6 items from 2012
27 May 2012 12:30 AM, PDT | SoundOnSight | See recent SoundOnSight news »
Joshua Tree, 1951: A Portrait of James Dean
Written and directed by Matthew Mishory
USA, 2012
Let’s posit a hypothetical – what if the iconic James Dean was gay? Well, let’s answer one hypothetical question with another – what if Fellini made a Dolce & Gabbana commercial instead of La Dolce Vita?
What does one have to do with the other? Absolutely nothing, but that seems to be all that happens in Matthew Mishory’s Joshua Tree, 1951: A Portrait of James Dean. A film with plenty of flare but a shocking lack of form, Joshua Tree is all pomp and no circumstance.
Set in his early career, the film follows the life of James Dean (James Preston), from his acting classes in university, to his emergence as an up-and-coming Hollywood prospect. With sequences inspired by sexual speculation, the film interweaves a series of libidinous sketches to form a sensuous, and definitively homoerotic, »
- Justin Li
18 May 2012 8:42 AM, PDT | Obsessed with Film | See recent Obsessed with Film news »
Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
Max Payne 3 is a game that grabs your attention and refuses to let go. Watching the screen warp into distortion as colors blend together across the screen, drives home the point that each pill Max pops, chased with swigs of Scotch, only feed his addictions further. You become immersed into the mind of a broken man, an addict lost in the past, clutching to his same vices in order to forget the present.
Rockstar has taken the classic noir gaming experience, layered it with their own high level of polish, and implemented a painstaking level of detail. Max Payne 3 draws players into Max’s life with a cinematic flair unrivaled in games today. Great writing, intense action sequences, and an amazing multiplayer component melts together in order to create an amazing piece of cinematic gaming.
Diving into the story takes you on a journey through parts of Max’s life, »
- Michael Shelton
5 April 2012 8:45 AM, PDT | MTV Multiplayer | See recent MTV Multiplayer news »
Support the mechanical troops with a new Steel Battalion shirt, a metal tribute to Castlevania, and Final Fantasy Xiii-2 walks the runway in this week's Non-Gaming Game News.
Vomitron pays tribute to classic Nes titles—through metal
It's not a surprise that there's a metal tribute to the first Castlevania, it's a surprise that there aren't more of them. Experimental metal act Vomitron kicks off ten years together with their track "Castlevania," which mixes in some of the themes from Kinuyo Yamashita and Satoe Terashima's score. The song is from their album No Nes For the Wicked which has tracks made in homage to Double Dragon, and The Legend of Zelda II.
You can check out the rest of the album on Vomitron's page (album cover art Nsfw).
Sovtt: Support Our Vertical Tank Troops with this Steel Battalion: Heavy Armor shirt
This just went up over at the Capcom store »
- Charles Webb
9 March 2012 4:07 PM, PST | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
Look out Hollywood, the video game industry is hot on your heels, poaching your talent and raking in the money. And one game has led the way…
The fastest-selling cultural product in history was created by people you've probably never heard of. While this year's Oscars honoured films in which the movie business sweetly congratulates itself on its own birth – The Artist, Hugo – the most dollar-hoovering entertainment release ever is not a film, still less an album; it's a video game. Coming out last autumn, Modern Warfare 3 – a blockbuster military shooter made by a Californian game studio called Infinity Ward – took just 16 days to gross $1bn, beating by one day the previous record set by a film about blue people in space. And it wasn't a freak accident. Global annual sales of video games now dwarf cinema box-office and recorded music: in 2010, games grossed $56bn, film tickets $32bn and music $23bn. »
- Steven Poole
5 March 2012 1:09 PM, PST | TheHDRoom | See recent TheHDRoom news »
Still having trouble finding the last wave of Skylanders including Double Trouble, Cynder and the Empire of Ice Adventure Pack? Don't worry as there are additional new Skylanders figures now available to increase the odds of finding something new in stores.
Dubbed "Wave 4," this new batch of Skylanders include single pack releases of Zook and Lightning Rod, as well as the Dragon's Peak Adventure Set that will make it possible to complete the game at 100% completion. A new three pack will include Zook and Lightning Rod as well as previously released Cynder from "Wave 3."
It was previously believed that Dragon's Peak would be a Toys R Us exclusive for one month, but Activision's press release received today makes no mention of that. If Dragon's Peak is indeed a Toys R Us exclusive, be sure to keep an eye on their online store as well as call the video game department »
8 February 2012 9:30 AM, PST | BuzzFocus.com | See recent BuzzFocus.com news »
Activision’s chart topping children’s gaming and toy franchise Skylanders is getting Super Sized in 2012. The original series, which used a “Portal of Power” kiosk to allow gamers to hot swap toys into and out of the game, launched in 2011 with Spyro as one of its lead characters.
In New York, Activision’s CEO Eric Hirshberg announced the next iteration of the franchise. Whereas the first game, Skylanders Spyro’s Adventure, used the Spyro the character for promoting the new franchise, the new game Skyladers Giants focuses on branding Skylanders as its own unique title.
Skylanders Giants will feature a new roster of 8 Giants. They are what the TItans were to the Greek gods. They’re double the size of the regular Skylanders and open the game to bigger environment puzzles. The Giants have been around for ages, but thanks to the events in Skylanders: Spyro’s Adventure they »
- Bags Hooper
6 items from 2012
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