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Marvel Comics On Sale This Week

Posted on December 14, 2010

With Christmas fast approaching, now is a great time to consider getting those on your list some comics. But which ones to get? Fortunately, our friends at Marvel have you covered and have a bunch of brand new titles coming out this week for your reading, and stocking-stuffing, pleasure.

Of the ones coming out this week we’re most interested in reading Loki #2, Chaos War #4, Iron Man Legacy #9, and Uncanny X-Force #3. As with most weeks comics hit store shelves on Wednesday so hurry into your nearest comics book store early for best selection.

Don’t know where your nearest comic shop is? Use this handy guide to find one.

Check out the list of comics you can get below.

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #650
AVENGERS ACADEMY #7
AVENGERS ACADEMY #7 MCGUINNESS VARIANT
AVENGERS ACADEMY #7 TRON VARIANT
AVENGERS VS. PET AVENGERS #3
BLACK PANTHER: THE MAN WITHOUT FEAR #513
BLACK PANTHER: THE MAN WITHOUT FEAR #513 FRANCAVILLA VARIANT
CAPTAIN AMERICA: MAN OUT OF TIME #2
CHAOS WAR #4 (CW)
CHAOS WAR: THOR #2 (CW)
DEADPOOL MAX #3
DEADPOOL PULP #4
IRON MAN LEGACY #9
IRON MAN MAGAZINE #5
IRON MAN: RAPTURE #3
LOKI #2

‘Infinity Blade’ For iOS Grosses $1.6 Million In Four Days

Posted on December 14, 2010

When it first arrived on the scene many people probably scoffed at the iPhone and iPod touch as unsuitable gaming platforms. After all, what can you do, graphics-wise, on the devices to make gaming worthwhile? Well, I’m happy to report that you can, at least in the hands of the folks at Epic Games, do quite a bit.

Since its debut on December 9th, Epic Games’ game Infinity Blade has grossed over $1.6 Million. Based on data from Apple’s Game Center, there were over 271,000 different users who played the game as of Sunday night.

Now here’s the math part, sorry if it hurts your heads. Infinity Blade costs $5.99 for the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch, which means the title grossed well over $1.6 Million in that short time span. Quite a success for the team at Epic.

Infinity Blade is the first Unreal Engine 3-based iOS game and, along with titles like Rage HD (Which also rocks, btw), it is helping to change the perception that the iPhone, iPad and such are not “real” gaming platforms. Lets hope the trend continues.

Conan O’Brien Visits DC’s Animation Studios & Gets Drawn By Bruce Timm

Posted on December 14, 2010

Conan has been on fire since his debut on TBS a little over a month ago. With A-list guests, top quality sketches, and the same level of energy that got us all to fall in love with him back on Late Night, Conan has absolutely taken over the late night airwaves again thanks to his funny pals at TBS.

Many know, but for those who don’t, Conan is shot on the Warner Bros. lot, which is where some of the best films and best DC Entertainment properties we’ve come to adore today.

Conan stopped by the DC animation studio to get down to a few classic (and classically bad) DC heroes and villains. Not only did he dig up some not-so-fashionable skeletons in DC’s closet, he even got animation guru Bruce Timm to draw a hero based on O’Brien himself.

Check out the full video after the jump, and catch Conan on TBS every weeknight at 11pm.

Alternate Ending to ‘Yogi Bear’ Could Make the Movie Watchable . . . Maybe

Posted on December 14, 2010

Let’s face it, there’s no good press coming out of the upcoming Warner Bros. live-action reboot of the classic Hannah Barbara cartoon Yogi Bear. Not even the Social Network-ing skills of Justin Timberlake or the comedic timing of Dan Aykroyd can help this film, as it was pretty much doomed from the get-go.

That was, however, until we saw a brand new alternate ending made by animator Edmund Earle and a few of his friends in their spare time. This is most definitely not made for the same audience that the film was made for, as it takes it’s cues from the ending of The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford.

Earle and his cohorts want people to know that this has absolutely no association with Warner Brothers, the producers, or the talent involved in the Yogi Bear film. But that doesn’t mean it isn’t awesome.

Check out the full video after the jump and remember, no animated bears were harmed in the filming of this ending.

First In Game Footage In New ‘X-Men: Destiny’ Trailer

Posted on December 14, 2010

It’s been about five years since X-Men Legends II: The Rise of Apocalypse, the last true X-Men game, was released. Since that time, the band of merry mutants has only played second fiddle appearing in other Marvel titles. Now, Silicon Knights, with the writing of Mike Carey, will be tackling the X-Men saga.

In the new trailer below, there is the first reveal of gameplay footage as well as some better hints of the mutants who will actually be featured in the game. These look to be Cyclops, Emma Frost, Quicksilver, Pyro, Wolverine, Nightcrawler, Magneto and Surge. The final three look to be the possible characters players can play as.

In the trailer, the first actual gameplay footage is shown very briefly with a young mutant covered in tattoos facing off against a large mutated freak. This could be a reveal that Ink of Young X-Men may be one of the characters playable in the game.

Check back right here for more on X-Men: Destiny as it becomes available.

The 2011 Golden Globe Nominations

Posted on December 14, 2010

The Hollywood Foreign Press Association announced their nominees for the 2011 Golden Globe Awards, which will be held January 16th, and are hosted once again by comedian Ricky Gervais. The King’s Speech leads the pack with a total of seven nominations, followed by The Social Network and The Fighter with six noms each.

Glee led the television nominees with five nods. We’ll have some analysis of the nominations later, but at first glance it is a bit shocking to see True Grit completely shut out of the awards.

Best Motion Picture-Drama

Black Swan
The Fighter
Inception
The King’s Speech
The Social Network

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama

Halle Berry, Frankie & Alice
Nicole Kidman, Rabbit Hole
Jennifer Lawrence, Winter’s Bone
Natalie Portman, Black Swan
Michelle Williams, Blue Valentine

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama

Jesse Eisenberg, The Social Network
Colin Firth, The King’s Speech
James Franco, 127 Hours
Ryan Gosling, Blue Valentine
Mark Wahlberg, The Fighter

First Trailer for ‘Pirates of The Carribbean 4: On Stranger Tides’ Hits The Web

Posted on December 14, 2010

We’re had a pretty heavy few weeks when it comes to big budget movie trailers. There were some good ones like Thor, some bad ones like Transformers: Dark Side Of The Moon, and some really bad ones like Real Steel. Thankfully, there’s now a decent trailer to warm moviegoer’s hearts and give us something to look forward to in the coming year.

Of course, we’re talking about the fourth film in the Pirates of the Carribbean series, titled On Stranger Tides. From the looks of it, some of our favorite characters are all coming back, including Geoffrey Rush’s Barbossa. This time around, we’re getting treated with the awesomely bad ass stylings of Ian McShane as Blackbeard and the lovely Penélope Cruz as Angelica.

This time, Jack Sparrow and his gang of drunken pirates are after the fountain of youth, and travel to the ends of the earth against Blackbeard and his daughter to get to it first. The flick has prime placement for a box office smash, as it’s slated for a May 20th release.

Check out the full trailer after the jump.

Microsoft Updates Office 2011 For Mac

Posted on December 13, 2010

Even though most of us are Mac users here at The Flickcast, that doesn’t mean we don’t have to use some Microsoft products. Case in point: Office 2011 for the Mac. This recently released suite of applications, which includes Word, Excel and for some Outlook, is pretty essential especially if you’re dealing with Windows users where the Office Suite is king.

The new update update for Office 2011 (Which brings the suite to version 14.0.2) offers improved reliability when accessing Office for Mac through third-party applications, fixes problems with Microsoft’s AutoUpdate program and improves stability in Outlook 2011. And really, who doesn’t want improved stability. Amiright?

The update is available now through Microsoft AutoUpdate. We’ve started applying to our Macs here at the office and so far, so good. If you do update, let us know if you have any problems in the comments.

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