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Will 007: Skyfall Be The Best Film Of 2012? Yes, Here’s Why.
To be honest, I’ve only seen five Bond films end-to-end (Moonraker, GoldenEye, Die Another Day, Casino Royale, Quantum of Solace) and snippets of the others, but I’ve spent a ton of time reading about the franchise. James Bond films, even at their worst, still come across as nearly intellectual compared to other action franchises running in theaters. After Bond had seemingly gone into the gutter, the gatekeepers of the series decided that a gritty, dramatic reboot was in the cards with Casino Royale, a film that re-established faith for many Bond fans. With a soft sequel (Quantum of Solace) and MGM’s financial difficulties, it seemed as though a twenty-third Bond film was out of the deck. Nope! Recently unveiled as ‘Skyfall’, we’ll get to see James shoot, booze, and charm his way through another adventure by the end of 2012. Why will it be awesome? Let me explain why…
‘Breaking Dawn’ Causes Seizures, Still Can’t Convince People To Stop Watching ‘Twilight’
If you’re young and a girl, you’ve probably been nagging and screeching to see the new ‘Twilight’ film like a phantom. The latest in the Twilight saga, Breaking Dawn: Part 1, isn’t slated to break any records, but it’s got a lot of people up in a tizzy as it’s the second to last flick based on the books. Like Harry Potter, Summit Entertainment (which has made bank on the series) decided to split the last of Stephanie Meyer’s Twilight books in half, which will net them hundreds of millions of dollars in the long run. All of this is front-loaded traffic of course, meaning that many will stream into theaters in the first weekend in a fury and then stomp out, leaving most showings empty for the rest of its run. These ‘Breaking Dawn: Part 1’ fans are discovering something else magical about the film that isn’t related to vampires or werewolves: its ability to effectively induce seizures. Read the rest of this article…
From Galaxy S’s To Droids, Why Do People Root Their Android Phones?
With Android phones now controlling the smartphone marketplace, the intense, underground discussion about stuff like ‘rooting’, ‘ROMs’, and an alphabet soup of other acronyms just gets bigger. Many people with these phones are sitting on a virtual gold mine of customization and power they’re not even aware of. It’s not difficult to do, you don’t need to solder any wires, it’s all in the software, but when you’re on your own trying to understand how to modify your phone, hopping from forum to forum and keeping a half dozen videos open at a time trying to get it done it can be overwhelming. Once accomplished though, you can become invincible. INVINCIBLE. So we at FleshEatingZipper present an introduction to the Android nubs’ personal journey through the wonders and pitfalls of phone modification. Frankly, this is the beginner’s guide I wish I had when I started experimenting on my phone.
Saints Row: The Third Review – It’s Like Grand Theft Auto, Except Fun
There are parts of Saints Row: The Third that couldn’t escape the tell-tale traits of a criminal sandbox game. I don’t know why, but when I threw the driver out of a moving truck and the camera swiveled around it as I gained control, I knew this game – and its predecessors for that matter – wouldn’t exist without the success of Grand Theft Auto 3. In many ways, this takes the groan-worthy design elements of Rockstar’s franchise and twists them to ‘hey, wouldn’t it be cool if…’ angles. What if every car you jacked could be stored at your garage, modified to the nth degree and coated in a candy pink paint, then retrieved from any of your safe houses? At any time? What if you got achievements for running over hundreds of people and driving in the wrong lane and doing powerslides like Project Gotham Racing? What if the narrative was insane? That, my friends, is Saints Row: The Third in a nutshell.
No One Is Buying Chromebooks
Imagine buying an iPhone and it had one app: Safari. Imagine buying a Windows-based netbook and as soon as you entered your credentials, you were ushered to a full screened version of Internet Explorer from which you could never leave. I’ve had some great times with my own Chromebook, an original CR-48 model, but let’s be fair: I got it for free. It turns out that both Acer and Samsung have both had a hard time selling the devices and it’s not very hard to see why.
Saints Row: The Third – ‘How To Be A Boss’ Guide And Strategies
It’s hard to review an open world game and Saints Row: The Third is no exception. So while we’re waiting on that (soon!) I figured the audience at large would be interested in some opening hints on how best to manage their character. Newcomers will no doubt be flattened by the sheer amount of customization and tweaks in the game (see my blue-jacketed, British-accented avatar above) and it’s easy to get overwhelmed. No matter! Inside I provide you with some tips on how best to wade through your ascendancy to greatness!
10 Years Of Xbox – Part 5 – Legacy
This is the fifth of a five-part series in which N reflects on the definity of Microsoft’s Xbox, released a decade ago. We hope you’ll join us this week in remembering those first bright, moments of Duke controllers, Halo LAN parties, and your first moments screaming at other players online.
Part 1 – The Year of The Xbox
Part 2 – The First Games
Part 3 – Xbox Live
Part 4 – The Best and The Worst
Part 5 – Legacy
E-PARASITE Act/SOPA: What They Are And Why They Must Be Stopped
Don’t you remember Napster in its original run? That watershed moment when Shawn Fanning and a few college-aged friends changed the face of mass media forever by allowing people to quickly and easily share music at a time when most people were on dial-up and a song took nearly an hour to acquire? Then the RIAA came along and stomped the hell out of it, ironically forcing the creation of even more, harder to trap networks that worked quickly to diminish the value of the commercial music industry it represented. You may have heard a bit about E-PARASITE or the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) lately, but you may not know what it is. Basically, this is the RIAA (music) and MPAA’s (movies) latest attempt to trap the entire internet to prevent piracy of its content. It cannot be allowed to pass.
Are You Ready To Buy The Xbox 720 Next Year? Let’s Address All These Rumors At Once
Gee whiz, it feels like it was just yesterday that I sat alongside a Best Buy for thirteen and a half hours to pick up the Xbox 360 when it launched. Except that was, y’know, six years ago. Microsoft has made huge strides creating (and subsequently tearing down and rebuilding) the Xbox 360 console through drastic conversions that have made it the best-selling console in North America for most of the past year. They’ve got a ton of games under their belt, developers seem to be super happy with the hardware, but what’s this? While still very much in the red on this console, rumors are now flying around that Microsoft is set to bring out a whole new console as soon as next year. What could this new console probably be and are we really ready for new hardware now when it seems we can still get so much more out of the 360? Let’s go see!
10 Years Of Xbox – Part 4 – The Best and The Worst
This is the fourth of a five-part series in which N reflects on the definity of Microsoft’s Xbox, released a decade ago. We hope you’ll join us this week in remembering those first bright, moments of Duke controllers, Halo LAN parties, and your first moments screaming at other players online.
Part 1 – The Year of The Xbox
Part 2 – The First Games
Part 3 – Xbox Live
Part 4 – The Best and The Worst
Part 5 – Legacy
