Monthly Archive: October 2011

Oct 22

Battlefield 3 Launch Trailer

Seems at least one company knows what a launch trailer should be (hint: released around launch). This is the last major Battlefield 3 trailer from EA and DICE before the game ships out this week. Obviously, the engine the game runs on is remarkable technically and it shows in the trailer. But will it be …

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Oct 22

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Launch Trailer

As the trailer notes, the most hotly anticipated game of all-time (and its hard to deny, it is one of the best selling franchises of all-time), Activision has let loose with a launch trailer (an entire 2 weeks before the game is set to be released). One can only imagine, Activision/Infinity Ward did this to …

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Oct 22

NYCC ’11: Sonic Saturdays: Sonic Generations Impressions

Over the past 20 years, Sonic’s game library has been a lot like his games, full of highs and lows with some deadly pitfalls along the way. Sadly for most players, most of those pitfalls have come over the last decade as SEGA tried many ways to get the Sonic formula to work in 3D. …

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Oct 21

151 Proof Movies: House of the Dead

We are in the most festive of times here on Nerds on the Rocks, while we haven’t really covered many Halloween-related stuff officially, we have been getting wasted on some pretty bad horror films. For the most part, they have all used the rules established in Beers n Fears Vol 1,2 and 3. However for …

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Oct 21

Review Shooter: Paranormal Activity 3

Starring: Chloe Csengery, Jessica Tyler Brown and Christopher Nicholas Smith Directed by: Henry Joost, Ariel Schulman Written by: Christopher B. Landon, Oren Peli  The Paranormal Activity series had initially set itself apart from other horror movies by creating a realistic ‘home-movie’ feel such as that seen in “The Blair Witch Project”, and relying on clever usage of sound and atmosphere to generate tension …

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Oct 21

Nerds on the Rocks 66: Remakes n Reboots Edition

Joined our panel of esteemed Movieologists as the delve into the world of movie remakes and reboots. We of course kick it off in high-fashion by discussing Christopher Nolan’s Batman series, but do comic movies count as reboots or just different interpretations of the characters? We move along and cover everything from Planet of the …

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Oct 20

NYCC ’11: Pokemon Rumble Blast

There is always an excitement in the air when word gets out that Nintendo is going to reveal a new Pokemon game. The problem is, not all of those games end up being mainline Pokemon titles. Such was the case earlier this year when Nintendo announced Pokemon Rumble Blast for the 3DS. A sequel to …

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Oct 20

Review Shooter: Justice League 2

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Writer: Geoff Johns Artist: Jim Lee The Justice League comic series has a lot to live up to. Not only is it the comic that brings together some of the universe’s greatest characters, but it has also been positioned as the hallmark title of the DC New 52. Having that much weight put on you, …

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Oct 19

Conan: Road of Kings issue 9

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SCRIPT: ROY THOMAS ART: DAN PANOSIAN COLORS: DAN JACKSON Summary: Here, we have a story that is based upon an old Conan novel written by Karl Edward Wagner also titled “The Road of Kings”. So the comic book adaptation is finally upon us! The story thus far…Conan made some friends and finds himself fighting a …

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Oct 19

Review Shooter: Catwoman #2

Writer: Judd Winick Artist: Guillem March So, let’s recap the last Catwoman issue: Bras, cats, bombs, clubs, Russians, violence in a bathroom, and sex. That’s pretty much it. I was prepared to drop the title. It didn’t appeal to me and I thought Selina would be portrayed in a much more classy fashion. I don’t …

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