What?  E3?  Damn…

This week:

- We’ve been to alot of recent movies lately

- We talk about some upcoming games

- The big Microsoft E3 announcement!

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SYNOPSIS: The Senate Chamber travels into the world of social issues and the miracle of the birds and the bees… only to discover that none of them actually give a darn.

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As we celebrate Memorial Day here in the USA, let us not forget the brave souls who fought tirelessly and against all odds to defend our country and our world virtually. Join me now in paying respect to our Video Game Veterans and let us look back on some of their heroic deeds…

Lt. Jimmy Patterson
Medal of Honor: Frontline

Lt. Patterson bravely fought and kept at bay the evils of the German war machine during World War II. It was he who made Operation Market Garden a success and, in the end, lived to tell the tale. Great work, Jimmy!

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Zack Hammond
Dead Space

It is with a heavy heart that we say goodbye to Zack Hammond. He was a great leader and great man. Only because of his noble sacrifice, was Isaac able to defeat the spreading space evil that surely would have wiped us out if it had reached Earth. We salute you, Zack!

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Master Chief
Halo

What can be said about this heroic soldier? The Master Chief has protected our world time and time again. Overcoming the odds, he kept the invading forces of the Flood and Elites from over-running our soils. But, this hero’s journey is not over yet! We wish you luck, Master Chief, in your coming battles.

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The EDF
Earth Defense Force

Again our world was threatened by the alien scourge and who answered? The EDF, of course! Ranked with the best fighting men of Earth, they were able to slam back the insect invaders. Many of them fell in the war and they have our deepest thanks.

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The Gears
Gears of War

Well, we aren’t sure just which world they are protecting. But, they are doing a bang up job!

Your Buddy,

Jungletrek

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When you first enter the Peggle trial game, you’ll notice that all play modes are unavailable in the trial except for “Adventure” mode. (”Master Duel” appears to be available, but its not.)

Play the Peggle Adventure mode completely through to the end. The game allows you to play the first five levels before kicking you back out to the menu.

Think you’re done? Don’t go back to the arcade just yet!!

Re-enter the Peggle Mode Selection screen and you’ll notice things are just a bit different! “Challenge” mode is now unlocked and provides you with three NEW additional maps to play, adding a great amount of gameplay in the trial game… at no cost to you!
Also, you can now choose “Quick Play” mode where you can replay any of the levels instantly from “Adventure” mode without having to beat them consecutively.

Enjoy your gaming! And stay cheap!

Your Buddy,

JungleTrek

So, last night I, JungleTrek, saw the new Terminator Salvation movie on its opening weekend. Are you ready for my rip-snortin’, no holdin’ back review of this latest installment of an American classic series?

(SPOILER ALERT) I will be sharing some minor spoilers in this review so don’t read it if you don’t want to know.
To sum up the movie in two words, Terminator Salvation was “rushed” and “cliche”. There was nothing in this movie that we haven’t already seen 500x over in a million other movies or video games. (Fallout 3 comes to mind.) Each scene was extremely predicable and you could almost count down to when something was about to happen.

Let me break it down to a few finer points.

First off, this was a man’s man movie. (Yawn) There was very little plot, very little depth, and the women kept feeling the need to remove clothing as the men kept putting on more armor. The movie was filled with moments of cliche situations that ended with cliche solutions that wouldn’t happen in a million years.

The acting was spotty. Christian Bale is getting quite overused in Hollywood, and to be honest, I’m getting quite sick of seeing him yelling towards the camera, with a giant explosion behind him, as his forehead bleeds. (I swear this shot happens in every movie he is in.) HOWEVER. the character of Marcus, a human-terminator crossbreed, played by Sam Worthington, was the best part of the whole movie. His character was interesting, well-presented, and actually had some emotional depth to it. Honorable mention goes to Anton Yelchin for his role as Kyle Reese. Anton, who also made a memorable appearance in the new Star Trek, is definitely bound for great things in Hollywood. And finally, Helena Bonham Carter proved once and for all that she is just as freaky looking without hair as she is WITH hair.

And speaking of hair, the worst thing in the whole movie was DEFINITELY the little girl named “Star”. Nothing ruins a movie more then a child with an outrageously stupid haircut! Apparently, the costumer designer/hair dresser for Terminator Salvation loved the movie “Waterworld”… (Gag)

Ok, let’s talk technical! The biggest problems with Terminator Salvation was in the technical departments. The main one being that is was poorly, poorly written. Everything in the story has a reason for being there and has a predictable outcome. For instance, the character Marcus has a human heart…. why?! Because its going to be needed in the end, that’s why! There is no other reason that the machines would give him one. Now, a brain I can understand… but a heart?! That’s just bad writing. Also, apparently the writers thought it would be clever to keep repeating the words “second chance” about 3000 times during the movie to make it seem deeper… but, to be honest, it was just annoying.

Another one of the technical problems was the editing. It seemed the editing was rushed and the timing was off on several shots. I noticed that some shots started about three seconds too early, as if the director had just said “action” and the actors hadn’t begun to act yet.

And finally, the special effects were a half and half split for quality. Some of the them were well made and well done. However, MANY others were noticeably terrible. Many of the explosions were badly composited and the edges were very visible and pixelated. The moments where Marcus has a half-human, half-terminator face are obviously green-screened, since when the actor moved, the machine part did not. (Tsk tsk.. sounds like the keyframe editor got lazy.)

In closing thoughts, I will not call this movie a complete waste. If you are a Terminator fan, this movie delivers on everything that the second Terminator promised and you get to see a lot of things that Terminator fans have been wanting to see for years. However, if you enjoy good movies, Star Trek is my pick so far for this year, because without Stan Winton’s brilliant Terminator design, Terminator Salvation or the entire Terminator series wouldn’t be worth jack.

One last thing, the grand Arnold Schwarzenegger special effect was the highlight of the entire movie and was not only done well, it was done believably! Arnold will definitely take his grandchildren to this movie and say: “See, kids? That’s what your flabby ol’ grandpa USED to look like…”

Over all, I give Terminator Salvation a thumbs down, and 1.5 out of 5 stars.

Your Buddy,

JungleTrek

Have you ever found yourself in a poorly-funded monster movie and you don’t know if you’re going to get through the movie alive? Well, don’t worry! JungleTrek is here to help! By following these few tips in my survival guide, you should be just fine…

-  First off, If you are going on a trip, you can avoid problems right from the beginning by actually researching the destination you are doing to. For instance, camping in woods directly next to an insane asylum might be a stupid idea. Also, avoid places that have legends and ghost stories attached to them. Go camping in Central Park. The worst that can happen in Central Park is you could mugged for your Spam.

- If there is a very annoying, bratty child (usually a girl) who knows more about the creature then anyone else, make sure you befriend this child as best you can because she will be alive and unharmed at the end of the movie. The reason for this being that Hollywood has deemed it inappropriate to have children hurt in monster movies, even if they deserve to be bashed in the face. (Which almost ALL of them do.) So if you hug the child close to your body, you will be safe. After the creature is dead or sent to hell, feel free to kill the child too, as the child won’t be able to resist delivering a final line that will ruin the whole movie, if it hasn’t ruined it already.

- If you’re standing in a group that consists of five or less Asian men who are glancing around the room like scared hamsters, you are all about to be killed.

- Never do anything that begins with you turning to the main characters and saying: “I’ll be right back, guys. I just have to leave the safety of the group, go into the dark woods, and do something totally pointless that will probably get me killed. Come find my body when I start screaming in a few minutes…”

- This is a tip for the military. Use the ultimate weapon on the monster at the beginning of the disaster instead of at the end. You might save lives and time!

- Never, EVER be the best friend of the main character. You might as well slit your throat now and get it over with. (This also applies to people with silly-sounding names that end in “y” or “ie”. Names like “Buddy”, “Johnny”, “Sally”, “Betty”. “Tommy”, “Willie”, “Ernie”, or “Bucky” just mean that you are the comedy relief who NEEDS to be killed before the movie ends.)

- If it comes to the point where your group is choosing to send one person for help, you have a 50/50 chance of surviving if you go. The two possible outcomes of this scenario are:

OUTCOME 1. You will make it to civilization, fetch the police, and arrive back at the very end of the movie, after the creature is dead and all the dirty work is done. You get to wave a flashlight around and hug the main characters who will have just moments ago blow up the creature and are half dead and say to them: “It’s ok. It’s all over now.” At which point, the credits will begin and Cate Blanchett will accept another Oscar.

OR

OUTCOME 2. The main female character, while breathing hard, trying to escape the monster, after she has somehow become separated from the main male character, will turn quickly and scream as she finds your dead body, horribly mutilated. At this point, no one watching the movie gives a crap about you as a person anyway.

- If you know how to kill the monster or creature. Do NOT mention anything about it until the last quarter of the movie. If your try to tell anyone before the last quarter, you will be killed before your can finish your senten…. AHHHHHHH!!!!!

- And finally, a word to the girls: Wear reinforced clothes that won’t rip off at the slightest pin-drop. Avoid short skirts as the director will be constantly trying to film up them as you are crawling through the mud trying to escape from the monster. And if the creature is looking to mate with you, simply put him through what you usually put guys through when they ask you for the same thing in bars. (The creature won’t have a chance.)

You Buddy,

JungleTrek

James is back and the Swine Flu Zombies are going to kill us all…

This week:

- Swine Flu Zombies : Here is a page describing the boucewithme site (you can do a search on google and look up “swine flu zombies” to find the page as a cached google version but as of right now it has been removed because it was causing actual hysteria worldwide…)

- Question from a listener : Flippin Filipino

- Fallout 3: Broken Steel impressions

- XBLAR: Zombie Wrangler

- What is the best game we are playing right now?

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So I got a knock on the door earlier today and there was this big ol box sitting there.

I opened it up and was overjoyed by the generosity of the people over at Manapotions.com. They sent Health potions, Mana potions, Stickers, and Tatoo’s for us to give away to our listeners. So you want some freebies? Here is how to get them. Send us a question for us to answer on the show. And if we choose yours for the show, I will email you to get your address and send you out some goodies. Thats all you have to do! This stuff rocks and tastes great. So what are you waiting for? Email us some questions and prepare to get freebies!!

Thank you again Manapotions.com, you rock!

Why do you ask? Read on to see why.

So I was going through my game drawer and saw Halo Wars just sitting there gathering dust. Realizing that I haven’t played it in about two months I decided to call game-stop and see how much it was worth in trade. Well the woman tried to sugar coat the fact that it was only worth $12 by saying I could get 20% more if I put it towards some game I never heard of. I thanked her, hung up the phone, and proceeded to curse aloud. How is getting $12 for a game I paid $60 for justifiable? I was on my way out the door when I remembered hearing a while back that Amazon was doing game trade-ins. So I went on their site and after a minute or two, my game was ready to get mailed in. And how much did they give me for Halo Wars? $29 that’s how much! $17 more bucks then game stop offered.

Now here is how it works. You find the game you want to trade in on the Amazon game trade page (where all games have prices next to them so you can see what they are worth off the bat), add it to your trade in list, log on to your Amazon account, and print out a pre paid mailing label. That’s right, you don’t pay for shipping! Just tape it to the package (a 6×9 bubble mailer works perfectly) and drop it off at the post office. I live in Jersey and I had my account credited the $29 the next day! Best part is you can use the Amazon credit for anything on their site.

So if you are tired of getting crap in trade for your games, head over to Amazon.com and see what they offer next time you feel like trading one in.

Seeing that there isn’t much out there at the moment in the way of new games, I decided to hit eBay and see If I  could find anything that catches my eye.

After going through the 80Th page of 360 games, I came across a copy of Too Human for $7 shipped to my door. Even though I wrote an article a while back saying that the demo don’t impress me at all, I figured why not give it a go since it was a whopping $7 and that happened to be in my pay pal account anyway.

When it came in I tossed it unopened on my desk and forgot about it for a few days. But this morning I rediscovered it and loaded it up. While the controls still don’t do anything for me, I am liking the game a lot more then I liked the demo. Sure there are no differences between the demo and the finished game, but it’s like a whole new experiance now. I don’t know what it is, but I am loving this game! The story is interesting and the cgi sequences are moderate. But the game itself is a ton of fun and I cannot stop playing.

I picked the Defender class to use for my first character, though I do wish I would have picked someone more offensive. Sure the defender can take some nice damage, he is better suited for a co-op experience in my opinion because of his moderate damage output an ability to take the aggro of all attacking creatures. I think I will go commando with my next guy… Wait, that doesn’t sound right. (Update, Commando is ok, but for pure butt kicking, Berserker is the winner hands down!)

What makes me happiest is being able to have two chars of different levels play together in coop without the lower one being at a disadvantage. It’s kinda like the sidekick thing in city of heroes where if a lower level parties up with a high level, he would then be boosted up in power to help him survive. This makes it so the higher level doesn’t gain as much exp as before, but at least the two can play together. Also being able to trade items between characters helps a lot since you find a ton of crap that is class specific.

Overall I am very happy with the game and am having a great time. Would I have had the same experience if I would have bought it for full price? Probably not, simply for the fact that the controls annoy the heck outta me sometimes and I would be ticked I dropped $60 for it. I would have gladly paid $45 on release day, but not $60. I think the game companies need to realize some games aren’t worth the $60 price tag. But that’s for another day.

So anyone else have any games they decided to pick up after bashing the demo or just not wanting to bother with at first?

Alright, another week, another shipment of nerd mags. What’s good this week? Well if you’ve been sleeping and missed some Cable issues, they’ve repackaged them for you in a trade paperback. There’s also the next addition to the Deadpool: Suicide Kings, mini-series. Read that if you’re curious why so many fans raged about the Wolverine movie. Other than that, not much else I read, maybe Green Lantern corps? I dunno, go check it out, maybe something else will catch your interest.

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Hello lovers of the meaner things in life, it is I Cerberus, your fearless guide in the maddening psyche of the voiceless nerd.  It has been too long and I ask your pardon, but I assure you the time away has not quelled my rage, and today I have for you the first true entry to the approaching summer blockbusters — X-Men Origins: Wolverine.

(*note from Andy*: this article contains a few spoilers about the film, so please see the film first before continuing, unless you really don’t care…)

This particular Marvel comics movie adaptation is unique.  You see some Marvel movies suck ass, i.e. Daredevil, Electra, Fantastic Four, and Spider-man 3.  Then some are great Spider-man 1-2, Iron man, the second Hulk movie, and the first two X-men.

X-Men Origins Wolverine is unique, for it falls in between – in a whole different realm of description that can only be described as  ”eh, it was alright.”  Let me explain myself.  The action sequences were very good and fun to watch, but Wolverine’s origin story seemed pieced together from other story lines and not derived from the “Wolverine Origins” graphic novel.  Still I liked seeing Wolverines soldier past, but found myself disappointed with the whole lack of Weapon X torture methods back-story, which was the birth of Wolverine’s animalistic rage and fury (not just his claws).  The sorrow he endures in the movie just wasn’t enough to bring out the opus of ultra violence that exudes from Wolverine…

Oh and help me out; was it so hard to make the guy playing Sabertooth look like freaking Sabertooth?  I know they were shooting for a family resemblance but have pity for the fan boys who foolishly expect quality. Also what is the relationship between this Sabertooth and the Sabertooth in the first X-men movie?   One has a guy who looks like the character but doesn’t act like him, the other has one that acts like him but doesn’t look like him.  Which is better?  It depends on if you would like a pink costumed dead-on Spider-man.

Now be forwarned, yes, Deadpool is in the movie.  Yes, Ryan Renolds is playing him – and yes they did screw with his character: as “Weapon11″.  Including weird video game-esque boss-battle that bares to ask to mind two questions:

1. Was it necessary to ruin an already established and popular character?

2. How does he bend his elbows with his Frankenstein sword arms? WTF!

Now take that into account, then add a rushed ending involving adamantium memory seeking bullets (no I’m not kidding).

It’s a decent superhero movie, and good action movie, just not a good fan movie.  It wouldn’t be as bad except they pretty much marketed it as a fan flick – and that if nothing else made it a bit disappointing.

Well until next time may blood flow from every “Snick, Snick”.

2/3 of us saw the wolverine movie!  Stop in and listen to us talk about it this week on the Spark box show podcast…

This week:

- Chris and Andy went to Atlantic City

- Red Faction: Guerrilla demo impressions

- XBLAR: Peggle

- Xmen Origins: Wolverine

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The term nerdgasm does not begin to describe Star Trek. This film blows away any fears you might have about seeing it. In fact I ask you to go see it before reading any further.

Let’s start off with the visuals shall we? It is refreshing to see a movie use its budget wisely on both cast an special effects, unlike what wolverine did. This movie is pure to the core eye candy and by the end you are almost on sensory overload. The space scenes are intense and the ships are beautifully done. Yes we expected this because of the caliber of all the other star trek films, but it takes talent to go and make what is supposed to be a prequel into something even more mind blowingly visual then it’s predecessors. The CGI blends flawlessly with the real world and at times (like Iron Man) it is hard to discern what is real and what is CGI.

The cast was something I was a little iffy about when I first saw a trailer and mainly because of kirk. The way Kirk was portrayed didn’t really sit well with me because he was played as to much of a rebel. But when you see him in the movie, he works perfectly. And as the title states this is a reboot, so you can take a little more creative license with characters. Scotty worked great because he was always the comic relief character and who better to do that then Simon Peg? Mr. Spock was the best casting I have seen as of late. His mannerism’s, way he carries himself, and uncanny likeness to Lenard Nemoy made him the only person to be able to pull off the role. Bones and Uhura were alright as they were pretty much sub characters that were meant to move the plot along, and rightfully so as this is the story of Kirk and Spock. Many kudos to the director for not trying to give each and every character a giant story arc. Keeping it simply about Kirk and Spock was the best idea ever.

I cannot stress enough to the general public that this is a REBOOT not a REMAKE! I wanted to strangle people coming out of the theatre complaining because things turned out differently then the original Star Trek universe. I have to give this movie a 9/10 simply because this is how a prequel should be done. Lucas should watch this then hang his head in shame!

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-James

Its a tough one this weekend. We have Wolverine going for its second weekend, and then we have Star Trek. Do the trekkies win this one?

Yup… Wolverine went down hard…

Star Trek debuted #1 at the box office this weekend, earning $72.5 million over the weekend to bump its four day total to $76.5 million. The film had the highest per theater average of any in the top ten with $18,836 per theater.

X-Men Origins: Wolverine dropped nearly 70% in its second weekend, earning $27 million to raise its total gross to $129.6 million.

Ghosts of Girlfriends Past fell one spot to #3 in its second weekend, earning $10.4 million to raise its total gross to $30.2 million.

Obsessed fell one spot to #4 in its third weekend, earning $6.6 million to raise its total gross to $56.2 million.

17 Again fell one spot to #5 in its fourth weekend, earning $4.4 million to raise its total gross to $54.1 million.

Next Day Air debuted at #6 with $4 million.

The Soloist fell one spot to #7 in its third weekend, earning $3.6 million to raise its total gross to $23.5 million.

Monsters vs. Aliens fell three spots to #8 in its seventh weekend, earning $3.3 million to raise its total gross to $186.8 million. The film had a budget of $175 million.

Earth fell two spots to #9 in its third weekend, earning $2.48 million to raise its total gross to $26 million.

Hannah Montana The Movie fell two spots to #10 in its fifth weekend, earning $2.41 million to raise its total gross to $74 million.
BOX OFFICE TOP TEN
1. Star Trek – $72.5 million ($76.5 million)
2. X-Men Origins: Wolverine – $27 million ($129.6 million)
3. Ghosts of Girlfriends Past – $10.4 million ($30.2 million)
4. Obsessed – $6.6 million ($56.2 million)
5. 17 Again – $4.4 million ($54.1 million)
6. Next Day Air – $4 million ($4 million)
7. The Soloist – $3.6 million ($23.5 million)
8. Monsters vs. Aliens – $3.3 million ($186.8 million)
9. Earth – $2.48 million ($26 million)
10. Hannah Montana The Movie – $2.41 million ($74 million)

You read that title correctly, the old school publishers of the Duke Nukem series has closed its doors for good…

Sadly with the economy as horrid as it is, 3D Realms was forced to close its doors because of funding issues. This also is a heavy blow to everyone out there who was waiting the release of the latest Duke Nukem game, Duke Nukem Forever which has been in development pretty much forever. While Take-Two entertainment had a publishing deal with 3D Realms, it was not a funding arrangement. Take-Two still has publishing rights to the game if it is ever picked up again and finished, but at this time it looks like Duke Nukem Forever will never see the light of day. Yes 3D Realms hasnt really put anything out there in a while, but this was one of the original big wigs of the gaming industry. It is a sad day indeed to see yet another studio close its doors…