If there’s one thing that I look forward to in every Marvel Comics movie, it’s the Stan Lee cameo. I know that’s a weird thing to look forward too but it’s usually a laugh-worthy moment. Thanks to this video, you don’t have to sit through a whole movie for a couple of seconds of Stan. You can get them in one handy dose.
A New Mass Effect Documentary Hits Kickstarter
One of the biggest, most popular and even most controversial video game series of all-time could be the focus of a new documentary if enough money is raised through a Kickstarter campaign. Nuhfer Media is working on I’m Commander Shepard: A History of Mass Effect, a documentary about the award-winning trilogy which can happen if enough people contribute to the Kickstarter fundraiser.
Nuhfer Media is looking for $5,000 from Kickstarter backers by March 1st. to cover part of the at least $20,000 of expenses the expect to incur in making the documentary. The film is going to be a look back at the development of the game with interviews with writers, producers, artists, voice actors and the game’s fans. It will also touch on the ending to Mass Effect 3 but that won’t be the primary focus. I’ll admit that I’d like to see how series executive producer Casey Hudson would handle real questions and not softball questions from a BioWare PR employee. Read the rest of this entry
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Geek Links of the Week
Before he was an enemy of the United States’ Department of Justice, Kim Dotcom and Megaupload cooperated with the investigation on NinjaVideo. [Wired]
BioWare’s Director of Art Neil Thompson says that the first two Dragon Age games looked terrible and the visuals in DA3 will carry the game thanks to the Frostbite 2 engine. That’s not what we want to hear, BioWare. We want to hear that the story is one of the most epic in BioWare history with twists and choices permeating the plot. [OXM]
There’s a porn parody of Community because… Well, of course there is. There’s a porn parody of everything now. [Warming Glow]
Correlation doesn’t mean causation but there has to be something to this chart comparing IE usage to the murder rate. [I Love Charts]
Over on my other blog, I have an infographic chronicling the history of the home video game console. [The Lowdown Blog]
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There is No Conflict: Star Trek Director J.J. Abrams to Helm Star Wars Episode VII
Despite previously saying that he declined any involvement in the next Star Wars trilogy, reports say that J.J. Abrams will add the title of director of the first movie of the new Star Wars trilogy to director of the rebooted Star Trek franchise.
In December, Abrams told Empire Magazine that there were some early discussions but he didn’t go forward with discussions over directing one of the upcoming movies because of his loyalty to Star Wars. Because of the friendly rivalry between Star Trek and Star Wars fans, it’s interesting that one director would helm both franchises. Read the rest of this entry
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Primal Fears Review: Running Scared
I’m a huge fan of twin-stick shooters going back to the original twin-stick game for the home console, Ape Escape. When the PSN went down two years ago, one of my free game downloads was Dead Nation. I absolutely loved that game. It was an isometric camera version of Left 4 Dead. It wasn’t a zombie simulation as much as it was an arcade shoot-em-up.
When I picked up DNS Development’s Primal Fears, I was hoping for largely the same thing except with keyboard and mouse. The trailer showed that it was fairly arcade-inspired with enemies dying in massive explosions and/or bursting apart under a hail of gunfire. A trailer wouldn’t lie to us right? Read the rest of this entry
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THQ is No More After Auction. Long Live THQ!
The bankruptcy forced sale of games publisher THQ ended with the company’s assets being divided up at auction. The sum of THQ’s parts turned out to be greater than its whole as the auction sale raised a reported total of close to $100 million in revenue. This beat the high bid for THQ as a whole of $70 million from Clearlake Capital Group which meant that the publisher was sold for parts. Read the rest of this entry
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BBC May Have Big Plans for Doctor Who’s 50th
A report in the Birmingham Mail (via Airlock Alpha) says that Christopher Eccleston will once again don his leather jacket and man the helm of the TARDIS as he returns for the Doctor Who 50th Anniversary special.
Not only did the Mail say that Ecclestone was returning as the Ninth Doctor but would be joined by all actors who played one of Matt Smith/The Doctor’s previous incarnations. This includes deceased actors William Hartnell, Patrick Troughton and Jon Pertwee who played the first three Doctors. Read the rest of this entry
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Rumours say Sony is Dropping the DualShock Controller for the PS4
It appears the folks in charge of designing Sony’s PlayStation 4 live by Red Green’s philosophy of if it ain’t broke, you’re not trying. A recent report on CVG says that Sony will radically change their traditional DualShock analog controller for one that will include a touchscreen on the front and biometric sensors built into the grips. Read the rest of this entry
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Kim Dotcom is Back with Mega
The biggest name in online file sharing is back. Kim Dotcom, the founder of Megaupload and its associated sister sites, marked Saturday’s one year anniversary of Megaupload being shut by unveiling his new online file sharing service Mega. The site looks to be bigger and better than its predecessor site and the big splash among users seems to back that up. Read the rest of this entry
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Five Questions for Season Four of Haven
The third season of Syfy’s original series Haven wrapped up last Friday with a back-to-back set of episodes. The problem with the finale is that the cliffhanger left me with more questions than answers. I guess that’s the trouble with TV season finales. Writers feel obligated to leave you a cliffhanger to make you feel obliged to come back so as to get the conclusion of the story even though fans of the show will come back regardless.
Since we were left with more questions than answers, here are some questions that will need answering when the fourth season of Haven starts this fall. Read the rest of this entry
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