According to reports, Paramount Pictures are teaming up with Transformers and G.I. Joe manufacturers Hasbro to make a brand specific version of Toy Story called Hasbro Factory, featuring all the toys not good enough to get their own movies. Yes, that’s right: it’s pretty much The Island of Misfit Toys – The Movie.
The strange thing is …
Video game movies tend to suck. That ain’t news. But the visual sizzle on display in he previews for Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time is giving movie-goers and gamers reason to hope. Dreamy-hunk–with-actual-acting-chops Jake Gyllenhaal ratchets up the anticipation meter, too. But, if the film translation of PoP winds actually …
According to Kotaku, two of the men most responsible for Microsoft’s success–J Allard and Robbie Bach– in the console video game business industry are leaving the company. Allard, Chief Experience Officer and Chief Technology Officer, Entertainment and Devices Division, masterminded the launch of Xbox in 2001. While rumors were …
Apparently we all caught Pac-Man Fever last Friday which is just as serious, if not more serious, than Cat Scratch Fever. It’s nowhere near as serious as a fever wherein the only prescription is more cowbell, but it’s still serious.
The time management experts over at RescueTime.com calculated that over 4.8 million hours were spent
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Monday, May 24, 2010
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Last night’s other season finale: Wonder if anyone watched? TBS’ Family Guy aired Something Something Something Dark Side for the first time on TV in lieu of its season finale last night. I don’t know about you, but if it weren’t for LOST, I would have …
Super Mario Galaxy 2
Publisher: Nintendo
Developer: Nintendo
Systems it’s available on: Wii
ESRB rating: E
System reviewed on: Wii
Aside from their Mediterranean background, it seems like Mario and Kratos have something else in common this year. Both have sequels out and both those follow-ups up the ante in terms of scale. …
Did Warner Bros. steal technology designed to make it harder for people to steal movies? According to a new lawsuit, the answer may be yes.
Swiss company Medien Patent Verwaltung is suing Warner Bros., Technicolor and Deluxe Entertainment Services for what they claim is unauthorized use by Warners, Technicolor and Deluxe of an …
Oh Google, how do you make so many wonderful things free? I don’t get it! You’re not using all of my non-identifying personal web surfing habits to sell advertising are you? Oh, you are? That’s okay—free Pac-Man!
That’s right, friends. The playable Google Pac-Man doodle that was put up last Friday will permanently be …
80th level tech-blogger Robert Scoble e-mailed Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Sunday to ask him why he hadn’t spoken publicly about Facebooks’ various privacy gaffes. Zuckerberg e-mailed him back. Hooray!
(More on Techland: Will You Quit Facebook Because of New Privacy Terms?)
Excerpt Zuckerberg didn’t say …
Friday, May 21, 2010
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Meet the new cast of Scream 4: Though Neve Campbell, David Arquette and Courteney Cox are all set to reprise their roles during Wes Craven’s upcoming Scream 4, there is, of course, a fresh crop ready to die. Ashley Greene (Twilight) will play Sidney …
Red Dead Redemption
Publisher: Rockstar Games
Developer: Rockstar San Diego
Available on: Playstation 3, Xbox 360
ESRB rating: M for Mature
System reviewed on: Xbox 360
Rockstar’s taking a big gamble with Red Dead Redemption. They’re taking fans who’ve grown to love the publisher on the strength of their brilliant Grand …
Director Robert Rodriguez has announced that he’s making a live-action version of Fire And Ice, the 1983 collaboration between Ralph Bakshi and Frank Frazetta, finally fulfilling a dream he’s had for over a decade.
Rodriguez confirmed the news during an interview with Ain’t It Cool’s Harry Knowles:
The awesome Ralph Bakshi and I have
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