July 2008
17 posts
REVIEW: Soul Calibur IV
Blades of Glory
“Can’t….move….too much….armor.”
I remember my very first experience with the Soul Calibur series way back when I was ten. The game was called Soul Blade in those days and it was an arcade game at Total Soccer Arena in Wixom. I had just finished an indoor game when I happened to glance over at two kids playing it. In that brief moment walking...
Johnny Depp in Next Tim Burton Film? You Don't...
He won’t even need a new costume.
In a bit of interesting, yet completely unsurprising casting news, it’s now rumored that Johnny Depp is being cast as the Mad Hatter in Tim Burton’s live action Alice in Wonderland adaptation. While the casting choice is about as predictable as the sun coming up tomorrow, it should be a fun role for him nonetheless.
I’m actually a bit...
"Max Payne" Poster Surprisingly Cool
Dude this is no time to find enlightenment, there’s an angry angel behind you.
Now I don’t normally comment on movie posters, but I was particularly struck by this Max Payne teaser. I’m still not really sold on the movie itself, making my judgement from its bullet-time-tastic trailer. Despite not really having anything to do with the video game, I like the whole supernatural...
"Top Gun 2" Rumored, Idea is Both Dangerous and...
“Hey wouldn’t it suck if in twenty years I got fat and you went crazy?”
So this is some news that set a few sirens going off in my head. Apparently some studio thinks its a great idea to finally make a sequel to the homo-erotic masterpiece that is Top Gun. This is a dangerous proposition, but not completely out of the question I suppose, but here’s the rub: Tom Cruise is...
REVIEW: The Dark Knight
Great Expectations
Immortal.
This is probably going to be one of the hardest reviews I’ve ever written. Through my many adventures writing about film, I’ve found that there’s an inverse relationship between the quality of a movie and the ease of which the review is written. I like nothing better than to rip through a shitty horror movie like a hurricane, but when I find a movie that I really,...
Amy Poehler to Star in "Office" Spinoff
A t-shirt with a halter top? Hilarious!
I can’t tell if I want to put this into the “good” or “bad” news category because I don’t think it’s as simple as all that. Amy Poehler, or the only person you still recognize from SNL, has been cast to supposedly star in the new Office spinoff.
Really, I can take or leave Amy Poehler. She’s done humorous...
Liveblogging the Sony E3 Press Conference
2:37 – Sony video opens with a first person shooter of some sort. That means this is already better than Nintendo’s entire press conference.
2:38 – Jack Tretton, first video game executive introduced not accompanied by some sort of avatar of himself.
2:40 – Yes, Kratos shoutout. Hopefully that means we get at GOW III demo.
2:42 – Touting Blu-ray as the “wave of the future.” I know it won the...
Liveblogging the Nintendo E3 Press Conference
12:05 – Nintendo video showing smiling people playing Wii and DS of all races and ages. I’m going to throw up it’s so inspiring
12:08 – Crazy intense Nintendo lady starts talking about her kids and snowboarding. She’s completel freaking me out.
12:10 – Oh it’s leading into some snowboarding game because Shaun White just showed up.
12:11 – Shaun White sucks at virtual snowboarding. Now he’s...
"Final Fantasy XIII" for Xbox 360!?
Seriously.
I’ve never really followed E3 religiously. I usually just read about it in next month’s Game Informer, but seeing as I’m sitting around with not much to do, I thought I’d turn on Microsoft’s live on conference on G4. Boy am I glad I did.
This is probably one of the most earthshattering video game announcements in recent memory: Square Enix’s Final...
"Max Payne" Trailer Not the Worst Thing Ever
Watch it here.
Great Mark, but try to look more constipated.
The new trailer for the Max Payne movie has just debuted, and I’m happy to say it exceeds expectations. There has yet to be a solidly “good” video game to movie adaptation, which is why those behind the new Max Payne film appear to be pretending like they’re adapting it from a graphic novel. The shots in the...
Xbox 360 Jumping on Motion-Sensor Bandwagon?...
Yes, that’s exactly how ridiculous you look doing it. Orange feathers and all.
Well this is disturbing. Since the Wii has sold so many units that Nintendo employees now wallpaper their house with money, everyone has decided that motion sensing gaming is the new way to go. This is despite the fact that the Wii has one (mildly) entertaining game that uses the motion sensor (Wii Sports) and...
Even the Previews Before "The Dark Knight" to be...
Yes.
So blah blah blah The Dark Knight is going to cause Armaggeddon with it’s awesomeness, but apparently, even before the film starts rolling, audiences should be in for a treat. Three much anticipated new trailers are debuting before the film, and chances are you’ve been waiting to see them for awhile. Or at least will be once I tell you about them.
Terminator Salvation - Yeah...
New "Fable 2" Screenshots Look Well, Pretty...
Check out the gallery here.
Oh no! It’s a…green…radioactive…goblin…ghost…skeleton. Yeah.
So the original Fable on Xbox was something of a let down. It promised open world exploration and total free will, but what we got was a main character with the inability to climb wooden fences and the capacity to choose between being a horned spawn of Satan and Dudley...
"Guitar Hero" God 100%'s "Through the Fire and the...
Watch the video here.
“So far awaaaaaaay!”
On first glance, it’s easy to make fun of a kid who has put in the hours (days, weeks) required to achieve such an impossible task as hitting every single note (out of 3,722) in Guitar Hero III’s most notorious song. Yes, he probably unlocked the “Go Outside” achievement on Xbox 360 after doing so and will probably...
REVIEW: Hancock
Half-cocked
“Yeah, I’ll find your puppy, when you find me some bourbon.”
Hancock was a movie designed to be fail-proof. It’s a big budget action-comedy released on 4th of July weekend starring the one and only Will Smith, which alone is enough to make the film double its budget. But Hancock also benefits from a brilliant supporting cast including Arrested Development alum Jason...
"Resident Evil 4," Because Why the Hell Not?
Worth the ticket price alone.
So Resident Evil has the distinct honor of being possibly the best video game movie ever made. But that’s kind of like saying that The Hot Chick is the best Rob Schneider movie ever made. That means it’s kind of mixed news that Paul W. S. Anderson is thinking about making a fourth movie in the series. Sure Milla Jovovich will look hot kicking zombie...
