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Game Review: ‘Dance Central 2’ for XBox 360 Kinect

Posted on October 27, 2011 by John Carle

A year ago, Activision proved you could have too much of a good thing with their Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock release which has been the last major band based rhythm game to come out with any sort of real … Continue reading →

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First Footage of Nightwing Released for ‘Batman: Arkham City’

Posted on October 26, 2011 by Jonathan Weilbaecher

Batman: Arkham City is about to unleash it’s first major DLC, and Warner Bros has just released the pack’s first trailer. The Nightwing DLC gives you a new character to play, exclusive maps and another Batman: The Animated Series skin. … Continue reading →

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First Impressions & Trailer for PS3’s ‘May Payne 3’

Posted on October 26, 2011 by John Carle

At New York Comic Con, we got a special media only peek at live gameplay of Max Payne 3. For those who may be too young, the original Max Payne came out in July of 2001 for the PC with … Continue reading →

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The Bitcast – Episode 1: ‘Welcome to the Bitcast’

Posted on October 24, 2011 by The Flickcast

This week we kick off a brand new podcast here at The Flickcast. This one revolves around the world of gaming and features our video game guru John Carle and co-host Jonathan “Wall-E” Weilbaecher who will talk about all things … Continue reading →

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NYCC: Hands on at Activision with ‘Prototype 2’ and ‘Goldeneye 007: Reloaded’

Posted on October 21, 2011 by John Carle

New York Comic Con was a huge showcase for the folks at Activision. In addition to the Spider-Man photo booth where people could green screen themselves webslinging through the city, the other side of the Activision booth had part of … Continue reading →

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Reveal Trailer for ‘Transformers: Fall of Cybertron’ Hits the Web

Posted on October 20, 2011 by John Carle

What is the one thing that has been missing from both the recent Transformers game reboot with War for Cybertron and the Michael Bay film franchise? Ponder that for a moment. Last summer kicked off with Transformers: War for Cybertron, … Continue reading →

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Game Review: ‘Spider-Man: Edge of Time’ for XBox 360

Posted on October 19, 2011 by John Carle

Last year, Beenox took a drastic departure from the Spider-Man video game experience by not only taking the open world sandbox enviroment out of play, but also for the first time creating a game that had multiple Spider-Men at the … Continue reading →

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Film Score Friday: ‘Batman Arkham City’ by Various Artists

Posted on October 14, 2011 by Jonathan Weilbaecher

Video game composing is fast becoming a significant player in the entertainment scoring world. As games become increasingly cinematic we are seeing more opportunities for the composers of these projects to get more recognition and exposure. The best example of … Continue reading →