The Man with the Iron Fists: Needs Less Talking And More Punching
Yes, that’s RZA punching a man so hard his eyeball flew out of his head. This movie needed more of that.
Well, I think we all knew this was coming: RZA, co-founder of the legendary rap outfit, the Wu-Tang Clan, has produced, directed, co-written, starred in, and composed the soundtrack for a martial arts movie. You can’t say we weren’t warned. First he began acting in offbeat movies like Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai and Coffee and Cigarettes, then he united with Quentin Tarantino to compose the soundtrack for Kill Bill. Given the fact that he named his rap group after an old Kung Fu movie, it was only a matter of time before the man directed a martial arts flick himself. So how is The Man with the Iron Fists? Oh, it’s terrible. Not even so bad it’s good. Don’t be fooled by Quentin Tarantino’s name being plastered all over the movie, Tarantino had nothing to do with this one.
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Wreck-It Ralph Review: The First Good Video Game Movie Ever Made
It’s like a Pixar movie, except not by Pixar.
Well, director Rich Moore, whose credentials include a number of Futurama and golden age Simpsons episodes but no feature length films, has accomplished the seemingly impossible: He has directed a video game movie doesn’t make me want to slit my wrists. Yeah, Mr. Moore and the folks at Disney have kind of cheated—they made a movie about video games instead of adapting a particular video particular video game—but after decades of outright awful video game adaptations coming from hacks like Uwe Boll and Paul W.S. Anderson, I’ll take what I can get. Wreck-It Ralph may not be an actual video game, but the movie itself treats gaming culture with fondness and respect, which is more than any other Hollywood film has done up to this point. If Moore can make a fun movie about a non-existent game, then there’s still hope that someone will one day adapt a real video game into a great movie.
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Looking For A Gun For PC Or PS3? Look No Further
Moar pewpew!
If you’re anything like me, you like to get your shooting games on. Also, if you’re anything like me, you feel a little let down by playing those shooting games with a tired old controller or mouse and keyboard combo. If you’ve been looking for a better way, well…You may be in luck because an answer is coming. Soon.
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‘Need For Speed: Most Wanted’ Review: Lots Of Shine, Not Enough Spit
Hey guys, it’s a Need for Speed game.
I’m just guessing, not to the point of degrading the work of the talented teams over at Criterion, that Need for Speed games start off in an Electronic Arts board room. A man in a suit stands amongst his peers while a PowerPoint hangs on a wall. He proudly exclaims ‘We Need More Need For Speed-Based Product This Year’. It’s not a cheery, optimistic vision of how I think game development happens at EA’s highest echelons, but playing the series’ latest installment, I couldn’t help but feel I’ve already done so much of this before in previous EA racing games. It’s a feeling made worse by the fact that CEO John Riccitello was supposed to save EA from this kind of manipulative Larry Probst business, and yet here we are.
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‘A Christmas Story 2’ Review: I Paid $3.99 To Recommend You Not Watch This
Oh. Great.
For many of us, Bob Clark’s ‘A Christmas Story’ holds a special, perennial place in our hearts. The movie’s been featured in ceaseless marathons over the past twenty years, serving as a staple of the genuine, American Christmas. The film’s narrator – Jean Shepherd, who wrote the short stories the movie is based on – tells us a tale from the perspective of Ralphie, a kid growing up in pre-war Indiana who yearns for BB guns and good grades. The movie can be sealed and hung on a wall; it’s a smart, tremendous work that would probably be the late Bob Clark’s best film, long before Super Babies sullied his reputation.
Now, nearly thirty years after that film’s debut, Warner Bros. decided that they should make a direct-to-video sequel because there are obviously a few more pennies to be wrung out of America’s collective nostalgia for Ralphie and the Parker family.
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Philips Hue Just Reinvented the Light Bulb
Meet, Hue.
Over a month ago we wrote about LIFX. They are looking to reinvent the light bulb with a connected LED bulb that allows you to completely control it from your smartphone. Changing the color, the intensity and even coming out with an SDK to allow hackers to make it work with apps or whatever else they come up with. Well, Philips has beaten LIFX to the punch with Philips Hue, available now. Read the rest of this article…
Android OS Reaches 75% Marketshare, iOS In ‘Distant’ Second
I see you hiding in the corner, Apple!
I suppose it was inevitable. Analyst group IDG recently unveiled that for the third quarter of 2012, shipments of Android-powered smartphones reached a critical 75% of all shipments made worldwide. That’s right, three out of four smartphones shipped to retailers and other resellers in the entire world had a core by Google a mere four years after Android’s debut.
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Smite To Get A New Game Mode With Next Patch
Is Wayne Brady gonna hafta smite a bitch?
Today, Hi-Rez Studios announced that their action MOBA game “Smite” will get an additional game mode with its next patch.
The indy developer, which works on AAA free-to-play online games has announced the “Arena” mode, which is a vary action focused team death-match which will take place on a new map with a Colosseum setting and will be played 5 versus 5, with minions and side objectives.
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Air Patriots, Amazon’s First Mobile Game, Launches
I’m an airplane.
Amazon just released their first mobile game, Air Patriots. Air Patriots is a defense game but unlike traditional tower defense games your “towers” are mobile. They have launched a trailer so you can see a little of what they mean but not much. The game is free and available right now for iOS and Android devices so it’s definitely something worth checking out. Read the rest of this article…
Saints Row: The Third’s ‘Full Package’ Unzipping On November 6
There’s a lot of Saints Row: The Third in here.
A lot of cool games came out last year, but Saints Row: The Third, with all of its utter zaniness, stood head and shoulders above everything else. On November 6th (and on the 16th internationally), THQ is releasing its Game of the Year-style compilation of Saints Row: The Third and all of its extra content. If you haven’t made the dive yet, you should.
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