The Mindy Project Review: Does it Live Up to the Hype?

When the rumors were spreading about the impending doom of The Office, there was hope after I heard that Mindy Kaling spun off a series picked up by Fox called The Mindy Project. I was very excited for this show until a few months ago when I got more details of what it’s going to be about. Single doctor trying to find true love in the world. Sound familiar? It’s like every show I try to stay away from but I like Mindy Kaling so I wanted to give her a chance. Read the rest of this article…

Ben & Kate Review: A Very Promising New Comedy

Ben & Kate join The New Girl and The Mindy Project on Fox’s Tuesday lineup and though it was not really on my radar I thought I would give it a go. Starring Nat Faxon and Dakota Johnson, as brother and sister with a close relationship, this new comedy really caught me off guard, in a presently surprising way. Read the rest of this article…

Shiny Toy Guns’ Second Single Off III, Fading Listening, Now Available For Your Disco Sensibilities

Well, this is different. After a lukewarm first single in Waiting Alone, and a bizarre-bordering-on-corny extended video for it called Loverunner, in which lead vocalist Carah is stabbed and nearly raped (seriously), we get this charming little single. It’s a better single than Waiting Alone was, but it makes me wonder if Shiny Toy Guns is hiding their bold adventurous music, like last year’s “The Sun” somewhere in the album.

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Prepare To Be Ravaged

Earlier today, Reverb publishing announced a new Unreal Engine 3 based online First Person shooter which will take place entirely in vehicles. 2 Dawn games is the muscle behind the post apocalyptic shooter which is set to beat the balls off of PAX Prime attendees and is currently in closed beta.

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Let People Know You Read FleshEatingZipper, As It Happens!

If you’ve been on Facebook in the past, oh, say, ever, you’ve seen the addition of OpenGraph apps. What does that mean? It allows people to share the music they’re listening to, the food they just got a recipe for, or in our case today, share what FleshEatingZipper articles you read! The more you and your friends read our articles, the more the word of FleshEatingZipper spreads! So how does it work? Let me explain…

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Rock Band Blitz Review: A Successful Riff On The Series

It’s hard to believe it’s been four years since music games peaked, and I remember when it happened. I was working at Best Buy and when holiday rolled around, we spent hours receiving, unpacking, stacking, and sorting thousands of bulky plastic instrument kits for four different platforms. It was a pain in the ass. But while my retail life got easier when their popularity subsided, many developers lost their jobs when that talent pool wasn’t required anymore. On cooling Rock Band sales, Harmonix stole the Kinect limelight by coming up with the camera’s best game: Dance Central. But they haven’t left their Rock Band legacy behind and Blitz is an incredibly clever reinvention of the mechanics you loved.

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Bernie Review – Too Weird To Live And Too Rare To Die

It would take a quirky director like Richard Linklater (A Scanner Darkly, School of Rock) to bring this stranger-than-fiction true story to life. Bernie Tiede (Jack Black) is just the most charming man you’ve ever seen. As an assistant funeral home director, he opens the film by exposing his tricks to presenting the recently deceased, including exquisite amounts of super glue to keep eyelids and lips sealed to keep the jarring presence rigor mortis at bay. But this isn’t a macabre movie despite his occupation. He’s in the business of death, but he enjoys life so much! Whether he’s removing ruined bodies from a car wreck, presiding over a funeral service, or helping the quaint folks of Carthage, Texas with their income taxes, you can’t not love Bernie. So what happens when he murders the town’s wicked witch? The court has to move the trial for even a remote chance to be fair. The folks of Carthage just won’t convict the darling.

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Hit and Run Review: An Adrenaline-Free Action Comedy

Dax Shepard co-directs, writes, edits, and stars in Hit and Run, which lands in theaters this weekend. There’s a taut, clever little action comedy buried somewhere in this bloated movie about a former getaway driver who dodges former criminal associates in a 1960’s muscle car as he tries to get his girlfriend to a life-changing job interview. With a more structured screenplay and some judicious editing, we might have been able to see that movie. As it stands, however, Hit and Run is pretty weak. Read the rest of this article…

Premium Rush: Porn for Bicycling Enthusiasts

Joseph Gordon-Levitt gets more than he bargained for when he’s asked to deliver a mysterious envelope to New York’s Chinatown in Premium Rush. This film from writer/director David Koepp (best known for drafting the screenplays for Jurassic Park and Spider-Man) envisions a Manhattan dominated by hotshot, adrenaline-junkie bicycle messengers who perform death-defying feats in exchange for a minimum wage salary. Is this story even tangentially connected to reality? Hell if I know; I’ve never lived in New York. Premium Rush is, however, an enjoyable piece of escapist entertainment if you approach it with the right mindset.

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Tiny Troopers Now Available For Mac And PC

Yearning to get your arcade style point and click shooter fix on? Look no further! Iceberg Interactive today announced the release of their new title “Tiny Troopers” which was seen at E3 and looks to be a LOT of fun any time you’ve got the hankering to get all commando on some fools.

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