How fast can a game go from “I will pick it up sometime” to “gimme gimme gimme”? For this fat nerd it is as easy as making Stan Lee playable in glorious Lego form. He even transforms into The Hulk!
Yes, I do realize how I sound like an annoying child but I don’t really care. It is Stan Lee. As a Lego. And you can play him.
[amazon_link id=”B00B98HF1O” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]Lego Marvel Super Heroes[/amazon_link] releases for the 360, PS3, Wii, Xbox One, Wii U, PS4, PC, 3DS, Vita, DS, Jaguar, Virtual Boy, Neo Geo, Game Gear and Colecovision this fall.
With all the excitement for [amazon_link id=”B00C7103DO” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]Batman: Arkham Origins[/amazon_link] it is easy to forget that there is a handheld version coming out for the 3DS and Vita.
Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate is a 2.5D adventure that will take Batman through Gotham’s maximum security prison during a breakout involving The Joker, Penguin and more. I am getting both games at release and will be interested to see how they connect together story wise as well as if the combat can be transferred over to a handheld.
Look at the new trailer below. [amazon_link id=”B00C7103C0″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate[/amazon_link] releases on October 25th.
NVIDIA and WB Games have announced that when you buy an NVIDIA graphics card before January 31, 2014, you will receive a copy of [amazon_link id=”B00C7103DO” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]Batman: Arkham Origins[/amazon_link] for free.
Purchase one of the GeForce GTX 660, 660Ti, 670, 680, 760, 770 or 780 cards to get a code for a digital download of the game. Check here for all the details.
Rockstar is just teasing us at this point with this new trailer for [amazon_link id=”B0050SXKU4″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]Grand Theft Auto V[/amazon_link]. We are so close to the release date that any new footage we see feels like a cruel joke. This is saying a lot from me because I just could not enjoy GTA IV. It felt to repetitive, the story was boring and it was…well it was GTA. Rockstar looks to be revamping almost everything about the franchise in this game and with the recently announced GTA Online, this game could very well be played for years.
Joss Whedon has found his villain for the sequel to The Avengers and my excitement just went from 10 to Alan Shore. The star of Boston Legal and the new fall show The Blacklist will take on the role of Ultron in the 2015 movie. It is not known if it will be only voice work or if there will be any motion capture involved.
I think this is another home run for The Avengers sequel. I am a huge Spader fan and he is only going to add quality to the movie. Who doesn’t want to see Robert California whip The Avengers ass?
The Avengers: Age of Ultron releases on May 1, 2015.
Well, here we are. Nine years after Shaun of the Dead was released and somehow, inexplicably, went from a cult following to required watching for any comedy or zombie buff, we come to the The World’s End. The third film from the trio of Simon Pegg, Nick Frost and director Edgar Wright and while it may not have as many laugh out loud moments as Shaun or 2007’s Hot Fuzz, it is certainly the most heartfelt and emotional of the three films, which is something I was not expecting, but was completely glad I got it.
Simon Pegg leads the way again as Gary King,a man approaching 40 who has never gotten past the good times of drinking and drugs that were the staples of his youth. He decides that he should get his old school mates back together and attempt The Golden Mile, a pub crawl in their hometown of Newton Haven consisting of twelve pubs that they never finished in their youth.
Ready? Here we go: The First Post, The Old Familiar, The Famous Cock, The Cross Hands, The Good Companions, The Trusty Servant, The Two Headed Dog, The Mermaid, The Beehive, The King’s Head, The Hole in the Wall, The World’s End.
That’s a lot of liquor.
Gary sets off to get his old mates back together and finds their lives exactly what he has always tried to avoid. Peter (Eddie Marsan) has never gotten past being bullied in his youth and is a car saleman at his father’s lot, Oliver (Martin Freeman) is a yuppie real estate agent, Steven (Paddy Considine) is an architect and was and still is a rival for Oliver’s sister (Rosamund Pike) and Andrew (Nick Frost) is a lawyer and Gary’s former best friend before a giant falling out.
Through some manipulation and flat out lying, Gary convinces the four friends to return to Newton Haven and take on the pub crawl that bested them. The night starts out simple enough with Gary reliving the best part of his life while imbibing plenty of pints while the four friends wonder why they even agreed to tag along on the journey. When Gary’s lies begin to fall apart and the group decides to leave is where things go haywire in the form of alien robots (not robots) that have taken over the town for some (what the group thinks) nefarious reasons.
Gary’s plan is to stick to the pub crawl sensing that if they act normally the blue-blooded beings will let them leave, but that is not the case. The five friends make their way from pub to pub getting more and more drunk as they fight groups of killer robots while working through all of their problems with each other. That is where The World’s End feels different from Shaun of the Dead or Hot Fuzz. It is about life not giving you what you thought you should have and trying to revisit the best times of your life only to realize that it can never happen. We grow up, people change, situations alter our plans and life just…happens.
Where The World’s End may disappoint is that it is not as slapstick funny as the previous films in the trilogy. I am not saying that the movie is not funny, far from it, but you will not be leaving the theater with a host of quotable lines that you will instantly connect with the movie. There are plenty of laughs to be had especially when the action gets frantic and everyone is completely off the wagon, it just takes its time and does not skimp on the emotional center and I applaud Pegg, Frost and Wright for doing that.
All in all I have to say that The World’s End would be in third place when it comes to The Cornetto Trilogy with Hot Fuzz being first and Shaun in the middle. That in no way is a slight against the film because it is funny as hell in places and the cast is, once again, top notch with plenty of bit parts from Cornetto regulars and even Pierce Brosnan. The World’s End is a fitting end for the trilogy and will surprise you with the sentimental depth of the relationships.
If Supergirl were to ever make it to the Zack Snyder Superman films one could hope she would look this amazingly badass. The designs were done by DeviantArt user Jeff Chapman so go give his work a lookover and leave some good words for him on the great work.
On September 20th you will be able to buy a Wii U for $299.99. The system’s 32GB model will be getting a $50 price reduction and come in two models: the existing set with NintendoLand and a new one that comes with The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker and a special edition Gamepad.
$50 is not the drastic cut I think the Wii U needs, but it is a start and at least shows that Nintendo knows that something has to be done to save the system. If the drop and a strong fall lineup do not bring up dismal sales, Nintendo is going to have some tough decisions ahead when it comes to the future of the console.
Nintendo has just revealed the 2DS, a non-folding, slate designed handheld that will play all 3DS and DS games, but not feature the 3D function. The system will release on October 12th and cost $129.99. It will come with a 4GB memory card and have all the features of a 3DS including WiFi. A slider at the bottom of the system will put the handheld in sleep mode like closing the 3DS. The screen is the same size as the 3DS, not the XL version.
Nintendo is focusing the 2DS on the young (7 and under) handheld crowd. Many may laugh at this, but Nintendo is the leader of the handheld game market for a reason. This should be a big seller this holiday season especially with the very reasonable $130 price tag.
Now let’s just not get started on the design of the system which is a bit…sandwich looking.
If Supergirl were to ever make it to the Zack Snyder Superman films one could hope she would look this amazingly badass. The designs were done by DeviantArt user 
