29
Aug
Buy A Fake T-Shirt for Your Digital Avatar: Save Carmine, and Help Some Kids
Epic Games is currently running a rather unique marketing technique to determine whether one of the “red shirt” characters — in the up coming Gears of War 3 — , Carmine, will live or die. They are leaving that decision up to us… the gamers. Via an American Idol Read more
26
Aug
Disney Princesses of Power!
Brodie H. Brockie had an interesting idea. He want to re-imagine what some of the Disney Princesses would look like if they were drawn in the style of classic comic book, super heroes set inside a comic book cover. The end result is nicely done. From his site: The task I Read more
22
Aug
Modeling Toy Soldier’s Avatar Awards
Toy Soliders is a fun game. The simple objective of defend your fort set to the cast of 1940-esque, vintage styled, tin toy soldiers is addicting and visually appealing. Even better, Toy Soldiers hands out a couple of Avatar Awards! I’ve said it before, but I’ll say it again. I Read more
21
Aug
Epcot Illuminations: Reflections of Earth Preshow Audio
A half hour before the night show at EPCOT, Illuminations: Reflections of Earth, begins; the torches placed around World Showcase Lagoon light up and a selection of carefully chosen ‘world’ themed music begins to play. In my opinion this collection of music is a Disney Treasure. The sound and theme Read more
21
Aug
Inception Wasn’t As Original As I First Thought
I loved Inception. The concept for the movie appeared unique and stood out above the rest of the re-hashed, re-boots, re-makes, and umpteenth sequels coming out of tinsel town these days. However, based on this 2002 Duck Tales comic that’s been making it’s way around the internet, it turns out Read more
18
Aug
Blockbuster vs. Gamefly
Earlier this month Blockbuster (you know, that video rental chain that supposedly went bankrupt with the death of the VCR) announced that, in addition to renting movies by mail ala Netflix, they will begin making their video game catalog available for home delivery as well. As a long time Gamefly Read more
16
Aug
Thoughts About Bayonetta [Review]
I really wanted to like Bayonetta. The concept of the game is pure nerd-nip. Who wouldn’t enjoy spending time with a black leather clad, anatomically perfect, English accented vixen with magical powers, big guns, pistols attached her 12 inch stilettos (yes), combat moves that would make even Chuck Norris jealous, Read more
14
Aug
My Thoughts Are ‘Tangled’ About Disney Animation’s New Feature
I watched the trailer for Tangled some time ago and it didn’t really leave the best impression on me. Not that the movie doesn’t look like it’s going to be all they set it out to be, it just seems to be following the Dreamworks path of recycled character axioms Read more
9
Aug
Thoughts Modern Warfare 2 And Why I’ll Never Stop Playing Video G
Like the last game I played, Mass Effect 2, Modern Warfare 2 received critical acclaim from both industry critics and fans alike. Rather than my thoughts about the game becoming one more drop in the bucket of praise I’ll attempt to use my them as a support for my video Read more
