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Leverage – The Rashomon Job

Since it began, Leverage has been a fun show about a group of slick thieves planning and executing expertly crafted heists.  It’s damn entertaining stuff, except there are always those victims weighing it down.  Every episode begins with someone being hurt or robbed or even killed, so our group can later on help them out.  It’s a fine concept, but those scenes with the victims are always done in such a serious, heavy-handed way that it seems like you’re watching a different show entirely.  If I wanted to be taught “inspirational” lessons by my television shows, I’d be watching reruns of 7th Heaven, not a show about thieves and con artists.  

New Blood Stone Trailer

Activision has released a new trailer for the upcoming James Bond adventure Blood Stone. Due to MGM’s money troubles, the 23^rd Bond movie is stuck in development, therefore Blood Stonewill not be a tie-in, but rather will be a standalone story – the next chapter in the Bond saga.

The game, a third-person shooter, will star Daniel Craig as 007 and British singer Joss Stone as socialite Nicole Hunter, as they hunt down a missing researcher. The game will feature a global conspiracy involving the UK’s secret biochemical weapons program, and a story stretching across five different locations, including Istanbul (as featured in the new trailer), Athens, Monaco, Bangkok and Siberia.

Trailer Tracker: 127 Hours, Vanishing on 7th Street and Fair Game

The dog days of summer are upon us; post summer, pre-Oscar. But fear not, because here at Player Affinity, Trailer Tracker will still manage to scrape up the brand new clips hitting the web like a hobo scrounging for morsels in a dumpster. First in the proverbial bindle is Slumdog Millionaire director Danny Boyle’s latest film 127 Hoursstarring James Franco. Next is the debut trailer for the creepy sci-fi thriller Vanishing on 7th Street starring Hayden Christensen, followed by director Doug Liman’s spy thriller Fair Game. Rounding out the collection is the long-shelved supernatural horror flick Case 39 with Renee Zellweger and the teaser for the sequel to cult horror filmHatchet.

True Blood – I Smell a Rat

Last week ended with one of the most explosive ends to any episode in the history of… ever. Russell Edgington ripped the spine from a news reporter live on air and basically declared war on the Human race. The latest episode fails to capitalize on this, but we do finally find out what the hell Sookie is.

DVD/Blu-ray DISCussion (New for 8.24.10)

Another week and another load of DVD and Blu-ray releases. This time round we have new releases about zombies, romance, family, pregnancy, Israeli-Palestinian relationships and climate change. Talk about eclectic. Four of the re-releases this week are from George Harrison’s Handmade Films production company.

Gaming From Across the Pond 08.21.10

Hello fellow gamers and welcome to another week of ranting from the PC Department’s pet Brit. Some of you may have read a feature this week on games that sit on our shelf and never get played, if not check it out. My game chosen was a Settlers game, but it got me thinking about the original and how much fun I had with that game, even though the graphics where appalling by today’s standards. So my question is how important are the graphics?

Though I could never actually say what my ten favourite games are, or put them in order, I do know a few which would definitely be included: The original Command and Conquer: Red Alert,StarCraft (including Broodwar) and Monkey Island 1 and 2 for example. The hours I spent on these games are far larger than the time I have spent on any other game (though maybe notWorld of WarCraft). My point is that even though these games had graphics that can be replicated in flash games now, they were still awesome. The game play was great, the storyline fantastic and the mechanics brilliant.

Rock Band 3 and Dance Central Preview

Ray Carsillo hits up his old friend John Drake from Harmonix to talk to him about Rock Band 3 and Kinect launch title Dance Central! He talks to John about things such as the new keyboard, the new Spade system in Rock Band, Dance Central’s DLC, Dance Battle mode, and all of Dance Central’s dance moves. Dance dance dance.

New Kinect Fighter Announced, Fighters Uncaged

Today, Ubisoft^®announced Fighters Uncaged, a new fighting game that will be available worldwide in November 2010 exclusively for Kinect^TM on Xbox 360^® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft. Developed by AMA Studios, Fighters Uncaged will deliver players the excitement of real fighting competitions, in addition to teaching players mixed martial arts techniques.

Trailer Tracker: Black Swan and The Next Three Days

So, summer’s coming to an end.  At least you still have Trailer Tracker, where we at Player Affinity prepare for hunting season and stalk the latest trailers hitting the web. Coming off his Oscar-nominated indie smash The Wrestler, Darren Aronofsky is back with the mind-bending ballet thriller Black Swan. We then move on to The Next Three Days starring Russell Crowe as a father on a mission, and shiver with Wes Craven’s latest slasher flick My Soul to Take. We wrap things up with the possible documentary, possible spoof, I’m Still Here, which is about actor Joaquin Phoenix’s transition from actor to rapper and finally visit the trailer for Love and Other Drugs with Jake Gyllenhaal and Anne Hathaway. Let’s lock and load.

New Halo: Reach Vidoc

A new Halo: Reach Vidoc was released today detailing Noble Team, and dipping deeper into the storyline. Let the discussion begin. What did you see, what do you think, and what do you want to know more about? Utilize the comment section below!