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July 20th, 2008

Max Payne trailer: Leak or marketing gimmick?

More than a week ago, b5media entertainment channel’s Film Gecko posted a trailer video of 20th Century Fox’s Max Payne with the suspicion that it had been leaked onto YouTube.
Film Gecko’s Jane Boursaw wrote:
I’m not sure how long this will stay online, but a new trailer for 20th Century Fox’s Max Payne has been leaked […]

By Joel -- 0 comments

July 20th, 2008

Max Payne 2: More than meets the eye

While we’re on the subject of Max Payne …
Have you ever wondered how Max Payne and the gorgeous Mona Sax look like under all those layers of “graphic novel-like paint” in
Max Payne 2’s dialogue or cut scenes? Well, you need not wonder any longer. Feast your eyes on these before and after shots:
Before
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By Joel -- 1 comment

July 16th, 2008

Conflict: Master diplomacy and warmongering in this classic

What do you do if you only have a 386 PC on your desk and need to sate this craving for world domination? Why, play Conflict: Middle East Political Simulator, of course. And this is exactly what I did back in 1994, when I had been stuck for hours on end manning the editorial offices […]

By Joel -- 0 comments

July 13th, 2008

Disturbing Pac-Man images

I’ve always been a big fan of Pac-Man, that pill chomping yellow ball of the 80s video game craze. I’m not the only fan. Let’s take a look at some disturbing Pac-Man images that I’ve culled from the Net.
Killer Pac-Man

Whoever created this monsterpiece probably had a fixation on both Pac-Man and Jaws.
Image downloaded from Tech […]

By Joel -- 5 comments

June 30th, 2008

Ken and Ryu animated gifs

I just love animated gifs. I call them the poor man’s Flash animation. I love animated gifs even more if they feature stuff that I’m really into, like video games. In my search for these gems, I’ve found three interesting animated gifs of Ken and Ryu of Street Fighter fame. Here, take a gander:

By Joel -- 0 comments

June 14th, 2008

Where in the World is Carmen San Diego? Apparently, everywhere

A few posts back, I answered fellow b5media video games channel blogger Aiza Bautista’s meme on what games I currently play. My answer included “a plethora of old video games, including Super Mario Brothers, Adventure Island, Where in the World is Carmen San Diego, and Contra. Well, I’ve talked about the first two and the […]

By Joel -- 1 comment

February 9th, 2008

Whatever happened to … ? #1: Mario’s bid for a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame

In February 2005, a petition to put video game stars such as Mario and Donkey Kong on the Hollywood Walk of Fame was launched. The rallying cry of the big push:
Interactive entertainment is an important part of the entertainment industry. Each year, video games usually make as much money—or even more—than the movie box offices. […]

By Joel -- 0 comments

December 8th, 2007

I Ought To Plug Something Of Mine, At Least

On sale next week in the UK:

Featuring TEMPEST written by yours truly and with sumptuous cel-shaded art by Jon Davis-Hunt. It’s probably the most violent, thrill-powered thing I’ve ever done and it’ll be like getting caught up in a fight between a ninja cop from the future and a robot Jesus. SPOILER ALERT.

By alewing -- 2 comments

December 7th, 2007

Epilogue Two: Lardy Stalkers And ‘Found Sound’

NEWSFLASH! I have so far not been replaced! Also, the last post got me my very own stalker, who looks like this:

He’s very much against women’s suffrage and - hilariously - thinks that I’m a weak and feeble woman because, you know, I spoke out of turn instead of baking him a pie. Reader, I […]

By alewing -- 0 comments

November 24th, 2007

Epilogue One: Women In Geek-Culture And The Men Who Actively Despise Them

Until my superiors find someone new to fill this slot and take away my access privileges, I’m going to be using this space to talk about things that are interesting - and more realistically, to point at other people doing interesting things.
And sometimes doing interesting things means linking to other interesting things. Don’t worry, on-topic-post-lovers […]

By alewing -- 3 comments

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