Spider-Man’s a video game veteran. The wall-crawler’s been in interactive entertainment almost since the start of the home console phenomenon, with the most recent high point being the Spider-Man 2 movie tie-in game. That game adopted an open-world format and gave players a vibrant, virtual New York to swing through. Various Spidey games …
And the Winner of the Xbox 360 Slim, Halo: Reach Bundle Is…
Thanks to everyone who entered our contest to win an Xbox 360 Slim and a copy of Halo: Reach. It was a tough decision as there were a lot of very compelling cases but in the end we decided to go with Moonknight4 and Valve.
I think a lot of the already stated developers are really good ideas: BioWare for their masterful story telling,
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Rumor PaTroll: Bullock NOT in Gravity, Studio Has No Comment on Next Resident Evil
Monday, September 13, 2010 –
The gossip you heard analyzed, confirmed or dispelled
Sandra Bullock Will Not Be Going Into Space
Despite reports to the contrary, Techland has confirmed that Sandra Bullock is not second in the list to do Alfonso Cuarón’s Gravity. In fact, she’s not even considering the role at all.
“it’s not true,” …
Apple iPod nano (2010) Review: Better Than Expected
“There’s no way a 1.5-inch touch-screen is going to work.”
Famous last words.
Apple’s iPod nano has always been in an awkward position as the middle child in the iPod family. It’s never had the capacity, flair or diminutive size of its brethren but the sixth generation nano is something different. Think of it like the …
Super Mario Bros. Turns 25 Today
He may have gotten his start as Jumpman in Donkey Kong, but it was really the release of Super Mario Bros that made Nintendo’s mascot the icon that he is today. The Mario Bros. game were out in 1983, but it wasn’t until Super Mario Bros. came out that Princess Peach’s boyfriend got, well, super. The 8-bit classic came out 25 years ago …
Rugged ‘Motorola Defy’ Android Phone Given Away by Oprah?
When you think about rugged cell phones, who’s the first celebrity that comes to mind? Yes, Oprah. Absolutely.
Motorola knows this and, as such, has apparently partnered with the queen of daytime television to promote the new Android-based Motorola Defy. I can’t bring myself to watch today’s show (human interest stories make me cry …
Will There Be Klingons? Director J.J. Abrams and Writers Talk Star Trek 2
J.J. Abrams’ re-imagined Star Trek movie found fans in Trekkies and plebians alike. When it comes to Star Trek 2, everyone’s waiting to see what the director and his team will come up with next.
Abrams and writers Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman spoke to SFX Magazine about what’s going on with the next installment. Abrams said, he …
Boxee Set Top Box Features 1080p Video, QWERTY Remote
Internet-to-TV video service, Boxee, has been available as a free software download for a while now, but the company has been working with hardware partner D-Link on a dedicated hardware box for the better part of a year.
The Boxee platform in and of itself grabs stream-able video from all over the web—YouTube, Hulu, Netflix, CNN,
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James Cameron To Return To Television With True Lies Series
2010’s fall season has only just started, but people are already talking about what shows will be debuting this time next year – and, considering one of those features Avatar‘s James Cameron producing a television version of his 1994 spy comedy True Lies, maybe it’s with good reason.
Deadline Hollywood has the news that Cameron will …
New Xbox 360 Dashboard Leaks Onto YouTube
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A very real-looking video of the Xbox 360’s dashboard interface has apparently leaked to YouTube. This overhaul’s most likely in adance of the Kinect launch, as you can see a dedicated pane for games that will you Microsoft’s motion-control camera. Other changes …
WTF: Stretch Armstrong Movie “As Much Dark Knight As It Is Bourne”
For some, the idea of a movie based on the old Stretch Armstrong toy, starring Taylor Lautner in the pliable title role, may sound like the recipe for some frothy, throwaway summer fare. For Stretch screenwriter Nick Stoller, however, it’s something very different:
Stretch lives in a very grounded, real world. Our inspiration is as much
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Del Toro: The Future Of Storytelling Is Transmedia
He may have multiple movies in various states of pre-production, but Pan’s Labyrinth‘s Guillermo del Toro isn’t just thinking in terms of cinema. Talking to Collider at the Toronto International Film Festival this weekend, he revealed that he’s also developing television shows and working with Dreamworks Animation on as-yet-unannounced …