Civilization Revolution is a very enjoyable game. So far I have only played the demo on Xbox 360 and both times I sat down to play it I think I played for a hour. Once as the Romans and once as the Egyptians. I have always been a fan of sim games (except The Sims, which I have never been able to get into). I can’t wait to be able to buy the game and actually be able to save. You can also play as about 15 more civilizations. Of course there are also lots of achievements, good for those of us with OCD. Looking through the list of achievements I would have already opened a few of them up.

Shazam is definetly the most useful app I have found so far, and it is free. You just click on it, hit “Tag Now” and hold it up to whatever is playing music and a few second later it will tell you the song, artist, and album. I personally use it for album identification for all my old mp3s, that don’t have a lot of good meta information. The only thing I wish it did have was the track number of the song. Shazam is not flawless, but then I was playing a recording of No Doubt covering “End of the World” by REM at the MTV 1999 New Years Eve party.

Star Trek: The Experience is closing September 1st. This is sad news for me since I was planning a trip to Las Vegas next June to see it. This is also kinda weird timing since there is a new movie coming out in less than a year, which should boost the number of visitors considerably.

Here are a bunch of things I picked up on while watching The Incredible Hulk. I am sure there are lots more that I missed as well. There are minor spoilers, so read at your own risk.

- Piano music on street in Guatemala is from 70s TV series
- When Bruce first turns into Hulk with black out and just light on eyes is a shot from 70s TV series
- Lou Ferrigno (Hulk from 70s TV Series) cameos as the security guard that gets pizza
- Stan Lee (creator of Hulk comics) cameos as the guy who drinks Bruce Banner’s blood
- You don’t want to make me hungry, reference to “You don’t want to make me angry” from the 70s TV series
- Stark Enterprises can be seen in the flashback scenes
- Tony Stark (Iron Man) cameos at the end of the movie
- Tony Stark talks of putting a team together (Reference to Avengers)
- Super Soldier program put on ice (Possible reference Captain America, who was frozen in WWII)
- Purple pants that Betty picks out, Hulk is often in purple in the comics
- “Hulk Smash” is often in the comics
- Thunder clap seen at the end of fight with Abomination is often in the comics
- Bruce Banner starts in South America, where he ended up in last movie, odd since I thought Marvel was basically denying the last movie was made
- General Ross says Banner was on the run for 5 years this is the amount of time that has passed since last movie
- SHEILD is in flashback scenes at the beginning. This is an organization often seen in the comics.