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E3 2012 – Ubisoft Keeps the Zombies Alive with ZombiU for the Wii U
If you were worried that Ubisoft wouldn’t contribute to the glut of Zombie entertainment lately, then worry not! We learned during Ubisoft’s presser today that the Sam Fisher studio’s first big game for Nintendo’s upcoming Wii U console will be a “zombie survival horror first-person shooter” called ZombiU.
E3 2012 – Ubisoft Showcases Assassin’s Creed III
Those of you hungry for the third installment of the Assassin’s Creed franchise should feel sated after Ubisoft’s press conference today. Ubisoft treated us to some tasty gameplay of their tentpole stealth-action franchise, showing off the game’s stunning visuals, solid animations and the Parkour-heavy, target killing gameplay that we have come to know and love.
FleshEatingZipper Caucus Podcast – The Road to E3, Plus Bioshock Infinite, The Avengers and More
Evacuate the women and children first, because you’re being hit with an iceberg-sized FleshEatingZipper Caucus Podcast! Kelly, Rob, N, Johnny and Keith discuss our preparations for the upcoming E3 Conference, The Avengers impressions, Bioshock Infinite delays, Elder Scrolls Online and more!
Our hearts will go on.
FleshEatingZipper Caucus Podcast – GTA5, Instagram, Cyberbullying & Mass Effect 3
We’re back with another FleshEatingZipper Caucus Podcast! Check out this SUPERSIZED episode as we talk GTA5, Instagram, Cyberbullying, Mass Effect 3 and more!
You want fries with that?
The Hunger Games Review – Star Wars for Teenage Girls
I took my 13 year-old daughter to the midnight premier of The Hunger Games last night. Every showing was sold out weeks ago and the line stretched around several buildings, with people in tents and lawn chairs blocking traffic. I saw a lot of parents like me who were there with their kids. Teenagers in costumes waved plastic bows and arrows around, and the ratio of girls to guys was probably 4 to 1. I guess teenage girls finally got their Star Wars.
I haven’t seen a movie generate this much hoopla in some time. And while I’m glad I went, the movie is pretty average for the amount of hype it is getting.
FEZcast Caucus Podcast – Safehouse, Tim & Eric, Whitney Houston Dead Pool and More
Like the rising of the tides, the FleshEatingZipper Caucus Podcast is here to ruin your sandcastles! Johnny, Keith, Kelly, Nick and Russell discuss the latest batch of movies, the death of Whitney Houston, LEGOs, Double Fine and much, much more.
There’s way more awesomeness in this podcast than we can fit into a quick rundown. Trust us.
PlayLater Review – When You Absolutely, Positively Can’t Play It Now
Do you stream a lot of videos over the internet using services like Hulu and Netflix? Do you sometimes get frustrated when your favorite movie or TV show is only available online for a limited time? Are you unconcerned with video quality? Well, if you answered yes, then PlayLater may be for you.
Developed by MediaMall Technologies, PlayLater is billed as a DVR for online videos. Just like your TiVo saves television broadcasts for you to view later (and VHS tapes did before that), PlayLater saves content streamed from internet services like Hulu and Netflix on your PC for you to view later.
‘Man on a Ledge’ Review – Just Jump Already
A great title and a good trailer gave me high hopes for “Man on a Ledge.” It’s a simple enough formula. Take Sam Worthington as the desperate escaped convict, put him on the precarious ledge of a building, add Elizabeth Banks as the haunted negotiator trying to talk him down, and then present it all to us as a taut and clever heist film… Sign me up!
Unfortunately, Man on a Ledge is all premise and no plot. The film is preposterous and silly in equal measure.
TV Review – The Firm – It’s Happening Again
If you’ve been feeling that there just aren’t enough lawyer shows on television, then NBC has a mid-season legal thriller for you. And – bonus – you’ve heard the name before.
The Firm is a weekly series based on the John Grisham-penned, Tom Cruise-helmed legal thriller of the 1990s. Clearly, NBC is banking a lot on the show’s name recognition. They’ve already put in a surprising 22-episode order.
But the truly surprising thing is that the show isn’t half bad.
Rumor – The End of Microsoft Points
A few days ago, we challenged Microsoft to do away with the annoying Microsoft Points currency system that they use on Xbox Live, Zune and Games for Windows. According to the latest rumor out of Redmond, it looks like Microsoft may be rising to that challenge and abandoning Microsoft Points.
