Category: Entertainment

The Man Behind the Hiro

I’ve become a quick fan of NBC’s new superpowered series Heroes, with a particular fondness for the character Hiro Nakamura, a japanese office worker who discovers he can control time and space to a limited extent.

The thing that amazes me the most, though, is reading about the actor who plays him, Masi Oka. Not only has he been in a number of movies and television series, but according to his cast bio:

After graduating from Brown University with degrees in mathematics and computer science and a theatre arts minor, Oka pursued an acting career while taking his first job at George Lucas’ Oscar-winning special effects house Industrial Light & Magic.

Today, despite his successful career as an actor, he continues to provide ILM with technology for groundbreaking effects for more than 30 films.

SOLVED: Lego Star Wars II Installation Error

There's a temporay fix out if you're getting one of the following errors during the installation process for the recently released Lego Star Wars II PC game:

  • Error 1330: A file that is required cannot be installed because the cabinet file D:\Defaul~1.cab has an invalid digital signature. This may indicate that the cabinet file is corrupt. Error 3 was returned by WinVerifyTrust
  • Error 1334: The file 'nuconfig.txt' cannot be installed because the file cannot be found in cabinet file 'Defaul~1.cab'

The fix involves copying the contents of the install CD-Rom to your hard drive and overwriting one of the installation tools using a modified version.

Full instructions can be found here.

Tyke Makes Money Teaching Adults Video Game Skills

Victor De Leon III is an eight year old from Long Island who makes $25 an hour teaching grown-ups how to play the Halo video games at a competitive level, according to the New York Post Online. 

There's also an article with additional information about Victor available through TMCnet, which mentions that the child even manages to make money on autographs despite being too young to know how to sign in cursive yet.

Probably the thing that shocks me most about the tyke's business isn't that he's 8 years old, it's that he's part of a growing industry of gaming tutors available at websites such as Gaming-Lessons.com. 

I understand that it makes as much sense as it does for golf instructors to be able to make a living.  However, it still makes me raise an eyebrow if only because no matter how much I get into any particular competitive game, it's still just a game to me.