Can you believe there are people in the world who don't play video games? Crazy right? Even more ridiculous is that there are people who actually criticize video games as a whole, saying they're bad for you. BAD FOR YOU?! These Negative Nancies (I apologize for anyone named Nancy who takes offense at use of the term; then again, you're proving the moniker true by not lightening up about it) see video games as little more than toys for kids that provide no actual benefit to the players in the real world. I'm here to let you know just how wrong they are.
Dread and Tyler discuss major (and personal) highlights of the San Diego Comic Convention, 2013!
Doctor Who 50th anniversary and Christmas specials
Batman: Arkham Origins
Nightcrawler returns in Amazing X-Men #1
Guardians of the Galaxy
Thor: The Dark World
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Robocop Reboot
Demand a sequel for Dredd, people!!
Simpsons/Family Guy crossover
Simpsons/Futurama crossover
Batman/Superman movie
Avengers 2: The Age of Ultron
Ant-Man with Scott Lang?
Fight Club gets a graphic novel sequel
Legend of Korra: Season 2
Plus More!
Intro song is "Yellow Lasers" by MC Frontalot. Visit the Nerdcore Headquarters at frontalot.com
Outro song is "I Have Never Watched an Episode of Doctor Who in my Life" by Adam Warrock. Beat used is "Coffee" by Aesop Rock. You can find more by Warrock at adamwarrock.com
If you're visiting Irreverent News, you most likely do the same thing I do: constantly dream of super powers with which to lord over all the normies...or save them, you know, whichever suits your fancy because nobody would be able to stop you anyways. If that's the case, then I have a great YouTube series to recommend, and it's called Science Friction.
A man named Rusty Ward, who's user name is simply Rusty, poses the question, "what super powers would you want?" and then goes on to showcase how close we are to achieving that feat in the real world. He discusses cutting edge technology and cuts in footage from other YouTube videos to give you a grasp at how far away you are from shooting people with Star Trek phasers or becoming invisible. He then uses his hefty comic knowledge to apply a level of fantasy and comedy that we nerdos love so much.
So far, the show includes episodes about Iron Man armor, stopping time like Neo, and healing from wounds like Wolverine. The production value is high, and Rusty is an entertaining fellow to watch, so make sure to subscribe to his channel and give him your ideas for future super power based episodes. I would personally like to see an episode about Gambit's kinetic charging abilities.
San Diego's Annual Comics Convention has come and gone; eBay is being flooded with exclusive collectibles, dozens of women are power-washing the collective nerd stench of athousand drooling basement dwellers out of homemade X-Men themed costumes, and teh internetz is awash with rampant speculation regarding several Nerdgasmic announcements made over the weekend. You could spend hours going over the intricate details of new Legos, new movies, new games, new Lego movies, new Lego games, and new Lego Movie games, but if you're visiting Irreverent News you're probably too lazy to do the legwork to find all the good stuff. I can respect that, and would like to bring you the a quick recap of SDCC 2013's highlights from the perspective of a fellow lazy nerd.
With The Wolverine hitting U.S. movie theatres this friday I felt the need to stop and take a moment to lower everyone's expectations. While comic book movies are generally entertaining to the movie-going masses, this entertainment factor comes at the cost of specific details and plot points from their beloved originating source. This wouldn't be such a big deal except that more people watch movies than read comics (or anything really), and are now walking around with misinformation they think is canon. People need to know that Spider-Man didn't learn how to use his powers by skate boarding, and I'm here to help.
The Last of Us and Bioshock Infinite comparisons...light SPOILER
Next episode, we'll cover all of the San Diego Comic Con craziness!
Intro song is "Call Shotgun" by Adam Warrock. Beat used is "I used to luv HER (again)" by Murs and 9th Wonder.
Outro song is "Borderlands" by Adam Warrock and produced by Vince Vandal. Beat used is "Short Change Hero" by The Heavy.
You can find more by Adam Warrock at adamwarrock.com
For years the PlayStation trophy system has been little more than a way to stretch some extra playability (playableness?) out PS3 games, as well as the best way for sad dudes to convince themselves that the hours spent dodging reality is worth it with shiny quantitative digital proof. Sony recognizes this, and is rewarding its hardcore faithful with the "Bid for Greatness" experiment; An auction where PlayStation gamers can bid their Gold Trophies for props and costumes that where used in their latest gamer focused propaganda video "Greatness Awaits".
Everyday through July 30th Sony will put one item up for auction including but not limited to concept art for the commercial, The Dragonborn's Shield from The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, Captain Hathaway's Cutlass from Assassin's Creed IV, and even a clicker costume (which I assume is just the facial fungal growth, not some chick's sweaty ripped t-shirt and jeans) from Naughty dog's masterpiece The Last of Us.
This whole thing sounds like an awesome idea in a recent trend of awesome ideas focused on expanding and reinforcing the PlayStation fanbase. Sadly, if you are not in the upper echelon of PlayStation faithful you will have little to no chance of winning this stuff. Example: I am an avid gamer, I prefer the PlayStation to all other formats, I am the highest ranking individual on my PSN friend's list, and I am the proud owner of 76 Gold Trophies. The first item up for bid (A Black hand Helghast Outfit from Killzone: Shadow Fall) just went for over 1000 Gold Trophies, making the triumph of my accomplishments shrivel like George Costanza in a swimming pool. Odds are the the guy who won this item is probably so obese from a combination of marathon gaming sessions and industrial size jugs of cheeze puffs that he can't even fit into it. The best any casual player (or anyone with a real job) can hope for is that the auction winner realizes his folly and puts the thing on eBay.
Today marks the 30th anniversary of Nintendo's first console, released July 15th, 1983 in Japan as the Family Computer, or the Famicom. In the US, we know it better as the Nintendo Entertainment System, or the NES, released two years later with a major redesign. The image above shows the Famicom, with its red, white and gold color scheme, hardwired controllers, and top-loading cartridge port.
The image below is the NES, with the more nuetral color layout, two controller ports in the front, and the maddenly frustrating front-loading cartridge tray. Is it just me, or does the Iron Man-esque Famicom look a little bit cooler?
To celebrate, Nintendo is offering a bunch of classic games for only 30 cents for 30 days! Titles include Donkey Kong, Super Metroid, Kirby's Adventure, Punch Out, and more, all available on Nintendo's eShop.
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