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Posted by Ben Huber on May 12, 2014 in Videogames 
Telltale can’t stop having bad things happen to good people! The sad adventures of Clementine continue in The Walking Dead Game season 2 — we’re now up to episode 3. While I feel season 2 hasn’t quite matched up to the quality of the first, they’ve still done a solid job of continue the story and finding new ways to make you depressed about the zombie apocalypse and the people dying in it. This trailer does features spoilers for everything leading up to it, so if you haven’t touched season 2 yet I’d advise you steer clear. I’ll tell you all about it though: it looks like people will die, and there are zombies in it too. Check out the trailer below! Read more…
Tags: Telltale Games, The Walking Dead
Posted by Ben Huber on May 12, 2014 in Videogames 
Insomniac is back with an Xbox One exclusive, but for a while all we had was a CGI trailer from E3. Now, as part of a Game Informer cover story, the first gameplay footage of the game has been released. It shows off the platforming and traversal aspect primarily, which lets you run on walls, slide across telephone lines, and bounce off of trampolines. The guns look to be as crazy as always, and I caught a bowling ball gun, a record gun, and as Insomniac gleefully points out, a TN-teddy bear gun. It’s TNT strapped to a teddy bear. I don’t see why not. Read more…
Tags: Sunset Overdrive, Xbox One
Posted by Ben Huber on May 11, 2014 in Television 
Who knows if we’ll ever get “six seasons and a movie” now. NBC has canceled Community, following it’s fifth season. Apparently ratings weren’t high enough for them to bother with it, and with Community canceled, I have no reason to bother with NBC. What a shame! Sure, we had Donald Glover leave in season 5, but it definitely felt like a return to form after 4. All’s not lost, however, we’re not in the darkest timeline yet — Sony Pictures TV is reportedly trying to find a new home for Community, possibly on Netflix or a cable channel. Hopefully Hulu’s streaming rights won’t interfere with that. If Netflix rescues Community, then it’ll be two for two with my favorite comedy TV shows (the other being Arrested Development). Six seasons and a movie! Read more…
Tags: Community
Posted by Ben Huber on May 11, 2014 in Videogames 
Last year, in the lead-up to the Dota 2 International (the championship game tournament for Dota 2), Valve revealed the Compendium, a way for Dota players and fans to get new items and unlocks for their game while also contributing to the overall prize pool, increasing the winnings available for the matches. Already they’ve blown past previous records and are shooting up the Kickstarter-esque stretch goals Valve has set up. Some of them look pretty high, but given how fast Dota 2 has been growing, I definitely wouldn’t be surprised if they hit them all. They already beat their record for most concurrent Dota players yesterday! Check out the full page here. Read more…
Tags: Dota 2, Valve
Posted by Ben Huber on May 10, 2014 in Cinema 
Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci have been a writing and producing duo for a long while now, scripting things like The Amazing Spider-Man 2, Star Trek Into Darkness, two of the Transformer films, and more. You might notice that there is a trend here in the quality of scripts in all those films. I, personally, have not been a fan of their work, mainly because their scripts feel like scenes strung together rather than a cohesive story. Anyway, I digress! The two are splitting up amicably, to pursue directing careers on their own. And in Variety’s big piece on the split, they also reveal that Orci is in talks to direct Star Trek 3, now that J.J. Abrams is a tad busy. Interesting! It also kills any interest I had in Star Trek 3. Lame! There’s tons more details in the Variety article here, include what Kurtzman is up to next (Venom, Universal monsters). Read more…
Tags: Star Trek
Posted by Ben Huber on May 10, 2014 in Star Wars 
Rumors keep swirling about Star Wars Episode VII, and it looks like nothing is going to stop them. One of the more reliable tales to come out of the production (from Entertainment Weekly) is that Harrison Ford will be a “co-lead” in the film, probably leading the trio of main characters on their adventures. Obviously, Luke, Leia, and Han will all have significant roles, but it seems that Han’s is a bit bigger. EW also confirmed that there are several important roles yet to cast, including a lead female role. That’s good to hear, especially as some of the criticism of the cast was that there was only one new woman in the cast. Also, I’ve included below Conan’s recent bit on the possible titles for Episode VII. Check it out! Read more…
Tags: Episode VII
Posted by Ben Huber on May 9, 2014 in Cinema 
So far we’ve only seen bits and pieces of Christopher Nolan’s upcoming film, Interstellar. Even the teaser trailer barely revealed anything. What a turn from the typical Hollywood advertising! That makes these two new pieces of media even more special. First up is the new poster for Interstellar, which continues the theme of looking to the stars. Pretty bold of them to use a vertical logo, too! Also released was the first still from the film, via EW, which features Matthew McConaughey, Timothee Chalamet, and Mackenzie Foy. The new trailer will hit on May 16th, along with Godzilla in theaters, and the film itself will release November 7th later this year. Read more…
Tags: Christopher Nolan, Interstellar, Matthew McConaughey
Posted by Ben Huber on May 9, 2014 in Cinema 
This new plot-heavy trailer for Dawn of the Planet of the Apes is sure to get people excited. It garners a lot of sympathy for the apes, because though we all know how this story is ending, we can’t help but feel bad for the apes. The conflict between the humans and the ever-growing population of apes, according to Caesar, has “already begun.” Returning as Caesar is Andy Serkis, and starring alongside him as several of the humans are Gary Oldman, Jason Clarke, Keri Russell, and Judy Greer. Check out the trailer below. I’m not sure how interested I am in this, but this was definitely as solid trailer. Read more…
Tags: Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, Planet of the Apes
Posted by Ben Huber on May 5, 2014 in Videogames 
Capy has quickly become one of my favorite game developers out there, with their insanely clever and creative collection of games (Sword & Sworcery EP, Below, and now Super Time Force). The latter is finally arriving on Xbox 360 and Xbox One on May 14th. The general concept of the game is that as you platform through the levels, each previous life will repeat its journey beside you, killing the same enemies as before and performing the same actions. If you die enough, eventually you can have an entire army of characters rampaging through the screen — until you get past the point where they died. Check out the trailer below! Read more…
Tags: capy, Indie Games, Xbox 360, Xbox One
Posted by Ben Huber on May 5, 2014 in Star Wars 
Here’s a few interesting bits from the May the Fourth festivities. J.J. Abrams and Lawrence Kasdan took the time to create a (very) short little video saying hi to their families and fans. It definitely appears that Kasdan is heavily involved in more than just the script. Abrams also mentions that casting announcements will continue, so we have some more of those to look forward to! Also released was the new trailer for Star Wars Rebels, which gives some more context and story info, as well as a better look at the various characters. It looks pretty neat, and it’s great to see the classic Stormtroopers and hear the original music again. Check it all out below. Read more…
Tags: J.J. Abrams, Lawrence Kasdan, Star Wars: Rebels
Posted by Ben Huber on May 4, 2014 in Fandom 
Fans continue to impress us in all sorts of ways. YouTube user Cory Alexander put together a life-size prop of the Heavy’s minigun from Team Fortress 2. Not only is it the spitting image of the in-game gun, it also features sound effects, motors to make the barrel spin, and lights to simulate the bullets. He built it from spare parts as well as several 3D-printed parts for the more unique bits. It’ll also be used as part of a Heavy cosplay set to debut at Phoenix Comicon 2014. Impressive! Watch the full video showing it off below. Read more…
Tags: cosplay, Team Fortress
Posted by Ben Huber on May 4, 2014 in Cinema 
The new Terminator trilogy (yes, trilogy) is moving on in production, and they’ve signed another actor to their cast: Matt Smith. The former Doctor Who actor will apparently play a character “very close” to John Connor. The movie will also apparently be doing some time travel going on, which is awfully fitting for a Doctor. I’m sure there will be plenty of jokes made when the film comes out. Smith joins an already impressive cast, featuring (the one and only) Arnold Schwarzenegger, Emilia Clarke, Jason Clarke, J.K. Simmons, Jai Courtney, Dayo Okeniyi, and Byung Hun Lee. The film will arrive July 1st, 2015. Read more…
Tags: Terminator
Posted by Ben Huber on May 3, 2014 in Videogames 
There’s another new addition to the EVE Online universe coming soon… possibly. CCP has announced Project Legion, a new concept their Shanghai team been working on recently. It’s similar to Dust 514, but this time it’s on PC. It looks like they’re attempting to make something that expands and improves upon what they made before with Dust. There will be safe-zones as well as low-security zones, where friendly fire can happen. And it probably will. And you might just lose all your loot to another player. You never know what can happen in EVE! CCP has said the game is still early and could change depending on community feedback, so we’ll see where it goes from here! Read more…
Tags: CCP, EVE Online
Posted by Ben Huber on May 3, 2014 in Videogames 
Yup, it’s that time of the year: time for a new Cal of Duty game! This time around they’re going further into the future, to a terrifying future where drones are everywhere and the government spies of everyone. Hmm, topical! It also stars Kevin spacey as the leader of a private military corporation that’s attacking the US. PMCs have been in CoD before, but it definitely looks like they’ll be the primary focus here. It looks a bit more interesting that the usual Call of Duty game, with plenty of exoskeletons and other mecha, but I’m not sure it’ll be enough to pull me in this time. Trailer below! Read more…
Tags: Call of Duty
Posted by Ben Huber on May 2, 2014 in Videogames 
At a recent event, Disney announced an update to their popular Disney Infinity video game, dubbed “2.0.” It’s the exact same concept as Skylanders, but with Disney characters, you know? Still, the action-figures-and-portals business is still big, so Disney is introducing their other properties into Infinity: Marvel! Yes, the entire Avengers crew is in, along with Loki and MODOK. Spider-man and Green Goblin also make an appearance, but perhaps the most unexpected characters to show up were Rocket Raccoon and Groot from Guardians of the Galaxy. I guess it’s good for cross-promotion, though! I’ve included the announcement trailer below. Read more…
Tags: Disney, Disney Infinity, Marvel
Posted by Ben Huber on May 2, 2014 in Television 
The Simpsons LEGO episode is coming up on May 4th, and Hulu has uploaded a new trailer to give fans a peek at “Brick Like Me.” It looks like they’re really going hard on the “alternate universe” angle. The funny thing is, the creators of the episode said they’ve been working on this way before The LEGO Movie and the LEGO Simpsons Figures (with sculpted features rather than the plain yellow heads), so that explains some of the obvious differences. Still, while I’m not much a Simpsons fan, I am a LEGO fan, so this could be entertaining to watch. Check out the video! Read more…
Tags: Lego, The Simpsons
Posted by Ben Huber on Apr 28, 2014 in Cinema 
VFX showreels have become pretty popular online, mainly because a) they give fans a look into how the special effects are done, and b) it’s great marketing for the VFX companies showing them off. This latest video is from Nordisk Film ShortCut, showing the work done for Only God Forgives, Nicolas Winding Refn’s violent and moody film. As you might expect, a lot of the effect in this video are incredibly gory, so a bit of a warning there. Also keep in mind there are several spoilers too, so perhaps you should go watch the film first. It’s weird, but in a good way. If you like cool visuals, it’ll probably grab you. Otherwise, check out the video below. Read more…
Tags: Nicolas Winding Refn, Only God Forgives, VFX
Posted by Ben Huber on Apr 28, 2014 in Videogames 
There’s been a bit of a legend going through the games industry for about 30 years now: that at the peak of the video game crash in 1983, Atari was laden with an overabundance of video game products, particularly the truckloads of copies of E.T. The game had been produced in excess, as they had assumed it would sell gangbusters, but instead they were stuck with warehouses full of them. So what did they do? Dump them all in a landfill, and never see them again. Now, as part of a documentary, the games have been dug up from the landfill, proving the urban legend to be true. Kind of crazy! Let’s hope the documentary is good, too. Read more…
Tags: Atari, E.T.
Posted by Ben Huber on Apr 27, 2014 in Comic Books 
I won’t even use a spoiler-y header image, just in case you don’t want to know who’ll be killed off next in the Marvel universe. But read on to find out! Surprise: it’s Wolverine. They haven’t specified how he’ll die yet, but it’ll be part of the “3 Months to Die” series where Wolverine loses his regenerative abilities. It’ll be a miniseries titled “Death of Wolverine, ” which is maybe a bit too on-the-nose for me. I suppose it’ll make it easy to find, though. According to Marvel executive editor Michael Marts, the repercussions will be felt throughout the Marvel universe. Until 6 to 9 months from now, you know, when Wolverine comes back from the dead. Maybe a year, max. Comic book characters never stay dead. Read more…
Tags: Marvel, Wolverine
Posted by Ben Huber on Apr 27, 2014 in Videogames 
To promote their upcoming game Evolve, Turtle Rock has released a full match recording on YouTube, featuring all four classes and the Goliath. It’s a little unique as far as gameplay videos go: it has recordings of every single viewpoint in the game, and you can switch between them by clicking on the annotations near the bottom. Just make sure not to click the “commentary” button, unless you want to hear an overly enthusiastic announcer holler “oh, what a play!” I’m hoping there’s enough variety in the monsters and maps by the time Evolve comes out later this year, as this seems like a fun pick-up-and-play game with a bunch of friends. Read more…
Tags: Evolve
Posted by Ben Huber on Apr 26, 2014 in Star Wars 
A lot of people love the Star Wars Expanded Universe, which adds a lot of story after Episode VI. However, with the arrival of Episode VII, most people assumed that would be tossed out in favor of whatever new story JJ Abrams wanted along with Lawrence Kasdan and the other writers. I saw a lot of fans clinging to the hope that they’d include Expanded Universe elements though, however unlikely it seemed. Lucasfilm has now officially issued a statement about the Expanded Universe content, saying essentially “sorry guys! It’s not canon.” As anyone sensible guessed, Episode VII and onward will blaze its own story. Don’t worry, though, the Expanded Universe will still stick around and will be now listed under the “Legends” banner. Click here for the full press release. They’ve also released a video, embedded below. Read more…
Tags: Episode VII, expanded universe
Posted by Ben Huber on Apr 26, 2014 in Cinema, Comic Books 
The cast for Batman vs. Superman grows even larger! Yes, apparently Cyborg will feature in the film as well, played by Ray Fisher. The actor had also tested for a role in Star Wars Episode VII, but I imagine he won’t be doing that now. He recently finished up a stint playing Muhammed Ali in a stage play in New York. His role will reportedly be fairly small, so I imagine they’re attempting to prep in any way possible for an eventual Justice League film. Although, at this point, this movie could very well just be the Justice League film with the cast they’ve got: Henry Cavill as Superman, Ben Affleck as Batman, Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman, Jesse Eisenberg as Lex Luthor, and Jeremy Irons as Alfred. Fisher should get a more prominent role as the universe expands since Cyborg is an important member of the Justice League. Read more…
Tags: Batman, Man of Steel, Superman
Posted by Ben Huber on Apr 25, 2014 in Cinema 
Peter Jackson is a fickle man, it seems. First The Hobbit changed from two films to three, then the titles got mixed around, and now the third film is getting a name change. Originally it was subtitled “There and Back Again,” but now it’ll be altered to a much more straightforward subtitle: “The Battle of the Five Armies.” I imagine this was mainly because it sounds more interesting and exciting (and promises plenty of battles to audiences), but Jackson also lays out other reasons on his Facebook post: “[…] with three movies, it suddenly felt misplaced—after all, Bilbo has already arrived ‘there’ in the ‘Desolation of Smaug.'” You can read his full reasoning here, but he does mention that “There and Back Again” may return as a box set title in the future. Read more…
Tags: Lord of the Rings, Peter Jackson, The Hobbit
Posted by Ben Huber on Apr 25, 2014 in Cinema, Videogames 
The writers behind Zombieland have latched on to Ubisoft’s big new game, Watch Dogs. They’ll be writing the movie script for a live-action adaption of the game, which will (presumably) follow the tale of Aiden Pearce, a hacker who wants to avenge his family after a violent tragedy (I assume murder). Because MANPAIN! You want to hack anything? He can, and will! If you can’t sense the sarcasm, I’m a little bored of Watch Dogs at this point, because we’ve seen it advertised for so long and the backstory simply makes me sleepy. Still, the amount of talent behind the game is big, and it looks like it’ll also get a good script from Paul Wernick and Rhett Reese. Read more…
Tags: Ubisoft, watch dogs
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