Monday, December 28, 2009 at 6:51PM
After taking into heavy consideration the attention span of the average reader. I have decided create a chopped and screwed version of my "Where Do You See Gaming Going?" piece. This is an ongoing project I have been working on since early November and I thought I would share it with some of my favorite people on the internet, gamers. May god have mercy on my soul.
Thursday, December 24, 2009 at 9:17AM 
It's really easy to say M-Rated games [as a whole] do not fair well on this gaming generation's top selling console, the Nintendo Wii. The Wii has been the proverbial kryptonite for a lot of developers and publishers who refused to put an Italian plumber in their game. How long can devs put up with the 'low risk, high reward' design before the already fully stocked game shelves boot them to the bargain bin? In the history of sales for the Wii, Sega has produced seven titles in the top 100. Five of said titles feature a very tired Sonic the Hedgehog. The odd two who managed to rock the Wii charts -- Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz and the House of the Dead 2 and 3 Return [which were repackaged remakes with new Wii controls].
Before you skewer me with your e-pitchforks, I do acknowledge that games are more than just sales numbers. This is not a sales rap. I am not here to develop marketing strategies for Sega on why titles like Madworld and The Conduit should perform better. I want to talk about why these games don't perform sales-wise as well as garner critical acclaim. I want to talk about what can make mature rated games on Nintendo consoles [yes I am including you DS] welcomed for mature adults as well as the children they may be the parents of.
Wednesday, December 23, 2009 at 2:33AM I like B-Rolls and getting down to this song.
Monday, December 21, 2009 at 5:36PM 
Well its here, James Cameron's Avatar has landed and I was one of many that was excited. Then I seen the trailer, and was immediately turned off. Then I seen the technological advancements necessary to make one frame of this movie possible and was 'semi-on board' for Cameron's two hour and 40 minute opus. So taking in my thoughts as well as the idiotic vacuum that is the internet, let us discuss what Avatar accomplished and what the movie failed miserably at executing. Here's two for starters: Effective emotive computer generated scenes requiring no dialog between characters, yes. One too many, Braveheart bad-ass speech-ery moments, also yes.
Saturday, December 19, 2009 at 5:28PM Yup, there it is folks, the game that seems to be melting the hearts of critics and enthusiast alike. I played the demo [on the PS3 which is admittedly the 'gimped' version of the game] and I do agree with the RebelFM guys. It does seem like the title should be, "Japan: The Game" or "Booby May Cry". I the fighting mechanics are phenominal, very fluid. Its unfortunate its covered in a hyper-sexualized hair show veneer. Maybe it will be good, or even great, but one things for sure...
Sorry I couldn't think of anything clever to end it with there.
Props to Joystiq for the video.
Friday, December 18, 2009 at 3:45PM You know, MLB was terrible for a lot of 'other reasons', but you can add this one cool tidbit to the list. Note that I believe Fenway Park is the only way I have seen it wig out like this, but man is that hilarious. Look at the lack of animation in the game in general, having the 'superman catch' only helped move units off the shelves of Gamestop.
Thursday, December 17, 2009 at 9:43PM 
How can anyone say anything negative about Wes Anderson's Fantastic Mr. Fox? The movie has such a powerful shield of 'adorable-ness' speaking critically could be the equivalent to walking inside a lions den with Wes Anderson fans after saying The Life Aquatic sucked. No one would dare comment on the length of this seemingly endless stop-motion epic. The familiar "Anderson plot" is haphazardly translated from the classic Roald Dahl book into a semi-cohesive story. Coming from someone who may not fit into the demographic for Fantastic Mr. Fox, the movie isn't terrible. Fantastic Mr. Fox is good, but the disclaimer that should follow would be, "if you are a Wes Anderson fan." Sorry, Anderson-followers, but if anything good can be said about this long slog of a movie is that it is easily recommendable to you people and children who just don't know any better.
Thursday, December 17, 2009 at 4:43PM As you may or may not have known, I have been on Nick Cage Watch for the past couple of months. We know of Cage's current life hardships as a result of those pesky evil accountants of the world and here at the brog...our hearts go out to him. There appears to be a glimmer of light at the end of this horribly long and sad-faced tunnel. The movie Kick-Ass looks like it could be one of those rare, well-acted movies for Cage. I mean even in this current era of awful, Knowing's, Next's & Bangkok Dangerous' he has managed to be in the occasional Adaptation's and Weathermen's.
Cage needs this to work for him...in the worse kind of way. Because we all know Ghost Rider 2 is right around the corner.
After the jump, a less 'PG' trailer of Kick-Ass...
Film, Kick Ass, Nicolas Cage in Celebrity, Video, Youtubeness Saturday, December 12, 2009 at 4:44PM You see that star power? Sony fanboys, please come to my aid. Like so many summoned beasts in a Playstation exclusive Final Fantasy contract, I need to know what parry the console has to this Microsoft thrust. I guess we will have to rely on rumors that both installations of Mass Effect are being begrudgingly coded for a future release on the PS3. For every Resistance they have a Halo, for every Killzone they have a Gears Of War and now...they have a Mass Effect, what's the counterpunch? MAG? Are you serious?
It should be noted that this is a joke used to deliberately rile fans of both consoles up. Mass Effect is awesome and so are the games for the PS3, which I love as far as a man can love an inanimate object.
BioWare, Mass Effect in Advergaming, BSG, Console Gaming, Gaming, Video Thursday, December 10, 2009 at 1:08AM Geek, Heather Campbell, Play in Artists, Games Journalism, Interviews, Video 
"Fear For Your Puny Lives!"
