If there’s something happening in the news, chances are that Lewis Black has a smart, and likely angry, take on what’s happening. That includes what’s happening with the Xbox One’s Kinect. Microsoft might say it’s not a privacy concern but Lewis isn’t sold.
Yearly Archives: 2013
Comic Book Pull List for June 19, 2013
Man of Steel came out last weekend. Unlike Superman Returns, which we’re all going to pretend never happened, Man of Steel was loved by critics and movie goers. I’m working hard to make the time to see it but I’m a bit busy at the moment. The first free two hours I get through…
Disappointingly, DC didn’t follow-up the movie’s release with a new Superman comic after having three straight weeks of Superman/Justice League comics before Man of Steel came out. DC does have a new miniseries coming out from the award-winning 100 Bullets series with Brother Lono #1. If you’re more of a TV fan trying to ease into comics, Mulder and Scully are back to continue their story in X-Files Season Ten #1. On the Marvel front, their critically acclaimed Fantastic Four series continues this week with FF #9.
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Conan Reviews Injustice and Unveils Zod DLC
For the casual gamer, there may not be a better or more relevant reviewer than Conan O’Brien. I’m serious. Watch his Resident Evil 6 or Tomb Raider reviews and you’ll find someone who is quite capable of pointing out some unintended faults in games that the core gamer just takes for granted.
Anyway, Conan and trusty nerd assistant Aaron Blair took a look at the recently released Injustice: Gods Among Us and unveils the new Zod DLC. He also backs me in saying Superman could beat Batman in a fight. Like that’s still a question.
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Man of Steel Scores the Biggest June Opening Weekend Ever
We knew that it was likely to be a big opening but I don’t think any of Superman’s biggest fans thought that it would be this good. The new Superman reboot “Man of Steel” scored the biggest opening weekend box office gross for the month of June of all-time with a US take of $125.1 million. Adding in the international totals, Man of Steel picked up $196.7 million.
The previous domestic record for a June opening weekend was $110.3 million for Toy Story 3 in June 2010. Man of Steel also far outpaced 2006’s Superman Returns which opened to $52.5 million in the US.
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The Xbox One Used Games Instructional Video
Just when you thought that Sony had all the momentum coming out of E3 with their anti-DRM policies and pot shots at the Xbox One, Microsoft fires back with their own versions of the famous PlayStation 4 game sharing instructional video. Unfortunately, I don’t think this will help Microsoft that much.
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E3 2013: Xbox One Games Were Running on High-Powered Windows 7 PCs
When a game developer works on a game for a particular console, they get a “dev kit.” These are computers that are specced out to perform similar to the retail version of the console. One would assume that the games being shown off at E3 were running on dev kits but you’d be wrong.
It turns out that eye-witness reports from the floor at E3 say that not only were Xbox One games not running on dev kits but PCs that were likely far more powerful than the XB1.
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Geek Links of the Week
Jim Sterling owns Microsoft completely in song in this week’s edition of Jim & Yahtzee’s Rhymedown Spectacular. [The Escapist]
Despite the fact that Microsoft’s used games policy for the Xbox One seems geared to benefit Gamestop, it seems a war is brewing between the two. Rumours suggest that Gamestop is handing out flyers explaining some of the Xbone’s restrictive “features.” [Gimme Gimme Games]
The developers of Oddworld say that they’re ready to release their game on Xbox consoles but can’t because Microsoft is stonewalling them with their no self-publishing rule. [Eurogamer]
Have you been looking for a fully-interactive map of the world of A Song of Fire and Ice (on TV as Game of Thrones)? I’ve got it for you. [QuarterMaester]
The WWE is really into mobile apps because it’s the latest shiny thing to grab Vince McMahon’s attention. The WWE is working on their second mobile game starring a wrestler as a race car driver. So wrestling writer extraordinaire Brandon Stroud recasts Mario Kart using WWE wrestlers. [With Leather]
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E3 2013: Driveclub PS Plus Edition is Free-to-Play
Didn’t getting a PlayStation 4 launch title for free for being a PlayStation Plus subscriber sound almost too good to be true? Well, that’s because it actually is too good to be true.
Sony confirmed that the PlayStation Plus Edition of the PS4 launch title Driveclub is going to operate on a free-to-play business model. You can get the game for free but some of the game’s tracks and cars will be locked out until you buy them.
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House Sigils for Video Game Families
Jun 14
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There’s no Game of Thrones this week and won’t be until next year after last Sunday’s season finale. I’m not really sure what to watch on Sunday nights now. I suppose that I could watch The Killing… Ha! Like I’m going to waste my time with that (again)! Anyway, let’s do a Friday GoT post […]
The Evolution of Superman’s Shield (Infographic)
It’s a common phrase from classic Superman stories. “It’s a bird! It’s a plane! No, it’s Superman! … I think it’s Superman. He looks a little different, don’t you think?”
Okay, that hasn’t actually been said but you could certainly understand why someone would say it. Over the 75 years since Superman made his first appearance in Action Comics #1, he’s changed his look a few times. In fact, the man of steel has sported over 20 different looks between comics, movies and TV.
For a timeline at those different looks, we have a handy infographic to show all of Supes different costumes.
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