“The Hobbit” Begins Filming, Finally.
It seems like the curse of delays have finally been lifted for The Hobbit. The prequel to the Lord of the Rings started filming today after years of unfortunate set backs. So…what went wrong?
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Stephen King To Write For Walking Dead? Zombiegasm!
It was revealed this weekend during the Walking Dead panel at C2E2 that horror master Stephen King is in talks to write at least one episode for the show’s second season.
I know…clean yourself up and then read on.
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Australians Are Pissed Off Over Rating System…CRIKEY!
Well, it looks like the Australian federal government is putting it’s foot down over the lack of a viable rating system for video games.
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Rumor Mill – “Leaked Internal Video” From Microsoft Shows The Future Of Windows Gaming?
Well, there’s definitely a video…that’s no rumor at all. The real rumor is that the video was leaked from an internal source at Microsoft and shows the direction Microsoft wants to go with its Windows Gaming eXperience, or WGX.
God I hope this isn’t true…Video after the jump.
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Beginning Of The End For Retail Gaming Releases?
Sure, the PSP’s been doing it for a while, but who cares about the PSP? And sure, the PC’s been doing it for a while, but everyone’s pirating their games or playing World of Warcraft. But with the NGP doing it — Sony’s promising next-gen portable that looks to shatter many of the reasons they’ve flubbed up with the PSP in the past — we see a redeemed effort to dislodge retail from holding back The Future Of Purchasing Games. Sony recently announced that when titles release at retail for their Next Generation Portable, they’ll release digitally on the same day. This obviously had some fight back from retail, who are trying to hold onto retail sales as long as possible and, in the recent case of Best Buy and the thrilling example of Gamestop, maintain a second-hand market for games as well. I could go on for days about how the industry’s conversion to full day-and-date physical and digital releases across all platforms will be better for all gamers (that’ll be another article), but this bodes well for the vision of a disc-less gaming future.
Source: Joystiq
Netflix Flashback – Romeo Must Die
This 2000 martial arts / action flick Stars Jet Li, Aaliyah and Isaiah Washington in a stylized modern remake of the Shakespeare tragedy “Romeo and Juliet”.
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AT&T is Buying T-Mobile for $39 Billion
You might have heard the rumors last week that Sprint was looking to buy T-Mobile from Deutsche Telekom which would really help Sprint because they are losing customers left and right. Well this is official, of course it still has to pass through the government but AT&T offered to buy T-Mobile USA for $25 billion in cash and $14 billion in stock.
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10 Days Of Anime! Finale – Grave Of The Fireflies
The following review was written by guest contributor Sam.
Based on the novel by Akiyuki Nosaka, which won the Japanese equivalent of the Pulitzer Prize, this award-winning film (produced by Ryoichi Sato) transcends the anime art form as a true masterpiece.
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FEZcast Tech & Stuff 03-19-2011
Get ready for the brand spankin’ new FleshEatingZipper Tech & Stuff Podcast! In this episode, we almost buy the iPad2, plus we discuss Facebook social coupons, the death of Zune, Charlie Sheen uses Twitter to advertise for internships.com, free calls to Japan, the decommissioning of sun.com and more!
If you’re looking for a podcast about Tech and Stuff, look no further!
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10 Days Of Anime! – Akira
The following review was written by guest contributor Sam.
Akira (based on the graphic novel by Katsuhiro Ôtomo) takes place in the year 2019, some time after the third World War, leaving biker gangs to rule the streets in Neo-Tokyo. Kaneda (Cam Clarke) is the leader of one such biker gang, consistently at war with other factions. Upon an attack on a rival biker gang, Kaneda’s friend Tetsuo (Jan Rabson) wrecks his bike nearly running over a strange child on a dark freeway.
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