Escape Velocity
Do you like space, space ships, space trading, space combat, and space space? If you said yes to all of these and grew up computing with a Macintosh, you know what’s up. Escape Velocity, an open ended space trading and combat simulator, was a true specimen of pinnacle gaming in the mid 90’s.
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Movie Review: The Adjustment Bureau
At this point, it seems like it’d be a futile exercise to make a film about fate. I mean c’mon now, everyone saw The Matrix, we get it already. But, The Adjustment Bureau is as clever as its origin – a short story written by the most adapted science fiction author of all time, Philip K. Dick (Blade Runner, A Scanner Darkly) – and as we see the roundabout way the Bureau handles those that defy its plan, we see a more humane take on the eternal question of free will and our ability to choose our destiny.
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More Saints Row? Yes, Please!
I was a bit late to the Saints Row party, picking up the second game as a Platinum Hits title for Xbox 360 last holiday. Why? The game’s overzealous “supah gangsta” approach was silly, but I had fallen in love with developer Volition’s last game, Red Faction: Guerrilla, my favorite game of 2009. In the newest Game Informer mag, all is revealed about Saints Row: The Third, which will probably end up being my most-anticipated game of this holiday.
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Supreme Court: Westboro Church Can Continue To Be Giant Douchebags
If you’re like me, or just a decent person altogether, then the mere thought of the Westboro Baptist Church may send a palm to your face, a shiver up your spine, or send your stomach churning, but in a near-unanimous ruling by the Supreme Court, America’s highest court sided with the divisive congregation.
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Epic Shows Us The Future Of Graphics, Does It Even Matter?
I remember two distinct moments in the past decade where new hardware allowed for new, incredible possibilities in graphics. Behind closed doors at this year’s ongoing Game Developers Conference, Epic showed what would have been another potential moment (see the gorgeous picture above), but this time, I’m not as impressed. Why?
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FEZcast Monthly Caucus 03-03-2011
Buckle up because it’s time for the first FleshEatingZipper Monthly Caucus Podcast! Listen as the FEZ Staff closes out the shortest month of the year with a lengthy discussion about everything that’s been happening at FleshEatingZipper. What did you miss? What’s coming up in March? Cue up and get clued in.
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Spartacus : Gods Of The Arena – Season Finale
Spoiler Alert.
You’ve been warned.
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Deus Ex Is The Best Shooter Ever Made, Period
Go buy this game – those opening words of PC Gamer‘s 94% review were enough for me. With my first paycheck ever, I grabbed the foil silver and blue box (back when they were still in their original, monstrous sizes) and made my way to the checkout. At the tender age of 16, I was afraid I was going to be carded because of the game’s Mature rating, denying my acquisition of this absolute beauty – nope! Little did I realize that I was beginning an epic adventure that I would never forget. Long after the Halos, Half-Lifes, and Gears of Wars have stampeded across the action game landscape, Deus Ex is still the Best Shooter Ever Made, Period.
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Movie Review: Hall Pass
The Farrelly Brothers are back with their patented brand of gross-out humor in the new comedy Hall Pass, featuring Owen Wilson and Jason Sudeikis as two pals that get a week off from marriage. That’s right, their longsuffering wives let them do whatever they want for seven days, no questions asked. What could possibly go wrong?
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