#May2012

Neal Adams To Draw ‘THE FIRST X-MEN’ Miniseries. This…Sounds Awful.

Wow. Marvel is ever-giving Wolverine a quality balls-washing these days. Not content to have segued the dude into leading his own branch of the monolithic X-Empire, there’s a prequel series being drawn by Neal Adams that has him assembling…the First X-Men. Yep. Chuck is too timid, and so Logan sounds the horn. God. Just God. This is fucking stupid.

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Activision Pays Ex-Modern Warfare Developers $42 Million…But It Gets Complicated

How is this for legal jostling. Activision has been locking horns with Ex-Infinity Ward founders Vince Zampella and Jason West for fucking years  now. Yesterday in its latest move, Activision paid out $42 million to Ex-Infinity Ward staffers. That’s a lot of money, right? However ain’t none of it going to Vinny and Jason.

Yep.

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Joss Whedon Would Like More Females In ‘AVENGERS 2’, Moi Aussi!

One of Joss Whedon’s calling cards is his ability to write some powerful ladies. However no matter the success of Avengers, its lovely husk was filled with only one female lead. This is an occurrence our Lord Whedon would want to address in the sequel.

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The Fourth Prime Evil: Error 37

 

It’s as if a million nerds cried out in terror, and were suddenly silenced.

#Error37 hit top global trending status around 3:40 am.

Someone created this site around 3:50 am.

No one online seems to actually be playing the game an hour after launch, at 4:00 am.

 

Yup.  Diablo III’s out.  I’ll see you all in my Error 37 t-shirt at Comic Con this summer.

‘AMAZING SPIDER-MAN’ 4 MINUTE PREVIEW: Dubstep, Crap Special Effects, Recycled Footage.

From what I can tell, the majority of the new footage in this four-minute preview of Amazing Spider-Man  comes at the beginning. Unfortunately what could be a pretty righteous moment is marred by vomit-worthy dubstep and dollar store special effects.

What do you think? Check it out and let me know.

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Monday Morning Commute: Hunky Brewster

Hello there!

Welcome to the Monday Morning Commute, the spot where I spit entertainment drivel into your can of workweek-cola in the hopes that you’ll take a sip! After you’ve got my germs, hit up the comments section and share your own. After all, if we’re not going to tell one another what we’ll be doin’ to get through the 9-5 life, what’s the point of even having the Internet?

What’s that? Oh, yeah I guess porn and gambling are cool, too.

Okay, let’s do this!

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Ron Burgundy Is On Twitter, Hyping ‘ANCHORMAN 2’, Madness Reigns.

Here’s just about all the confirmation you need that Anchorman 2  is getting itself a teaser prior to The Dictator. The man himself, Ron Burgundy, has taken to Twitter to hype it up. This is like so meta or something.

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‘HALO 4’ Box Art! Pieced Together By Fans. Well Done, Folks.

There are all these fucking gimmicks across mediums designed for fans to embark upon to reveal…various nonsense. The latest case of hoops-jumping has brought the world the Halo 4  box art.

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WATCH: ‘TOY STORY 2’ Almost Erased Because Of Bad Backup. F**king Computers.

This is a hell of a story. During the development of Toy Story 2, the entire goddamn movie was almost deleted. A year’s worth of work in 20 seconds. Worse yet: the backup was bad. Good lord. The only thing that saved its enterprise? A mother’s touch.

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‘MINECRAFT” For XBLA Sold 1 Million Copies IN 5 Days; I Still Don’t Understand Game.

Minecraft  continues to be a bankable commodity on a litany of devices, including the Xbox Live Arcade Place. It also continues to be a fucking enigma to me.

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