Category: News

Eight Minutes Of Infamous: Second Son Gameplay

Don’t worry PS4 owners. While Xbox One is enjoying the release of Titanfall this week you are only a week away from Infamous: Second Son. While it is nothing like Titanfall, it is good to have an exclusive title to enjoy.

Check out this video just released that shows eight minutes of gameplay from the third game in the series. If you have played the first two games it will look very familiar and very pretty as new hero Delsin makes his way around Seattle.

Infamous: Second Son releases on March 21st.

March 13, 2014
This One Time, On The Internet- March 12, 2014

Here are the quick hits from the world of movies, TV, video games, air fresheners, bowling shoes, whatever catches our fancy.

Movies

Fletch

Jason Sudeikis is in talks to take over the role of Irwin M. Fletcher in Warner’s reboot of the Fletch franchise. Chevy Chase played the role twice (perfectly) in Fletch and Fletch Lives. Go back and watch them and realize that Sudeikis will own this role.

Fantastic Four

It seems the hunt for Doctor Doom has been narrowed to four actors. They are Toby Kebbell, Sam Riley, Eddie Redmayne and Domhnall Gleeson. Never heard of them? Good. I think more unknowns should get some of these comic roles going around.

The LEGO Movie

Chris McKay has been picked to direct The LEGO Movie 2. Phil Lord and Chris Miller, the directors of the first movie, will return as producers. McKay has directed Adult Swim shows Moral Oral and Robot Chicken. Let’s get Seth Green involved and everything will be awesome.

Transformers: Age of Extinction

A new IMAX poster has just been released for the robots in disguise. You could take off the Tranformers graphic and put Titanfall on it and it would work.

TV

iZombie

Rose McIver has been cast as Liv, the lead character in The CW’s show based on the DC/Vertigo comic. Gwen is the character’s name in the comic so who knows about the name change. I read Volume 1 of the comic a couple of years ago and found it entertaining. It does lend itself well to a TV show.

The Big Bang Theory

Sheldon, Penny, Leonard and the rest of the gang will be around for at least a decade. CBS has renewed The Big Bang Theory for three more seasons taking it through season ten. I will never complain about more Bernadette.

Video Games

Mario

Mario will be invading Happy Meals at McDonald’s in March and April. For those adults (me) that will be buying them, just remember they have double hamburger meals with them for us fatties. I got fat off of regular Happy Meals, I shudder to think how much larger I would be if I could have gotten double hamburgers in them when I was a kid.

March 12, 2014
Review Roundup: Titanfall

Well it is finally here; the game many bought an Xbox One for. Titanfall is launching and the reviews are starting to come in. Is it the killer app that Xbox One owners have been waiting on?

Note: Our review will be up after we have spent plenty of time on public servers playing the full game.

IGN– 8.9/10

“Titanfall’s great strengths is the simplicity and natural feel of movement. Whether you’re jetpack-jumping and wall-running as a pilot, or dashing around with your titan’s lateral jets, you just aim at where you want to go and press A. You’ll never wrestle with a video game-y quick-time event or button-mashing sequence in order to execute a badass move. It always happens in the most straightforward way it can.”

Polygon– 9/10

“Each of Titanfall’s 15 maps presented a new opportunity to experiment with my environment, to see where I could get to on foot. I found “lines” to take, alternating my wall-runs over extended spaces, making jumps I never thought I would make. Respawn even encourages this behavior — you accelerate as you run along the side of a building, and jumping from one surface to another can build an incredible amount of speed.”

Videogamer– 8/10

“Whereas Call of Duty is bloated and wobbling towards death by gluttony, leaning on cheap gimmicks (Michael Myers?), Respawn – and Zampella – know what the real appeal is. 6v6 is a smart move, allowing for (stupid) bots to keep you killing while giving the titans room to manoeuvre. It’s a game of trade-offs, discarding the vogue for Yet More Unlockable Bullshit and instead confronting players with obvious choices: strength or speed, light or fast, yet still asking them to adapt to change when the hardware is called in. Unlike killstreaks, everyone gets a titan, choosing from three available types: how you plan for that eventuality is all-important.”

Gamespot– 9/10

“Between pilots and titans, there are a lot of different elements that come together in Titanfall matches, and they do so with remarkable fluidity. Each map is designed to let both pilot and titan thrive; some areas are only accessible to pilots, others are the domain of titans, but large swathes accommodate both in the struggle for dominance.”

March 11, 2014
This One Time, On The Internet- March 10, 2014

Here are some quick hits in the world of movies, TV, games, Halloween costumes, French-Canadian affairs, whatever catches our fancy.

Movies

The Amazing Spider-Man 2

If you love Paul Giamatti, don’t expect too much of him in the next Spider-Man releasing next month. Director Marc Webb has said that Rhino will only appear in the sequel for four minutes. His character is in the planned third movie also so just watch Sideways a lot until it comes out in 2016.

TV

Cosmos

Want to see why we need more programs like Cosmos on the air? Take a look at this.

Game of Thrones

Here is a new trailer for the new season of Game of Thrones which returns April 6th. Plan your parties accordingly.

http://youtu.be/xIASaUUwklk

Constantine

Will Constantine be a smoker on his new show? Writer and producer, David S. Goyer, gives an “answer”:

“That’s a tricky one on network TV. We’re negotiating right now. He will have his signature trench coat and skinny tie. I would say that the show clings more closely to the source material than the film did. Even though the film was interesting.”

Tricky my ass. That is one of the character’s main crutches. That would be like the CW pitching Arrow and saying he only shoots Nerf arrows at enemies because real ones hurt.

The Talking Dead

CM Punk will be making his first public appearance since leaving WWE in January on this Sunday’s The Talking Dead. He was announced using his real name, Phil Brooks, on last night’s episode.

Games

Gone Home

The popular PC game will be making its way to consoles in 2014. This excites me almost as much as Titanfall tomorrow. That is saying something.

Titanfall

The game will run at 792p resolution when it launches tomorrow. If this concerns you, go crawl in a hole and stay there. Absolutely zero fucks should be given if the game is fun.

March 10, 2014
This One Time, On The Internet- March 7, 2013

Here are the quick hits from the world of movies, TV, games, drink machines, Cobra Kai, whatever catches our fancy.

Movies

The Jungle Book

Idris Elba has been cast as the voice of Shere Khan in Disney’s CGI/live-action version of The Jungle Book. In related news, I will now being seeing the shit out of The Jungle Book. It releases on October 9, 2015.

Matthew McConaughey

A video showing how to make healthy lunches on a budget for the Oscar winners’ just keep livin’ Foundation. Guy Fieri has to be holding back the need to yell “WHAMMY BOOM BAMMY” or see if he can deep fry celery.

TV

Archer

FX has renewed Archer for two more seasons. 26 more episodes of sex, cocaine, Danger Zone, other Barry, LLLAAANNNNAA and Pam. Sploosh.

The Walking Dead

Here is a homemade Michonne figure made out of a Barbie doll. This should be a real thing. I will let you check my man card at the door as I go and buy one.

Games

Infamous: Second Son

Watch the new live-action trailer for the PS4 exclusive here. It releases on March 21st.

http://youtu.be/jHzh96ehv4A

Tomb Raider

The game turns one year old this week and it should pass 6 million units sold by the end of the month. Tell Square and their insane sales expectations to go fuck themselves.

Xbox One

Twitch streaming will be coming to the Xbox One next week. Major Nelson shows you how use it.

March 7, 2014
The Last Of Us Movie Is Really Happening

Sony has announced that they have reached a deal with Screen Gems and Sam Raimi’s Ghost House Pictures to bring Naughty Dog’s The Last of Us to the big screen.

Raimi will be one of the producers and the script will be written by the game’s creative director Neil Druckmann.

This gives me mixed feelings. The Last of Us was my Game of the Year last year because it was such an emotional journey watching Joel and Ellie’s relationship develop. It was perfect as it was and I don’t know if a movie can match the impact of the game. Of course, I am not saying it can not be made into a worthy film with good casting, direction and Druckmann writing the script.

What do you think about The Last of Us being brought to theaters?

March 6, 2014
This One Time, On The Internet- March 6, 2014

Here are the quick hits today in the world of movies, TV, games, cd rates, ammunition sales, whatever catches our fancy.

Movies

Annie

Here is the trailer for Annie starring Jamie Foxx, Cameron Diaz and Rose Byrne. Be warned: once you watch it, you can’t unwatch it. Personally I am waiting on the remake of Pootie Tang with Robert Downey, Jr., Jonah Hill and Zachary Quinto.

Captain America: The Winter Solider

Watch a four-minute preview of the new Marvel movie over on Fandango.

TV

Game of Thrones

There is a rap album based on Game of Thrones. Not just that, but it is funded by HBO. I can’t make this shit up. It features tracks by Big Boi, Common and others. The title? Catch The Throne.

You can listen to Big Boi’s track “Mother of Dragons” here.

Games

LEGO The Hobbit

The newest trailer for LEGO The Hobbit is in the style of Ocean’s 11 and you will be a better person for watching it.

Mario Kart 8

Nintendo will be releasing a limited edition of the Wii U game with a blue Koopa shell statue. It will look perfect next to my other shelves of limited edition game items I get for some reason.

March 6, 2014
Want Batman: Arkham Knight Screenshots? We Got Screenshots

Man can not live by trailer alone. He needs pretty, shiny pictures to stare at as his boss thinks he is deep into work at his computer.

Here are 18 screenshots from Batman: Arkham Knight in all their next-gen goodness showing off shots of Batman, Penguin, Two-Face, the redesigned Batmobile, new villain Arkham Knight and more.

Rocksteady is saying the game is five times larger than Arkham City. That is way too much Bat-fun.

Batman: Arkham Knight releases on October 14th.

March 6, 2014
Watch Dogs Release Date Announced With New Trailer

Ubisoft’s Watch Dogs will release on May 27th worldwide after a six-month delay.

The game was delayed only weeks before its November 2013 release date to give the team more time to polish the game and, one would assume, work out any last minute technical issues.

This is sooner than I was expecting for Watch Dogs to hit shelves. When it was delayed so soon to release last year, I thought there may be some serious issues with the game. I wasn’t expecting a release until at least July. Looks like Mario Kart has some competition in May.

A new trailer has been released with the release news. Check it out.

For some reason it gives me a futuristic Sleeping Dogs more than Assassin’s Creed.

March 6, 2014
Uncharted Writer, Creative Director Leaves Naughty Dog. Possibly Forced Out?

Amy Hennig, the creative director and writer for the Uncharted trilogy, has left Naughty Dog after a decade.

Sony has issued a statement on Hennig’s departure:

“We can confirm that Amy Hennig has left Naughty Dog. Amy has made significant contributions to the game industry and we appreciate all she has done for Naughty Dog. The development timeline of Uncharted will not be impacted.”

The shocking part of this news is that those close to Naughty Dog have said that she was forced out by Neil Druckmann and Bruce Straley, the creative minds behind Naughty Dog’s The Last of Us.

It does seem odd that she would leave the company in the middle of development of Uncharted on PS4 so there may be some validity to the ousting.

Naughty Dog is the best developer in gaming right now and the last thing they need is internal problems like this. I loved The Last of Us (it was my GOTY) but Uncharted is their cash cow and she provided Nate, Sully, Elena and company their direction.

Whoever lands her is going to get a proven gaming great.

March 5, 2014