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This week's top 5 gaming news highlights the Rock Band next next gen return, why the new 3DS isn't coming to North America, COD: Advanced Warfare changes and more.
5. Report: Harmonix Developing a New Rock Band
4. Upload Studio Gets New Features on X1
3. Spawn Playable in Mortal Kombat X?
2. Advanced Warfare's Modes Combined
1. Nintendon on Small New 3DS in North America
Information obtained from IGN NEWS youtube channel!
Sounds like there are a bunch of interesting changes incoming for League of Legends. In the past few days, developers at Riot have mentioned buffing "a number of tanks in the jungle," completely reworking the nerfed-to-hell trashcan that is Urgot, and adding a mysterious new champion. Hmmmmm….
League of Legends has changed so much, and so quickly, over the years that it's easy to lose sense of the game's rich history. Thankfully, there are always plenty of fans online to remind us that there was one a time when, say, Urgot wasn't the butt of quite so many cruel jokes. Poor Urgot.
Jeremy GamingCurios, who makes many informative and in-depth videos (mostly guides) aboutLeague of Legends on his YouTube channel, recently put together a great history lesson that popped off thanks to the game's massive subreddit. The video looks at what he calls the the top five "biggest nerfs of all time" in the game. Give it a look right here:
All of the information from this post along with more can be found at Kotaku.com
First, let’s dish on the possible death spoiler, as that’s the hot discussion for Walking Dead fans right now. Possible major spoilers lie ahead for the TV series, and a confirmed major spoiler for the comic books, so proceed with caution.
Creator Robert Kirkman has Walking Dead fans in an uproar over comments he made on Chris Hardwick’s @midnight show during a game of what was supposed to be fake spoilers with Lauren Cohan (Maggie) and Josh McDermitt (Eugene). Fashion & Style reports that while Cohan was coming up with silly, fake spoilers, Kirkman blurted out an alleged Walking Dead spoiler straight out of the comic books.
“Eventually a character named Negan is introduced and he’s going to bash in Glenn’s brains with a baseball bat called Lucille,” said Kirkman, with Cohan, McDermitt, and Hardwick shocked into silence.
This is exactly what happens in the comics, although the show deviates frequently from that series. Fans are now trying to figure out if Kirkman was joking or if he gave away a true spoiler because he knew fans wouldn’t believe he’d tell the truth.
Was the shock on the show real or fake? Even if Glenn (Steven Yeun) is going to be killed on The Walking Dead, would Cohan and McDermitt even know about it as the actors themselves don’t find out about deaths till they get the scripts for that episode? Were they simply shocked he gave such a major spoiler from the comics? Were they in on the joke and acting?
You can see why Walking Dead fans are reeling with so many theories. And already reeling from two major deaths in the last three episodes, as Beth (Emily Kinney) was killed in the mid-season finale and Tyreese (Chad Coleman) in the second half premiere.
In somewhat happier news for fans of The Walking Dead, Scott Ian of Anthrax will make a cameo in the March 1 episode, according to Blabbermouth. If you were hoping for an ongoing role, sorry to say Ian will be a walker, as confirmed by photos of him getting the makeup. Although maybe he starts out as human? Walking Dead fans can only hope.
Ian, who is friends with The Walking Dead’s makeup artist, director, and executive producer, Greg Nicotero, also appeared as a walker back in 2011. He’s also a huge fan of horror films, which he revealed is a common phenomenon in the world of metal music.
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Check out Lorne's impressive Mystery Mini haul from this weeks mail!
Michonne's Pets
Predator Variant
Wall-E Variants
Which Mystery Mini figures are you looking to add to your collection?
Posted by: Lorne @lorneondrums (instagram)
Hot Tub Time Machine 2
McFarland USA
Thanks again to TJ, Stacey and the entire crew at Warrenton 8 Cinema! Have a great weekend at the movies!
Posted by: Joe @thee.social.nerd
It's a video game building system. Using building blocks, a game board, and the free B.R.A.V.E. Squad mobile app, you can create, play and share video games.
Compatible with iOS, Android and Kindle devices, Bloxels is a build-and-play game based on similar technology to our popular Floors and Adventure Time: Game Wizard apps. But with Bloxels, instead of drawing glyphs, players use colored building blocks to represent gameplay objects.
Available Holidays 2015
Pre-Order Coming Soon
We at LivingTheNerdLife.com are looking forward to getting and reviewing Bloxels for you all and supporting local companies like Pixel Press. As you can see by the video this should be an easy way for people of all ages to enjoy playing games together.
Some information about Pixel Press:
Pixel Press, a company located out of St. Louis Missouri started with a small brainstorm project that got backed on Kickstarter raising over $109,000. The game was Pixel Press Floors where the user draws out his level and it is transfered to your tablet to play the level you created. Floors has generated over 100K original games and 500k game plays.
A washed up actor, who once played an iconic superhero, battles his ego and attempts to recover his family, his career and himself in the days leading up to the opening of a Broadway play. -IMDB
This movie is filled with huge name actors and actresses:
Michael Keaton
Zach Galifianakis
Edward Norton
Andrea Riseborough
Emma Stone
It's apparent from the get go that Riggan played by Michael Keaton is struggling with trying to find himself as an actor, writer and director. What Riggan struggles with is trying to live up to Birdman a comic book superhero role he played 20 years prior.
Throughout the movie Riggan battles the loss of the supporting man in his play due to his actions. Looking to replace that role with Mike played by Edward Norton who Riggan feels threatened by due to his acting process. Along with struggling with his career his personal life seems a mess. His daughter Sam, played by Emma Stone, is a recovering addict that he hired to work for him and is falling for Mike. Plus an actress he has worked with the past couple of years may be pregnant with his child. Along with everything else Riggan catches himself battling Birdman with numerous inner monologues in scenes that catch you wondering what is going on here.
How does Riggan recapture his glory days? Maybe a brief walkabout in Times Square in only your underwear perhaps? Maybe he decides to make Birdman 4? Or maybe his play goes off better than he anticipates?
This was a crazy interesting movie! First I would say this movie is very intimant and its clear by how this movie was filmed. Scenes with deep character emotion and dialogue the camera pulls in for an up close and personal shot. I give this movie a 4.5 out of 5 and highly recommend it to anyone and everyone. I am now a fan of Michael Keaton as Batman as well as Birdman!
I also wanted to take a moment and give a shoutout to @fletch_art one of the people I follow on instagram. He recommended this movie to me. So make sure to go and show him some love and give him some "likes" and a "follow" right meow! Thanks again @fletch_art!
Posted by: Joe @thee.social.nerd
Zach Snyder, director of Batman vs. Superman: Dawn of Justice shocked everyone last night with this first look of Jason Momoa as Aquaman
@ZachSnyder tweeted: "There is only one true king. #unitetheseven"
The former Game of Thrones star is set to appear as the character in March 2016 and then star in Justice League: Part One in 2017 followed by a solo Aquaman movie in 2018.
A picture like this makes us wonder if he will be tweeting out other character reveals?
Does Jason Momoa look pretty sweet or what? What do you think?
Posted by: Joe @thee.social.nerd
Yes, there was a Dead Snow 1!
If the worst day of you life consisted of accidentally killing your girlfriend with an axe, chain-sawing your arm off, and watching in horro as your closest friends were devoured by a zombified Nazi battalion, you'd have to assume that things couldn't get much worse. In Martin's case, that was only the beginning. -IMDB
This may have been the funniest and best horror/comedy I have seen since Shaun of the Dead! You get introduced to Martin, the main character and you automatically think of "Idle Hands" except its "Idle Arm!" This movie gets even more interesting when a Nazi army of zombies are awaken and Martin has the answer to defeating them in his arm! Martins new arm has the ability to raise anyone from the dead. So he brings the dead back to life and with him and a small group of the living look to take out the Nazi zombie horde!
I highly recommend this movie to any zombie movie lover and looking for something different, not so main stream, to watch. I'm looking forward to showing both Dead Snow 1 & Dead Snow 2 to my wife to see what she thinks as well!
I give it a 4 out of 5 and if you have Netflix it should be on your list of much watch movies!
What did you think of Dad Snow 2?
Posted by: Joe @thee.social.nerd
Multiversity: Mastermen #1
Today is comic book day! What are you picking up?
Need help deciding? Thanks to previewsworld.com here is the list of this weeks releases.
So whats the verdict? What are you picking up today?
Posted by: Joe @thee.social.nerd
What did everyone think of this weeks episod of the Walking Dead Episode 510: "Them"?
I'm glad to see an episode with everyone in it this was a pleasant change. Not that I don't mind seeing an entire episode about a few cast members but it's nice to see the whole gang together.
This episode is what I like to call a "filler" episode and probably wont be a favorite for many of the fans. After last weeks episode and making the decision to push towards Washington the group struggles with hunger, thirst and each other. Sasha still dealing with the loss of her brother Tyreese acts out putting the other members of the group at harm causing tension between them.
During their journey they run across a pack of wild dogs which turned out to be a blessing because they found their next meal. Still lacking water they push on and after a brief cut scene where Daryl finally showed his emotion over the loss of Beth the group is left looking at a supply of water with a letter that read "From a Friend."
Not trusting anyone, Abraham slaps the bottle of water out of Eugenes hand worried that the water may be contamenated. This was a great moment because regardless of what happened in the past, Eugene lying to Abraham about a cure, they still care about each other, they're still family. Right after struggling with this the skies begin to fill with dark and ominous clouds and rain begins to rehydrate the group from their long hot journey. The rain quickly becomes too much and a storm begins pounding down on them. Daryl takes them to a barn he found while off scouting for water. After clearing the barn they set up camp for the night.
This leads to the 2nd most important scene in the episode. Daryl goes to check the barn doors when he noticed a large group of walkers looking to make their pressence known. One by one the other members of the group notice Daryl holding back the door. The scene was pretty intense and shows the group working together to hold off the walkers while a seemingly tornado is rolling through with the storm.
The following morning Maggie and Sasha take a walk with a music box that Carl gave Maggie earlier in the episode and that Daryl and fixed. When looking at the sun rise the open the music box and it still didn't work. But then, a rather well dressed and groomed man tell them "Hello! I'm Aaron and I'm a Friend. I'm looking for your leader Rick." Following that the music box kicks on and leaves us with quite the cliff hanger!
Like I said the episode dragged a bit but all in all the episode was executed perfectly. From the struggles of the team 2nd guessing either going to Washington or just life in general to the climactic scene of the group coming together to hold off the Walkers at the end. Followed by one of the best cliff hangers this season. Won't be many viewers favorite but it wasn't that bad.
What did you all think? Who is Aaron? How does he know Rick?
Posted by: Joe @thee.social.nerd
Cryptozoic opened the floodgates of funding on it’s kickstarter for Ghostbusters: the board game last week to flurry of backers.
There is not a whole lot of information concerning actual gameplay at the moment except that it will be a 1-4 player co-op with varying tile placement and varying difficulty depending on which enemy your team of paranormal scientists will be facing. The game seems to have a basic roleplaying stat based combat mechanic along with some roll and move aspects to get to different spots on the board being plagued by ghosts.
I was a little hesitant to back this project myself given the pretty high price tag, $80 for the base game and $125 for a “deluxe” set including exclusive minis and glow in the dark dice. Also Cryptozoic has a pretty spotty track record with board game duds featuring the Walking Dead, Hobbit, and Big Bang Theory properties. However their Adventure Time: Card Wars, Archer, and DC Deckbuilding properties have proved that this company is capable of making some decent games once in a while. Something I’m hoping to see with their entry into the Ghostbusters franchise, one of my most beloved fandoms.
The thing that put me over the edge and convinced me to jump in on this project was the amazing kickstarter exclusive stretch goals. The original game only offered up a few recognizable enemies but now that they are including a miniature of the ecto-1 instead of the proposed cardboard piece as well as some Zuul, Vinz, Gozer, and Jeanine Melnitz minis I am far more interested in the $80 base game. The $125 version only offers up a few different bosses, a sandman and a “Super Sized” 100mm Stay Puft Marshmallow man (Which I would just use my pop vinyl stay puft and design my own rules around anyways), an art print, glowing dice, and a few extra game tiles. Not quite worth the extra moolah in my opinion.
Another interesting thing that builds value is ALL OF THE STUFF that comes with this game. Despite the possibility for some pretty uninspiring mechanics this game has a lot of great miniatures and artwork.
If you are a big fan of the Ghostbusters I strongly suggest checking this kickstarted out HERE.
Floating Market is another interesting game looking to get some dollars on kickstarter. The premise is based around the players acting as kids trying to get enough fruit from a Taiwanese floating market to make a yummy fruit salad. They do this by placing their miniatures at different boats and rolling a set of dice to see which boat produces the fruit they want. The first player to get all the fruit they need wins the game.
The worker placement mechanic combined with a settlers of catan style resource production mechanic seems like it will make a pretty fun lightweight strategy game. The artwork and components seem to be of good quality and the production company has a good history of putting out quality games. The $29 dollar price tag is a great deal on this game especially since it will undoubtedly be a $50 MSRP when it releases to the public.
Wizard of the Coast released the box art for their new Magic: the Gathering board game featuring miniatures of their most popular planeswalkers. The initial impressions that I’m getting from this is that we are going to see a lot of the same slap dash paint jobs, googly eyes, and droopy staffs that we see from their heroclix lines. Low budget miniatures aside it seems that this game will be borrowing heavily from the heroscape game system featuring highly customizable armies and terrain which isn’t a bad thing at all.
John Form has found the perfect gift for his expectant wife, Mia - a beautiful, rare vintage doll in a pure white wedding dress. But Mia's delight with Annabelle doesn't last long. On one horrific night, their home is invaded by members of a satanic cult, who violently attack the couple. Spilled blood and terror are not all they leave behind. The cultists have conjured an entity so malevolent that nothing they did will compare to the sinister conduit to the damned that is now... Annabelle.. -IMDB
Well my wife has been putting off watching a scary movie for quite some time but she finally caved and we watched Annabelle. If you know anything about us we enjoy the occassional haunted house TV show such as A Haunting and Ghost Adventures. We have even went on a couple ghost hunting tours 1 at the famous Lemp Mansion in St. Louis Missouri and then the Missouri State Penitentiary in Jefferson City Missouri. Enough background about us and our adventures let's talk some Annabelle.
Building off of the background that was set up during the movie the Conjuring this movie goes into the background story of Annabelle. This movie is based off of true events that had been documented by Ed & Lorraine Warren.
Annabelle, a doll that inherited its name from the girl who committed suicide and had her blood drop into the eye of the doll wreaks havoc on a young couple and their daughter. You follow the young couple as they struggle with a new career as a doctor and a stay at home mother defending their daughter from the demon possessing the doll. There are numerous moments throughout this movie that pop up the goosebumps so be prepared. Definitely check out this movie if you are into horror films or looking for a good little movie to make your sweet heart snuggle in closer to you at night. Over all I give it 3.5 Turtle Shells out of 5!
Posted by: Joe @thee.social.nerd
Tired of other party games and looking for something new to try? Give Heads Up a go and you'll be glad that you did. This game has been out for a couple of years now and was created by the TV personality Ellen. We have played this at numerous family get togethers and parties, this game definitly helped liven up the party! Let's get into the Positives and Negatives.
Positive
- Cheap Entertainment: for just $.99 you can get this app and have hours of fun with family and friends
- Numerous Categories: some categories have to be puchased but it does come with a few starter packs
- Simple Concept: very easy for anyone to understand this game
- Video Playback: while guessing the answer the person is also recording those who are trying to get you to answer correctly. These turn out quite funny
Negative
- Freemium: this app provides in-app purchases
- Starter Packs: these packs are fun but to get the good packs you have to shell out $.99 for each additional pack you want
- Video Playback: doesn't always capture the group so you can miss out on some hilarious moments
If you're looking for something to do with a group of friends I recommend you give this game a try. Many funny moments come about dring your time playing which you have the opportunity to record, save and share with everyone! If you're still not sure check out this hilarious gameplay from the SourceFed crew!
Posted by: Joe @thee.social.nerd
This past weekend I finally watched a movie that I'm ashamed to say I haven't seen yet.
X-Men: Days of Future Past
Here is what I asked myself right after watching it. "What were you doing this whole time?" Not really sure how to answer that other than saying I don't know. I remember that this was on my list to see in theaters and I guess life happened. Since pushing to have as much content as possible for our website starting the beginning of this year I have made it a goal to start catching up. Not just for content on the site but for me as well!
This movie has no lack of entertainment for me. The intertwining of both future and past throughout the movie was executed brilliantly.
There are many great scenes throughout the movie starting with the opening battle scene. However my favorite scene involved Evan Peters when he was helping Erik (young Magneto) escape his prison confinement. Quicksilver (Evan Peters) has a hilarious run through the kitchen, in and out of guards causing them to miss their targets and rendering the guards unconscious.
Again this was a great movie. Traveling through time to stop Raven from killing Dr. Trask played by Peter Dinklage, only releases a more determined Magneto. Not only are there physical fights but inner struggles as well. This makes for one movie that should have been seen in theaters but since it wasn't for myself an absolute must see for Marvel, X-Men and Comic fans in general. I give it 4 out of 5 Turtle Shells.
Posted by: Joe @thee.social.nerd
Fantasy Flight Games has finally released it’s long awaited revolutionary board game, XCOM: The board game. One of the first board games to take advantage of an app as a game mechanic. But is this new development a boon or a bane to the tabletop industry? Is the game actually any good? Read on my nerd lifers, I’ll give you the details in my review of XCOM: The Board Game.
The object of XCOM is for you and up to three other team mates to take on the role of different department heads of the extraterrestrial combat team, XCOM. By fulfilling your departments duties you will, hopefully, probably not, good luck, stop the invasion of a menacing alien race looking to conquer our lovely little planet. Why are aliens attacking Earth? Don’t know, really. But we’ve got guns, satellites, science, and a little bit of rapidly depleting pocket change and we’re gonna blow em up!
The different roles that each player takes on will determine how they will aid in the combat against the aliens.
This is the app that will control your game and your sanity. You may want to get damage protection because the urge to throw this thing across the room will happen. A lot.
The Central Officer controls the app which in turn controls the game. Most of the time this player will be shouting at all of the other players to do their jobs faster before the timer runs out and game penalties get applied.
While doing this the officer will also be tasked with putting more UFO’s into the various countries and managing a small minigame where you place satellites into orbit that can destroy other UFOs in orbit that can possibly jam up the way the app works, thus making the game infinitely more insane, or move UFO’s to other places on the map in an attempt to stall the rising chaos caused by people shouting “Oh my God, there’s an alien spacecraft hovering above my city!” Basically just think of the game as the first 30 minutes of the film “Independance Day.”
This is probably one of the worst jobs of the game however it is also the most important. The management of the app is crucial to how the game works and good management, explanations, and encouragement from a Central officer can make or break a team.
This is your crack squad of soldiers that will protect your base and go on missions to defeat the aliens. Don’t bother naming them. They tend to die at the most inopportune times. So maybe name them after your enemies...
The Squad Leader is quite possibly the most heroic of all the playable roles. This player gets to send elite strike forces that fight the alien menace with guns and rocket launchers. Throughout the game the app will be sending aliens to attack the XCOM base of operations. The defense of this base is extremely important since if the base blows up, you blow up, and you can’t save the world from aliens if you’re all blowed up.
The Squad leader will have to find the right match of people to fight the different types of aliens by matching the symbols representing their units strengths against the aliens unique weaknesses. If an attacker can’t harm the aliens by not having the proper symbol things are going to go very badly.
The squad leader will also send these troopers on a variety of missions. Each mission consists of three tasks that must be completed to gain much needed bonuses for the rest of the team. The completion of these missions also speeds along the occurance of the “FINAL MISSION” that you must complete to drive the final spear into the heart of your extraterrestrial foes. The longer you dally on completing these missions means that your teammates will have a much more stressful time stopping the invasion inevitably making your job more difficult. This mechanic adds a huge sense of urgency to the game on top of the time limit stress already imposed by the app. Hope you work well under pressure soldier.
Ahh private sector science, just kick back buddy, no one expects much from you.
The Head Scientist role works a whole heck of a lot like a real scientist role does. You offer valuable inventions that benefit all of mankind but no one really appreciates you and your government doesn’t want to spend very much money on you, or even pretend you exist. Sigh…
As Head Scientist it is your job to create new inventions by reverse engineering the corpses of aliens that the Squad Leader hopefully brings to you by the dripping bag full. These inventions will give amazing game breaking bonuses to your allies and help them all do their jobs waaaay more efficiently. The problem is that you need scientists to research these technologies, and scientists cost money, money that buys soldiers and jets and satellites that blow up aliens. So often times science gets a little bit neglected when all you want to do is save humanity.
Scramble the jets commander! It’s time to vent your frustration with your teammates!
Finally the Commander role ties all of the team members together. It is this players job to keep the XCOM budget balanced by paying for all of the soldiers, scientists, satellites, and fighter jets. This. Is. Maddening. The app gives you a small pittance each turn to spend on all of the support units you require to keep your team ahead in the game. Each turn you will have to explain to your team why they can’t have a team of 9 scientists working on alien technology AND a full battalion of soldiers to attack the aliens that are beating down the door. These decisions also need to be made in an incredibly short amount of time.
The game designers anticipated the stress involved with this job so they threw in an extra job which involved control of the fighter jets that can kill all of the invading flying saucers. Which is a pretty good way to vent your frustrations concerning the budget. This however is another huge job because any saucers left over after combat will cause the public in countries containing saucers to go crazy and increase the panic level. If two countries reach maximum panic the game ends and the aliens take advantage of the destabilization of the human race and take over. No pressure.
The gameplay revolves almost exclusively around a push your luck mechanic involving dice. Each combat, mission attempt, or attempt at scientific progress requires the players to roll two sets of dice. The first set consists of the blue d6’s which determine the amount of success you can have. The second is a red d8 that you will learn to hate with a fiery passion. Each time you roll the red dice you run the chance of all of your units involved in that roll being destroyed. With each consecutive roll you make the difficulty to continue increases. For instance on your first roll you need to roll greater than a one on the d8 on the second you must roll greater than a two and so on. This results in a lot of units being destroyed by a simple stroke of luck, often times at the most inopportune moments.
The miniatures look an awful lot like the miniatures from Star Wars Imperial Assault…
aaaand the figures from Gears of War…
The components are of a good quality. The plastic miniatures that come with the game will feel very similar to other fantasy flight miniatures. Actually everything about this game feels like fantasy flight and offers a cohesive feeling of brand familiarity. The small crisis cards, large tarot size cards and cardboard game pieces are exactly like the small cards and cardboard pieces are very reminiscent of those found in Xwing, Elder Sign, Red November, etc. Though the quality is fine and I understand the financial reasons it does give the feeling that Fantasy Flight is sacrificing creativity for cost in the component department.
The most frustrating thing about the components included is the complete lack of a rulebook. A small setup guide is included in the box but everything else is based on the app which does a very poor job of introducing rules in a clear order. Doing the tutorial mission is time consuming and leaves out a lot of particulars. For instance I had no clue what to do with the special ability cards that were given to each different role, which caused me to get completely destroyed in the most basic version of the game.
Also only get this game if you intend to play with 4 players. Anything less causes way too much confusion and chaos and playing single player is impossible since the timer moves way too fast for someone to run across the table back and forth to keep track of everything.
The game itself is fairly interesting given the use of the application. Having every event be a complete surprise without the use of books, cards or other charts really streamlines the gameplay and is a welcome feature that I would like to see used in other games. Seeing this feature used in a game like Arkham Horror or Mice and Mystics would cut down on so much time spent organizing cards and eliminate a ton of wasted box space. The timer function really isn’t anything new to games but it does seem to help the game by creating a lot of tension in a game that otherwise would basically be a pretty formulaic dice roller.
Though this game is receiving a lot of buzz due to the use of applications and exhibiting the potential they have in the tabletop hobby, the game itself does not seem like it will have a lot of staying power. The theme isn’t incredibly heavy and many aspects of the game seem to be pretty generic and pasted on from the XCOM video games without the soul of its parent series shining through. The use of the app, though handy for organizational purposes doesn’t bring anything truly new to the gameplay either. XCOM will most likely be remembered for paving the way for using applications in board games but will not be seen as a standard for what can be done with the medium. I look forward to playing the new games that are following suit and driving this trend like Alchemists by Matus Kotry which will use an app to take a picture of an assembled amount of ingredients to discover recipes for magic potions.
A look at the upcoming Alchemists game that dares to take a more innovative approach with applications in board games.
I did like playing this game and would suggest playing it if you enjoy team puzzle games akin to Pandemic or if you want a chance to try something a little unique in the multiplayer co op department. Purchasing this game however is a tougher call to make. I’ll admit that I got a little swept up in the hype surrounding this game and my love of the XCOM video game and the very similar megagame “Watch the Skies” got me excited for what this game could be, but the hype just didn’t deliver.
Posted by: Levi @levithepirate
Fifty Shades of Grey
Literature student Anastasia Steele's life changes forever when she meets handsome, yet tormented, billionaire Christian Grey . -IMDB
Kingsman: The Secret Service
A spy organization recruits an unrefined, but promising street kid into the agency's ultra-competitive training program just as a global threat emerges from a twisted tech genius. -IMDB
Are you planning on going to the movies this weekend? What are you going to see?
Posted by: Joe @thee.social.nerd
Hello readers! So, I’m here to talk to you today about Funko, but more specifically, the Funko Mystery Minis! I absolutely love these little guys. I collect, and have way too many of them (and by too many, I actually mean, not enough!). I got into them originally because I was already collecting the standard sized Funko’s from The Walking Dead series. I had about 9 of the full sized Pop! creations. I was then turned onto the Mystery Mini versions, and it was love at first purchase. I liked the thrill of not knowing what I was getting, but then it turned into an obsession to collect them all. I actually sold my full sized Walking Dead Pops for money to purchase more of the Minis. However, my collection quickly went from Walking Dead Minis, to Marvel minis, and horror minis. Now, I have a shelf dedicated to Funko.
If you’re anything like me, you’re a true stickler on the details when it comes to collecting. You judge everything. The paint, the realism, or overall size. Let me tell you this, Mystery Minis don’t disappoint in those aspect. Currently I have over 20 Minis, and I’m loving the detail on them. From the blood splatter on the Dead/Horror characters, tattered clothing, details in the faces, etc. I will, however, go on record, to say I’m a bit disappointed with the Marvel Line. While they remain true to their Mini status with incredible detail, they lack continuity with the other lines in only ONE aspect. The Marvel line are bobble heads. If you know your Funko history, they started in 1998 by Mike Becker as a bobblehead company. It was only in 2005 that the company was sold to Brian Mariotti, and the Funko Universe expanded. They do keep true to the bobbleheads, which is great, I’m just not so sure about the Mystery Minis needing the bobbleheads.
That aside, I collect the Minis more than the standard sized Pops! Call me biased, but I like the look more, and I can collect more, and still take up less space. Plus, it’s a fun game of Russian roulette with every box you choose, because you never know what character you’ll get. If you’re a Funko lover like me, don’t overlook the Mystery Minis.
Posted by: Lorne @lorneondrums
Valiant Entertainment brings us the new release of the book “Divinity” this Wednesday. This series is done by Trevor Hairsine and Matt Kindt. I have to admit that from the first issue, it really shows a great deal of promise.
The series revolves around Abram Adams, who was abandoned on a doorstep as a baby in Soviet Russia. I know the abandoned baby thing is kind of cliché, but it works here. As an orphan, Abram Adams ends up being raised by the state and is recognized as a particularly brilliant individual early in his life. As he is being trained to be a Cosmonaut for the U.S.S.R., he is chosen for a special mission that will take him to the very edge of the galaxy. This issue, while divulging some pertinent information, does leave room for character development where Abram is concerned. Readers do learn a fair bit about Abram from an unknown character and readers glean information through Abram's interactions with some of the characters. As a reader, you are able to understand his motives and it is easy to relate to this character.
Also in this issue, a second character is introduced named, David Camp...or is it supposed to be Camp David? His introduction is made to readers with the re-appearance of Abram Adams, who has not changed at all, with the small exception of new superpowers. In this issue, readers are not told too much about David Camp. Rather, we learn that Abram Adams has returned from his mission and is being tracked by either government agents or private contractors.
The art is particularly well done and I thoroughly enjoyed the beginning scenes of Abram looking back at the footsteps that left him when he was just an infant. We are given panels of Abram at school and daydreaming during his studies that are all vivid and incredibly well done. We are easily able to see the emotions artfully portrayed on the faces of the characters and even the more surrealistic aspects are brilliantly done.
This first issue will leave you with a lot of questions and I think that this is truly a GREAT thing to do here. Not all questions need to be answered immediately. Where the story leads for Abram is anyone's guess, but what I do know is that this series will definitely be worth reading to find out.
Posted by: Jeff @jeff201
Live-action role players conjure up a demon from Hell by mistake and they must deal with the consequences. -IMDB
Knights of Badassdom was actually a movie I had been wanting to watch for a while prior to it being released on Netflix but never got around to it. Listen to these 4 main actors/actresses in the movie and you'll see why: Ryan Kwanten (Jason Stackhouse from True Blood), Steve Zahn (from Sahara), Peter Dinklage (Game of Thrones) and Summer Glau (Arrow & Serenity). Not only did I want to watch this movie because of these actors but when was the last time you watched another movie about LARPing? Probably never!
You follow Joe (Ryan Kwanten) on his reluctant journey through the Kigdom of Eliphaz as his roommates force him to tag along in their LARPing adventure. Eric (Steve Zahn) unknowingly releases a demon during a ritual they perform and they struggle to undue what had been done.
Things do get a little weird when the demon starts to make its presence and begins killing off those partaking in the event. However as I said before Summer Glau is in the movie so if LARPing actually has women like that involved... where do I sign up?
All in all its a fun movie... should you watch it? Eh... you could probably skip over this one and live a full and happy life. I give it 1.5 Turtle Shells our of 5. The extra half a point was because it was about LARPing!
Posted by: Joe @thee.social.nerd
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