Marvel Cinematic Universe: Avengers Prelude #1

This week comic stores had a little comic book titled "The Avengers Prelude: Fury's Big Week" It's got the little "Marvel Cinematic Universe Official Tie-In" stamp on it, and as the title suggests it is a prelude to the Avengers movie releasing in theaters later this year. This is issue 1 of 4, so expect at least 3 more before the movie is released. The purpose of a title like this is to let readers know exactly where they need to be in order to fill any loopholes in the movie. What that basically means is that if you haven't watched any of the other films (Iron Man 2, Thor, Captain America, etc) or if you're too focused on the actual...

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[Video] Short film by Heavy Rain developer Quantic Dream will blow you away

This seven minute video will keep you spellbound. I was actually shocked at how well done this was, and it reminds me once again why I'm such a fan of David Cage and the team at Quantic Dream. The short film apparently features a new tech developer as well. It should be noted that this is not a new game, but a tech demo of sorts. For those who are unfamiliar with Quantic Dream, they are the team responsible for two very good games, Indigo Prophecy and Heavy Rain. You should play those when you get the chance, in the meantime watch this amazing short film. Via: Reddit ...

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WWE Raw Wrap-Up - 03/05/2012

Monday Night Raw – March 5th, 2012 The countdown to Wrestlemania stands at 27 days.  Four short weeks to continue to build feuds, enhance challengers and make champions look strong (or weak, as necessary).  The first thing Raw presents to us is Shawn Michaels, full intro, pyro and all.  Always a welcome sight, and in Wrestlemania season, an indication that we should pay attention.   We’re quickly reminded that Teddy Long is in charge tonight.  HBK wants to know what made Hunter have a change of heart regarding facing the Undertaker at ‘Mania.  HHH out comes out when beckoned, because the COO apparently...

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WWE Smackdown Lowdown 3/02/2012

Friday Night Smackdown – March 2nd, 2012 One month.  Thirty short days until the grandest stage of them all – Wrestlemania.  And our show opens with a recap of why Randy Orton is returning to Smackdown tonight.  Normally, I would say this short pre-credits segment should focus on Wrestlemania, but we’ve seen enough of Rock/Cena in the last week, so I’ll give this a pass.  A reworked intro to show some new faces during the opening credits. The show opens proper with Sheamus out to an eruption of fan support.  A quick bout of storytime with Sheamus, discussing his journey from Rumble to Mania.  He then switches...

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DC Comic Recap: Justice League

Your "New 52" Justice League Way back in September, DC launched it's "New 52" series. For those who don't know, it was a major turning point where DC scrapped ALL of it's titles and began with 52 new #1 issues. This change was brought about at the end of the previous "Flashpoint" story that occurred over the summer, having altered the timeline permanently. The New 52 are the changes and new beginnings that occur due to this major change. This past February, DC wrapped up the first arc to one of the most anticipated titles of the New 52, the Justice League. Before the New 52, everyone knew the Justice League. Whether you remember...

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Skylanders: WTF Is The Madness All About?

When we were children, we did childish things, but now that we’ve grown up, we put away those things. I think I heard that said somewhere… but, in theory, and in a mentally-mature world, sure! That’d work. But we like our video games. We like to see fantastic simulations of things that could never really happen, or shoot the crap out of the bad guys without ever having to tell Mom that we enlisted in the military. Some people take their love for video games and bring it to the next level. Folks, I introduce to you the newest sensation for all ages, Skylanders: Spyro’s Adventure. I work in retail and1 out of 5 people that come in or call...

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Syndicate: Bio-chips, corporate warfare, Skrillex, oh my.

  Syndicate is not Deus Ex: Human Revolution. Syndicate is Syndicate, and that's okay. It's really not fair to compare the two, but I'm going to entertain it because it's bothering me. It's also because there are too many similarities to ignore. Don't misconstrue these similarities as Starbreeze Studios (Chronicles of Riddick: Escape From Butcher Bay and Chronicles of Riddick: Assaullt On Dark Athena)  "ganking" DE:HR. The similarities lie only in setting and certain themes. Both games are visually and thematically identical, just replace trans-humanism with humans embedded with bio-chips,  hardcore corporate espionage with...

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Project X-TREMELY AWESOME!

“The party you’ve only dreamed of” is the slogan of this film, and boy was it dead on. Before I get any deeper into this let me just say that if I were given the choice to do one last thing before I die it would be to go to this insanely over-the-top, X-tremely awesome anarchy-infestation of a party. If anybody else besides Todd Philips took on this project it would have fallen short. For those of you who don’t know, Todd Philips directed the films Old School, and The Hangover. Throughout the history of film, or at least in the past decade there have been way too many party films to stomach. I can whole heartedly say that this one takes...

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Why SSX Needs Traditional Multiplayer

When I was playing the SSX demo all last week I was having a blast, trying to best my own times and scores, and more importantly, trying to beat my friends times and scores. Anyway I looked at it I was going to buy this game. I still remember back on the PlayStation 2 playing Tricky for hours on end without breaks. Having friends over and kicking each other’s asses, it was good times. I wasn’t going to buy this game just for the single player, although the single player is very good on its own. But I want to jump into a multiplayer lobby with my friends and show them that I could get 20,000,000 points with ease in mere minute, then...

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