July 2011 archive

Game Review: Shadows of the Damned (PS3/Xbox360)

You know those awesome games that slip under the radar when they’re first released but become popular after they’ve been discontinued and get no credit for their creators because the title’s been out of print for so long? Games like “Beyond Good and Evil”, “Psychonauts” and “Castlevania Lords of Shadow” all seemed to miss making …

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First Full Trailer: The Adventures of Tintin

We got the teaser a few weeks back and I loved it. Now a full length trailer for “The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn” directed by Steven Spielberg and produced by Peter Jackson. As I said in a previous post, I am a huge Tintin fan and I am really looking forward …

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First Teaser Poster: The Dark Knight Rises

There are two filmmakers working today that really know how to market their films; J.J. Abrams and Christopher Nolan. Both of these filmmakers know how to just drip enough information out there to get us frothing at the mouth in excitement without actually telling us anything. This year we had Abrams masterfully handling the marketing …

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Twilight: New Moon – The Puppy People Strike Back

Part 2 of the new Geek Actually multi part opinion piece about the films of “The Twilight Saga” Twilight: New Moon – The Puppy People Strike Back Welcome back, Gentle Reader, to the second instalment of my reviews of The Twilight Saga. To recap, David has requested that I review these film (a journey he …

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Fox Shows Off 20 minutes of “Rise of the Planet of the Apes”

Yesterday I got the opportunity to see about 20 minutes of footage from the new Twentieth Century Fox film “Rise of the Planet of the Apes” and I was very impressed. Fox gave a nice presentation hosted by Weta Digital’s special effects guru Joe Letteri. According to Letteri this is the second biggest film, after …

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No Podcasts This Week

Due to an extremely harsh cold that has just wiped me (and Josh) out this week, we have decided to not record shows this week. We will take some time to just get better and come back strong for next week’s podcasts. So, once again, there are no shows being recorded this week (July 9th) …

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