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Movie Review: 30 Minutes or Less
When you think of a recent black comedy, what do you think of? Observe & Report? Pineapple Express? While not as dark or bizarre as those films, 30 Minutes or Less enjoys being vulgar for the sake of being vulgar. On its face, that’s not really a problem, but it leads to a lot of cheap humor, something that many of those films aspired to be better than. Don’t get me wrong, the film is funny, the action is spectacular, and the leads are lovably awful. With its small cast of characters, there aren’t many surprises here, but the chemistry makes it work.
C’mon Now, Deus Ex: Invisible War Wasn’t That Bad. …Was It?
With the impending release of Square-Enix’s Deus Ex: Human Revolution – an RPG/FPS hybrid prequel to my favorite shooter of all time – comes a lot of renewed interest in the series. Well, strike that, interest in the original Deus Ex and a lot of brow-beating for its 2003 follow-up, Invisible War. I enjoyed the sequel for what it was worth, but does it deserve all the disrespect it’s received over the years?
Penny Arcade Unveils New Site Design. So How Is It?
No, that’s not a shot of the new website for the epically successful Penny Arcade empire, that’s what it looked like when I started reading it in high school. For being the vehicle that allows the world to view their comics, the designs have always swayed between ‘meh’ and ‘decent’. Today, the company unveiled the beta for their newest design (version 7.0 for those keeping track), so what does FleshEatingZipper’s resident Penny Arcade fan think? Take a look inside…
Quick Look! Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet
Watch Nick clumsily navigate through the Insanely Twisted world of Shadow Planet, the third of Microsoft’s Summer of Arcade Xbox Live Arcade releases!
Movie Review: Cowboys & Aliens
To be fair, I’m not a big fan of westerns. It’s not that they’re bad films, they’re just not terribly appealing. Dusty men riding horseback across barren wastelands is not enticing. I’m an alien invasion dude. Alien spaceships? Explosions? Pew pew? I’m on board! So when the trailer debuted for Cowboys & Aliens, Jon Favreau’s latest joint (you know, the guy who gave us Iron Man) I was hesitant about the genre mash-up. Unfortunately, and despite its best intentions, the film just isn’t a satisfying venture in either direction.
Nintendo Drops Price On 3DS To Spur Cool Sales. Interested?
Nintendo had their fun. The Wii did great for a time until the limitations of the tech crept in (and Kinect/Move crept out), and their handhelds have traditionally done fine. Until recently. The 3DS debuted earlier this year to a $249.99 MSRP and cool sales. There are any number of variables involved, but Nintendo’s bringing out a drastic price cut to spur sales of their next-gen handheld.
THQ Continues Flailing, Cans Red Faction Series
Can THQ ever catch a break? It seems that every time they release even the most moderate of gaming hits, they get cocky and blow it all on crummy sequels, cutting their balance sheet short. The newest victim? The shutdown of the Red Faction series a mere two years after its revival got me excited about the company’s prospects.
Gadgets Without A Net: Nick and Cameras
This week, we totally stumped ourselves when we decided to write about our favorite gadgets that didn’t have – or rely – on an internet connection. Much harder than you think. Seriously, try it.
Everyone takes pictures, fewer take art. I have a background in design, in which the laws of color and composition must be closely observed for success, but it didn’t catch my attention until much later that these same principles could be applied to photography as well. I still couldn’t recommend a great color palette to save my life, but I love taking pictures.
Seriously, Microsoft Needs To Reconsider Xbox Live Friends
Statistically speaking, it’s safe to say you didn’t camp in front of your favorite gaming retailer on November 15th, 2002 to pick up one of the first Xbox Live subscriptions, back when it was $35 for a year, came with a headset and some boring demos. So it’s strange that aside from slight tweaks when the Xbox 360 came out three years later, or when Avatars came out a few years after that, managing friends on the service is about as big a pain now as it was when the service started.
Atlantis Lands, So Does The Space Shuttle Program
And so it was that at 5:57AM local time today, the Space Shuttle Atlantis touched down, marking the conclusion of mission STS-135 and the Shuttle program’s thirty year run. As a child of the 90s, the Space Shuttles were the zeitgeist of space travel, constituting not only the national space discussion, but infiltrating pop culture in its various forms as well. Not rockets, not capsules, no men on the moon, they were space planes. It’s the end of an era, as they say and the foggy future of manned space exploration is, well, sad.
