Once again, big entertainment announces they’ll be doing something awesome, then panics and overcompensates with their online security causing frustration and annoyance among viewers, limiting their potential moneymaking abilities. This time around, NBC online gets the booby prize. After making big announcements and running advertisements about allowing people to watch the entire Olympics online, NBC [...]
“This is greater sport than I had dared hoped for! You’re fighting back — magnificently! Good! Good! It will make my approaching victory all the sweeter!”
-Dr. Doom, from Fantastic Four #60
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My favorite awesome trend/marketing gimmick that newfangled next-gen systems have brought us: downloadable, free game demos. Last night, LucasArts released their demo for The Force Unleashed on PSN and XBox Live.
The demo offers a brief tutorial on how to control your Force Grip — i.e., the ability to levitate and throw practically anything in [...]
Sports Illustrated’s website is currently hosting a “Tale of the Tape” comparison betwixt the Olympic’s insanely fast runner, Usain Bolt (the commentator’s description was that he was running at video game speeds) and DC’s Flash. It’s actually a pretty fun, well put together little feature.
The only comparison I see missing is the fact that Wally [...]
I happened to stumble across the trailer for Jack Brooks: Monster Slayer last night, and was pleasantly surprised. The poster looks ridiculous, but the trailer makes the movie feel like a modern Evil Dead/USA Up All Night flick, and let’s be honest – the world could use a few more of those. A quick look [...]
Someday I’ll understand why movie companies insist on showing these clips to an audience of thousands at CCI, but refuse to then release a nice, clean copy online instead of basically forcing folks like you and me to watch blurry, crappy phonecam recordings. Until then, here’s the clip from TRON 2 they showed a few [...]
The Games Without Frontiers blog makes a decent case for it…
Weight Watchers is an RPG.
Think about it. As with an RPG, you roll a virtual character, manage your inventory and resources, and try to achieve a goal. Weight Watchers’ points function precisely like hit points; each bite of food does damage until you’ve used up [...]
