December 18, 2011
Ok So I’m sitting at one of my jobs waiting for my pager to go off ( I baby sit a network for the most part and wait for something to break it’s boring but the pay is good…) and I’m checking out the movie nerd social site I frequent, Movie Fan Central if you’re intrested, and come across this awesome fan film that some one has posted from You Tube! if you have about 10 minutes to spare you must check it out!
December 7, 2011
If there’s anyone left on this site who hasn’t made the pilgramage to Skyrim or hasn’t been able to make up your mind as to weather to buy it for the PC or a console check out this time lapsed video of the world of Skyrim and it will make the decision for you!
On the PC this world looks amzing and I totally regret buying it for my Xbox now that I’ve seen the full graphic potenial that this game has!
This was a fan made video (If you can believe it) done by Tom Harris and it is totaly worth a watch! check it out:
October 25, 2011
This ultimate gamFPS simulator was built by the crew at “The Gadget Show” a tech show from England on Channel 5. Armed with the E3 demo of Battlefield 3 and about $650,000 they have made the closest thing to a holodeck I’ve ever seen! Using ambient lighting, a hacked Kinect controller, a floor that lets you simulate walking without moving, some remote contolled paintball guns, and a 360 degree full room screen these guys have built something insanly cool!
So, if you got that kinda scratch lying around watch the video to learn how to build your own!
Source: Engadget
October 23, 2011
Ok so I’m sure some of you are getting sick by the total media blitz that has hit every type of video/data stream entering your dwelling but you have to admit this game is going to be Epic to say the least. Now that there is less than 48 hours before launch and some last minute trailers have hit the You Tube! One is a fan made trailer for “Battlefield 4″ and totally backed by Dice being that they put it up on their Facebook page and the second is a live action/CG trailer also up on the Battlefield Facebook page daring you to choose whats real and whats memorex!
First is the “Battlefield 4″ made by Freddiew hit the link to check out their You Tube page they have some really well made video’s for your viewing pleasure!
Now here’s the live action/CG video that dares you to pick out the live action from the CG to me it’s a little obvious but still looks total kick-AZZ check out the Battlefield You Tube page for all the latest updates and freebies!
August 20, 2011
Eliot Lilly is a concept artist and illustrator currently working for video game developer id Software. While relatively new to video game art, Lilly has made quite an impression. He has contributed artwork for RAGE and F.E.A.R 3. In regards to his work on F.E.A.R 3, Lilly says, “I am very proud of the work I did on the game and being that it was my cherry popper into this industry, good, bad, or ugly, it will forever be my first game and therefore my first love.”
August 20, 2011
About a year back Warner Brothers announced that it would be releasing it’s movies for rent at blockbuster 28 days before they released them to Redbox, Netflix and others. Today, after discussing this with a couple of Blockbuster employees Warner Brothers and possibly one other studio are going to be pulling their movies from Red Box and going with Blockbuster exclusively. This is big news as this is the first time a studio, to my knowledge, has ever gone exlusively with a single delivery method for it’s movie titles outside of the Betamax vs. VHS and HDDVD vs BLU-RAY.
Exclusivity from any given movie production company could fragment the rental market and shift the balance of power over to what was considered to be a dying company. Blockbuster, who was recently purchased by dish network has gone through a series of reorganizations to make the company more profitable. They have closed numerous locations nationwide but the locations that have remained open have exhibited suprising changes. The most suprising change to me is the DVD prices. They are actually competitive against other stores and I’ve found that I can now purchase new DVD’s from there for cheaper then I could get them at Wal-Mart. I found Avatar, Blu-Ray extended edition for $14.99 new which is normally $40.00. Their rental prices have also dropped to .99$ a day much like it’s competitiors.
This suprising move may not save Blockbuster but it will keep it around another few years or until the exclusivity contract runs out.
August 3, 2011
Our friends a Zeboyd games are Indie Developers, and as such they have a limited budget, it is very important for them to choose the platform that best suits their needs and that will turn them the quickest returns. With the overwhelming success of consoles in today gaming market one would assume that developing on a console would be the correct route to go. But is this really the case? Does going to console exclusive or console first then PC really bring you more money? Zeboyd had a very interesting statement on their site.:
“We are pleased to announce that Zeboyd Games has already made more revenue in less than a week on Steam than we have in over a year and a half on the XBox Live Indie Games service.”
Zeboyd made more money, in one week, then they did in an entire year on Xbox Live Arcade. That’s quite a statement considering how long their games have been on the market. Does this mean that all developers should go to the PC exclusively? Probably not. It does, however, poke some holes in the common assumption, one I’ve made myself from time to time, that consoles are a fast dash to pay day. It probably also helps that Steam presents all of it’s new releases on it’s front page. That’s great exposure as anyone who goes to Steams page will see the game right away.
I think this also has alot to do with the market they are targeting. I think it could be realistically argued that the RPG genre is mostly a PC audience. Many of the ‘big hitter’ rpg titles started on the PC and were exclusively PC up until recently.
With many of the former big PC players leaving the PC market we are seeing more and more Indie PC titles popping up on steam. Could this mean that PC is a better platform for them? Perhaps. Sales figures and time will tell the true story. In the case of Zeboyd games the conclusion seems rather obvious. I
July 28, 2011
Written by: CABXYZ…
Yes you heard that right, just less than a year after the portables release it is getting a price drop and a massive one at that. Early this morning Nintendo released a press release stating that the 3DS just 5 months after the system’s release will be taken from its $249.99 price tag to $169.99 on August 12th. Yes, you are not seeing things the 3DS will be $169.99 early next month. Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime had this to say about the price drop,
“For anyone who was in the fence about buying a Nintendo 3DS, this is a huge motivation to buy now,”
“We are giving shoppers every incentive to pick up a Nintendo 3DS from an amazing new price to a rapid-fire succession of great games.”
If you were an early adopter then don’t worry Nintendo is not giving you the cold shoulder. If you have a 3DS and connect to the e-Shop before 11:59pm EST in August 11th, you will be registered for the Nintendo 3DS ambassador program. The program will contain two parts:
On top of all of that news Nintendo gave release windows for some of the 3DS’s biggest games this year. Star Fox 64 3D edition will be out on September 9th, Super Mario 3D will be in November, Mario Kart will be out in December and Kid Icarus: uprising will be out before the end of the year. This is a great announcement for a handheld I am finding more and more things I love about it. With Netflix now available, a stead release of quality titles, and with this announcement of a major price cut, the 3DS could be sitting on top when the handheld wars ignite once more when the PlayStation Vita arrives this fall.
July 16, 2011
In case you guys needed more motivation to buy this.
July 16, 2011
It came, it saw, it blew our minds. The Uncharted 3 beta has wrapped up and now we have to wait until November to get to the fun again. Playstation posted some numbers on the beta saying it was the largest beta on the Playstation network to date. Here’s some food for thought:
–Total unique Beta players: 1.53 million people
–Total kills: 1.9 billion
–Total Cash collected: 1.4 TRILLION dollars (that’s greater than the gross domestic product of Spain, the eleventh highest GDP in the world!)
–Total shots fired: 48 billion
–Total matches completed: 22 million
–Total time played: More than 362 years worth of matches
Yea pretty insane it what I thought too.