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Playing the Numbers Game
![M. Night Shyamalan's The Last Airbender [Photo - Paramount]](http://www.woogmoog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/airbender2.jpg "M. Night Shyamalan's The Last Airbender [Photo - Paramount]")
Everyone seems to be buzzing about The Last Airbender’s Rotten Tomatoes score of 7%, asking things like “is it really that bad,” “is it actually worse than Marmaduke or Twilight: Eclipse,” or “is it really that bad?” It really is interesting to see how much discussion there is out there about scores and numbers and percentages alone on this movie compared to what discussion there is out there on what exactly made the movie so shitty. The Happening is quite possibly one of the worst acts of cinema ever perpetrated on the world, but knowing its Tomatometer score is 18% does nothing to clarify that. READ MORE!
Force Unleashed Sequel Cinematic Has Lightsabers, Big Robots Being Crushed, Not Much Else
![Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II [Photo - LucasArts (trailer screencap)]](http://www.woogmoog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/tfu1.jpg "Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II [Photo - LucasArts (trailer screencap)]")
Trailers, trailers, trailers!
Gametrailers has a nifty little cinematic from the upcoming sequel to the atrocious The Force Unleashed. Click below the jump for the trailer. READ MORE!
Kill a Commie for Mommy and Defend the Homefront, Wolverines-Style in Upcoming FPS
Ah, another reminder that it’s E3 trailer season in video game land.
On the menu today is Kaos Studios’ Homefront, an FPS set in the American heartland under occupation by North Korea. Clicky below the break for the ludicrous trailer, with its questionable insertion of current events. I’m surprised there aren’t any Gulf oil spill references in there. READ MORE!
Everyone’s Salivating at Stupid New Mortal Kombat Video
There’s a trailer out there right now that everyone seems to be going gaga for: a new Mortal Kombat game or movie with a “realistic” take on the goofy cast of characters. With folks like Michael Jai White in the trailer (and with E3 being next week) this has got to be for something significant.
“Realistic?” you ask. Reptile’s a dude with a skin problem! Baraka’s a dude with surgical addiction! Click below for video. READ MORE!
Absolutely Gorgeous CG Deus Ex 3 Trailer
Here’s your daily reminder that E3 is coming up, along with all the requisite sexy trailers of games you won’t be playing for at least a year.
Is there a specific term for the synthy, future-y music used in Deus Ex, Mass Effect et al? Because I really can’t get enough of it.
PROS: protagonist’s fashion sense, stealth cloaky stuff, weapons and crap coming out of arms
CONS: silly newscaster’s future-victorian chic
Deus Ex: Human Revolution will be coming to PS3, 360 and PC sometime in 2011, which is incredibly depressing.
Making Prince of Persia: Jordan Mechner
Prince of Persia came out in 1989 and has since spawned a slew of sequels and now a major motion picture. While video games movies aren’t exactly a new concept anymore, the fact that one of the folks credited on the screenplay is original series creator/designer Jordan Mechner has me confident the movie will be slightly better than most video game movie fare. Even excluding Uwe Boll’s oeuvre, there’s some pretty bad stuff out there.
Anyway, Mechner’s got a great blog which contains excerpts from his personal journals from the late 80s and early 90s developing the original Prince of Persia. It feels like you’re reading a making-of documentary of the game READ MORE!
My Desk Is 8-bit by Alex Varanese
You know that stop-motion classic NES video that’s been making the rounds on the internets?
I can only take so many cute iPhone gags and I am an avid opponent of rampant Nintendo nostalgia (I can’t tell you how much I loathe the Zelda and Metroid franchises and everyone else’s UNDYING DEVOTION to them).
This, however, is gorgeous and far superior.
Enjoy:
MY DESK IS 8-BIT from alex varanese on Vimeo.
[Source - Alex Varanese]
Rock Band 3 to Feature Ridiculous Multicolored Plastic Keyboard
Apparently, when you play through the Green Day: Rock Band demo (shudder), you’re treated to this little teaser screen, which features OH SHIT IS THAT A KEYBOARD
Hell yes. Here’s hoping Rock Band 3 won’t force me to abandon the hundreds of DLC songs I’ve downloaded for the second game. The folks at Woogmoog‘s art department have created a mockup of the new controller, check below the break to see it. READ MORE!
