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E3 2010: Playstation Move, Nintendo 3DS, ‘Booth Babe’ Pics and More

Posted on June 17, 2010

Another day at E3 brought even more interesting stuff including a visit to the Sony and Nintendo booths to check out the new Playstation Move and the Nintendo 3DS. Both were pretty amazing devices and promise to take gaming as we know it into new and different directions.

We also managed to see a few of the notorious booth babes here at the show but, as one of my colleagues in the press observed, their weren’t as many this year as they would have liked. I won’t make a value judgement on the quantity or the quality of booth babes in attendance this year except to say that they were all lovely and willing to be photographed. What more could you ask for?

We also visited the G4 booth and managed to snag a pic of X-Play’s Morgan Webb hard at work. Those guys sure know how to put on a show. Check out all the pics after the jump.

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Check Out A New Trailer For ‘Middle Men’

Posted on June 17, 2010

The world of internet pornography is certainly a gigantic one. It’s…entertained millions, if not trillions of consumers across the globe for nearly two decades, and even helped usher in a new world of digital consumerism. Where did it all get started? Well, the newest film Middle Men gives you the answers.

From writer/director George Gallo (Bad Boys, The Whole Ten Yards) comes this near biopic about the men who brought adult entertainment to the world wide web. The film stars Luke Wilson, Giovanni Ribisi, and Gabriel Macht (The Spirit), with some pretty great cameos along the way including Kelsey Grammer, James Caan, Martin Kove, and Kevin Pollack.

Check out the newest trailer for the film, which has the brilliantly simple tagline “getting in is easy, getting out is hard”, after the jump, and be sure to keep an eye out for Middle Men when it hits theaters on August 6th.

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E3 2010: New ‘Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II’ Cinematic Revealed

Posted on June 17, 2010

Star Wars: The Force Unleashed came to a pretty definitive conclusion (depending on the path you chose at the end of the game). No one knew exactly how the game would be able to have a sequel, especially since Starkiller never appears or is mentioned in the events of Star Wars which followed this game. Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II may have been the one instance where the cloning on Kamino actually paid off as it has given another opportunity to play as this rouge Sith.

After being condemned by his former mentor, Starkiller escapes a detention block by ripping his way through Stormtroopers and droids alike. The series has taken a notably more brutal turn as Stormtroopers don’t just fall down after being hit by a lightsaber. They are actually ripped to pieces. It will be interesting to see if this carries over to gameplay or if it will just be used in the game’s cinematics. As seen in the original Star Wars: The Force Unleashed, droids and objects in the environment were often split to pieces. There is certainly a chance they could do the same with people in this game. The force powers also look to have been given a violent upgrade as one looks like it literally vaporizes enemies.

Stick close to the Flickcast for more trailers and news from E3 and check out the new “Betrayal” trailer after the jump.

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E3 2010: ‘Kirby’s Epic Yarn’ Coming to the Wii

Posted on June 17, 2010

Nintendo certainly surprised us with the announcement of several sequels to their most popular franchises this year at E3. One of the most exciting (and adorable) games they introduced to us at their press conference on Tuesday was Kirby’s Epic Yarn, the first Kirby game in 7 years that is on its way to the Wii.

I could not contain my excitement as Nintendo announced this new game, which features a cloth textured art-style, as well as a yarn-like Kirby turning into objects like a car, a balloon, and a UFO. The coolest thing about the cloth look to the game is the way that Kirby seems to interact with the environment. At one point during the game trailer, Kirby started ripping into the stitching of a building using a whip, folding it over and revealing an entirely new area inside.

Not only is Kirby’s Epic Yarn a highly anticipated sequel to one of Nintendo’s most beloved franchises, but it also looks like a beautifully designed game with some unique gameplay in store for its players. Kirby’s Epic Yarn will be available sometime this fall for the Nintendo Wii. You can watch a gameplay trailer for the game after the jump.

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The Flickcast – Episode 60: E3 2010 Special

Posted on June 17, 2010

Apologies to all but the rigors of E3 and some technical glitches means the podcast is coming out today instead of yesterday. Still, better late then never, right? Anyway, on with the show.

This week on The Flickcast Chris and Matt are joined by games editor John Carle to talk all-things Electronic Entertainment Expo. With E3 in full swing the boys have lots to discuss including all the news and announcements from Microsoft, Nintendo and Sony as well as  thoughts and observations about upcoming games, the Kinect, Sony’s Move and the Activision preview event/concert complete with indoor fireworks.

Your hosts also made some great picks this week and in keeping with the E3 theme, all of them picked a game or technology they were most interested in or excited about from the show. John picked Marvel vs. Capcom 3 while Matt decided to choose Portal 2 and Chris took the somewhat obvious choice of Call of Duty: Black Ops.

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Western Wednesdays: ‘MacKenna’s Gold’

Posted on June 16, 2010

In The Pardoner’s Tale, three drunk scallywags stumble out of a pub in the middle of the Black Death.  In their alcohol inspired brilliance, they decide to go looking for Death so they can kill him in retaliation.  A strange old man hears their request, and informs them they can find Death beneath a particular tree.

When they arrive, they find not the Grim Reaper figure they (and readers) were expecting, but a bag of gold.   Greed overtakes them, and they wind up killing each other.

MacKenna’s Gold is that story. It’s also a remake of It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World. I would argue that Geoffrey Chaucer was able to get “Gold is death, greed is bad” a lot more effectively and simply than either film, but that’s just me. Besides, if MacKenna’s Gold stripped the movie down to its essentials, you wouldn’t have a corny theme song (which was at the heart of long running David Letterman gag), ponderous narration, psychedelic effects, and terrible miniature work.

You also wouldn’t have gotten to see Omar Sharif or Julie Newmar naked. What? Yes. And you thought gratuitous nudity didn’t exist before the 1970s.

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E3 2010: ‘Fallout: New Vegas’ Trailer with Gameplay

Posted on June 16, 2010

Of all the games coming out over the next year, there is only one that you could instantly pick out from just the music chosen for the trailer. With a song perfect for a 1940’s Vegas lounge, Fallout: New Vegas dropped its latest trailer at E3. In it, gamers were given their first peek at just what is in store for them in one of the few towns that was not devastated by the nuclear war that created the Fallout world.

Though not a direct sequel in the Fallout series, Fallout: New Vegas inhabits the same world as Fallout 3 with its events taking place three years after. The trail below shows a barren desert surrounding the cesspool of Vegas inhabited by the same mutated dogs and Super Mutants that have plagued other Fallouts along with some fantastically devastating weaponry. It’s kind of sad that in a world torn apart by war, players are going to further tear it down… Actually, from the look of this trailer, it’s pretty damn cool. I can’t wait to shoot a rocket launcher of my own at one of those “Jingle Jangle Jingle” playing robots either.

The New California Republic. Sniper rifles. Green toxic waste. An Elvis impersonation school. Crucifixions. What’s not to love in this trailer? If this is what Obsidian Entertainment has cooking up for us with Fallout: New Vegas we say bring it on. But don’t take our word for it. Take a peek below at the E3 2010 trailer for Fallout: New Vegas and let us know what you think.

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Sequel To ‘Friday the 13th’ Remake Not Happening

Posted on June 16, 2010

Has Jason Voorhees finally kicked the proverbial bucket? According to Friday the 13th Part 2 remake producer Brad Fuller, that just maybe the case. Fuller, when questioned on the film franchise’s status back in April, replied “There’s just no movement on it right now. Paramount and New Line are simply evaluating if they’re going to make it and that’s what’s happening.”

And most recently when a die-hard fan, like so many horror fans want to, asked if there was any news on his Twitter page, Fuller just replied the project is DEAD! There was no reason provided other than there was “no movement” as to why the sequel to the 2009 hit which grossed close to 70 million world wide, is six feet under.

The death of the project was reassuringly not due to lack of interest, as the last two Jason-starring movies–Freddy Vs. Jason, and the recent remake–have brought more than their share of new and old fans back to Camp Crystal Lake. For now, Jason is laying low, waiting for his chance to rise from the grave once again and and show just why you don’t mess with the man in the mask!

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