You don’t need a review to tell you that Dragonball Evolution is a bad movie. You know it at an instinctive level, like you know that fire is hot or that spiders are terrifying.
I went to go see it because I wanted to answer a crucial question: Is it so bad it’s good, or is it just so bad it’s bad?
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I’ve been trying out a game I saw mentioned in yesterday’s article about achievements. It’s called Nethernet: The Passively Online Multiplayer Game.
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Hot on the heels of the news that Xbox 360 players have unlocked 2.5 billion achievements, Gamasutra has an interesting article up on these meta-rewards that have taken the gaming world by storm over the last few years.
They cover a broad range of topics, like how to design for a good mix of achievement difficulty and the differences in achievements between hardcore and casual games. Read more…
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The big video game news yesterday actually came from the Hollywood circuit. Apparently there’s a Shadow of the Colossus movie underway. The gaming blogs are all a-twitter because the writer attached to the project is Justin Marks, who wrote “Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun Li.”
The nicest thing you can say about any given video game movie produced so far is that it’s “watchable.” The second-nicest thing you can say about any given video game movie is that it’s “so bad it’s good.” The Legend of Chun-Li was neither of these.
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Maybe you should be.
A couple of weeks ago, Adult Swim started airing Series Three of The Mighty Boosh, one of the strangest television shows to come out of Britain, which is no small order. Like other AS shows, it’s also going up for free on their website.
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Rumors are flying that the 3.1 patch for World of Warcraft is coming tonight. Here’s a roundup of the expected changes.
If you’re not one of the 12-odd million players, you can sit this post out. But come on, Vin Diesel is in. Are you saying you’re better than Vin Diesel?
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These days, the content of a film passes through many hands before it lands in the DVD factory to be shrink-wrapped and shipped off to stores. If you really think about it, it’s amazing that more major films aren’t leaked on the Internet long before their release. Apparently, the upcoming “X-Men Origins: Wolverine” suffered from the perfect blend of fan interest and lack of respect to end up on the internet on April 1st. At first, it seemed like a joke. But those who downloaded it soon discovered that it was for real.
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In these troubling times, it’s nice to know that an interquel movie about street racing can make a bajillion dollars at the box office. With a rating of 22% on Rotten Tomatoes, Fast & Furious has still managed to bring in no less than $72.5 million - more than the second film in the series, Tokyo Drift, made in its entire run.
Is it possible that Fast & Furious has discovered the magical formula that will allow the film industry to survive in these belt-tightening times? If only we could figure out exactly what it is. Established franchise? Vin Diesel? About ten minutes of Michelle Rodriguez? Lines like “I appreciate a fine body, regardless of the make?”
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So New Line wants to reboot A Nightmare on Elm Street. I don’t honestly understand why. There is nothing about that movie that says “missed potential” to me. It pretty much fulfills exactly what it set out to do. But for whatever reason, New Line felt they could make more money off of it, and so the reboot charges on. With - get this - Jackie Earle Haley in the lead role.
Why not Robert Englund? I don’t know. They wanted to take the character in a more serious direction, and maybe Robert wouldn’t be along for the ride if he couldn’t crack a lot of puns. Haley has a huge amount of geek cred after his lauded performance as Rorschach in “Watchmen,” and he definitely has the Freddy look, but I’m still not sure I’m 100% on board for this.
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This is an important reminder that season 3 of The Venture Bros. is now out in stores. Not much can top the total awesomeness of the Season 2 box art, but making the DVD and Blu-Ray boxes look like the packaging of an old Atari game comes pretty close.
So, what kind of bonus features can you expect on the third installment of Venture?
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