Part thriller, part action, part video game “movie.” Heavy Rain, a new game by French developer Quantic Dream, looks at gaming in a different light. With a clear correlation with movies, video games have story and a plot where the player gets to control the action. However, there is often little emotion involved with playing [...]
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In the mood to be entertained? This category features upcoming movies and video games that look fantastic. Whether it’s a big or small production, if it’s supposed to be a blockbuster, chances are it’ll be here.
Following Nintendo and Microsoft, Sony has now introduced gamers to a new virtual world on their Playstation 3 console with its “Home” platform. “Home” is a virtual world much like the very popular Second Life game where you register and create a digital representation of yourself (or anyone else I guess) and interact with other [...]
Not too long ago (in a galaxy far far… never mind) there was a movie by the name of “The Chronicles of Riddick.” In the movie Richard Riddick, played by Vin Diesel, trys to elude capture by bounty hunters and the likes of others who want him dead. As with most movies trend today, the [...]
I am a huge fan of the Halo soundtrack. Since Halo: Combat Evolved and continuing on to Halo 3, the in-game soundtrack has been superb in comparison to most other games. No other game developer had gone as far as Bungie has to create original music that immerses gamers into the action of the game. [...]
Terminator Salvation, the supposed sequel to Terminator 3, is on its way for May 2009. The movie is set to happen after Terminator 3 when, at the end, nuclear bombs are delivered by Skynet and the Terminators. The main character, John Connor, being played by Christian Bale, must once again fight against Skynet and lead [...]
Out now, Call of Duty: World at War, the latest first person shooter from Activision set in World War 2 is of leet status. Check out the trailer if you haven’t already: The game pits you in some drastically different settings, and the game’s scale is much improved over the previous Call of Duty title, [...]
Everyone loved using the chainsaw in Gears 1 to crack through skulls and dismember bodies left and right, and now Gears of War 2 has some more to offer. Furthering the story from the first Gears game, Gears 2 goes more in depth with the main character, Marcus Fenix, and the Delta Squad that fights [...]
Fallout 3, a creepy game about super mutants, giant insects, and carnage left over by nuclear destruction in Washington D.C., has landed on store shelves. The game lets us play in first-or-third person, and choose a destiny for the character. The game can be played either as turn-based or a first-person-shooter, we have the option [...]
