Deus Ex Movie? CBS Films Just Bought the Rights
It wasn’t too long ago that Deus Ex: Human Revolution came out and sucked up hours upon hours of mine and Nick’s life. And today CBS Films just announced they have acquired the films rights to Deus Ex. Let’s hope the film will be made relatively quickly and not shelved for a period of time. Read the rest of this article…
Aesop Rock’s Skelethon Review: The Best Indie Rap Has Ever Been
Aes’ first album in almost five years had to live up to lofty expectations. Thankfully, it does.
A lot has happened since Aesop Rock released his last album, None Shall Pass: NYC-based indie rap label DefJux went into indefinite hiatus (Aes went to Minnesota-based Rhymesayers for this release), his best friend Camu Tao succumbed to lung cancer, five years have passed, and Aes now appears in public with a hobo beard, appearing as a survivor of the apocalyptic tale he’s put together for Skelethon. Knowing he was taking a long time bringing this album to life, he even forwent the use of long-time producer Blockhead and put his latest album together on his own terms. Welcome back, Aesop.
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Take A Trip Around The Universe With Space Engine
The Universe is yours to explore
It’s come to my attention that some crazy astronomy types have created a space simulator – a space engine if you will – which will allow users to fly around and explore the entirety of the known universe; All from the comfort of their own home.
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Let’s Play Minecraft: Stonecraft Sky Edition
I figured I would jump on the bandwagon and show off my Minecraft playing skills by recording me playing maps that people have created. This is my very first one and I’m playing Stonecraft Sky Edition. The map is a survival map on a stone island. The end goal of the map is to cover the entire thing in dirt. The catch is there is very little dirt on the surface so I think I’m going underground to find the dirt. Read the rest of this article…
Jeremy McGrath’s Offroad Review: Solid Rally Racing In A Pinch
Unexpected rally action for Xbox Live Arcade? Sure, I’ll take it.
The bad news: having plowed through of all of the content in Jeremy McGrath’s Offroad, I still don’t know who Jeremy McGrath is. In fact, if I hadn’t been presented the opportunity to review the game, I would’ve glossed right over the whole thing. From the game alone, I can only guess he’s a popular rally racer sponsored by Monster who barks out obvious tool tips in real life like ‘stay on the road, it’s faster’ and ‘if you lose control, throttle down until you gain control again’, even after you’ve turned the tool tips off. Maybe he’s a draw in Europe I suppose, which reminds me of why Codemasters dropped the late Colin McRae’s name from their DIRT rally series to make the game palatable to Americans.
The good news? They made a pretty good rally game with Jeremy McGrath’s name on it.
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The Father Of Geometry Wars Speaks: Stephen Cakebread On The Life And Death Of Bizarre Creations
The chaos of Geometry Wars!
Stephen Cakebread isn’t done with dual-stick shooters, but he’s definitely done with Geometry Wars, for now. Following the dissolution of Bizarre Creations last year, the Xbox 360’s iconic Arcade franchise seems to have been lost to the share drives of Activision’s corporate headquarters. But Cakebread doesn’t see Geometry Wars in the small scope of a mere Microsoft-exclusive shooter – after all, he created the bloody thing – he envisions art installations with projections, fog machines, and lasers. “It isn’t a game for consoles, it’s a game for gamepads,” he says, referring to how well the game would work on a variety of gaming hardware, even the PlayStation Vita. Given the time and resources, he’d develop a version in 3D, or one that takes advantage of displays with external lighting (think: Philips’ Ambilight televisions) and emphasize the series’ pyrotechnic beauty and rapid-fire calamity.
A high bar for twin-stick gaming action (in which you move your avatar with one analog controller stick and shoot with the other), Geometry Wars casts you as a claw-shaped ship out to enact rapid polygonal genocide for gobs of points. The games were a critical and commercial success for developer Bizarre Creations, known most famously for their Project Gotham Racing titles. I got to chat with Stephen about his time there, how Geometry Wars came to be, and how one of my favorite developers became another notch on the United Kingdom’s growing list of reorganized or shuttered game makers.
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Still Need A Planetside 2 Beta Key? Here’s How To Get One! [UPDATE: We Are Out!]
![Still Need A Planetside 2 Beta Key? Here’s How To Get One! [UPDATE: We Are Out!]](/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/PS2_E3-650x406.jpg "Still Need A Planetside 2 Beta Key? Here’s How To Get One! [UPDATE: We Are Out!]")
DIE TERRAN SCUM!!!
A couple of weeks ago we announced that we’d be doing a giveaway for Planetside 2 beta keys. We dropped several on our readers and fans and still have a couple left over for later but if you haven’t been lucky enough to get one, so far, read on for details on how to get SOE to hand you one with almost no effort.
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Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter Review: Needs More Hatchet
Dividing a country with an election, dividing vampires with a hatchet.
Normally we’d give a movie like this a midnight release treatment, but for whatever reason, it slipped through our grubby paws. To be honest, if I don’t get to a film early on, chances are I’ll never catch it in theaters. I’d known about Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter since the book was on shelves, but as the trailers would blare before other films, it appears it’s finally reaching a mainstream audience. “They seriously made a movie called Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter?” they say. It sounds like the perfect idea: take one of our country’s most historically influential president, a quiet, introverted guy with few friends, and turn that sad sap of a back story into a chronicle about how he avenges the death of his mother and becomes a highly-skilled vampire hunter! If only it worked…
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Tomorrow Might Be Your Last Day On The Internet: DNSChanger Malware and How it Works
I don’t want to alarm you or anything, but tomorrow may be your last day on the internet! Don’t worry, the world isn’t ending, but you may be infected with malware. This malware was so smart, smart and sneaky, because it changed your DNS server to point to rogue DNS servers. Luckily for the world, the FBI found these rogue DNS servers in Operation Ghost Click, which is an awesome sounding operation! Read the rest of this article…
Savages Review: Just Kill the Girl
Poor Taylor Kitsch. Oliver Stone’s Savages is the third crappy movie he’s headlined in the past four months. In concept, this movie should have been fantastic. Savages has Oliver Stone finally returning to the crime genre after a long break from making films like Scarface and Natural Born Killers. The story at least appears to tackle the prescient matter of Mexican drug cartels, and the cast includes some damn good actors including Benico Del Toro, Salma Hayek, Aaron Johnson, and Demian Bichir. And yet, a few colossal missteps from the screenwriters sabotage the entire production.
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