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Alternate Disc-Tractions: 2012 Blu-ray review
You’ve got two more years, buddy, because the world is going to end in 2012. No, really. Everyone says so. In the science fiction disaster movie, 2012, the entire planet is in danger thanks to a massive neutrino burst warming the Earth’s core. And guess when it’s all going to go to pot? (Hint: Read the @#$%! name of the movie.) Explosions, volcanoes, fireballs hurling from the sky, massive earthquakes, outrunning explosions, ginormous tidal waves,…
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PlayStation Home Update: Tranquil Getaways, ask Yoda and Grecian goodness
Tranquil get aways now open on PS Home from the Greek Islands to a remote beach…
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10 Minute Solution exercise DVDs being made into a Wii game
Activision is teaming up with Anchor Bay Entertainment to create 10 Minute Solution for the Wii, a fitness game based on Anchor Bay’s line of 10 Minute Solution DVDs.
Alternate Disc-Tractions: Ponyo on Blu-ray, DVD
Miayazaki’s films can arguably be described as a bit too weird for American audiences to accept, lacking a clear, super-hero style main character and, instead focusing on normal people in not-so-normal circumstances. Most times he exudes a mood more than a clear, linear story in his films, though this may… Continue Reading »
PlayStation Store Update: Getting Greedy on the PS3 (February 28 to March 6, 2010)
This week’s downloadable PlayStation 3 game is Greed Corps. for $9.99. This week’s PlayStation Portable Download is echoshift for $14.99. And, of course, a giant list of new downloadable content and digital comics… Continue Reading »
Alternate Disc-Tractions: The Bourne movies on Blu-ray, DVD review
The most recent release of the three Bourne movies - The Bourne Identity, The Bourne Supremacy and The Bourne Ultimatum - marks Universal Home Entertainment’s foray into the wonderful world of the flipper disc. These two-in-one, Blu-ray-DVD combo discs mean you can get the movie and enjoy it now, even… Continue Reading »
NIS America venturing into anime
NIS (Nippon Ichi Software) America, most popularly known for its library of delightfully unique games including the Disgaea series, has announced a new ongoing project in its horizon: anime. NIS America announced on February 11, 2010, that the company would be releasing anime titles mid-2010 to quench the growing thirst… Continue Reading »
PlayStation Store Update: Nice Frets, PSP games sale (February 7 to 13, 2009)
This week’s PlayStation 3 downloadable game is Fret Nice for $14.99. In this game players “strum” their way through this cute platform style game, defeat enemies with a few riff combos and create their own soundtracks as they navigate this game with either a regular or guitar controller. This week’s… Continue Reading »
PlayStation Home Update: Another British invasion, new fantasy Items at the mall
From the company that brought Monty Python’s Knights costumes to PlayStation Home not too long ago, it’s another British invasion from VeeMee with its latest creation, the London Pub Personal Space for $5.99. Players who pre-ordered MAG through Amazon will receive a code for the SVER Barracks personal space. Players… Continue Reading »
Animated Lord of the Rings movie being remastered, released on DVD and Blu-ray
For all you Middle Earth fans out there, I have some rather pleasant news. The animated classic The Lord of the Rings by Ralph Bakshi, director of films including Cool World and Fritz the Cat, is being digitally remastered and will be released in a new deluxe edition. The film… Continue Reading »
Exclusive Interview: Tommy Tallarico talks about the upcoming Video Games Live PBS concert
On February 5, 2010, PBS (Public Broadcast Service) along with Video Games Live will be recording a performance at the Lakefront Arena in New Orleans with the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra for an exclusive nationwide PBS special airing June 2010. I had a chance talk to the CEO/Executive Producer and Host… Continue Reading »
Alternate Disc-Tractions: Ruby-Spears Superman complete series DVD review
Celebrating Supe’s 50th anniversary, Ruby-Spears Productions miraculously got the rights to create Superman the animated TV series. It exists in an awkward gap between the kitche-y late-1970s-to-early-1980s Super Friends cartoons and the slick 1990s Superman: The Animated series. It’s a series that only those who could bear the live-action Superboy… Continue Reading »
Deal of the Day: Buy Wii Fit Plus, get a free case of Hint flavored water
Beverage companies have been targeting gamers for a while. Recall Harcos’ Mana Drink, Mountain Dew more than once and, of course, various Bawls brews. The latest beverage endeavor is by Hint Inc., a company that specializes in flavored water sans sugar. Instead of rebranding an existing product with a lame… Continue Reading »
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