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My biggest complaint about this dvd is that Papa Smurf isn’t as featured on the cover as he should be.
What can I say? If you were raised on the classics then you want the Smurfs- not for the same purposes as Gargamel, but you still have a hunger for them. They’re happy, little tales of happy, little people leading happy, big lives. . . . . . see what I did there? Continue reading “REVIEW: The Smurfs Season 1 Volume 2”
After months of rumours and badly-kept secrets, we finally have the official announcement of Star Wars: The Old Republic. As expected, it turns out to be an MMO, and set in the Star Wars universe; more specifically, the KotOR era.
We’re just a few hours out of the great revelation and the official site has gone online. Information is flying all across the Internets and we bring you the lowdown on what The Old Republic is going to be all about.
Continue reading “The Lowdown on Star Wars: The Old Republic”
On this episode of the StuffWeLike.com Weekly Mashup we review:
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull – DVD, Speed Racer – DVD, The Happening – DVD, DreamKeeper 400, and Viking Battle for Asgard – soundtrack.
Please let us know what you think!
We cover the Los Angeles fires in Porter Ranch and Simi Valley. Lots of explicit language used. Sorry, but it was an intense situation.
The Happening
20th Century Fox/Spyglass Entertainment
Starring Mark Wahlberg, Zooey Deschanel, John Leguizamo, Ashlyn Sanchez, and Alan Ruck
Written, Produced, and Directed by: M. Night Shyamalan
Rated R for violent and disturbing images
Running Time = 91 minutes
Available Now
Oh, M. Night Shyamalan. What hast thou wrought? The mastermind behind The Sixth Sense and Signs brings forth his first R-rated film. But much like Lady in the Water, the film falls flat. In fact, The Happening seems to rely more on shock tactics than any actual story.
Groups of people go into a seemingly comatose state, then proceed to kill themselves. Through a variety of means these folks take their own lives to the horror of those not affected. As the plague spreads, authorities determine it to be one thing: a terrorist attack. Continue reading “The Happening Isn’t All That Happening”
I can’t believe I missed this! While I did get you the deal on what little info was found about Deus Ex 3, it looks like somebody got their hands on the actual magazine scans, which have been put up here. Okay, they’re not scans, they’re outright photos and pretty bad ones at that: most of the text seems to have been clipped out.
So we’ll have to do with the concept art/screenshots, and they are definitely some tasty eye candy. The Cyberpunk/Renaissance art design becomes visible here, though I think making NPCs wear 16-century-ish clothes is a little overkill. I love the environments, though.
Augmentations are a lot more “in your face” says the caption, and that they are. With what looks like direct prosthetics for your arms, you won’t find the subtlety of JC’s nanotechnology-enhanced augmentations. This goes with the story, since JC and Paul were the first test subjects in augmented agents.
The protagonist of Deus Ex 3, Adam Jensen appears to be an agent with mechanical mods, like Gunther Hermann or Anna Navarre from the original game. In any case, he looks pretty cyborg.As for the Biomods themselves, here’s what I found from the pages:
Another bit of info that can be found is about Stealth and Hacking, both of which disappoint me greatly.
Okay, I’m totally not sure about this. An RTS-style mini game for hacking? You’ve got to be kidding me. I’m also not comfortable with replacing the shadow-based stealth mechanic from the previous two games. Deus Ex had handled stealth without making it too technical, I’m not sure if Deus Ex 3 will be able to do it.
All in all, I’m both impressed and disappointed. Still, since its Deus Ex, I won’t be missing it. 😉
