Borderlands 2 Coming

It was just recently announced that Gearbox Software and 2K Games are working on a sequel to the hit 2009 game, Borderlands.  Not a whole helluva lot is known at the moment, but here is linkage to the official site.  Game Informer magazine will feature some exclusive details in their next (current?) issue.  Here's the fold out cover for it:

That guy you see is Salvador, a Gunzerker dwarf who can dual wield.  And no, I did *not* just make that up.  Sounds pretty damned awesome to me.  Here are a few other scant details I've picked up:

- vague release date set after the first quarter of 2012
- co-op will return
- there will be four new characters (Salvador is one)
- the original four characters will only return in a cameo NPC appearance
- there is an item pickup called Eridium which you can use either to barter with or to upgrade your weapons and armor
- each weapons manufacturer will manufacture a different type/style of gun (which I thought was the way in the original game)
- all weapons are new - none of the original weapons will make an appearance
- more 4-player vehicles
- more vehicle variety
- custom decals for weapons
- improved AI (I think every game company for every game ever made has to say this)
- interactive dialog with players (dialog trees per Mass Effect and Dragon Age?)
- similar 3-tiered skill tree system
- temporary buffs in the form of item pickups
- NPCs will not be static and move around areas and interact with environment

The Amazing Spider-Man High Quality Picture

Click to embiggen for the hi-res version.  This is a really great up-close look at the new Spidey costume for the 2012 series relaunch, The Amazing Spider-Man.

The Avalanches - Frontier Psychiatrist

Here is the video for the hit 2000 song Frontier Psychiatrist by The Avalanches. Why? Because fuck you it's awesome, that's why.

John Lajoie's F**k Everything (NSFW - Language)

You've been warned: this is very Not Safe For Work due to its language.
You've also been warned that this is funny as shit.
And shit's pretty funny.
I give you... John Lajoie's F**k Everything!

AMC's The Walking Dead Season 2 Trailer

Season 2 of AMC's hit series The Walking Dead hits the proverbial airwaves on October 16, 2011. Here's the trailer:



Cool to see that they will be visiting the farm house as they did in the comics, but sad to hear that director Frank Darabont (director of The Shawshank Redemption and The Green Mile) will no longer be at the helm. His replacement, Glen Mazzarra, has more experience in directing for television but I thought one of the strengths of The Walking Dead was that it felt more like a movie series than a television series.

Fingers crossed.

The Avengers Teaser Trailer

Since the leaked full trailer for the Avengers keeps getting nixed off the Internets, here is the official teaser for it:

The Next Call of Duty Game

Call of Duty: We Ran Out of Wars

So Just Shoot The F*** Out of Each Other

Captain America: The First Avenger Trailer

I absolutely have to get out and see this pronto

Rise of the Planet of the Apes Trailers

Original "sneak" trailer:



Keep in mind that the special effects aren't complete in these shots... or so I hope. Some of the ape effects look very... meh. Let's hope they get cleaned up prior to release.

Here is the most recent trailer:

Batman: Year One Trailer

Jedi Gang Fight

Battleship: The Movie

One word: what?

Beavis & Butthead to Return in October, 2011

Here are some sneak scenes from the upcoming relaunch of Beavis & Butthead

Get More: Beavis and Butt-Head, MTV Shows

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.