Posts Tagged → Games
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!
Triweekly Podcast: Of Biker Boyz and Men
What’s this, again? Has it been three weeks already? IT HAS BEEN LIKE FIVE WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU
![Not pictured - DEADLY BARBS [Photo - Bjork.com]](http://www.woogmoog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/bjorkcom-desktop05-1024.jpg "Not pictured - DEADLY BARBS [Photo - Bjork.com]")
Woogmoog Triweekly Podcast 06-17-2010
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YOU AIN’T GOT NO PANCAKE MIX:
- The A-Team
- Torque
- Timothy Olyphant, the star of Torque
- Biker Boyz
- Piranha 3D, savior of Summer 2010
- Example #514 of someone from The Wire whose name isn’t Idris Elba and is stuck in a horrible movie (not counting Prom Night because that movie is suck, redefined)
- More people should like Neil Marshall and Doomsday
- Punisher: War Zone is Season 6 of The Wire
- Josh Brolin is apparently in Men in Black 3
- Have you ever seen Sphere? Explain.
- Splice and Björk
- WHAT IF you could somehow make Mortal Kombat dumber?
- E3!
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Intro: Pat and Mike
Outro: Pat
Hate mail? RIGHT THIS WAY, BUCKO
We’ve pared down the length because apparently folks who have lives can’t stand to listen to us prattle on and on for hours and hours. We live to serve, condensed or no. Enjoy!
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!
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.
Triweekly Podcast: Summer Movies, Double Downs and Centipedes
Triweekly (or so), I gather with friends associates Mike Konieczny and Patrick Stone. We sit at a round table as if to summon eldritch spirits, consume a mighty, greasy dinner, and record.
Feel like something’s missing in your life? Clearly, the answer is meandering, blabbering and unfocused discussion on all things video games, movies, TV, etc. (and etc.)
Woogmoog Triweekly Podcast 05/20/2010
It’s moresome!
Start listening RIGHT THIS SECOND to get uninformed opinions on the following topics:
- Clash of the Titans – supplanted by an in-depth discussion of The Scorpion King
- Kick-Ass
- The Losers
- Iron Man 2
- The Human Centipede
- KFC Double Down “Sandwich”
- Planet of the Apes prequel, James Franco (of Flyboys fame)
- M. Night Shyamalan, action movie director
- Megan Fox’s departure and its impact on Bayformers canon
- MW2 Stimulus DLC, Activision Likes Your Money
- Harrumphing and groaning over 3D idiocy
- 20 minutes of Mike crinkling a gum wrapper!
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Intro: Pat and Mike
Outro: Pat
Disagree with us? (how dare you) Think we’re idiots? (yes) Leave a comment down below or email us!
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!
