Honestly, I had lost all hope of seeing this movie after having its release date pushed back (count 'em) five times, but during previews to see Zack and Miri Make A Porno, a proper theater preview was shown at long last for Fanboys. At the end, Feburary 6th 2009 was written in triumphant, white letters.

If you are a geek, dork, or nerd, I see no way in which this movie won't be enjoyable to you. Taking place in 1998, three friends realize their buddy's cancer might not let him live to see Phantom Menace, so they agree to help sneak him into Skywalker Ranch to steal an early print of the movie. Writer Ernest Cline was pressed by production house Weinstein Co. to replace the cancer plot with raunchier humor, but an internet petition was successful in keeping the geek camraderie intact. Alright, the influence of the petition over test screenings is debatable, but the point is good won over evil and the movie wasn't turned into the next Dane Cook crap-fest.

Fanboys has gone through a lot to get to where it is now and has a lot of near and dear names attached to it. Before principal photography even started, Director Kyle Newman sought out and was granted George Lucas' approval. Lucas even offered to pay for the wedding, and by 'pay for the wedding' I mean let them use the official Star Wars sound effects (Wilhelm scream anyone?) -- which is worth a lot of money. Don't knock it.

Trailer after the jump.

I have to say, I've never had a demo of all things derail me from playing a game, particularly a game like Oblivion With Guns, but Left 4 Dead has done just that. The sneak peek that went live yesterday lets you play though the first two of five sections of the 'No Mercy' map: Apartments and Subway. Servers were filled rather quickly.

It's quite fun how the cinematic opening (embedded after the jump) ends right where No Mercy begins. The Director AI, the computerized Dungeon Master that makes sure the game remains surprising, unpredictable and ... well ... like a horror movie, does a great job. Some rooms seem stupidly easy. A few zombies are drooling in front of a TV looping the Emergency Broadcast System and you just plug each in the head, 1-2-3. Easy enough. Suddenly, one of your friends is screaming as he's swarmed by two dozen zombies that came seemingly out of nowhere. Though you may want to, outside of safe rooms, there isn't a time where you should feel safe. Dawdle enough, and the Director will step in to make things interesting.

Most players, it seems, are unsure how to play it, which Valve I'm sure expected. There hasn't been a co-op FPS like this before and I've noticed a lot of players are incredibly unsure of themselves. It's a wonderful feeling that got me thinking about how great a time it is to have no friends! That's what a zombie game should feel like - running around with a bunch of strangers, trying not to die. You want to help them yet you're unsure if they'll help you, but you know the only way you're getting through this is together. What a feeling.

The incredibly serious annual 'Saimoe' contest has come to a close with Hiiragi Kagami of That Sausage Anime narrowly defeating her sister Tsukasa in a battle rivaled only by Serena and Venus Williams. Saimoe is a Japanese government-funded social experiment to determine how much easier the I.Q. test must be made to maintain an average score of 100.

"A Win by Tsukasa would have shown a much steeper increase in global faggotry levels, but to be honest a win by anyone from as shitty a show as Lucky Star, even Kagamin, is troubling new," says Tokyo University head of the Gym Teacher Training Program Dr. Bend Squattrust. "Given Haruhi's wait being 'forever' we were expecting less than ideal results, but things turned out worse than we feared.

Saimoe has been conducted since 2002 and has proven itself in the past as a keen indicator of society's slow decline into a dystopian state of flat personalities and tsundere bullshit that not even the second coming of Onizuka could save us from.

"Most people believe that humanity's downfall will come from a nuclear holocaust, robot girlfriends, or a black man entering the White House," says New York PS118's Mr. Robert Simmons. "The truth is man's genetic end will likely come riding the dark horse of 2D fetishism."

The voting between Kagami and Tsukasa was very close all the way up until polling closed. Some Akihabara police officers feared riots from Tsukasa fans, but forgot that people that vote in these contests rarely leave their homes and likely decided instead to fap out frustrations. One Kagami supporter was quoted saying, "Their tears sustain me," which it turns out is a Stewie quote from Family Guy.

Its a well-documented fact that anime lovers posess not a gram of originality within their incredibly frail/frighteningly obese bodies.

Many academic authorities are looking to the future in an even bleaker light. "Some people are already calling for Taiga '09 which, honestly, is more frightening than Palin '12," said Oxford professor of doucheyness Buff Hardcheese. "Were she to win, it could really be the beginning of the end."

I must say, this is probably the best "Lets Play" I've ever seen. Grab a nice wine or maybe some brandy, kick off you shoes and watch this video.