EA Announces Need for Speed: The Run
EA have announced the latest entry in its
long running NFS racing series called Need for Speed: The Run which is set to
arrive on PlayStation 3 on November 15 in North America, and November 17 in
EA have announced the latest entry in its
long running NFS racing series called Need for Speed: The Run which is set to
arrive on PlayStation 3 on November 15 in North America, and November 17 in
The Human Torch has been dead for a few months now, but due to the monthly nature of comics we’re still dealing with his death in the pages of Fantastic Four / Future Foundation and Amazing Spider-Man. Most of the time in comics when a character dies we keep moving forward and there’s little to no time spent dealing with the characters death. When Batman “died” I can barely recall a tear shed for him even from his closest friends. With Johnny’s death it’s been different as there has been not one, but two issues dealing with grief and mourning.
First off, Zombieland director Reuben Fleisher teams up with recent Oscar nominee Jesse Eisenberg in the action comedy 30 Minutes or Less, and then Paul Rudd joins a quartet of talented dames in the Sundance darling Our Idiot Brother. The body-swap comedy appears alive and well with The Change-Up featuring Jason Bateman and Ryan Reynolds, for which we have the R-rated clip and then things get a tad more quirky in the acclaimed British coming-of-age dramedy Submarine. Finally we get the second another-planet-enters-into-our-solar-system movie after Lars Von Trier’s Melancholia with Another Earth (though the latter almost certainly promises to be the less disturbing of the two). Come on, get your head out of the clouds, it’s Trailer Tracker.
The newest Bethesda published title, Brink, is coming out in
a matter of weeks and Bethesda and Splash Damage have both published a new
trailer for their hotly anticipated title. In the trailer/tutorial, you’re
introduced to the SMART system in Brink.
While some of the more recent Bethesda published titles have
been horrible (Rogue Warrior, Wet), there seems to be a ton of potential in
Brink. The combat looks fun and frantic and the classes all seem unique and fun
to play.
Thankfully, we only have to wait two more weeks for Brink as
it releases on May 10th on Xbox 360, PS3, and PC.
Act fast, because there are some great deals online today, especially if you like classic consoles, harcore army simulators, or pretending to be a superhero. For starters, Amazon.com is selling Crysis 2 for $39.99 on PC, PS3 and XBox. This is a one-day only deal, and it’s for the physical copy of the game, not a downloadable version.
A pair of screenshots from Mass Effect 3 have been released today which show Commander Shepard fighting a new enemy type, Armored goons from Cerberus. The shots give players a look at these mooks in combat, as well as showing a nice close up of what their armor, weapons, and helmets will look like.
There’s one thing that hardcore action gamers agree on: We need more games where the main character is a little girl in a frilly dress. It’s been over ten years since shooter fans last got to run around as Alice in the original American McGee’s Alice, and it’s high time that pinafores and petticoats were brought back to the third-person shooter genre. Fortunately, we won’t have to wait much longer for the chance to kill things at a tea party, because Alice: Madness Returns comes out in a few weeks.
30 Rock celebrated its 100th episode with a giant-sized two-part episode in which TGS, the show-within-the-show also celebrates its 100th episode. Although it was a cameo-filled extravaganza, it was also partly a clips show that recycled footage from the previous five seasons. This raises the question as to what purpose a “Clips Show” serves in the age of Hulu and You tube.
Denying
the importance of a solid, well-composed musical score in modern
games is blatant ignorance. Soundtracks and scores have become one of
the most imperative and vital components in today’s video games.
Audio is key to setting the right mood for a game, and without it
players can feel disconnected from the experience. An otherwise
silent game trailer or scripted sequence can be brought to life with
a fitting symphony and in-game events can be heavily influenced by a
myriad of sound bytes or audio clips. Needless to say if you’re a
true gamer, one who appreciates a well-written story and a
carefully-crafted visual design, then you are probably grateful for
the amount of time and effort that goes into creating a rich
atmosphere through sound. This is no easy task of course, as today’s
game composers must traverse many obstacles while remaining as
original as possible.
Although
the concept of filler episodes was something that I was aware of, I’d
never really come across one that wasn’t directly referencing that it
was one until this week’s episode of Community. “Paradigms of
Human Memory,” in stark contrast to last week’s “Competitive Wine
Tasting,” sees just about nothing happening whilst the study group
reflects on some previously unseen events from the past year that have
led them to where they are today.
