Treasure Island 1990 Preorder – Release Date Confirmed James Schumacher, June 26, 2011September 27, 2011 *Update* Treasure Island DVD review here! It’s finally 100% confirmed, Treasure Island 1990 DVD approaches! Check out this graphic released to major vendors as a tie-in for the Ben Hur Anniversary Blu-ray release. A collection of Heston films are set to come out with Treasure Island featured most prominently. Treasure… Continue Reading
Action Rockstar News – Max Payne 3 and L.A. Noire PC James Schumacher, June 24, 2011February 11, 2024 Some big news from Rockstar in the last few days. Involving an old IP that Rockstar is now developing in-house and their newest hit franchise as well. Max Payne 3 Release Date Several reports have popped up on the Internet stating that those who have put in early pre-orders for… Continue Reading
On the Brink of Something Good James Schumacher, June 22, 2011June 29, 2011 Brink made a promise upon it initial debut to reinvent or at the least reinvigorate the first person shooter. Early media gave us glimpses of highly stylized characters and an interesting mixture of traditional shooting mechanics with free-running (parkour) mixed in for good measure. Most people were touting the game… Continue Reading
Scarlet Street Film Review – L.A. Noire Film Project James Schumacher, June 21, 2011July 17, 2015 Scarlet Street is a 1945 Film Noir from Austrian director Fritz Lang. Lang was a master of the dark genre of German Expressionism which lent itself so well to the Noir genre. The British Film Institute titled him as the Master of Darkness. Lang was best known for the still popular… Continue Reading
Knights Contract has been Revoked James Schumacher, June 20, 2011June 20, 2011 Every time I see or hear anything remotely like “has just been revoked” I automatically think of the end of Lethal Weapon 2 after Riggs has been shot, and the South African d-bag claims diplomatic immunity. BLAM! “It’s just been revoked”. Hell yeah, Sgt. Murtaugh! That was Lethal Weapon 2,… Continue Reading
Gun Crazy Film Review – L.A. Noire Gold Film Reel Series James Schumacher, June 16, 2011March 2, 2014 Gun Crazy (originally called Deadly is the Female) is a 1950 Film-Noir from director Joseph H. Lewis and writer MacKinlay Kantor who wrote the screenplay based on his original work. An interesting side-note, Millard Kaufman received a co-credit as screenwriter. Kaufman was creator of Mr Magoo at the time and… Continue Reading
Mass Effect 3 Collector’s Edition Pre-Order Package James Schumacher, June 14, 2011June 14, 2011 Mass Effect 3 N7 Collector’s Edition Just like they did with ME2 there will be a N7 collectors edition for Mass Effect 3 and it comes with some pretty cool stuff. Mass Effect 2 got a similar treatment plus a connection to the “Cerberus Network” which served as the DLC… Continue Reading
Blog Notorious (1946) Film Review – L.A. Noire Golden Film Reel Series James Schumacher, June 13, 2011June 24, 2017 Notorious is 65 years old this year (2011) and stands out to many individuals as one of Alfred Hitchock’s finest films. It intertwines multiples genre, the spy/espionage thriller and the film noir, while at the same time being the most overtly romantic of his films. In fact, though actually an… Continue Reading
E3 Winners and Losers James Schumacher, June 10, 2011June 12, 2011 Every year the question after E3 is who won? Sometimes its clear-cut, other times things are simply divided by fanboy (and/or girl) lines. “Insert Console Company” kick “Insert other Console Company’s ass this year. Oh, and Nintendo is for kids! “Console Company” is for “insert favorite ethnic or homophobic slur”…. Continue Reading
Assassins Creed II Deluxe Edition PSN Deal – $9.99 James Schumacher, June 10, 2011June 10, 2011 Assassins Creed II Deluxe PSN Deal Assassins Creed II Deluxe Edition with DLC (Bonfire of the Vanities and Battle of Forli) is right now $9.99 on the Playstation Store. This may be a permanent price drop as it is not listed under PLUS or special deals. This is a great… Continue Reading
Hitman Absolution Debut Trailer – 47 is Back James Schumacher, June 8, 2011 The best thing about E3 isn’t about console wars pr which developer is better, it’s about finally getting a good look at new I.P.s and the continuation franchises that you had hoped or heard were making a return. I have always thoroughly enjoyed the Hitman series. Though the last few… Continue Reading
Nintendo E3 2011 Breakdown – Wii U James Schumacher, June 7, 2011June 8, 2011 Wii U Console Announced We’ll get to the software and such later. What everyone wants to talk about and possibly at least part of what they were expecting came to pass during Nintendo’s morning press conference. Nintendo announced their new controller… I mean new system. The Wii U. I joke… Continue Reading