Well, all right. He wasn’t almost on Xbox Live, but Microsoft and Conan’s team were discussing the possibility.

Joystiq:

During the “Hollywood Creative Masters” session at CES last month, the executive producer of Conan O’Brien’s show, Jeff Ross, spoke on last April’s  short-lived rumor of talks to relaunch the show on a proposed Xbox Live channel (before the deal was made to bringConan to TBS), reports  Gamasutra contributor Chris Morris (who moderated the CES session). While Ross said it was “interesting to sit and look at it,” Microsoft’s proposal lacked a clear vision, and he recalled that “a lot of the conversations were, ‘Well, it’s a show, but it’s not a show and there are no breaks, but maybe there are breaks and it’s not 60 minutes — it’s this,’ and nobody really knew what it was.”

“So it was really going to be a leap of faith to jump in with these guys and figure something out which we didn’t know,” Ross said, later reiterating that “we had some eventual television offers and we basically shied away from the [Xbox thing].”

Imagine if this shit came to fruition? My asshole would have burst out of its confines, splattering the walls in confusion.

The more I read about Battlestar Galactica: Blood and Chrome, the more excited I get. Will I accept any excuse to return to the worlds colonized by my good ancestors from Kobol? Hell fucking yes, I will.

io9:

According to this review of the pilot script, the show feels very much like a return to the military space opera of  Battlestar Galactica, although it’s also clearly influenced by the  Star Trek reboot – complete with a visit to an ice planet.

First off: awesome. Secondly, yo! Straight up Star Trek reboot? Let’s not get into some sort of mimetic spiral into nothingness following the originations of certain tropes. But! But still. That ice planet from the Star Trek reboot was fucking Hot. Also, the new Kirk was Han Skywalker. Which is why I liked the movie so much. Anyways.

We meet Adama as a cocky new pilot who graduated at the top of his class and is convinced he belongs on the front lines – even if his battle-hardened superiors aren’t so sure. Adama is assigned to the Galactica, which even then is an old, beat-up ship under the command of the similarly ground down Silas Nash. Adama isn’t pleased when he’s sent on a mission in a Raptor – he’s a Viper pilot and believes he should only be flying Vipers. This is where he meets the old vet Coker, who becomes something of a gruff mentor to Adama and even gives him the Husker callsign that we saw in BSG.

Oh lord. My hogsworth begins spurting the gunk just thinking about returning to some Viper battles. Please let this be dope.

[Image Courtesy of io9.]

William Adama is one of my favorite characters. A lot of this has to do with the acting chops of Sir Edward James Olmos. So casting a young chap to play the Admiral in the Battlestar Galactica prequel Blood & Chrome is tremendous. Today over at io9, they dropped the dude who shall be playing him: Luke Pasqualino.

They also provided some casting info regarding Adama’s character description.

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My nipples get hard just contemplating reading this. It’s Ronald D. Moore’s Battlestar Galactica bible. Online, and for anyone to read. Like, seriously. This is probably the closest thing to an actual bible that I’ll ever get to read. I’m that deep of a fanboy. Say what you will about the latter portion of the BSG series, or even RDM’s finale, aiight? I think even with that considered, his initial vision for the universe was goddamn gorgeous. The bible itself is expansive, and covers everything from The Red Line to how take on the very commands for the CIC.

“Clear Forward” means there is nothing in front of the Viper in the launch tube.

“Nav-con green” means the navigational system aboard the Viper is operating and is showing up green on the Launch Officer’s board.

“Interval check” means that he has checked the interval between this Viper and the one launched immediately before it.

“Clear Forward” means there is nothing in front of the Viper in the launch tube.  “Nav-con green” means the navigational system aboard the Viper is operating and is  showing up green on the Launch Officer’s board.

“Interval check” means that he  has checked the interval between this Viper and the one launched immediately  before it.

It’s intense, man. I don’t imagine I’ll get to plow through all fifty pages anytime soon, but I certainly will need to at some point. By candlelight. With  Vaseline.

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Go on, git! Enlarge that pig. It’s an official guide to Battlestar Galactica’s twelve colonies. BSG dork like me? Yeah, this swag is awesome. The map was “designed by writer Jane Espenson and science advisor Kevin Grazier.” I didn’t know BSG had a science advisor, but I wish I was smart off to pull off such a gig. Would be totally swank.

Want more information on how the map was constructed? Go here for an interview with Espenson and Grazier.

We are once again celebrating Monday Morning Commute! Sure, the work week will probably bring plenty of stress and disappointment. Maybe you’ll get fired. Maybe your boss will sexually harass you. Maybe he won’t. But no matter what setbacks you suffer, you’ll need to make time to enjoy life. Otherwise, what’s the fuggin’ point?

Check out what I’ll be doing this week. Then, if you’re daring, let me know what you’ll be up to. This is nerd-culture at its finest.

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There’s a Pac-Man reality TV show in the works. This future-abortion is being helmed by Merv Griffin Entertainment, the fuckers behind Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy!  I know it doesn’t make any sense, but welcome to the Wasteland, where nothing makes sense. Therefore, everything makes sense. We’re turning the board game Battleship into a fucking movie. Why can’t we turn Pac-Man into a reality show? Of course you don’t have a good reason! Here, have some details down your willing gullet, from  Roy Bank, the Guy Of Some Importance Or Something from Merv:

A big, crazy  Wipeout-type event with a lot of energy. The idea we have is to take what Pac-Man is and bring it to life, to bring what is essentially the world’s biggest game of tag to television.

I can’t imagine why this wouldn’t be a success and why we won’t all be stapled to our chairs while its on. Nonetheless, it isn’t the Pac-Man television show I envisioned. In my reality TV show, someone hides a bottle of Ambien in a giant grass  labyrinth. While I’m searching for it, people chase me with blunt objects. If I find the bottle of Ambien, I then pound them pills and chase them, because next to the bottle of Ambien is also a corked bat and an unloaded gun.

I think this would make for much more riveting television, but what the fuck do I know.

Salad UK brings the dubstep to The Office, and I love it. Probably too much.  As a white guy, I have zero coordination of the dance floor. But goddamn if this didn’t make my sad little ass giggle, while trying to swing my dong around in something  hypnotically  horrifying.

Hit the jump for the video.

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Pushed aside by his siblings, there’s no chance for the little one to suckle the teat. The others become fat and content, gorging incessantly on the readily-available sustenance. The runt must find a new source, a way to survive despite being rejected by Mother Society.

And so he crawls, one painful movement at a time, towards the avuncular alternative. It is not an easy trek, but it is rewarding. For Father Nerd turns away nary a soul.

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This is the Monday Morning Commute, the post where we share what we’ll be doing over the course of the next week. Come on in, wrap yourself in a snuggie, take a shot of Crystal Pepsi, and tell me what type of debauchery you’ll be filling your time with.

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Welcome once again, m’babies, to the Monday Morning Commute. Please ignore the fact that this feature is posted during the late-night timeslot. Also, there’s no need for you to know that my commute to work takes no more than fifteen minutes on a bad day. Instead, join me in celebrating the entertaining bits of existence that are going to get me through the week.

And try to remember what you learned on the playground – I’ll show you mine if you show me yours. After peeping my naughty bits, hit up the comments and show me yours. After all, it’s only fair.

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