Friday, June 8, 2012

Battlefield 3 As An NES Game

What if Battlefield 3 was developed for the Nintendo Entertainment System?


Firefly 1980's Style Intro

What if the single best show that has ever graced television, Firefly, was actually produced in the mid 1980's?


Princess Leia Gives Luke a Beer


Bilbo and Gandalf as Calvin & Hobbes

The Walking Dead Video Game

Available now via Xbox Love Arcade, Playstation Network, and on the PC.


If Diablo 3 Were a Girl

ABC's Last Resort Trailer

The premise of this shows rides a fine line between "this could be a great thriller" and "this fucking sucks."  This one starts Fall of 2012 on ABC.


J. J. Abrams' Revolution Full Trailer

I like the Lost meets Hunger Games meets Book of Eli vibe I'm getting from this trailer.  Series starts this Fall on Monday nights on NBC.


Hideo Kojima Says "Last of Us" Demo is Not Scripted

Hideo Kojima, the brilliant mind behind the Metal Gear solid series, played through the same "The Last of Us" demo seen HERE and confirms that the events and actions you see in the trailer are NOT scripted.  This is awesome news.  How will the female sidekick be able to assist in other ways as she does with the brick?  How many other ways can the player tackle that particular hallway?

This game is looking hotter and hotter the more I hear about it.

Left 4 Dead Prequel on the Way?

According to ComputerAndVideoGames.com, the developers of the Payday video game series, Overkill Software, has a prequel to the Left 4 Dead series in the works. I don't know squat about Overkill or the Payday series but this has me very concerned that it's not Valve, the creators of the other Left 4 Dead games.

Wreck It Ralph Trailer

Disney's next (after Brave) animated feature will be called Wreck It Ralph and is slated for a November 2, 2012 release. How many video game characters can you find?

Tuesday, June 5, 2012

The Last of Us E3 Trailer

After watching this all I have to say is: holy fucking shit this looks awesome!


Tuesday, May 1, 2012

Dark Knight Rises Trailer #3

The movie releases July 20, 2012. I just released after watching this new trailer.

Friday, April 27, 2012

Guild Wars 2 Beta Live This Weekend

The new Lion's Arch
 
ArenaNet sold out of all available pre-purchase digital copies of their standard and deluxe editions (LINKAGE here).  How does one sell out of digital copies?  It turns out that since each pre-purchase granted access to the Beta event this weekend, they had to limit how many copies could be sold by the maximum amount of possible players per server multiplied by the number of servers.  Current estimates put that at 48 servers' worth of players!  I have no idea how many players per server that allows, but... DAMN.  Could this be the game that balances the Free to Play models of D&D Online and Everquest with the monthly paid model of World of Warcraft?  Guild Wars 2 will have some microtransactions but not nearly as many as those Free to Play games but that's because most of that cost will be offset by the purchase price ($60 for the standard game) with the added bonus of no monthly charge. 


ArenaNet announced that as soon as their server loads can be better balanced once final tallies of player numbers come in (most likely when the Open Beta event is over) they will relaunch the pre-purchase website.  I can't believe Guild Wars 2 has garnered this much attention and excitement - I love it!  I may have to rethink my "not playing any multi-player RPG anytime soon" stance.






Russian Laser Tank

Did you know that back in the 1970's and 1980's the Soviet Union was developing an actual, working tank that fired lasers instead of ballistic ordnance?  Per the Wikipedia entry for the 1K17 Szhatie, it was built on a Russian T-80 tank chassis with the turret replaced by a battery of artificial ruby focused laser cannons.  Yes, seriously.



New Trailer for G.I. Joe 2: Retaliation

This trailer already makes the sequel look better than the first movie.  I hope so.  That first one was so terrible that it made me punch my own balls out of anger.  GI Joe 2: Retaliation opens June 29, 2012