are full scans, and are much higher quality. Halo 3 is shaping up to be a very good game, and every new bit of information makes it look even more awesome.

Here they are, 14 glorious pictures of the biggest game this year (click them for high resolution):

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A user by the name of Go32111 has gotten the newest Gamepro (Issue 226, July 07), and it is full of information on Halo 3. Fortunately, he posted it all for everyone to see. There is plenty of information on weapons, vehicles, maps, and customization, and even some that was until now unrevealed.

First, the weapons:

Magnum - The Magnum is much improved since Halo 2, dishing out slower, more punishing shots. But it’s still not back to Halo 1 strength, as the clip currently carries just eight rounds and you can’t zoom in. Still a nice, precise choice for dual-wield combos.

Energy Sword - The infamous Sword gets two tweaks aimed at balancing its overwhelming power. One change is a brief weapon-switch delay. The second adjustment is more controversial: the Energy Sword now has an ammo meter that depletes with each attack, which keeps players from hoarding it indefinitely.

While those weapons certainly aren’t new, they have changed and will be very different in their new forms. Vehicles is where it really starts to get interesting though:

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Details have been scarce on Epic’s next project, Unreal Tournament 3 - but the newest issue of the Official Xbox Magazine contains some very interesting new details on the Xbox 360 version. Gears of War had what was in my opinion some of the best online co-op ever, and Epic looks to raise the bar again by having 4 player online co-op and 2 player split-screen in Unreal Tournament 3’s single-player. There will also be plenty of vehicles (something Gears was severely lacking), with 18 total and 5 turrets.

While it is made by the same developers of Gears of War, it’s still a very different game. The art director for both games, Jerry O’Flaherty, says that “Gears is a more confined game. UT is about big, huge distances. The speed of UT is so quick; it’s not a walking environment, it’s a running or flying environment,” while lead designer Steven Polge kept it short and concise saying only that “it’s Gears on crack. Cover is for wimps!”

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The Sims is a very boring game. What could possibly be less entertaining than doing all the mundane actions of everyday life, with the only reward being a bigger virtual house or a nicer virtual piece of furniture? For some reason I can’t begin to comprehend, the Sims is still the best selling PC game ever. And it’s about to get a lot worse.

Not to be outdone by anyone, the geniuses at 20th Century Fox have decided they want to create the worst video game movie ever and so have purchased the rights to make a live-action Sims film.

I’m not sure how they expect to translate such a dull game into a movie. I’m no movie executive, but I honestly can’t see how a two hour movie of people peeing, eating, and buying furniture is going to make any money at all.

Seriously, this is the worst idea for a video game movie ever, possibly even the worst idea for any movie ever. What the fuck is Fox thinking?

There has been plenty of new info in the last few days on Ubisoft’s upcoming RTS, EndWar. However, it’s the newest bit that seems (at least to me) most interesting and intriguing. EndWar will have more than just a name in common with some of Tom Clancy’s most popular games - the main groups will be featured in it. It makes sense that the very best would be involved in the next World War, and “the different elements of the Tom Clancy universe can come together in different roles.” From the elite soldiers in Ghost Recon to the members of Rainbow Six to the Third Echelon from Splinter Cell, people from all over Tom Clancy’s games will be there to fight in World War III. Micheal de Plater, creative director at Ubisoft, has the details:

The Ghosts…actually appear as elite forces in EndWar’s armies. Some of the members of Team Rainbow, the European guys, also end up as military commanders and Third Echelon brings the intel. So it’s really an over-arching story that sees many different genres and points of view come together for World War III.

This could really be awesome. While the gameplay will obviously be very different from previous Tom Clancy games, having bits of the story and setting from others will make this game really interesting. It’s the closest thing to a combination of everything Tom Clancy has done so far, and as more information trickles out it is looking like it’s going to be a very good game.

*SPOILERS* Be warned, the following post contains spoilers about Lost

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If you’re like me you probably already know who Grace Park is. If, however, you have no idea, I’ll tell you - she plays Sharon in Battlestar Galactica. Much more importantly, she is frakking sexy. If we could only get some 8-6 action, Battlestar Galactica would suddenly become the best show on TV, not to mention the one deadliest to kittens.

While there may not be nearly as many pictures as last week, there should be more than enough to get the job done - so hit the jump and get started.

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What do you do if you’re developing a game and it’s not getting enough attention? Most would feverishly promote it, or have a contest, or send out information like videos and screens. Not Free Radical though. They chose to skip all those steps and go straight to the approach that guarantees gamer’s attention - insult a bigger game. Not just any game though, since everyone is excited about Halo 3 they decided now was the opportune time to strike. Haze scriptwriter Rob Yescombe explains, revealing that next-gen is not about game play, graphics, entertainment, or anything like that, but instead about age:

While Halo is brilliant, you’re a teenager - the next-gen is about becoming more mature…in Haze you become an adult

Not content to just stop after that display of Adultism, he adds on some more Halo-hate:

It’s about what’s happening in the world today - it’s ludicrous, and how can you make something that doesn’t reflect that? Well, you could bury your head in the sand and make Halo 3, but the fact of the matter is there are more important things at stake

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*SPOILERS* Be warned, the following post contains spoilers about Lost

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Car washes aren’t really that interesting, and so a group in Australia decided to spice things up. Their car wash includes topless ladies and arousing sideshows along with the regular wash:

The Bubbles ‘n’ Babes car wash in Brisbane prompted a flood of complaints with a topless car wash for A$55 ($45) and a nude car wash with X-rated lap-dance service for A$100.

I can’t understand why anyone would be opposed to making car washes more exciting. They were even environmentally aware:

The raunchy wash, set up by a strip-club owner, was screened from the public and used recycled water to avoid breaching water use restrictions, they said.

Do you think the others used recycled water? I doubt it. They were afraid it would be distracting though:

“We don’t want any traffic accidents caused by people looking at the girls instead of looking at the road,” Superintendent Colin Campbell told local media.

Seriously? I’m not sure how anyone could even see since it was screened. And is this really the biggest traffic danger? I’m sure they could find something better to focus their attention on. However, even though they pretended to dislike it they actually enjoyed it as much as the next guy, since they chose not to do anything:

[The car wash] has been given the all-clear after police and officials said they were powerless to scrub it.

Haha, “scrub” it, hah…anyone? If you’re ever going to Australia, make sure to get your car washed while you’re there.

So far this week there has been plenty for Halo fans, with Halo 3 taking the spotlight. However, it is not the only game, and its less known and sometimes ignored sibling Halo Wars was feeling left out. Not content to let Halo 3 have all the fun, Halo Wars wanted attention. So while everyone was waiting for the Halo 3 beta, an update was posted in the Halo Wars forums:

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If you’ve been reading my Lost reviews, you’ve probably noticed that I think Kate is pretty hot, and prefer her when she’s wearing very little. While we get a taste of that every once in a while on Lost, I decided it was time that the rest of you got to see what you’re missing. Even if you watch Lost you’re still missing something, because Evangeline Lilly is just plain hot, and her portrayal of Kate is only the beginning. Whether you’re a fan of Lost, Evangeline Lilly, or just like boobs, hit the jump for a massive gallery.

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One of the most anticipated games ever has now been given an official release date. While until now we’ve only had the beta to count down to (7 hours to go…), we now have a much more important and exciting date to fantasize about. September 25th, 2007 - the day Halo 3 is released (or for those of you in Europe, an entire, painfully long day later).

Stores will be over run, riots will break out, guns will be drawn, chaos will ensue, records will be broken, and the PS3 will continue to fail. Millions of gamers across the country will collectively cream their pants - if they haven’t already just thinking about it (I am not ashamed to admit that I have). Don’t bother changing your pants now, because this is just the beginning - you’ll be going through many pairs when the beta begins tomorrow. I’m going to go and imagine that I’m having sex with the Halo 3 logo, but if you can resist temptation hit the jump for the full press release.

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Fox has ordered two more seasons of 24, which means it will be going until at least 2009. There aren’t any new details though, so we don’t know what to expect besides what was already revealed. However, Variety says that the upcoming seasons will stick with the 24’s unique structure. It will continue to be in real-time, with each episode covering an hour in Jack Bauer’s day.

24 has not been as consistently good as it used to be, and it has unfortunately been getting somewhat repetitive. I hope that it can stay good for another two Seasons, without losing even more of its appeal. It will be hard to predict until we learn more about what the writers and producers have in mind for 24’s future.