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For every action, there is a reaction. Whether we go to work and get paid, or don’t study and fail an exam, everything we do has an impact on the future. This is one of the first lessons we learn in life, and it’s the main theme of French developer Quantic Dream’s latest title, Heavy Rain.
Quantic Dream has released 2…
In the era of remakes and remixes, it seems we all have something to say about original classics which undergo personally artistic make-overs. There tends to be a higher level of expectation for works of art, especially films, that are re-created and molded after their maiden form. This perception also bleeds into the criticism loyal fans disperse upon such valiant…
Heroes of Gaia is a Flash-based game set in the world of Gaia a land rich in resources, monsters and magical equipment. You start by choosing a look for your hero and then quickly proceed to your town hall. The objective of the game is to build your fame by completing tasks and expanding your kingdom through exploration and upgrades…
By Ji-Un Kwon
In the interest of full disclosure, I must confess that Martin Scorsese is the reason I worship at the altar of Cinema. I find his manic love for film completely adorable and believe his finest works are timeless and uncompromising testaments to the integrity of American cinema.
That being said, Shutter Island, his latest film and his fourth collaboration with Leonardo…
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Somewhere between the highly-polished, subscription-based gameplay of MMORPGs like World of Warcraft and the simple, free offerings on sites like Newgrounds.com, lies the relatively new domain of the “freemuim” game.
Most, like the wildly popular Farmville, make the bulk of their content available free and offer the option to trade real-life money for small in-game enhancements. Lords of Evil ostensibly works…
By Ji-Un Kwon
Kwon: <Sigh> Okay. I understand why people were excited about this movie, although I was less excited than most. And I get why people are impressed by it. Though again… I mean, fine. Yay you, James Cameron, you built your own camera. And your computer graphics team did some fantastic work. Who doesn’t want to fly on a dragon? Or…
By Hawkes Klein
Holy Mother of Jackie Chan, yes. I’m sort of angry at everyone I know that nobody took the time to alert me that this trailer was available. It wasn’t until this week when I turned the corner on my way to work and saw the three story ad boasting “Rock Out with Your Glock Out” that I knew we had…
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On 2009.12.02, after 4 years without a new original album (2007’s 0079-0088 was a Gundam cover album, and 2009’s Slo-Pachinko Gladiator Evolution Original Soundtrack was just that — a soundtrack), GACKT returned with a new album entry in the RR (Requiem et Reminiscence) Project, RE:BORN. But does RE:BORN stand tall, or does it fall on its face?
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Pretty sweet picture of some eggs right? Well it’s not really a picture per se. It’s actually a rendered product of Blender. What’s Blender? Let the words of the Blender employees tell you:
“Blender is the free open source 3D content creation suite, available for all major operating systems under the GNU General Public License.”
That’s right folks!
Blender is more than just…
…or just the beauty and genius of Google. What hasn’t Google done yet? Oh yeah,… monopolize life!
So here we have another masterpiece from the Google enterprise; Google SketchUp. SketchUp allows you to model anything you want in 3-D (or 2-D if you like). This free program uses a simple system of ‘edges’ and ‘faces’ to provide easy use for creating models.…
Matt Ellsworth and I met while making Second Skin, a documentary I directed on virtual worlds. He’s one of the boys from Indiana who loves to game. Our conversations over the years have led to a few things, one of them was finding a common love for Johnnie Walker Black Label, and the second was a penchant for postulating about…
The geek have officially inherited the Earth, as was prophesied in Psalms 37:7 (more or less) so many bearded men ago. It’s a fairly recent thing, having happened somewhere between Google’s ascent to ubiquity, the second installment of the Lord of the Rings trilogy and the eyebrow-raising popularity of Weird Al’s White & Nerdy. And since history is told by the…
How much does James Cameron ride George Lucas’ dick? Only enough to base an entire movie, Avatar, on the final battle sequence from the last good film in the Star Wars franchise, Return of the Jedi. Each film has its ragtag band of native creatures, each film pits basic bush weaponry against mechanized slaughter machines, each film has exploding trees.…
Come with me, friends, to another time. Let’s say 1998ish. Ross and Rachel rule the airwaves, ER is hailed as the Best Drama Evar. As the sun sets on Seinfeld, critics mourn its passing, proclaiming that we’re not likely to see a show of its brilliance ever again.
I watched an episode of Seinfeld yesterday. It’s still funny, despite the canned…
I sincerely hope I made every attempt to be fair and honest and if I left off a film you love, please know that it was not with malice and there are only ten spots. I even split them into two genres because taking any of these off the list kind of made my heart hurt. Also, feel free to…