The future is unwritten, at the best of times. Though, in this statement, there is the unspoken acknowledgement that yes, our children are the ones who will be the ones to write it. So what happens when there are no more children? Does that mean we no longer have a future? Alfonso Cuarón’s 2006 adaptation …
Monthly Archive: February 2012
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Feb 20
Dual Wielding 59: These Are not the FPS You Seek
This week’s show has a lot of discussion on tower defense and mobile gaming, but also discussion of Shank 2 and Rayman Origins. News breaks of Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 and Activision attempts to block said news, Ubisoft announces and dates Assassin’s Creed 3, and Rayman Origins turns a profit! EA sends Mass …
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Feb 19
Review Shooter: Justice League Doom
Justice League Doom is the 13th film in the DC Universe Animated series. 13 is often seen as a terrible number, does this film fall victim to its curse? Justice League Doom is an adaption of JLA: Tower of Babel, but it is an adaption in the loosest sense of the word. Its like Dwayne …
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Feb 19
151 Proof Movies Hangover: Ghost Rider
Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance has come out to stunning reviews, currently sitting at 17% on Rotten Tomatoes at the time of this article. Of course, this is a sequel and it had to have a beginning. So we engaged in a little drunken debauchery with the original Ghost Rider film. And after watching and resting on the movie …
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Feb 18
Review Shooter: Shank 2
The ruthless ex-hitman Shank is back on Xbox Live Arcade, PlayStation Network, and PC for another round of hyper-violent 2D brawling This time the entry fee comes at a slightly more affordable price, launching at $10 or 800MSP (the original Shank launched at $15 and was only recently reduced to $10). Shank 2 might be the …
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Feb 17
Nerds on the Rocks 82: Cartoon Cartoon Explosion
The 90s were a good time.. but they were also 2 decades ago.. boy we’re getting old! Anyhow, this episode dives into the best and worst of the 90s cartoons. Everything from the superhero movement (Batman, Superman, Spider-man, X-men,etc) to the monster movement (Pokemon, Digimon and Monster Rancher). Along the way, there are diversion and …
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Feb 16
151 Proof Movies: Ghost Rider
Sometimes, you need to throw caution to the wind when it comes to picking the movies we watch. Sometimes however, its just a matter of timing. This week, the winds of fortune happen to be on our side as Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance is out, a somewhat pseudo-sequel to 2007′s Ghost Rider with Nic …
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Feb 16
Review Shooter: Star Wars: Dawn of the Jedi 1
Writer: John Ostrander and Jan Duursema Artist: Jan Duusema, Dan Parsons and Wes Dzioba Dark Horse is coming out with a new series looking at the origin of the Jedi, aptly titled Dawn of the Jedi. The creative team is pretty fearsome, featuring a story by John Ostrander and Jan Duursema, and an art team including …
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Feb 15
DICE 2012: Sefton Hill on the Arkham Approach
Design. Innovate. Communicate. Entertain. While the Game Developers’ Conference (GDC) has grown increasingly commercialized, the annual DICE summit remains a game conference about a certain type of person in the game industry: the developers. It’s a place where developers can get together from all over the world and just talk about what they do without …
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