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!
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Shame Review: I’m Kind of Ashamed I Liked It
Let me qualify this review right off the bat: Shame is not for everyone. It’s the kind of film that some people (such as myself) will quietly admire, but probably won’t admit to liking in a casual setting. Talking about this movie won’t make for a good icebreaker at any parties. This falls into the same camp as Requiem for a Dream Abel Ferrara’s Bad Lieutenant: It’s an extremely well made film with sharp direction and brilliant acting, but it leaves you wanting to scrub your brain afterwards. On those terms Shame is brilliant because it accomplishes exactly what it sets out to do.
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Building Oceana: The Verge’s Minecraft Pyramid – Week One
This is part of an ongoing series chronicling the construction of Oceana, an epic Survival-built megastructure on the Vergecraft server. Be sure to check them all out!
Week One – Week Two – Week Three – Week Four – Week Five – Final Week
I love that technology works. I don’t necessarily need to know how it does so at the silicon or mechanical level, I just find find these elaborate contraptions remarkable. I love schematics, drawings, maps of all shapes and sizes. Some of my favorite technologies are those that go behind megastructures: the true demonstration of man’s power over nature. Whether dams, cruise liners, or the Burj Khalifa, the sight of these coming together in deliberately planned phases is awe-inspiring. (Yeah, I watched TLC a lot before it became the Trading Spaces channel.) So when the opportunity arose to take my favorite game of the past five years and work with dozens of people to construct such a massive project, namely the Oceana Mega-City Pyramid, I took it up quick. As project lead on Oceana, it’s fair to say I’ve lost more than a few winks of sleep putting it together, but when it’s finished… well, the project already speaks for itself. So what did we accomplish in one week? Let me show you.
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Phoenix Comicon ’12 To Be More Affordable
You excitingly fumble with the bag of merch collected throughout the day. It’s gotten rather heavy and awkward. As you inch closer and closer to your final destination, exhilaration is the only feeling that keeps you from falling over. After hours of waiting, the trek has finally come to an end. You wait, thinking the captain will shout “Come!”, but he never does. Instead, you grab your wallet clumsily only to find you’re $20 short for the photo op with Patrick Stuart. You shed a tear of hopelessness and embarrassment as the realization sets in of the last purchase made — one Angry Birds plush toy. Fortunately, this heart wrenching example will not be happenning at Phoenix Comicon ’12.
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Lockout Review: He’s a Real Loose Cannon
A collection of the world’s most demented criminals have staged a riot in an orbiting space prison and kidnapped the President’s daughter. Only one man, framed for a crime he didn’t commit, can save her. His name is Snow. You could be forgiven for thinking that this plot synopsis was pulled from the title screen of an 80’s arcade game; but no, this is the plot of Lockout, a movie released just this year. If this had been a video game instead, the plot synopsis would have ended with the bold challenge: “Are you a bad enough dude to save the President’s daughter?”
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SWTOR Patch 1.2 – HOLY UPDATE!
BioWare released Star Wars: The Old Republic Version 1.2 on Thursday (well, they accidentally released it early, which corrupted some user’s installs and forced them to reinstall) and MY WORD what a huge affair it is.
Weighing in at approximately 850 megs, this update features tons of new stuff and bug fixes.
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‘The Cabin In The Woods’ Review – If You Must See One Horror Film…
I’ve probably mentioned it before, but I’m really not a fan of horror films. Not that I don’t enjoy the thrill of having my emotions manipulated or the thrill of juicy, juicy gore, but they really don’t make much sense. Many feature a malicious, sociopathic entity that murders people for the heck of it with no rhyme or reason to speak of. People just get murdered. That’s fine once, but to have an entire genre based on such basic tropes is uninteresting. Why is this evil so evil? What is their ultimate plan? Kelly got me to see Tucker & Dale Vs. Evil last year, kinda against my gut, and while it featured a clever twist on the formula, it just wasn’t inventive enough as a film. So what happens when you task the incredibly resourceful Joss Whedon (Buffy, Firefly, Dr. Horrible) with tackling the genre? You get genius.
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Skyrim Gaining Kinect Support
From fan made Kinect video to reality. Bethesda will be releasing a an update to Skyrim on the Xbox360 that will allow Kinect voice support. Bethesda has added an array of voice commands to enable xbox360 owners to select spells, weapons and ally commands easier. More details past the break.
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BioWare Announces Beta For New Online Warhammer Game
Well, BioWare‘s at it again, trying their hand at yet another multiplayer game.
So far, they’re batting .500. Their first foray into the MMO arena has been met with numerous problems, while the multiplayer elements of Mass Effect 3 are loads of fun. Well, they’re going to be releasing another multiplayer game soon and it’s just entered beta.
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God Bless America Review: The War on Assholes
Finally, a movie for the rest of us. A middle aged man suffering from a brain tumor gangs up with a psychopathic sixteen year old girl to rid America of reality TV stars, religious bigots, loudmouthed pundits, and annoying theater talkers in God Bless America. Comedian and cult filmmaker Bobcat Goldthwait pulls writing and directing duties and Joel Murray and Tara Lynne Bar star in this twisted little comedy.
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