Thursday, June 9, 2011
E3 2011 So Far....
IN GENERAL
Tomb Raider series reboot with young Lara Croft
Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 announced
Remakes of Metal Gear Solid 2 and 3 as well as Peace Walker (which is currently a PSP only game)
A new Silent Hill game is coming
Not sure how accurate this is: a Zone of the Enders collection redone in HD?! I hope this one is true!
Mass Effect 3 displayed
SSX series will be rebooted
Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning announced - a game being worked on collaboratively by R.A. Salvatore and Todd McFarlane
Battlefield 3 - an orgy of awesomeness being displayed for all consoles including the upcoming new Nintendo WiiU
Assassin's Creed: Revelations announced
Far Cry 3 announced
Infamous 2 - possibility of user created content discussed
Bioshock Infinite announced
SONY
Uncharted 3 goodness revealed; a multiplayer demo will release at the end of June
Resistance 3 announced - also can be purchased as a bundle with the PS Move
Unsure on the details, but Bioshock 1 will be for free at some point on the PSN
Battlefield 3 for the PS3 will also come with BF1943
PlayStation Vita (their new handheld) announced
NINTENDO
New console called the WiiU announced - should be out in 2012 and will be capable of similar graphics abilities of the other current gen consoles; unusual controller device with a screen, camera, and mic built in will come standard; will be backwards compatible with all Wii controllers and games
Lots of the classic franchises have been promised for the new console (e.g., Zelda)
DICE announced that Battlefield 3 will also be available on the new Nintendo system
MICROSOFT
No new hardware to show so everything is discussed with Kinect at length
The original Halo Combat Evolved is going to be remade with the latest graphics
More Kinect integration
A new Halo trilogy will start with Halo 4 (yes, with a return of the Master Chief)
Other Kinect related bullshit
Minecraft coming to XBLA
And yet other Kinect crap
YouTube, Bing, and a few other services coming to Xbox360
Gears of War 3 will have Ice-T... wait, WHAT?
A new Fable game (YAY) that will be controlled via Kinect (BOO)
Tomb Raider series reboot with young Lara Croft
Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 announced
Remakes of Metal Gear Solid 2 and 3 as well as Peace Walker (which is currently a PSP only game)
A new Silent Hill game is coming
Not sure how accurate this is: a Zone of the Enders collection redone in HD?! I hope this one is true!
Mass Effect 3 displayed
SSX series will be rebooted
Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning announced - a game being worked on collaboratively by R.A. Salvatore and Todd McFarlane
Battlefield 3 - an orgy of awesomeness being displayed for all consoles including the upcoming new Nintendo WiiU
Assassin's Creed: Revelations announced
Far Cry 3 announced
Infamous 2 - possibility of user created content discussed
Bioshock Infinite announced
SONY
Uncharted 3 goodness revealed; a multiplayer demo will release at the end of June
Resistance 3 announced - also can be purchased as a bundle with the PS Move
Unsure on the details, but Bioshock 1 will be for free at some point on the PSN
Battlefield 3 for the PS3 will also come with BF1943
PlayStation Vita (their new handheld) announced
NINTENDO
New console called the WiiU announced - should be out in 2012 and will be capable of similar graphics abilities of the other current gen consoles; unusual controller device with a screen, camera, and mic built in will come standard; will be backwards compatible with all Wii controllers and games
Lots of the classic franchises have been promised for the new console (e.g., Zelda)
DICE announced that Battlefield 3 will also be available on the new Nintendo system
MICROSOFT
No new hardware to show so everything is discussed with Kinect at length
The original Halo Combat Evolved is going to be remade with the latest graphics
More Kinect integration
A new Halo trilogy will start with Halo 4 (yes, with a return of the Master Chief)
Other Kinect related bullshit
Minecraft coming to XBLA
And yet other Kinect crap
YouTube, Bing, and a few other services coming to Xbox360
Gears of War 3 will have Ice-T... wait, WHAT?
A new Fable game (YAY) that will be controlled via Kinect (BOO)
Microsoft at E3: Please Stop With Effing Kinect!
Microsoft's presence at E3 the other day was pretty damned lackluster. Every chance they could, they were shilling either a new Kinect game or otherwise showing how Kinect can make shit better. *Yawn* The only time I've ever seen someone come up with a fantastic reason to buy the Kinect is displayed in the cartoon below.
Split Screen Multiplayer Done Right
Something that Sony has been working on and just announced at E3 the other day is the ability to play a multiplayer game on a single console, on the same TV, without split screen. So long as your TV is 3D capable, and the PS3 is already 3D capable, Sony plans to make it so that via polarized lenses, each player could be looking at their own action without seeing the other players' actions, on a full size screen. Genius! Except for one thing: this guy has already been doing it and here's how.
Alamo Drafthouse PSA
There's a small movie theater chain called Alamo Drafthouse. They have 11 theaters in Texas (Austin, Houston, and San Antonio) and one theater in Virginia. What sets these guys different from the Regal Cinemas and the Hoyts of the land is that you can buy beer, pizza, beer, awesome snacks, and more beer. Here's the thing: they won't take your shit. In other words, if you're yapping it up and annoying the guy sitting next to you, they will kick you out. If you're texting during the movie, they'll kick you out. I would absolutely love to give these guys a ton of my money if they would only open a theater local to me. I have encountered at least a dozen instances at my local Regal/Hoyts/etc theaters with bullshit customers who think they are watching the movie in their own living rooms, talking, commenting, using cell phones, and generally being ass nuggets.
One day, a girl gets kicked out of one of the Austin Alamo Drafthouses for texting during the movie. She calls the theater, complains, and now the theater is using it as a PSA. It's edited in their theaters but unedited online.
EDIT: AMAZING. This has gone from under 30,000 views when I first caught it to over 1.2 million. Insane! These guys deserve this sort of attention and I hope it helps them to rake in tons of dough. So, chances are that by now you've seen it.
Enjoy
One day, a girl gets kicked out of one of the Austin Alamo Drafthouses for texting during the movie. She calls the theater, complains, and now the theater is using it as a PSA. It's edited in their theaters but unedited online.
EDIT: AMAZING. This has gone from under 30,000 views when I first caught it to over 1.2 million. Insane! These guys deserve this sort of attention and I hope it helps them to rake in tons of dough. So, chances are that by now you've seen it.
Enjoy
Monday, June 6, 2011
Dead Island E3 2011 Video
You may remember Dead Island from the following two stories HERE and RIGHT OVER HERE
Here is the most recent trailer for the game from E3 2011
The preview trailer made it seem that the game would be offering something new but the latest word is that it's going to be a pretty standard zombie fighting game.
Here is the most recent trailer for the game from E3 2011
The preview trailer made it seem that the game would be offering something new but the latest word is that it's going to be a pretty standard zombie fighting game.
E3 2011 SSX Videos
Character reveal video for the upcoming SSX game from E3 2011
Gameplay video for SSX from E3 2011
Gameplay video for SSX from E3 2011
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Gameplay Demo
Gameplay demo footage for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 from E3 2011
Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception Syria Co-Op Trailer
Here's the official "Syria co-op" trailer for Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception from E3 2011
First Strike Battlefield 2142 Star Wars Mod
Here's some footage of the Death Star attack from the First Strike mod for Battlefield 2142
Here's the official website: LINKAGE
Here's the official website: LINKAGE
Friday, June 3, 2011
Grand Theft Auto Modding on the PC is Awesome!
You have to love the modding scene; especially when they go past the "cool" things we'd all like to see modded in a game and just go for ludicrous. Check out the following and pay special attention to the motorcycles and terminators endoskeletons and... whatever. Just watch.
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
Looney Tunes 3D Version of 2D Cartoon Done Right
I always shudder when I hear that there are movements to bring traditionally 2-dimensional cartoon characters into 3D. I don't mean the crappy 3D where you have to where glasses and you find yourself reaching out to grab stuff like an idiot; I mean 3D rendered computer animation as per The Incredibles, Finding Nemo, etc. The following video is an example of how it can be done just right. The action, direction, colors, lighting, and character design all still feel like the old 2D versions of the Coyote and Road Runner cartoons with a new wrapping. I can certainly get behind something like this.
EDIT: Warner Bros. is pulling the video as fast as it can go up. I tried another link but that went down PDQ. Just do a Google search for "Looney Tunes 3D Coyote Falls" and you should be able to find a quick clip here and there. The Vimeo link was awesome as it was in HD (the currently available YouTube copy is not and the video severely suffers for it). Oh, well.
EDIT: Warner Bros. is pulling the video as fast as it can go up. I tried another link but that went down PDQ. Just do a Google search for "Looney Tunes 3D Coyote Falls" and you should be able to find a quick clip here and there. The Vimeo link was awesome as it was in HD (the currently available YouTube copy is not and the video severely suffers for it). Oh, well.
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