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Ghostbusters – Sanctum of Slime

Jim Chaliz — Mon, 06 Dec 2010 23:57:40 +0000

Yesterday, when I was talking about Back to the Future -The Game I mentioned the fantastic Ghostbusters – The Video Game. When I said it yesterday I thought, “Wow. When are they going to make a sequel?” Today I find out that they already have. Set to be released as a DLC this April on Xbox Live and the Playstation Network is Ghostbusters – Sanctum of Slime. An all new adventure being developed by Wanako.

Unlike the last iteration, this will not have the voice acting of the original cast members, nor do you get to play as them. Seen as a passing of the proton stick you (and up to 4 players locally or online) play as a nameless Ghostbuster. This shouldn’t be that far of a stretch considering you played as a new rookie in the last game. The other noticeable difference is the change from the third person to an overhead perspective. The last bit of info that’s available so far, is that you can final drive an ECTO, but not the ECTO-1. Here you’ll be able to drive the ECTO-4WD and as seen above there is a heavy emphasis on teamwork.

I’m excited to see this franchise continue on even if just in videogame form, but when is the third movie coming out?!

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Back to the Future The Game

Jim Chaliz — Mon, 06 Dec 2010 05:45:39 +0000

Finally! The world has come to its senses. If you were ever a child, especially one of the eighties, fans of time travel, Michael J. Fox or even deloreans then its time to get really excited. Telltale games have just released the teaser trailer for their upcoming episodic Back to the Future game.
No game play is shown in the teaser, but there is some insight into the story. Doc is in trouble, both in the present and in some other undisclosed time. From the trailer it seems like it’s still the old west, but really who knows? Then like out of one of my childhood dreams the delorean flashes back into existence. I have some questions about that, but Ill get to them later. For now check out the video below.

Back to the Future The Video Game

Like I was saying, it seems weird that the delorean is back. Everyone remembers the moment when the locomotive tears through it like a hot samurai sword through butter at the end of the last film,(Not that a samurai sword would need to be hot to accomplish this, but whatever.) so I’m really interested in seeing how Telltale will make any kind of sense of this. Probably some kind of time swapping awesome ridiculousness that would otherwise only been seen in a Doctor Who episode. I also wonder why Doc’s estate is up for foreclosure when I thought that his he or his family had owned it for years?
There’s also the curious absence of the Xbox and Wii logos at the end of the trailer. I even checked out Telltale’s website, but there’s no mention of them. Okay, Wii I can understand (Sorry Nintendo), but Xbox Live. I’m pretty sure there are thousands of Xbox owners that would like to get their hands on a digital version of the delorean or a real one for that matter. Not to worry though considering that it’ll be released for PC I can only assume that the Live version will arrive soon after.
Personally I’ve had an imaginary count down that I’ve actually never really had for this game, but I knew it was coming. I felt it back when our favorite media companies started scavenging through our collective childhoods for re-marketable material. Not that that was a bad thing we did get some awesomeness out of it, like the first transformers movie and Ghostbusters video game. Back to the Future: The Game seems to be set on the same track, if it captures even a fraction of what the original films were like I think it’ll be a huge hit. So far it seems that way and we’ll be able to get our hands on the first of the five chapters later on this month.

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NYCBM

Jim Chaliz — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 03:12:42 +0000

All right so I’ve been sitting on this for about a week now. And I gotta tell ya… there was a reason for that. Remember how I said something about any news that might come up I’ll report on it. Well… yeah… There really wasn’t any.
But what there were a lot of comics and what made this con special was the amount of people truly devoted to them. So instead of trying to exaggerate any minor news I might have gotten. I’m just going to show some of the things that I found particularly interesting. I promise I’ll try to squeeze chicks in tight outfits into this. I swear.

First and formost. While riding the subway and checking some emails I noticed that my bad was somewhat lighter than usual for something like this. Lo and behold I forgot my camera. Yes. Awesome. Go to an event sans camera. Brilliant, but not to worry. The trusty iPhone to the rescue. So there ya go.

So the New York Comic Book Marketplace is a one day annual event held in the center (or heart, if you will) of Manhattan. Across from Madison Square Garden. As soon as I walked in I was greeted by the first counter selling rare comics. Awesome. This will probably be the only time I’ll get close enough to touch the first Issue of Spider-Man or the introductory issue of Robin, because they are Fu-king expensive. If you didn’t already know that.

10 cents my ass. Try $6,900.00 and I think thats on the low scale for the issue. I know you cant see it very well but I love the little price tag with the big number. All right moving on. To this guy.

This is Yogen and he is awesome! I mean that. Seriously, he was awesome. Super nice guy and he dressed as a Jedi for a reason outside of the fanboyism. He’s part of “New York Jedi”, basically I guess you could call them a theater/ performance group dedicated to saber battles. They also make and sell light sabers that you can actually beat the hell out of. Pretty sure they are unlicensed versions, but who the hell really cares when you’re sitting there whacking your friend over the head with a lit up saber that wont break and if it does guess what? The blades are replaceable. You can check them out here.
www.NewYorkjedi.com

Some more walking and a ridiculous amount of comics later I ran into this. Now some of you may not be as excited about this as I was, but this was a set up I haven’t seen since maybe 1989.

Come on isn’t that great. I was five in 89 if anyone was wondering. The blurry guy in the background was selling stuff I think but I cant be sure. All right. Final two bits and I’ll be out of your hair.

The guy on the left is Jimmy Tran. If you’ve picked up any recent Ninja Turtles dvd’s specifically TMNT: Fast Forward it means you’ve probably seen his work as a colorist. What you may not have seen is his work as an illustrator. Which blew my mind. A really talented guy. I urge you to check it out at
www.jtapp.com .

Finally the guy on the right. This is Chris R. Notarile. You may not know who he is but you will probably know some of the films he’s done. He’s the writer/director/actor in Blinky Productions versions of comic films. Like Mr.J, Blinky’s rendition of how the Joker and Harley Quinn met. Obviously done on a small budget, but they are fun to watch and these two are in it.

HA! I said I’d get chicks wearing skimpy outfits into this post. Anyway, this is Kim Santiago and Johanna Telander. Both of which are heavily featured in Blinky Production films.Telander actually plays Harley Quinn in the Mr.J series. Sadly I wasn’t able to get them in costume. I’m the guy that got the photos of them after they changed.

Still beautiful girls. Sadly, I just missed the spandex and gratuitous cleavage.
But back to the films and rounding this out. After speaking with Chris for a while we got to the topic of a Street Fighter film that he would like to do. He mentioned trying to get the rights and told me the plot outline. I hope he’s able to get it done. Because it would almost definitely be better than the live action crap thats out now. He did shoot a trailer though. Check it out and other films at www.Blinky-Productions.com

All in all the experience was great. The people were really friendly and I bought a bunch of comics for a dollar. So against all odds and weather this thing got off the ground and was fantastic. At least for me.

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Coverage from The New York Comic Book Marketplace

Jim Chaliz — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 00:46:20 +0000

The Comic Con that won’t give up. Now I know that sounds a bit extreme, but here in New York the weather has been just that. With snow piling up the New York Comic Book Marketplace is making sure that it’s doors will be open for it’s annual event and I’ll be making sure to bring any and all news from the show floor.

You can check out the website here: www.nycbm.com

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More Gameplay footage of Red Dead Redemption

Jim Chaliz — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 02:36:02 +0000

red dead redemption
So here is some more game play footage from Red Dead Redemption. Now I really have no idea what’s going on with the voice over. You might feel like you’re in the middle of a power point presentation, but the video shows that the game will most likely be the most bad ass thing ever. Much like the first game, you will be able to use the dead eye targeting system. Only this time they’ve revamped it for more targeted shots. Either several shots to one opponent or singles to multiple. Anyway the video tells all.

Source: www.Joystiq.com

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Assassins creed fan film

Jim Chaliz — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 22:58:23 +0000

As of lately there has been a slew of really well made fan film based on video games. Like in a previous post, I’m not one to put them up unless they are exceptional. So here’s another fan film that I though was great.

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Red Dead Redemption gameplay footage

Jim Chaliz — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 23:04:18 +0000

Source: Joystiq.com

Just found this video of Rockstar’s upcoming long awaited sequel to Red Dead Revolver.

Source: Joystiq.com

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Modern Warfare 2 leaked in UK

Jim Chaliz — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:33:22 +0000

As it seems some of our friends in the UK just couldn’t wait any longer for the release of Modern Warfare 2. Some shops have started selling copies of the game early and to our dismay that only means we’re going to have to play catch up when it comes to team death match. You can check out the full article below at gamesindustry.biz.

Source: gamesindustry.biz

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Super KO Boxing 2

Jim Chaliz — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:02:54 +0000

Does anyone remember the days of being really frustrated by Mike Tyson’s Punch Out. Yet you couldn’t pull yourself away because of sheer irritation and the desperate need to knock him out. Well those days are back again, but in a totally different game.
The developers at GLU have brought us Super KO Boxing 2 for the iPhone. Where you’re placed in the gloves of the K.O Kid against a variety of ridiculous competitors and have the simple task of knocking them out. Ah, but if it were that easy.The competitors vary from the electrified gloved Dynamo to a guy very reminiscent of Sho’nuff from the movie The Last Dragon called Shogun.

Like I said before the task is simple. Knock the other guy out. In the true style of punch out every character has their specific weakness and timing. Figuring it out can take some time and is challenging but extremely rewarding when you do. Believe me because I’ve gotten some weird looks when I’m caught talking smack to my phone on the subway. The touch screen is used creatively especially when knocked down. Similar to Fight night you have to maneuver two reluctant circles to the center of the screen before time runs out.
The controls are laid out in a nice simple way on each side of the screen. Two buttons to move, one to block on the left and hi/low attacks on the right. Plus options for variations of the controls which use the accelerometer. They work well but as I’ve noticed sometimes the sensitivity can be a little off which can add to some frustration in the game. The graphics and animations are amazing especially for an iPhone game and can easily give you the feeling that you’re playing on a console system.
Overall it’s a great call back to the classic arcade style boxing game and an honest homage to the best of them all Punch Out, but with that said the game does stand on it’s own. With it’s own flair and hilarious opponents. You can pick it up on the app store for 4.99 or get the free demo version. Either way it’s a good time.

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The price is not right? DLCs?

Jim Chaliz — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 10:28:29 +0000

I think the headline might be saying to much. Now before I really begin I just want to say that I love DLC. Before Xbox Live I felt left out in the cold because its was solely a PC gaming thing. Yes. You might say, I should have just sucked it up and played games on a PC, but nay. I was actually too lazy to learn the keyboard layouts.
With that said, it’s great to have all the possibilities of adding extra content. With the Playstation Store, Xbox Live, and Wii Shop Channel we can download till our hearts content. Or until you realize that you just spent sixty dollars on two map packs, a game or two,a video or three, one too many backgrounds and a couple new shirts and toys for your avatar. And this is my point. How much is too much for DLC?
Looking at it this way. If you have COD: World at War like I do, then we have a great game. Good for us. Now that isn’t enough we need more. After awhile you learn the nooks and crannies of a multiplayer map and the matches begin to get a little stale. Bang! New DLC. A fresh set of three maps and an extra for more zombie killing. Also an extra ten bucks. To make this short the same thing happens two more times. Now we’ve got a great game and more than enough maps. Then i realized this 65$ game is now a 95$ game and a soon a copy will come out with all the maps attached for around sixty somethingish. Ah, the benefits of capitalism, but what I want to know is, did we really need to pay thirty dollars extra for this? We got maps and some weapons. Hell the game already cost sixty something bucks why are we nearly paying half the price of the original game for MAPS? For me it makes sense when I’m paying for something like “Liberty City Stories” because it adds to the playtime in the game and takes the story further. More missions you know the deal.
Then there are the miscellaneous items like backgrounds, videos and avatar apparel. Why are we paying five bucks for a digital lightsaber that I can’t touch nor make grilled cheeses with. I’ll tell you why. Because its cool, but way too expensive. Then I can rent a video for three bucks in HD for twenty four hours. Okay I guess that can be reasonable as I’ve already stated that I’m lazy and thus impatient so sometimes I just cant wait for that copy of Fanboys to arrive in the mail.
All I’m saying is that with the profits that game publishers make I think they can side step on the prices of their DLC. But that’s just me. What do you think?

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