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Michael Bay to leak false info on Transformers 2, is being an ass

As if Michael Bay bitching about not doing Transformers 2 wasn’t enough, he is now determined to wrestle innocent fanboys and movie news sites. Bay told Rotten Tomatoes that he has several fake scripts which he is going to leak “all over the place”. Since fans will never know that these are fake, they will be confused and Bay will be one happy boy. There is already one out, see if you can catch it.

I fail to see the genius in revealing that you’re releasing fakes if you ARE releasing fakes. Since people are going to know that the copy they hold is a fake, there isn’t going to be as much hype and viral marketing for the movie. If Bay is NOT leaking anything, but is lying in this article, then I label him a genius.

Bay goes on to boast about how he got the writer of The Ring to join the crew and how the story is going to be good, just like the first was. So, Transformers fans, here’s my advice to you: If you see a fantastic Transformers script, a brilliantly written, a spectacular once-in-a-lifetime script, you know it’s a Michael Bay-approved fake and doesn’t have a chance of being the actual movie.

I didn’t Know Vlogging was SO Problematic

Well apparently the writers behind Quarter Life think so. Quarter Life is a new webseries that mixes the real world with the fictional. It introduces a twenty-something year old vlogger (a blogger but with video) who talks about her life and friends. Her friends hate her for putting their issues on the internet website QuarterLife.com and the drama ensues.

Because this is an internet show, the creators have allowed users to build their own vlog on QuarterLife.com as well. It’s a rather unique idea.

I’m glad we’re finally getting the longly overdue interactive TV experience, even if it’s not on the Tube.

Alvin and the Chipmunks

When news broke out about a new Chipmunks movie, lets say everyone saw it as being a Garfield crap-o-rama. A new trailer is out that actually proves otherwise! The Chipmunks have never looked so good and they have never felt so energetic. Hopefully this movie will be able to reach out to audiences other than children, especially since generations of people know and love Alvin and the Chipmunks.

If the movie can live up to this new trailer, I might actually want to see this film in theaters.

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Crysis – Review

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If you haven’t heard of it from all the hype from the last few months, Crysis is a first person shooter published by EA. In Crysis you play a solider in a futuristic (Nano) suit who is sent to a remote island on a mission to find more than he expected.

The storyline in Crysis for the most part cannot be said as it would ruin the game, but it does go into a lot of detail and fleshes out the events surrounding you. Crysis is easy to control in terms of gameplay controls with the mouse and keyboard presenting no issues. For those of you who have seen all of the trailers over the months and played the demo you will find the game is exactly as advertised; a large number of gameplay areas all vast in size and varied in type. While FPS games do well just for being an FPS the biggest draw is the idea of replaying the game using the various different possible ways that the levels can be completed such as doing it once while invisible without killing then going through just like Van-Damme would punching everyone and then finally like Sly would with full-on guns in the jungle just like in Rambo.

While people might have been reporting issues with graphics settings in the demo versions, the full game is extremely easy to use and can scale to any system to give a perfect frame rate. No matter your system’s capabilities, one option that is a must in the graphics settings is Physics quality. The higher quality physics settings control effects such as buildings being able to come crashing down. Lets be fair that’s half of the appeal for the game so having it on high is a must!

There are some issues though that are hard to ignore. After spending up to the last 6 months hearing nothing about how much we are going to love this game, getting a single player campaign that only takes 10 hours to complete on a PC only title is a pretty disappointing. You end up wishing for the game to have been longer since you have been hearing about it for so long, it’s kind of anticlimactic. Some enemies get stuck in walls if you shoot them in close proximity to them which is a serious game play issue. There is also an escort mission, which is rather dull.

With a solid multilayer map set and an ending that leaves it open to a sequel, we can only hope that Crysis 2 fixes the issues with this game. While Crysis is fantastic to play, the excitement of blowing trees drys up pretty quickly and it only actually effects enemy characters directly in the rarest of cases.

Crysis also features a level editor called The Sandbox2. It doesn’t add that much value to the game as it’s way too technical for a novice to use. The program is hidden away in a directory on the install CD with only a single acknowledgment in the readme file and no directions on how to find it on the CD’s autorun let alone use it. The editor also isn’t mentioned at all in the instruction manual in the box.

Verdict: +

Ted Stokes

Proof of full version review before retail release.

We have had some comments on digg that some users doubt that this is a review of the full version. As is usual it is a review of a press unit and above are screenshots taken by myself to prove it is from the full version using the popular fraps screenshot program. Since promo shots are a single one or two from a level it was decided to give a number of non-action shots as to try and not ruin the game or at least the level. At the top of the review are the new exclusive screenshots. Look for the Stuffwelike name on the save screen in screenshot 3.

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Massive BSODs sighted in Toronto, apprehension grows

Click on image for link to larger image, if you haven’t guessed yet.

Software glitch my ass. I’ve (like many others of my kind) have known that Blue Screens of Death are tangible, electronic aliens that will one day enslave humanity, and Microsoft is just a front for them. And yes, Bill Gates is actually green and has five tentacles and sucks brains out. Ballmer is of the same race.

Their crusade against humanity was fairly veiled until now, but it appears that they are willing to declare full-fledged war. As you can see in the image above, Blue Screens of Death have invaded Toronto, terrorizing the populace and causing global fear. According to news sources, these have lasted for days. Civilians have been advised NOT to negotiate or communicate with these aliens, as they could be heavily armed. Pray for the people of Toronto, and report your nearest BSOD to the local authorities.

Remember, humanity’s future may lie in your hands.

[Via Gizmodo]