‘Ghostbusters’ Returning For Three Nights In October. Pants Covered In Ectoplasm.
Last week it was revealed that Ghostbusters was going to be getting a limited re-release in theaters. Well, now we know when.
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Press Start!: Suck Your D**k For A Diablo 3 Beta Invite.
Man, I have to write myself a new edition of Press Start. Harumph! I haven’t written one in a few weeks. Out of a lack of a time, out of a lack of interest. Combine those two and you can almost hear Hegel groan under the power of his dialectic! Shazam! Synthesize. Out of the opposite of those two comes! New column! Press Start! Five things that caught my eye in gaming this week.
The joke! Of course! I’ve been too busy to really come across anything. I mean fuck man, I have an unopened copy of Gears of War 3 sitting in my car. I haven’t even brought that shit in yet. Since Tuesday. I am not elite. I am not select. Definitely not worthy of considering spelling my name using numbers and the what-not.
So let’s go exploring the internet together!
Blockbuster Reveals ‘Movie Pass’, $10/Month Netflix Streaming Competitor.
Netflix has fallen into mud fucking quickly. Shitty pricing plans. Splitting the physical side of the service into the laughably named Qwikster. Perhaps this is the moment Blockbuster has been waiting for, revealing their unambitiously named ‘Movie Pass’ service.
‘Uncharted’ Originally Had Tolkien-esque Elements. Bullet Dodged!
I love me some Uncharted. Like, love me. I love me some Lord of the Rings. Originally these two beauties were going to collide in the original premise of Uncharted. It never happened, gritty grunting shooters causing Sony to demand “realistic” games, whatever that means.
Such did not pass!
80 Year-Old Lady Arrested For Dealin’ Crack. Again. Gotta Stay On Her Grind.
It’s a rough life, stayin’ on your hustle. Take Ola Mae. 80 year-old crack dealer. This story runs the gauntlet: horrible, hilarious, surreal, absurd, a condemnation of us as a society and how we treat our elderly.
Facebook Getting Hulu Integration, Meet Facehulu. (Didn’t Make That Up.)
Facebook is endeavoring to integrate everything ever into it. The latest application to be swallowed whole and reappropriated within the confines of the Social Network Juggernaut is Hulu. Now you can watch all those episodes of Glee with fellow Gleeks without having to navigate out of your Gleeky chat.
Game of Thrones Creator Praises Marvel For Killing Characters. Not The Same At All, George.
I love George R. R. Martin. He brought me one of my favorite artistic wankeries in years, in the form of both the Game of Thrones books and television shows. So I respect the man. Yet it’s a bit off. He praises Marvel for killing off important characters, while failing to notice and important comic book trope that undercuts everything.
‘Diablo 3’ To Launch In Early 2012; Scrap My Winter Break Plans.
Diablo 3. I’ve accepted that it’s really real, a fact that sends a twinge up my balls. In a glorious way. However, I got greedy. Began thinking it may come out this year. Blizzard has confirmed that it won’t, and I cry a single tear.
‘Star Wars’ Blu-Ray Breaks Records. Oh You Douches.
It’s disheartening to know that for every level-headed dude or dudette I come across here at OL or across the internet, there’s an insane amount of sycophantic Lucas ass-worshippers. I know a good amount of people who swore off buying the the Star Wars Blu-Rays because a) three of the movies were garbage and b) the changes to The Trilogy were unacceptable.
It appears we’re in the minority.
Neal Stephenson’s New Novel ‘Reamde’ Features Gold Farming, Glorious Wit.
Neal Stephenson wrote one of my favorite books ever, Snow Crash. So even while I’ve never been taken with him like I have Ellis, or Gibson, or Vonnegut or the rest of my pantheon, he’s still a hero of mine. I heard about his new book Reamde and how it has to do with some sort of cyber thriller predicated on gold farming. Yes. Gold farming. I started it tonight and I’m already in love.
