The Latest News for Guild Wars 2 (1/27/12)
14 hours ago
by Mat Overdeput
in Tech & Games
Guild Wars 2 has been a long anticipated game for nearly five years. Since the announcement of Guild Wars 2 in 2007, gamers of Guild Wars have been earning titles, reading blogs, and learning the new combat system; all in preparation for the release of GW2. Areananet, the creators of the game, have no released an official date, but, many sources point the release of this highly anticipated game to this very year, 2012.
After the release of the final profession, the mesmer, Areananet posted news about the progress of GW2. The More >
Station Meeting this Friday at Noon
This Friday, January 27th, FPTV will be having a station meeting in the TV studio (located in the Fitzwater Center). Anyone who wants to help out with the TV station should come to this meeting! There are plenty of wats to get involved with FPTV. We film shows both in-studio and out-of-studio. Anyone can join!
This semester, we have plenty of open slots in the studio, so we are open to new show ideas!
Please come to the STATION MEETING, FRIDAY JANUARY 27TH AT NOON IN THE TV STUDIO! More >
FPTV releases schedule for spring 2012 semester
1 week ago
FPTV has announced its schedule for this semester. Because FPTV did not receive money to continue the movie contract, there will be no movies of the month this semester.
The spring schedule includes most of the shows from last semester and a few new ones as well. The shows that are no longer on FPTV include Ask Ally, List This, and Roommatez.
Among the new ones includes Bobby and Bobby, Game Over, More >
Evanescence
2 months ago
by moverdeput
in Entertainment News
Evanescence has always been one of my favorite bands. Since the release of Origin in the early 2000s, Evanescence had me sold as a life time fan until now. In October 2011, Evanescence released their new album, Evanescence, and to me, it was a disappointment. In this review, I’ll explain my own thoughts and opinions about Evanescence and their career up to now.
Origin was Evanescence first album I came across. The band has been around since the 90s, but rose in popularity significantly in the early 2000s. Origin was a great More >
New York Comic Con 2011
Check out these videos from this year’s New York Comic Con!
Comic Con invited FPTV back to cover their event after successful coverage from last year’s convention. Overdeput was in charge of the arrangements and made sure everyone had press passes. Now that the production team has left, they are excited to leave and wonder if this year’s convention will be similar to last year’s.
Comic Con is a yearly convention in which thousands of people meet to see newly released movies, video games, and TV shows in a convention setting. More >
FPTV Alumni Check In: Alexis Auffray
by Alexis Auffray
Upon graduation I saved up some money waitressing in New York and packed up to back pack through Europe for the month of July 2010. My adventures took me to London, Amsterdam, Interlaken Switzerland, Venice Italy, Mykonos Greece, Paris France, and Madrid Spain.
I was able to see seven new countries in a matter of months, gain countless experiences and meet several friends that I am still in touch with! There was all this magic in learning about these new cultures and ways of life. Upon returning back to More >
November movie of the month now playing
The November movie is in! FPTV’s movie of the month is Fast Five. FPTV is continuing to keep their word with showing new released movies with different genres.
Fast Five, starring Paul Walker, Vin Diesel, and Dwayne Johnson, is the fifth movie of the Fast and Furious series. The movie made over $600 million in the box office and many consider this movie to be the best of one yet.
The movies air every day on FPTV at noon, 9pm, midnight, and 3am. Check out FPTV in the next few More >
Pandemic!
3 months ago
by moverdeput
in Tech & Games
by: Mathew Overdeput
Pandemic, is a co-operative board game made by Z-Man Games in 2008. Unlike the web browser version, your goal is the save humanity, rather than destroy it. Pandemic the board game is designed for 2 to 5 players, but unlike other board games where players compete to win, players must compete with the game itself in order to win.
Pandemic has a relatively simple goal with simple rules with it. The objective of the game is to remove the four unusual diseases that have pop up around the world. More >
FPTV leaving for Comic Con New York 2011
FPTV has officially begun it’s traveling down to New York to see this year’s Comic Con. FPTV executive board members James Connelly, Mathew Overdeput, and Eric Taverna will be driving down to New Jersey, which is roughly a five hour drive.
The FPTV crew plans to stay at former station manager Nick Caramico’s house for the weekend. After being invited back as press by Comic Con, Caramico will also be going to the convention with FPTV.
Comic Con invited FPTV back to cover their event after successful coverage from last year’s More >
Netflix: The Pheonix Company
3 months ago
by moverdeput
in Entertainment News
by: Mathew Overdeput
After Reed Hastings, CEO of Netflix announced the separation of DVD mailings and online streaming; the result led to a wide confusion amongst customers. Hasting is executing an idea to create a daughter corporation for Netflix known as Qwikster. Qwikster will take the online streaming role of Netflix, while Netflix it will be continuing to use its mailing system. The problem with this it that customers would now need two different accounts that will charge them the same rate they had previously, except twice! Meaning that, Netflix customers now More >
