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Tuesday, November 29th, 2011There has been much anticipation about the new Star Wars massively multiplayer online game (MMO). The last game to tap into the huge well of avid gamers that equally find Star Wars compelling was Star Wars Galaxies (SWG). That attempt was anything but up to the expectations of gamers, fans, and likely the software developers. [...]
Top video games adapted to movies ranking list
Sunday, April 10th, 2011Its Sunday, and the plan was to fully sit in front of the television like a zombie using just slightly less brainpower than it takes to dream while asleep. For most of the day, this plan was going smoothly thanks to the line-up of movies on FX network (Hitman, Wanted, Max Payne). Then it hit [...]
When tennis is too sexy for tv
Friday, March 25th, 2011There are shots of nearly bare bottoms, unseemly facial expressions and lots of cleavage, accompanied by a thumping techno beat and suggestive moaning.
Video Game Review: RIFT – MMO
Saturday, March 5th, 2011Graphics – 8.5
Sound – 8
Storyline – 9
Playability – 9
Replayability – 5 (the 3rd time through the lower levels get really tedious)
Stability (Beta) – 9.5
Crafting – 6.5
Overall – 9.3
Video Game Review: DC Universe Online
Friday, January 28th, 2011They got dollar signs in their eyes. Suddenly the decent video game became a horrible MMO with recurring fees. Add in a couple of really cool cut scenes that can be used for advertising, and you have the current incarnation that is DC Universe Online. There is a saying that you never buy the videogame of a movie based on a comic book, with good reason. Expand that saying to also include the MMO of comic books too.
Mortal Kombat – backstory rebirth in live-action
Tuesday, January 25th, 2011Back on August 16, 2010 we presented a video clip that millions have since seen. Mortal Kombat: Rebirth. A revisioning of the Mortal Kombat film saga. A revision that happily is far superior to all its predecessors, combined. At the time we said that should not be the last of the Rebirth concept – and [...]
Video Game Review: Magic the Gathering Tactics
Friday, January 21st, 2011By this point almost everyone should have heard of Magic the Gathering. It’s the collectible trading card game that inspired the creation of all the other card games, cartoons, and card-based video games that are around these days. Yes, in a way we are talking about the great-grandfather of Yugio. Magic the Gathering has long [...]
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