Jeff, Who Lives at Home Review: White People with Problems
The first scene of Jeff, Who Lives at Home encapsulates the entire movie. The film opens with a close up of Jason Segel’s face as he explains into a tape recorder that he loves M. Night Shyamalan’s Signs, because the movie parallels his own world view that everything in the universe is connected, and destiny drives everyone towards a perfect moment. He concludes by questioning what destiny has in store for him. Segel’s performance here is straight-faced and perfectly sincere. The camera cuts to a medium wide shot, revealing Jeff sitting on the toilet, his pants around his knees. He delivered his heart-felt monologue while taking a crap. Clever.
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Live The Dream With “Order Up!!”
I hope there’s a cheat code for spitting in food.
Do you have what it takes to become a world renowned chef or restaurateur? Or do you just want to spit into that guys mashed potatoes because he gave you the stink eye? Ok, so you can’t actually spit into food in Order Up!!. At least I’m pretty sure you can’t.
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People Still Want A Facebook Dislike Button? Why?
Recently, and probably not for the first time, a malapp has erupted across Facebook, engulfing individual’s profiles under the guise of enabling a hidden Facebook Dislike button. That it’s worked so well speaks volumes of how badly people want to destroy the fabric of Facebook’s spacetime and their relationships with other people. Do people still really want a Dislike button? Why?
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Welcome The Latest Additions To The FleshEatingZipper Staff: Cody And Russell!
Today, we want some familiar faces to become more familiar faces. You’ve seen some of their work lately, but you may not know who they were. Well, let’s put this mystery to rest by meeting the latest and greatest additions to the team!
Cody (left) is FleshEatingZipper’s resident illustrator. He’s done up all of our portraits (including the ones above) and draws all of our comics. On the side, he’s even jotted out a few game reviews. I’ve known him since art school and his gift at illustration is second to none.
Russell (right) is FleshEatingZipper’s dedicated movie reviewer. You may have read some of his work. I’ve been a big fan of his love for the medium while he posted most of his content up on web forums, we wanted to be sure his work had an audience.
Welcome (well, formally!) both of you! The bathroom is on the right down the hall…
Square Enix Releases A New Trailer For Heroes Of Ruin
Heroes of Ruin – A Diabloesque adventure game for the 3DS
Heroes of Ruin, the upcoming title for the Nintendo 3DS has gotten itself a new bit of video showing clips of gameplay.
The game, developed by N Space and being published by Square Enix – London, allows you to build a customized mercenary and play with up to 3 other players at a time.
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Microsoft Surface: Can It Compete With iPad? Does It Need To?
The word is out: Microsoft is building a handsome new tablet for their new Windows 8 operating system. Windows has had several tablet-friendly (well, friendlier) versions since 2000, but this is the first time that they’re converting the entire system into something that will work well with a mobile computer. As a result, Microsoft has also shown off a variety of tablets from partners like Samsung, but they’re taking a different tack by now introducing their own Windows 8 tablet into the fray, chasing their experience in developing hardware, from their own mice and keyboards to the Xbox. It seems that with Surface, Microsoft is opening a full two-front war against with their own OEMs that are producing Windows 8 tablets, but are also tapping Apple on the shoulder to let them know that their iPad isn’t going to be very lonely in this space for long. But does the Surface have what it takes to push Apple out, or does it even matter?
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Falling Skies Season 2 Premiere Review: Has Anything Changed?
Last night Falling Skies season 2 premiered, so I sat down to catch the entire 2 hours to see if anything has changed or if it got better. Spoilers are ahead. After the season finale we were left with Tom Mason about to get on an alien ship and that’s where season 2 starts off. Read the rest of this article…
A “Draw Something” TV Show? Please, No.
My response to anything Zynga related.
My dislike for social gaming goes beyond anything comprehendable (NSFW). Well, guess what? It’s about get even more distasteful. Zynga has partnered up with CBS to air a reality show based on one of the shittiest mobile games ever — Draw Something.
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Tomb Raider – The New Trailer, Cometh.
The new, old, Lara Croft. My oh my, this game looks hot!
Square Enix has released a new trailer for the Tomb Raider franchise’s newest entry, a prequel to the original 1996 release of the game.
In this trailer, we get the ultra-rare chance to see Lara Croft BEFORE she was a tomb raider. We’ve also got the original trailer from E3, just in case you missed it.
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E3 2012: Tomb Raider Eyes-On: A Welcome Controversial Return
While the others were swayed by Splinter Cell: Blacklist’s slick wham-bam action, Tomb Raider endeared to me. In the heart of the Square-Enix booth, we were secreted away to see a portion of the game that didn’t feature all of the Lara Croft body torture that the conference displayed. What I saw inspired me to really give this game a shot after I’d largely ignored the franchise for the past sixteen years.
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