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Oculus Rift Might Bring Me Back To Skyrim
Fire in the disco!
Guys, I still haven’t gotten back to Skyrim. I had all the ambition of doing so in the past year and a half, I just haven’t. I mentioned it on a previous PRO SHO that I’m weary of having to open up to all the game’s mechanics without a little tutorialization. It happened to me with Fallout 3 when I lapsed from that game as well. Of course, with some handy VR technology, I might find myself incredibly interested in starting over.
Backstreet Boys To Receive Star On Hollywood Walk Of Fame, Because Of Course
Don’t you remember all those crazy millennial-era sci-fi typefaces? I sure do.
In 1998, it didn’t make much sense to me why there would be a song on the Backstreet Boys’ self-titled first album called ‘Everybody (Backstreet’s Back)’ when, obviously, it was their first album and they weren’t back from anything. I asked my fellow eighth-graders how this made any sense at all and they shrugged. Of course, it wasn’t until fourteen years later that I realized that the Backstreet Boys, despite being from Orlando, launched their empire overseas with the help of Swedish pop producer Max Martin before bringing it to America with their second album. Also, that single wasn’t pushed to retail and radio until a re-issue, so there you go.
FEZ PRO SHO: Week #16, 2013 – Boston Marathon
Go Ninja! Go Ninja! Go Ninja Go!
The FEZ Phoenicians are in the house and we talk about some serious stuff, spending our first half talking about the recent events in Boston. In lighter news, we tackle Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Ghostbusters, R.I.P.D., and more!
Dead Island: Riptide (Xbox 360) Review: More Zombie Bashing Is More Better
Get ready for some shooting and plenty of hacking and slashing.
Dead Island was a big late-summer surprise when it dropped two years ago. Sure, it had a flashy CG trailer and it had been in development for half a decade, but expectations were pretty dim for this game by Techland, published by small-time publisher Deep Silver. Well, the game sold out and did so for a while. It had its issues, but its core zombie-bashing gameplay, complete with four-player co-op, was solid enough to overlook them. Dead Island: Riptide doesn’t provide any surprises this time around, but its refinements and the sheer largeness of its content will be plenty for fans and newcomers alike.
FEZ Week In Review: Week #16, 2013 – Dragon’s Prophet, Sacred Citadel, Defiance
Yes, we’re glad this week is over, too.
FEZ Week In Review is a series where we go over the stories that mattered most to you in the past seven days, whether gaming, tech, entertainment or otherwise, we bring them together for you to view in one quick glance!
30 Seconds To Mars’ New “Up In The Air” Video Is Pretty, Pretentious
Yeah, don’t inhale that.
The last line at the end of 30 Seconds to Mars’ new video for “Up In The Air” is “Find The Argus Apocrophex”. I don’t know what this means, but it sounds like an invitation to some kind of band-centric metagame. I don’t know, after spending eight minutes watching the music video for the song, I don’t think I want to go.
‘Strip Search’ Recap: Season 1, Episode 15 “The Merch”
Pensive Abby is pensive.
Oh, this challenge was so much fun. The Strip Search contestants are locked in a basement (okay, it’s not locked) around some folding tables to build Con displays. If you’ve never been to a Con before, it’ll all make sense super quick as each artist must assemble a bunch of Penny Arcade merchandise (normally, their own), price it and present it – and themselves! – with authority.
M83’s ‘Oblivion’ Soundtrack Review: Almost Magical
It’s M83-like, but c’mon now.
When Universal announced that M83 was attached to produce the score for Oblivion, I was on cloud nine. A friend introduced me to Gonzalez’s work during Before the Dawn Heals Us and I was hooked, working backwards through to their self-titled debut, then forward to Saturdays = Youth and beyond. Weird, right? Apparently director Joseph Kosinski was listening to M83 while writing the film and had to bring him on. It makes sense! M83 should be doing a lot more work! Unfortunately, I feel a little shorted by the final product.
‘R.I.P.D.’ Is ‘Men In Black’, Let’s Not Kid Ourselves Here
“Wait until we erase your fingerprints, you’ll love that.” Agent K, R.I.P.D.
Look guys, I loved Men in Black. Loved it. Sequels not so much, the original, loved. Now, it’s disenfranchising to totally knock R.I.P.D. – or, Rest In Peace Department – as a knock-off when it’s based on its own comic book, but c’mon, you can’t watch this trailer (that I’m providing below) and tell me. Just look at it.
‘SimCity’ 2.0 Patch Detailed, Fixes Everything Except The Game’s Problems
Don’t worry, you’ll still be able to build Megabumtropolis One here.
The tragedy that is SimCity continues with Maxis’ announcement of their major 2.0 patch, which will arrive on April 22nd. There was some optimism, now nearly two months after the game’s release, that this major fix would resolve many of the core issues with the game. Nope. See every last tweak below.
