Thursday, Feb. 25, 2010
Today in Techland: Evan caught up with the guys over at Rocksteady Games to talk about what went on behind the scenes during work on Batman game Arkham Asylum, while Peter and Steve chatted about all things Tron, The Crazies (Don’t miss: Steve’s Crazies review) and Cop Out during today’s
Over the decades, the only evil Batman hasn’t been able to vanquish was the dismal awfulness of his own video games. That all changed when Batman: Arkham Asylum–developed by British studio Rocksteady Games–hit consoles and PCs last summer. Gamers finally got to control the hyper-intelligent ass-kicker they’ve been reading about …
I don’t know. And having read this, I still don’t know if I know. But a website called Digital Battle lists the top 10 budgets ever. I’m not sure what their sources are, but if everybody’s reposting it, it must be true!
10. Killzone 2: $45 million
9. Final Fantasy XII: $48 million
8. LA Noire: $50 million
7. APB, $50 million
6. …
The year’s shortest month is coming to an end and I have to admit that it was chock full of nerdery.
LOST made its triumphant return for its final season. Be sure to join in on the E-mail Chain every week with Allie and me. Breck Eisner’s remake of George A. Romero’s The Crazies is out tomorrow, but Hollywood seems to have …
Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2010
Today in Techland: Things got a little crazy as Steve chatted with The Crazies director Breck Eisner about torture porn and the perfect “ick factor,” while Peter looked at the comic spin-off series. (Are they worth it? Oh yeah.) Meanwhile, Evan found the return of Aquaman in the silver lining of the upcoming …
A few weeks back, we brought you news that Christopher Nolan has agreed to play godfather to Warner Bros.’ upcoming reboot of the Superman reboot.
We’re still not sure exactly how hands-on his mentor role will be, but we do know this: screenwriter David Goyer (Blade, Batman Begins) has been tapped to write the script.
Goyer’s …
Not entirely shocking news, but at least we now know that Wal-Mart will be shutting down the naughty bits section of the Vudu portfolio. The following letter was sent out to Vudu’s After Dark partners notifying them of the dissolution of their naughty bits agreement.
Dear VUDU After Dark Partner,
As you may have recently
…
This bit of airline news is laughable.
Alaska Airlines announced this morning that they’ve dumped Row 44, which they tested last year, for Aircell’s inflight Wi-Fi service, Gogo. At this point, Row 44 might as well cannon ball into the deadpool.
Aircell is currently rigging one of Alaska’s Boeing 737-800s for testing and as …
Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2010
Today in Techland: Peter stuck up for iPhone smut lovers everywhere, Douglas walked us through the comic book origins of the new Justice League DVD, Evan gave us his review of P.B. Winterbottom in rhyme and Steve gets revved for Hubble 3D.
Welcome to Tuesday techies, where zombies rule, Kirsten Dunst makes ya …
IE6 users take heed for YouTube will drop support for your browser on March 13. That’s not to say you won’t be able to watch videos, but specific features – whatever they might be – will not work with your dinosaur browser. The same goes for those of you running Chrome 4.0, Firefox 3.0, Safari 3.0 and those of you running IE7. …
Last week we learned that Universal Studio’s Harry Potter theme park will be open by May, and today we got a peek at these photos of the construction. Things look to be coming along smoothly, though I’m wondering if camera angles help aid the actual size of the Hogwarts Castle.
In other Wizarding World news, Scream Scape is saying …
Listen well, gamers, so you don’t say you forgot him
To this here review of P.B. Winterbottom.
Started as a student project, this compiling of code
Now it’s become a proud Xbox download.
‘Tis the Odd Gentlemen behind this game so perverse
And you’ve probably guessed that they tell their tale in verse.
The Gentlemen …
