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  • Controller Inspired Cufflinks. For The Nerd With Important Places To Go.

    All photos courtesy etsy.com/BazingaJewelry
    All photos courtesy etsy.com/BazingaJewelry

    Do you have an important function to go to? A nice dinner or maybe a wedding of a person that you don’t really consider a friend, but know well enough to put on a suit? Are you actually a very lonely gamer and sometimes you dress up while you play Dead or Alive and pretend that you are on a date with one of the chicks in the game?

    Well Bazinga Jewelry is looking to cater to you. They are offering these video game controller inspired cufflinks for the man about town…and games. Each set will run you back $19.99 and they have choices that include the NES, SNES, Genesis, Xbox 360 and Playstation.

    At the very least you could buy a set for that one magical day when you have to wear a nice suit and people will notice your mad cufflinks. So go buy them and call your grannie to see how she is feeling.

    And now we play the waiting game.

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  • Killzone: Mercenary Hates Male Genitalia

    One of the reasons to love your Vita right now, besides the fact that Sony is giving you a long list of free or cheap games on PS Plus, is Killzone: Mercenary. The guys at Guerrilla are really trying to make sure that this is the best looking Vita game and that it will be the first quality shooter on the console.

    This new developer video shows how the team is using the power of the handheld to bring a true console experience. The game looks decidedly Killzone which is to say dark and dystopian, but it also is stunning considering it is on a handheld.

    The reason for the title?

    Watching the video you see how simple touch screen swipes will handle the melee kills in the game and one of these being you straight up stabbing guys….in the dick. Yeah, I may hate my enemy, but come on, do you really need to stab them in the dick?

    Oh, we do?

    OK, well let’s get to some dick stabbing!

    [amazon_link id=”B0050SWYTC” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]Killzone: Mercenary[/amazon_link] releases on September 17th.

     

  • Bad Lip Reading Of The Amazing Spider-Man


    The modern geniuses at Bad Lip Reading are back and this time they are taking on last year’s reboot of The Amazing Spider-Man. Well, more specifically, all the intimate scenes between Andrew Garfield’s Peter and Emma Stone’s Gwen Stacy.

    I’d like to slap you boo.

    Why?

    I hate your food.

    Can we give these guys a medal for winning the internet?

     

     

  • Tomb Raider Has 1 Million Playing Already

    Photo courtesy stuff.co.nz
    Photo courtesy stuff.co.nz

    It appears that [amazon_link id=”B004FS8LYK” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]Tomb Raider[/amazon_link] is officially a hit.

    Crystal Dynamics has announced that one million people were playing Lara Croft’s newest adventure only two days after launch. I am sure this gives a sigh of relief to the development team that worked so hard on this game for over three years.

    I am going through Tomb Raider now and can say, without a doubt, that it was well worth the wait. Our review will be coming soon.

     

  • Sofia Vergara On The Machete Kills Poster. Greatest Thing Ever Or Greatest Thing Ever?

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    Photo courtesy of comingsoon.net

    Do I have to tell you why I love Robert Rodriguez? Mainly because he likes to take the weirdest, drug induced dreams of people like me and make them a beautiful, deadly reality. Case in point of this is the poster above for Machete Kills, the sequel to 2010’s Machete which starred Mexican Chuck Norris and all-around great human being, Danny Trejo.

    The next sentence is something I never thought I would ever type because it has remained only a figment of my imagination.

    The poster features Sofia Vergara with a bra that has gatling guns attached to the front. Here is how I imagined this pitch going down:

    Robert Rodriguez: I have an idea for Machete Kills.

    Executive: Alright Robert, shoot.

    RR: Remember how in Planet Terror I had Rose McGowan get her leg taken off an we put a gun on it?

    Executive: I do!! That was one of the best thing about Grindhouse!!

    RR: I’m glad you think so. You know Sofia Vergara right?

    Executive: The hot Latina from Modern Family that I wish was my wife instead of the fresh death that I come home to everyday?

    RR: Bingo! Well I am going to have her wear a bra with guns on the front so it looks like she is shooting bullets out of her nipples.

    Executive:…………………..

    RR: You OK? What do you think?

    Executive: Sorry, I was too busy touching myself.

     

  • The Hangover Part III Trailer

    Photo courtesy collider.com
    Photo courtesy collider.com

    Oh Hangover, you had me at Ave Maria.

    The first trailer for The Hangover Part III has The Wolfpack heading to Las Vegas again after the death of Alan’s father and Stu promises to burn it to the ground. There is definitely more gunplay than you’d expect and it seems like the third act may be going to a darker place to find its laughs. You can already tell by watching this trailer that they are going balls out and trying to show fans that this is not going to be a repeat of the first two.

    After watching the trailer I think we should rename it Giraffe’s and Loathing in Las Vegas.

    The Hangover Part III releases on Memorial Day.

    http://youtu.be/qyMWczuA2LM

  • Why Is Baird The Lead In Gears Of War: Judgment?

    Photo courtesy softpedia.com
    Photo courtesy softpedia.com

    Let’s face it, chicks dig the Baird. That is the reason there is a freaking shirt dedicated to that saying floating around. For folks such as myself, I am wholly prepared for a full game filled with Baird’s unique….OK he is a smart ass, but that is his appeal to me. I can see how he could rub some people the wrong way and some people may not want to play [amazon_link id=”B002I0H2AG” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]Gears of War: Judgment[/amazon_link] because of that.

    Jim Brown, lead level designer at People Can Fly has explained in a recent interview exactly why we are getting a whole bunch of Baird.

    “He was an interesting character. He’s actually kind of divisive. Most players really, really like him, but there were a couple that were like, ‘Man that’s guy’s just an asshole’. But to me that means he’s interesting. That means that there’s a real story there to tell.”

    Gears fans should not have a problem at all with the choice. I mean we are getting more Gears. Suck it complainers.

    Gears of War: Judgment releases on March 19th.

  • Rapturepalooza Trailer

    Photo courtesy boxofficebuz.com
    Photo courtesy boxofficebuz.com

    Quick family story:

    Living in the south, most people find it hard to…how do I say this….have different opinions and beliefs. So when my mother heard about Monty Python and the Holy Grail coming to her little southern theater in 1975, she had to hurry and see it before the (her words) “baptists got it shut down”. And as much as I would like to think strides have been made down here, there are many days and conversations that I hear that makes me think George Wallace is still alive.

    Well get ready, cause here comes Rapturepalooza.

    A comedy about the Rapture starring Anna Kendrick, John Francis Daley, Rob Corddry and Craig Robinson as the Antichrist. It seems the Antichrist is a fun loving guy that likes the finer things in life like nice suits and nuking Orlando and he has the hots for Anna Kendrick. Check out the red band trailer below and take a look at how the world ends. Not with a scream, but with shooting Jesus out of the sky with a laser gun.

    To the rest of you who live in other regions….take me with you.

  • Far Cry 3 Gets A Very Helpful Patch

    Photo courtesy gameinformer.com
    Photo courtesy gameinformer.com

    I know what you are wondering.

    I am done with Far Cry 3 and sure I have a metric sh** ton of relics to find and perhaps some rare animals to track down, but I am a tatted up frat douche that also happens to be a killing machine. For me to be this machine of killing…..I need to kill….like humans.

    Well relief is on the way you sadistic bastards because a new patch for Far Cry 3 is out that not only gives you a new harder difficulty (Master), it also allows you to go into the options and reset all the outposts in the game letting you have more murderous fun. Because let’s face it, driving around finding relics and acting like you “accidentally” hit that dude walking on the side of the road only gets you so far.

    [amazon_link id=”B0050SXX88″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]Far Cry 3[/amazon_link] received a 9.5 review from yours truly.

  • Deadpool Introduces His Game’s New Trailer

    Photo courtesy forbes.com
    Photo courtesy forbes.com

    Everyone’s favorite Marvel multi-personality anti-hero is back and he is showing off some more footage from his new game brilliantly titled Deadpool. The game is being developed by High Moon Studios and already seems to have the merc’s signature mouth down to a science. Now let’s just hope the controls and gunplay can live up to fan’s expectations.

    There are many things to like about this trailer and one thing to love and you will realize it when I type the next sentence.

    Deadpool motorboats Cable’s massively Rob Liefeld-like man boobs.

    Go and watch to your heart’s content.

    Deadpool releases this summer for Playstation 3 and Xbox 360.