Because there wasn’t much news this weekend, here’s the teaser trailer for Season Three of Sherlock. It doesn’t tell us anything new but all your favourites are in it so I’d imagine that you’d be kinda interested to see it if you haven’t watched it a couple of dozen times already.
Monthly Archives: August 2013
Comic Book Pull List for August 7, 2013
This week’s recommendations includes a superstar with a new miniseries. Well, unless you’re a Superman fan because I’m fairly certain that Frank Miller isn’t a big fan of Supes. At least, that’s my impression from that Batman miniseries he did a while back. Anyway, Frank Miller is back with Robocop: Last Stand which should be a must buy for Robocop fans.
From the big two, we have a pair of offerings. Avengers A.I. #2 is out this week which should interest people who don’t know what to expect from the upcoming Avengers: Age of Ultron movie. Meanwhile, DC, in conjunction with Vertigo, launch the rather unique looking Trillium miniseries in Trillium #1.
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Avatar to Get Three Sequels Instead of Two Because Money
I kind of wondered whether stretching stories to make more movies and, therefore, money would become a thing in Hollywood after The Hobbit was stretched from two to three movies. Well, it looks like James Cameron and 20th Century Fox have taken notice. The Avatar trilogy has been expanded to an Avatar quadrilogy as the two planned sequels will now be three sequels.
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Twitter to Add “Report Abuse” Button
In response to an ongoing controversy in Britain involving the targeted abuse of freelance journalist and activist Caroline Criado-Perez on Twitter, the social media website announced an update in their abuse reporting setup.
Twitter is going to remove the current abuse reporting form and replace it with a one-click “report abuse” button and will increase the number of staffers dedicated to investigated abuse reports on the website.
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Saints Row IV Cleared for Australian Release on Third Try
The third time was the charm for Saints Row IV and developer Volition. After being refused classification in its previous two appearances in front of the Australian Classifications Board, SR4’s third application for classification got the game rated and cleared for sale in Australia with an MA15+ rating.
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Peter Capaldi is the 12th Doctor
What’s old is new again for Doctor Who. After Matt Smith took over as The Doctor as the youngest man to play the role, Steven Moffat has selected 55-year-old Scottish actor Peter Capaldi to play the 12th incarnation of The Doctor.
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Geek Links of the Week
Having trouble watching YouTube videos? It’s likely not YouTube’s fault or the speed of your connection but your ISP screwing you over. [Ars Technica]
With Google Glass expected to take the world by storm before too long, can current mobile networks the additional bandwidth the device will require. [Washington Post]
Microsoft is struggling to get traction with any of its new products, not just the Xbox One. There’s a systemic flaw in Microsoft’s marketing that’s killing all of their products on launch. [Penny Arcade Report]
The folks from Obsidian talk about developing KOTOR 2, the content restoration work by modders and their plans for KOTOR 3. [Eurogamer]
Team Meat were contacted by a “producer” who wanted to make Super Meat Boy: The Movie. They proceeded to mercilessly troll him. [Indie Statik]
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Zynga Suing Bang With Friends
Zynga wants it known that they own the phrase “With Friends” and they don’t want anyone else in the mobile app scene using those words.
The big mobile and social game publisher, now run by former Xbox boss Don Mattrick, is suing Bang With Friends Inc. over the name of its Bang With Friends.
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Aarklash: Legacy Preview: A Little Bit of Old School
It’s not often that we get our hands on a preview version of a game but who am I to turn down a new experience. So, naturally, when Cyanide gave me an opportunity to take an early look at their upcoming RPG Aarklash: Legacy, I jumped at the opportunity and was pleasantly surprised with what I saw.
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New Star Wars: Battlefront Coming Summer 2015
Can’t wait to get your hands of the upcoming EA Star Wars games? Well, I would advise you not to hold your breath because we’re still a ways out from seeing them.
During their 1st quarter earnings call, EA CFO Blake Jorgensen revealed that the first of EA’s Star Wars games under the current licensing agreement will be the new Battlefront. Unfortunately, we shouldn’t expect it until summer of 2015 which means another two years of waiting for a new Star Wars game.
In his announcement, Jorgensen noted that they were timing the release of Battlefront around the planned release of Episode VII. While the teaser trailer was decidedly original trilogy inspired, it’s entirely possible that this could mean that the new Battlefront could tie into the new trilogy. Even if it’s DICE making the game, the prospect of a movie tie-in game worries me. I don’t think I need to tell you why.
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