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Playstation Move-Punching the biggest guy in the face.

Rich — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 13:25:32 +0000

Over the last few months, Sony has implemented a new marketing strategy using smarmy and condecending VP Ken Butler to tout the virtues of the PS3. Playstation does movies, music, games, photos and after this Tuesday’s release of God Of War 3, they now offer vengence. How can you not buy this system? Sony’s new marketing strategy also involves finding the toughest guy in the yard and punching them in the face to show they mean business. The newest commercial walks right up to Nintendo and pretty much up and punches them square in the face. It pokes fun at the Wii control style while showing the consumer how innovative and intuitive the new PS Move is.

I like Sony’s marketing strategy in this particular instance simply because I am a fan of sarcasm and above all, I can appreciate a well placed jab at the competiton. After viewing this commercial are you more inclined to buy the PS Move? Time to see how Nintendo responds. Odds are Nintendo will ignore the ads and let sales do the talking. 2010’s Holiday Season will be very interesting to say the least.

Commercial Credit: Ars Technica & Kotaku

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EA Sports MMA– Ready to challenge UFC Undisputed for the title?

Rich — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 05:50:51 +0000

A few days ago I posted a new trailer for UFC Undisputed which focused on BJ Penn, but also showed improved game play mechanics. We saw that THQ went back to the lab and rebuilt UFC Undisputed into something new and fresh for 2010. While on paper it looks like THQ has the superior title, EA Sports is ready to prove that even though they are late to the fight, they have something better to offer. From what I see on the trailer, the character models look accurate and move realistically, but looks are a non-factor if the game play is shit. EA seems to have borrowed a few things from the Fight Night franchise. I really hope the game proves worthy of competing with the UFC offering, simply because competition leads to innovation. You decide if it’s a worthy challenger.

Trailer Credit:Joystiq

Wanna Be A Fighter? UFC Undisputed 2010 Trailer 2

Rich — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 04:01:07 +0000

Last year, UFC Undisputed 2009 erased the memories of many a subpar MMA game with fluid motion and innovative gameplay. This year, THQ takes it one step further with UFC Undisputed 2010 by adding an improved career mode, improved controls and new submissions (inverted ones too), as well as over 100 UFC fighters. THQ is ready to step in the cage against the EA Sports MMA offering. In the end, it all boils down to one simple phrase — “So you wanna be a fighter”. Here, let BJ Penn show you how.

Trailer Courtesy of IGN

UFC Undisputed will be available May 25, 2010 on PS3 & XBOX 360, as well as on the PSP for the first time.

1st Impression: Robert Rodriguez’s Predators

Rich — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 17:57:44 +0000

The Predator films have been a guilty pleasure of mine for a long time, from the battles with Schwarzenegger and Glover, to the two films battling the Aliens. The Predators themselves have always had a unique presentation to movie fans because they really are anti-heroes and there are times you actually end up rooting for them.When Robert Rodriguez announced his intent to reboot the franchise there was a part of me that was concerned because of the casting that was involved, but as I researched the film more, I enjoyed the concept Rodriguez was using. In this new interpretation human “Predators” and cold blooded killers are taken to a planet which serves as a Predator hunting ground and, of course, it becomes survival of the fittest. I feel that the Predator books as well as the films always focused on the hunting of the strongest prey, and this film continues to enforce that. Here is your sneak peek at the Robert Rodriguez’s Predators.

Courtesy of Trailer Addict

Episode 34 Update

Rich — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 17:53:54 +0000

For those of you that have been following MTR on Twitter & Facebook, you know that Blog Talk Radio suffered some serious issues on Thursday night/early Friday which resulted in the loss of episode 34. Blog Talk Radio representatives confirmed that the show was lost, but surprisingly enough, some of it has been restored. You’ll be able to listen to about 1hr and 15minutes of the episode. Here is the statement from Blog Talk acknowledging the issue, as well as a response from me and the follow up email as well.

1st Email from BTR:

Hi there,

We are very sorry for any inconvenience. The site did experience technical issues during your show. Our technicians are working diligently to ensure this does not happen again. Thank you so much for your understanding. Please let us know if there is anything we can do to help.

Regards,
–S

My Response:

S,
I am very upset at the fact that this happened. I went to great lengths to get these guests from the video game company THQ. Getting them back on will be very difficult. Not to mention that it makes my show look unprofessional. I am very displeased with the outcome. What steps can I take on my end to protect and/or back up my broadcasts going forward?
Rich

Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile

BTR 2nd Response:

S,

Again, we would like to apologize for this inconvenience. There was nothing you could do to prevent this, it was a technical malfunction that caused this issue. We know how hard hosts work to organize their shows and we are so sorry that this happened.

Again, while unfortunate, at least some of it has been recovered. I will at least need another day or two before uploading to iTunes in the event the full episode is recovered.

My Take Radio-Episode 34-Recap

Rich — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 07:41:33 +0000

This weeks episode was hindered by technical difficulties on the Blog Talk Radio side. However, the new mic & PC helped improve the overall quality of the show. In addition to the second appearance of Haydn Dalton & Han Randhawa from Darksiders, here are some of things that were discussed on Episode 34:

MMA

Upcoming UFC events were discussed
Slice vs. Mitrione
James Toney

I am sure I left some stuff out, but considering it’s 2:30 am I am entitled to a mistake or two. HAHAHA.

Wrestling

Upcoming Raw Guest Hosts
Monday Night War rants

Video Games

Darksiders
GDC News
Playstation “Move”
NPD sales data
Final Fantasy 13 sales
Frogger on Facebook
DJ Hero & Rockband DLC
Playstation Home Update
EA Sports MMA
Hakan in SSF4

Movies

Zack Efron as Spidey ?
Marvel casting news
Chipmunks 3-D
Corey Haim
Katy Perry, Quentin Tarantino & The Smurfs?
Oscars talk

This week’s plugs:

The Ultimate Fighter Season 11– Meet The Cast

Rich — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:32:03 +0000

March is a great month for UFC fans, with a ton of great events leading the way towards this year’s installment of The Ultimate Fighter. With the UFC on Versus on March 21st, followed by UFC 111 - St. Pierre vs. Hardy on March 27th, and of course, Ultimate Fight Night 21 on March 31 ‚the UFC has all the bases covered in terms of promotion and great events leading towards TUF’s Season 11 premiere — also on March 31st.

This season, a new format will debut that plans to freshen up and reinvigorate the TUF program. With coaches Tito Ortiz & Chuck Liddell, you can expect great coaching, great fights and bad blood between these two that will make this another must-see season.

It’s a great time to be a UFC fan. Here are this season’s competitors:

Credit :SpikeTV

The Ultimate Fighter premieres on SpikeTV on Wednesday, March 31st — check your local listings for showtimes.

1st Impression: Iron Man 2 — Second Trailer

Rich — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:05:38 +0000

Iron Man 2 is due in theatres in two months, and this new trailer makes me appreciate the work that Jon Favreau has put into this franchise. Of course the big sell is the onscreen debut of War Machine — now played by Don Cheadle, who replaced Terrence Howard. We can’t forget the Black Widow as well, who looks like she will make things interesting for Mr. Stark.

Mickey Rourke and the always awesome Sam Rockwell are your villains from what we’ve seen so far. Rourke will play Whiplash (who may or may not also become Crimson Dynamo) and Rockwell is criminal mastermind and businessman Justin Hammer.

Iron Man 2 looks like it has the right spark to start the new summer blockbuster season and quite frankly I wouldn’t have it any other way.

Super Street Fighter 4– Meet Hakan

Rich — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:01:08 +0000

For months now I have been covering the newest characters is SSF4 and I had heard that one more remained to be revealed. It turns out that this new challenger was going to be completely new. Hakan appears to have a very slippery and oily appearance which augment his attacks and give him a unique fighting style which appears to be similar to Hugo with a bit Zangief and Alex as well . My 1st impression was that he looked kind of hokey but after watching some gameplay footage I feel he may prove dangerous in the right hands just like Rufus.The battle begins anew in April!!!

Enjoy!

My Take Radio-Episode 33-Recap

Rich — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 06:46:53 +0000

I started this weeks episode pretty tame but my composure slowly unraveled over the course of the broadcast. Here are some of the things that were discussed

MMA

UFC on VS was discussed
UFC PPV events
Andrei Arlovski returns to Strikeforce
Strikeforce on CBS
James Toney signs with the UFC and will trained for MMA by Juanito Ibarra.
UFC will run an event on 4/17 to compete against Strikeforce

Wrestling

Umaga’s cause of death revealed
Awesome Kong’s TNA status
Upcoming RAW guest hosts
Recently released WWE superstars
Impact becomes the “Whole Dam Show” on 3/8

Video Games

Heavy Rain is # 1 in the UK
Activision vs Infinity Ward
Splinter Cell Conviction Xbox 360 bundle
Sony acquires Media Molecule
Halo Reach — Multiplayer

Movies

DC movie plans
Max Steel becomes Stretch Armstrong
Tron:Legacy a trilogy?
My thoughts on Zoolander 2 & the Arthur remake starring Russell Brand
Transformer movie news
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter– WTF!!!
Gilligan’s Island : The Movie
Iron Man 2 on Kimmel after the awards on 3/7
Doogie Howser and the smurfs ?
Green Lantern in 3D
Marco Polo the movie?

Special thanks to Don Anderson from Tumblin with Tumbleweed for his awesome call with the late Dudley Moore

This weeks plugs

Next week : Darksiders returns to MTR!