Friday, July 22, 2011

Thursday, July 21, 2011

The Dark Knight Rises Official Trailer



The high quality version has embedding disabled, but if you want to see it in its full HD glory, check it out HERE.

And who is that in the background at around 1 minute and 24 seconds?

Spider-Man Trailer versus Mirror's Edge

The parkour sequence from the new Amazing Spider-Man trailer as compared to an edited version of the Mirror's Edge trailer.

The Amazing Spider-Man Official Trailer

Thursday, July 14, 2011

7 of the 13 Dwarves from "The Hobbit" Revealed

EDIT: They have revealed ALL 13 of the dwarves since this post.  Check out this entry HERE to see the rest.  It's amazing to me that this is consistently the Top Post.

 

To date three pictures have been released as teasers for the upcoming Hobbit movie.  The above is an amalgamation of all three pictures showing seven of thirteen dwarves from the Hobbit ensemble.  From left to right are: Nori (Jed Brophy), Ori (Adam Brown), Dori (Mark Hadlow), Oin, John Callen), Gloin (Peter Hambleton), Fili (Dean O'Gorman), and Kili (Aiden Turner).  As always, click to embiggen!




Friday, June 24, 2011

Team Fortress 2 is Free Forever

Valve announced that Team Fortress 2 is now Free To Play. There won't be a built in advertising model but there will be micro-transactions with real world money. However, instead of the incredible game changing perks you can buy in Battlefield Heroes or Battlefield Play4Free, the items should not provide a player with any advantage over the player that chooses not to buy them.

To celebrate their recent news, Valve has put out the following Meet The Medic video. Enjoy and go get yourself some Team Fortress 2!



Per the official FAQ, here are the differences between a free account and a premium account (premium accounts are automatically given to those that have ever spent money on or in the game in the past):

Backpack:
(FREE) 50 slots
(PREMIUM) 300 slots expandable to 1,000
Items:
(FREE) Standard
(PREMIUM) Standard, Rare, Cosmetic
Crafting:
(FREE) Limited blueprints
(PREMIUM) All blueprints
Trading:
(FREE) Receive items only
(PREMIUM) Full trading
Gifting:
(FREE) Can receive gifts
(PREMIUM) Can give and receive gifts

Wednesday, June 22, 2011

Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Guitarists

Broken down for your pleasure, here are Rolling Stone Magazine's 100 Greatest Guitarists Of All Time:

100 Kim Thayil (Soundgarden)
99 Greg Ginn (Black Flag)
98 Leigh Stephens (Blue Cheer)
97 Robert Randolph
96 Angus Young (AC/DC)
95 Kevin Shields (My Bloody Valentine)
94 Bert Jansch
93 Fred "Sonic" Smith (MC5)
92 Wayne Kramer (MC5)
91 Robby Krieger (The Doors)
90 Glen Buxton (Alice Cooper)
89 D. Boon (Minutemen)
88 Dave Davies (Kinks)
87 Joan Jett (Runaways, Black-hearts)
86 Tommy Iommi (Black Sabbath)
85 Randy Rhoads (Ozzy Osbourne)
84 Eddie Cochran
83 Neil Young
82 David Gilmour (Pink Floyd)
81 Derek Trucks (Derek Trucks Band, Allman Brothers Band)
80 Robert Quine (Voidoids)
79 Cliff Gallup ((Gene Vincent's) Blue Caps)
78 Robbie Robertson (The Band)
77 Henry Vestine (Canned Heat)
76 Ali Farka Toure
75 Adam Jones (Tool)
74 Johnny Winter
73 Trey Anastasio (Phish)
72 Joni Mitchell
71 Lightnin' Hopkins
70 Eddie Van Halen (Van Halen)
69 Steve Howe (Yes)
68 Jerry Miller (Moby Grape)
67 Link Wray
66 Vernon Reid (Living Color)
65 Hubert Sumlin
64 Mick Ronson (David Bowie)
63 Danny Gatton
62 Zoot Horn Rollo (Captain Beefheart)
61 Ike Turner
60 Johnny Greenwood (Radiohead)
59 Ed O'Brien (Radiohead)
58 Dickey Betts (Allman Brothers Band, Dickey Betts & Great Southern)
57 Roy Buchanan
56 Tom Verlaine (Television)
55 Richie Blackmore (Deep Purple, Rainbow)
54 Jorma Kaukonen (Jefferson Airplane, Hot Tuna)
53 Mickey Baker
52 Lou Reed (Velvet Underground)
51 Paul Kossoff (Free)
50 Pete Townsend (The Who)
49 John McLaughlin (Mahavishnu Orchestra, among others...)
48 Joe Perry (Aerosmith)
47 T-Bon Walker
46 Les Paul
45 Frank Zappa (Mother's of Invention)
44 Scotty Moore (Elvis Pressley)
43 Eddie Hazel (Parliament Funkadelic)
42 Robert Fripp (King Crimson)
41 Clarence White (The Byrds, Kentucky Colonels)
40 John Fogerty (Creedence Clearwater Revival)
39 Brian May (Queen)
38 Peter Green (John Mayall's Bluesbreakers, Fleetwood Mac)
37 Bo Diddley
36 Steve Cropper ((Stax Records house band) Booker T. and the MGs)
35 John Fahey
34 Thurston Moore (Sonic Youth)
33 Lee Ranaldo (Sonic Youth)
32 John Cippolina (Quicksilver Messenger Service, (Bay Area-based) Zero)
31 Dick Dale
30 Buddy Guy
29 Ron Asheton (The Stooges)
28 Stephen Stills (Buffalo Springfield, Crosby, Stills & Nash (& Young))
27 Mark Knopfler (Dire Straits)
26 Tom Morello (Rage Against the Machine)
25 Freddy King
24 The Edge (U2)
23 Warren Haynes (Allman Brothers Band, Gov't Mule)
22 Mike Bloomfield (Paul Butterfield Blues Band)
21 George Harrison (The Beatles)
20 James Burton
19 Richard Thompson (Fairport Convention)
18 John Frusciante (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
17 Jack White (The White Stripes)
16 Johnny Ramone (The Ramones)
15 Carlos Santana (Santana)
14 Jeff Beck (The Yardbirds)
13 Jerry Garcia (The Grateful Dead)
12 Kurt Cobain (Nirvana)
11 Kirk Hammett (Metallica)
10 Keith Richards (The Rolling Stones)
9 Jimmy Page (Led Zepplin)
8 Ry Cooder
7 Stevie Ray Vaughn
6 Chuck Berry
5 Robert Johnson
4 Eric Clapton (The Yardbirds, John Mayall's Bluesbreakers, Cream)
3 B.B. King
2 Duane Allman (Allman Brothers Band)
1 Jimi Hendrix

Monday, June 20, 2011

Is This The Oldest Battlefield Player?

Wacko Jacko is 66 years old, retired, loves to work on his garden and play around on his boat in his free time.

Oh, and he also loves kicking your ass in Battlefield: Bad Company 2 on the PS3.

Wednesday, June 15, 2011

Star Wars: The Old Republic Intro Movie

Great Caesar's Ghost!  Even if you weren't interested in the soon to be released Star Wars: The Old Republic MMORPG developed by Bioware, you absolutely have to watch the intro movie.