He will be missed greatly.
He will be missed greatly.
It was never about whether you agreed with his opinion, or even what movie he was writing about - even when you completely disregarded those factors, it was always about Roger Ebert's ability to craft an interesting, critical opinion to his audience. That was what made him such an inspiration to so many writers. Roger Ebert passed away today. He was 70 years old, fighting a battle against cance...
Today, Disney officially closed down the development and publishing arms of LucasArts , in the effort of shifting the business model of LucasArts to become more of a "licensing house" for their intellectual properties. Chiefly among those properties, include the Star Wars and Indiana Jones franchises. The analyst/realist part of me says this isn't entirely a surprise for LucasArts - not since 2...
Kirk Hamilton wrote an interesting article on Kotaku about how the next Splinter Cell game would feature 'interrogation sequences' , which in the previous game, Splinter Cell:Conviction, featured playable torture sequences as the title's main protagonist, Sam Fisher. It really got me thinking - although maybe not on the subject matter he intended. While he was trying to wrestle with the issue r...
Just watched the "new" Mass Effect 3 endings. Given the fact that I wasn't exactly up in arms about them in the first place, even though I agreed that the literal inconsistencies were confusing and misleading, the new endings... SPOILER WARNING: Click here to reveal hidden content. ...are pretty good. They deal with a lot of the literal inconsistencies and are filled in nicely with a lot of thi...
First and foremost, I have no interest to discuss any of the Mass Effect 3 endings in here, nor will there be any spoilers or discussion about the singleplayer campaign. That horse has been kicked far into it's grave, and I really don't care to speak about it anymore. With that out of the way, can I take a moment to dispel some things I've been hearing about Mass Effect 3 's multiplayer and the...
In light of Alex's article about GameStop forcibly removing OnLive coupons from boxed units of Deus Ex: Human Revolution , I just don't know if I can deal with GameStop opening up shrink-wrapped SKU's and then reselling them, and I still don't think the methods they took were exactly tactful or business ethical. It's easy for almost anyone to say "well that's kind of weird", but I thought I'd g...
After playing Terraria for few days now, I can definitely say it is pretty interesting fun. Having not played Minecraft , I was intrigued by the concept of the open-world sandbox , and wanted a game that delivered that concept. Minecraft is popular, but I was never too keen on the graphical style; or lack thereof, depending on your argument. I'll admit, I was much more keen on the art style of...
The situation, as if you didn't already know Yikes. Just got back from a Blockbuster Canada that was liquidating everything in their store at 30% off, which of course is because of their recent closure annoucement. Seems like not every store is closing down, but many of them are. For more information regarding the closing, you can find it here: http://www.grantthornton.ca/services/reorg/bankrup...
The biggest problem I see is that a lot of people don't understand why there is a big fuss about used game sales and why online passes are in place from companies such as EA, Activision, or other game publishers. As a consumer, the most front-facing thing we notice is that if we buy a game used, we most likely have to buy a $10-$15 code to allow online play, which can instantly negate a discoun...
This blog is inspired by this thread on Screened.com, which is a thread discussing various things that ruin your movie theater experience. Here's my beef with 2 major grievences. The First I absolutely cannot stand people who applaud or cheer at the movies. I don't have a problem when people laugh out loud when something is funny, or even have to do a knee-slap or single hand-clap when somethin...