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Alan Wake Review

A lot of times nowadays, plot is an afterthought when it comes to making games. It’s more about lots of explosions, big guns, and an endless swarm of enemies to mow down. What would happen though if you had a writer as your main character and were forced to focus on the plot? You would probably have something along the lines of Remedy Entertainment’s newest Xbox 360 exclusive, Alan Wake.

Alan Wake follows the title character through his mundane life as he struggles with a horrible case of writers block. It’s been two years since Alan has written anything of note and he is plagued by insomnia and nightmares. Finally, at the behest of his wife Alice, Alan decides to take a vacation with her to the quiet and tranquil town of Bright Falls in Washington.

Alan immediately feels out of place as a city boy in this rural backwater town. Everyone from the local radio DJ to the waitress at the main street diner begin to swoon over the great Alan Wake’s presence as he realizes this is probably the closest thing most of these people ever get to touching Hollywood. Alan rushes to find the local grease monkey who seems to be in charge of his cabin’s key, but comes across a haunting old woman instead who says the mechanic is indisposed at the moment, but left the key for him with her.

LittleBigPlanet 2 First Trailer

Hey! It’s a LittleBigPlanet 2 trailer! And! It’s looking very, very good. Exclamation points! I had hard time wondering just what Media Molecule could do to expand the toolset. After watching the trailer, I know why I don’t make games. These addition seem really obvious, but only after they’re shown.

The blurring line between TV and cinema

Since its creation, television has been battling with cinema to provide us with our information and entertainment. When television was available on a larger scale, cinema audiences started to decrease, unable to provide entertainment and news in people‘s homes. Yet cinema always had the edge with larger budgets and more prestige for people in the entertainment business. Many movie actors and directors started their careers in television, such as Ridley Scott and Clint Eastwood.

Pirate Website Htmlcomics.com Says Goodbye

Pirate website Htmlcomics.com closes it’s door with a little help from it’s friends…all of them.The site was hosting thousands of illegally scanned comics for from every major distributor.I know there’s a lot of questions regarding the sudden shutting downing of the site. Like when will it be back and where will I get my books from now? Just leave your name, address and IP in the comments and I’ll make sure the FBI gets back to you ASAP with an answer.

V – Hearts and Minds

After a superb start, which consisted of charred corpses and moral conflict, this episode slides quickly into mediocrity and eventually disaster. The lowest point in the series, Hearts and Minds, acts as a lesson in audience alienation (pun not withstanding), containing glaring plot holes, illogical character behaviour, and lazy direction.

The episode begins frantically with Hobbes aiming a ground-to-air missile at a V shuttle. After the inevitable explosion and destruction of the aircraft, Ryan, Father Jack, and Hobbes scurry to explore the result of their most outlandish strike against the V’s. To their horror, amongst the wreckage, lies not the husks of dead lizard people, but the burnt remains of Human passengers. At this point, the title sequence commences and I rub my hands together like a trench coat wearing, curb crawler.

May Movie Preview

The merry month of May has finally arrived. The most anticipated of movie months, May brings promise of an awesome summer at the movies, arriving right at the peak of our bland spring movie angst. So what better month to start our monthly movie previews (okay, so our site hasn’t been up long enough to start at any previous month) than May. As usual, in the lead-off spot is a superhero movie, this one being the much-anticipated follow up to 2008’s Iron Man. Also familiar to May is everyone’s favorite ogre Shrek, providing the month’s lone family-geared entertainment.

Siege: Secret Warriors

Rather than interrupting the story-lines of their ongoing titles, Marvel has chosen to release one shot stories that tie into Siege. If you’re not reading Siege, Marvel’s wrap up to Dark Reign, then you may find this story leaving you with more questions than answers. On the other hand if you are following Siege and Secret Warriors then this issue is rich with reward and payoff.

The story begins with Phobos aka Alexander learning of his father Ares’ death. The rest of the Secret Warriors have already taken off towards the battle for Asgard leaving Phobos alone to deal with the news. Phobos flashes back to a conversation he had with his father in which Ares explains that they will both die and be separated. Ares asks his son to honor him and question his death.

Trailer Park: Jonah Hex, The American and More

Welcome to the Trailer Park, where we at Player Affinity blindly judge and analyze the newest trailers hitting the web. This week we will take a peek at The American starring George Clooney, the latest comic book adaptation Jonah Hex, the fake-trailer-turned-feature-film Machete, the new 3-D horror film Piranha and the newest teaser for the Sundance hit Buried starring Ryan Reynolds.

The Complete Guide to Iron Man 2

With the release of Iron Man 2 just a few days away, hype has reached its critical mass. At Player Affinity Movies, we wanted to cut through some of the clutter (clips, images, promos etc.) and give you just ten things to know before you head to theaters for this much-anticipated sequel to the 2006 smash.

Articles of Horror: A Nightmare on Elm Street Parts 7 & 8

Chris finishes up his improbable “Nightmare” binge with Parts 7 and 8, both of which took Freddy in some radical new directions that had both their advantages and obvious disadvantages. Be sure to check out his review of the new film to see how it ranks among the annuls of A Nightmare on Elm Street movie history.