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Tag: 2013

  • Masters Of The Universe Pop Figures Are Full Of Eternian Cuteness

    Funko knows how to keep pumping out the Pop Vinyl figures. Just when you think they have found every corner of pop culture to find they come along and surprise you again.

    The company has just announced that in 2013 we will be able to get our hands on these adorable Masters of the Universe inspired figures. The set will include He-Man, Skeletor, She-Ra, Hordak and Spikor. Pop figures usually run around $10 and can be found at many brick and mortar stores or on Funko.com.

    Finally can I just ask who decided to put Spikor in this set? Really? Spikor? Not Beast-Man, Mer-Man or Tri-Clops? Come on Funko.




  • Star Trek Sequel Gets A Title

    In celebration of Star Trek’s 46th anniversary, JJ Abrams followup to his 2009 reboot of the franchise has officially been given a title. The movie will be titled Star Trek Into Darkness and no I did not forget to place a colon in the middle. While initially it seems a little weird for a movie title I see it as how they used to name episodes for the original series (Where No Man Has Gone Before, Tomorrow Is Yesterday, etc.) so it’s got a good vibe with me right off the bat.

    Star Trek Into Darkness opens May 17, 2013.

  • Dead Island: Riptide Confirms Our Worst Fears. Zombies Can Swim.

     

    Deep Silver has released the first images from their follow up to 2011’s Dead Island.

    Called Dead Island: Riptide the game sees the four survivors from the first game caught in a monsoon that wrecks their rescue vessel and strands them back on the island they thought was in their rearviews. Now if that sounds like a bit of a cop out for a sequel the developers are the first to tell you that this is not a sequel to Dead Island. It is a full game but it is more of a massive full game add on to Dead Island.

    That’s not to say that you will just be able to run around the island you knew. The monsoon has completely change the layout and environment of the land. This gives you a chance to play in the new weather system in the game’s engine. Weather will adversely affect what you are doing with flood areas and boat missions complete with swimming zombies. If zombies really can swim there is nothing we can do!!

    Also there will be a bit of tower defense action going on with defense missions where players will have to build fencing areas, place turrets and set traps for oncoming zombie hordes. Check out the new images below.

    Dead Island: Riptide will release sometime in 2013 and has already been announced to have a $50 price tag.

  • Star Wars Episodes 2 & 3 3D Release Dates.

     

    There was a bit of a surprise at the end of of Star Wars Celebration VI this weekend when the release dates for both Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith 3D  were announced and the wait between the two films will be much less than the year apart Lucas and company had initially announced.

    Star Wars Episode 2 3D will release on September 20th, 2013 which is a little over a year and a half after Episode 1 was released this past February but they are making up for the extra wait by releasing Episode 3 on October 11, 2013, a mere three weeks later.

    Now I didn’t go see Episode 1 in theaters and for good reasons which any self respecting person should know but in my opinion the prequels did get progressively better so I will most likely be attending Attack of the Clones and definitely seeing Revenge of the Sith.

    Side note: Has anyone thought how differently the Star Wars movies would be thought of if there was no prequel trilogy, just Episode 3 which I consider a good movie.