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  Metal Gear Solid 4 Japanese Training Cinematic

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  117 days ago in TechEBlog · Authority: 1,882

  Konami has released a slew of new Metal Gear Solid 4 information at the press conference today, including a Japanese training cinematic. Continue reading to watch. Click here for first picture in gallery. The MGS4 wrap party in Japan today wasn't just
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  Geek News Roundup - Week Ending May 17

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  111 days ago in Great White Snark - Funny Geek Entertainment Blog - Movies, TV, Comics, Cakes, Tattoos, Costumes, and Curiosities · Authority: 134

  Every week, I stick my fingers into the dark and varied crevices of the internet tubes to pluck out nuggets of geeky news. Every weekend, I share the gems with you, the fortunate reader. MOVIES George Lucas says there’s a strong possibility for another Indiana Jones film, and he’d have Shia LeBeouf take the lead. (Just shoot me.) Yahoo! Movies has an extended clip from M. Night Shyamalan’s upcoming horror/suspense film, The Happening. It basically looks like War of the Worlds, but with worse acting and less tension. The CGI effects in The Incredible Hulk have been enhanced since the release of the first trailer two months ago. Soundwave will appear in Transformers 2, which could be filmed in 3-D. Elizabeth Winstead (Die Hard 4) is in negotiations to co-star with Michael Cera in the adaptation of independent Scott Pilgrim comic series. The X-Files site has the first trailer for X-Files: I Want to Believe. Platinum Studios, Top Cow Prods. and Arclight Films will produce a live-action adaptation of the Witchblade comic book series. J.J. Abrams indicated he’s more inclined to work on a new project with his Cloverfield partners rather than a sequel. The trailer for The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor was released. Comic-Con Magazine has the first look at Samuel L. Jackson as The Octopus in The Spirit. The Weinstein Co. will produce a live-action musical film version of Jim Henson’s Fraggle Rock. Empire has an exclusive featurette with footage and interviews from the adaptation of comic book mini-series, Wanted. The film adaptation of Mark Millar’s Kick Ass comic book series has gone into pre-production. Terminator 4 will feature a “cruder” model of endo-skeleton robot. Sony confirmed that Jonah Hill (Superbad) will work on the screenplay and executive produce 21 Jump Street. Plans for a Ghost Rider sequel have stalled. Thank the Gods. Sharp eyes spied Captain America’s shield in Iron Man. A scooper released shots from the set of the film adaptation of the Max Payne video game. New set photos of costumes from G.I. Joe look completely ridiculous. Photos from the upcoming Punisher: War Zone have been released. Producer Joel Silver is trying to get Guy Ritchie to direct Sgt. Rock. Writer J. Michael Straczynski will adapt the Lensman series of sci-fi novels into a possible three films for Ron Howard. Netflix - Only $4.99 a month! No Late Fees. Try it for Free! TV / DVD Allison Mack (”Chloe”) will return to Smallville next season as a regular, but it looks like Laura Vandervoot (”Kara/Supergirl”) will not. Fox picked up J.J. Abram’s Fringe and Joss Whedon’s Dollhouse. Fringe will premiere in August, and Dollhouse in January. Both will feature only five minutes of commercials per hour. Check out photos from both shows and a trailer for Fringe here. Executives are currently crunching the numbers to determine whether more Battlestar Galactica TV movies will be made later this year. Eric Stoltz has joined the cast of the two-hour Caprica pilot as the inventor of the first Cylon. The CW has picked up Reaper for a second season. Moonlight has been canceled! Woo hoo! Although the CW might pick it up. Doh! Fox has rejected the pilot for the U.S. version of British fanboy show Spaced. The CW network venture could be abandoned by its owners if ratings don’t improve in the next year. New Amsterdam was canceled. Hasbro has gotten the rights to the original G.I. Joe and Transformers cartoons. Could DVD releases be soon to follow? NBC announced webisodes for The Office and Heroes premiering on NBC.com in July. Details on the WarGames 25th Anniversary DVD have been released. An updated version of The Electric Company will return to PBS after thirty years. Contrary to previous reports, Rock Band tracks will not be available on the South Park: Eleventh Season DVDs. Get a TiVo factory-renewed HD DVR for just $199.99! COMICS Will Elder, one of the founding artists of Mad Magazine, passed away at 86. DC writer Greg Rucka confirmed a forthcoming Batwoman comic. Daily Bits has compiled a list of seventeen excellent comics available to read online for free. J. Michael Straczynski revealed the planned team-ups for his stint on The Brave and the Bold. Artist Pia Guerra, whose work was last seen in Y: The Last Man, will collaborate on an upcoming project with Tori Amos for Image. Buy Comics at Things From Another World VIDEO GAMES Star Wars: The Force Unleashed will feature a multiplayer duel mode on the Wii, but not on the Xbox 360 or PS3. (Wait… what?) LucasArts is planning a demo. Details were released on the Limited Edition Gun Metal Gray PlayStation 3 Metal Gear Solid 4 bundle, and MGS4 got new trailers. Game Informer has the first details on Guitar Hero IV, including a photo of the new drum set. Amazon is taking pre-orders for God of War III, claiming a March 2 release, three quarters earlier than previously-rumored launch dates. Konami will release Rock Revolution, a Rock Band clone, in the Fall on all platforms. LucasArts has left the Entertainment Software Association, but will still attend this year’s E3. The LEGO Indiana Jones game demo is now available for PC. Check out the new, full trailer. Electronic Arts took out $1 billion in loans for a buyout of Take-Two (Grand Theft Auto). Meanwhile, EA reported a loss of $454 million for the year. New screenshots were released for Ninja Gaiden 2. The producers of World of Warcraft have plans to overhaul the game’s graphics from the ground up. Vigil Games revealed details on the forthcoming Warhammer 40,000 Online. New screenshots were released for the upcoming Hellboy: Science of Evil. If you enjoyed this post, consider subscribing to Great White Snark by email or by RSS. It’s free.
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  Íntegras: Devolvam-me 2005 [GameMaster 36, 01/2008]

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  115 days ago in Gamer Lifestyle · Authority: 30

  Essa foi a minha coluna de “virada de ano” para a GameMaster, mas me parece muito apropriado republicá-la agora. Logo menos explico os porquês. Por ora, fique com o texto (tendo em mente que foi publicado em janeiro desse ano). Devolvam-me 2005 Não me interprete mal. 2007 foi, indiscutivelmente, um dos melhores anos na história dos videogames. É impossível questionar o potencial de influência de Super Mario Galaxy, BioShock e Portal; ou a personalidade de Zack & Wiki, Folklore e Odin Sphere; ou a qualidade de Call of Duty 4, Mass Effect e Uncharted. Tivemos ainda Rock Band, Halo 3, Zelda: Phantom Hourglass, God of War II, Heavenly Sword, Crysis e mais inumeráveis ótimos jogos que cobrem todos os gêneros em todas as plataformas. Não, definitivamente eu não poderia criticar o bom e já saudoso 2007. Por que, então, o clamor pelo retorno de 2005? Explico. Em intervalos mais ou menos regulares, a indústria de games atinge culminâncias de inspiração. 2005 nos trouxe um desses surtos criativos. Foi o ano da reinvenção de uma série com Resident Evil 4, do nascimento de franquias de ouro com God of War e Guitar Hero, da sofisticação gráfica de títulos como Soul Calibur III, Gran Turismo 4 e F.E.A.R., mas, principalmente, foi o ano da experimentação. Poucas vezes um intervalo de 12 meses conseguiu abarcar tanta ousadia, tanta atitude, tanto… talento despudorado. Pudemos rolar uma bola por cima de planetas em We Love Katamari, escalar gigantes em Shadow of the Colossus, girar o controle para fazer a comida conhecer a cadeia digestiva em WarioWare Twisted, jogar como mocinho e bandido da mesma trama em Indigo Prophecy, controlar sete personalidades assassinas de um paraplégico em killer7, contrair três ou quatro matérias de estudo de Freud em Animal Crossing: Wild World, vasculhar mentes complexadas em Psychonauts, caramba!, até mesmo recolher cocô de cachorro em Nintendogs! Esse fenômeno costuma acontecer três ou quatro anos após a transição de uma geração de consoles domésticos para outra, quando os programadores têm intimidade absoluta com os hardwares, e os designers, ciência de como utilizar os recursos das novas plataformas – base instalada para justificar o inesperado a executivos também ajuda. É quando ninguém mais está se preocupando em mostrar o quão grande pode ser um sprite, o quão reflexiva pode ser uma superfície ou quantos personagens podem haver na tela ao mesmo tempo, só porque é possível. Quando o que importa, de verdade, é a criatividade. Se a progressão se mantiver verdadeira, viveremos um 2008 de jogos muito criativos, que abrirá caminho para o pico de originalidade em 2009. E, se o respeitoso 2007 já trouxe muitas das características dos apogeus de inovação do passado, o que as mentes imprevisíveis dos brilhantes designers de jogos estão preparando para o próximo ciclo revolucionário? Alguém aí arrisca algum palpite para o “sucessor espiritual” de 2005? Mais depois do “Leia mais”… E, a quase meio caminho andado, 2008 já começa a mostrar seu valor. Sem me deter no que de bom já foi lançado (Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Gran Theft Auto IV e Gran Turismo 5 Prologue, para citar três), vou pinçar algumas notícias sobre os jogos com o maior potencial do ano (ou do ano que vem, dependendo do caso), a meu ver. Detalhe: todas as notícias são de ontem e hoje! Que dias foram esses!?! Quebrando a monotonia das semanas passadas, os ventos de maio vêm trazendo de volta o espírito do defunto conhecido por E3. Como no ano passado, as empresas têm ignorado que o evento passou para julho, mantendo o quinto mês como a época de revelações. Aqui estão algumas das que me empolgaram nas últimas 48 horas: Uma tempestade chamada MGS4: New, New, New MGS4 Trailers [Kotaku] Metal Gear Solid 4 Intro Movie [Kotaku] The First 10 Minutes Of Metal Gear Solid 4 [Kotaku] Cobertura do evento de conclusão do desenvolvimento [GPara, japonês] Cobertura também [ITmedia +D Games, japonês] Colaborações de outras empresas em MGS4 [GPara, japonês] As melhores fotos do evento [Game Watch Impress, japonês] Konami Already Hinting at Metal Gear Solid 5? [1UP.com] Artwork do dia: MGS4 pôster [Hadouken] Parceria entre Platinum Games (ex-Clover da Capcom) e Sega: See first vids of Platinum’s MadWorld and Bayonetta [update] [Joystiq] [Confirmado] Platinum Games e Sega juntas com três projectos [eNe3, com vídeos] Scans dos jogos da Platinum Games [eNe3] Revelação de Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts (interessante, mas com ultrajante desfecho no trailer): First gameplay footage of Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts [Destructoid] Mais conteúdo do evento da Microsoft (pena não ter Alan Wake): See Gears of War 2, Too Human, Viva Piñata 2, Banjo-Kazooie 3 in new video [Joystiq] Rock Band Guitar Hero IV: Game Informer snags first pic of Guitar Hero IV drums [Joystiq] Inazuma Eleven, o jogo de RPG futebolístico da Level-5 (Dragon Quest VIII, Professor Layton) para DS: Inazuma Eleven será, além de jogo para DS, mangá, anime e card game [Gpara, japonês] Inazuma Eleven looks sharp in motion [Siliconera] Nintendo revela Pokémon Cashcow Platinum: Let me show you Pokemans Platinum: My Pokemans Platinum, let me show it to you [Destructoid] Novidades de Resident Evil 5: Novas imagens e informação de Resident Evil 5 [eNe3] Novo Castlevania para DS por IGA-san: Order of Ecclesia: Images Castlevania OoE [Jeux France] Bônus: dois vídeos de Jubeat, o novo e inovador arcade bemani da Konami: Two new Jubeat location test videos [Arcade Renaissance] Vídeos aqui e aqui [YouTube] Como o Gamer Lifestyle não é um blog de notícias, explico o bloco de links: foi apenas para fundamentar o texto publicado na edição de janeiro da revista GameMaster, que encabeça este tópico. 2008 já ensaia aquele arroubo criativo que mencionei e que, penso, só virá em sua plenitude em 2009, com resquícios ainda em 2010 [assim como considero Okami e Ryu ga Gotoku/Yakuza jogos com cara de 2005 (e de fato Ryu ga Gotoku é, mas apenas no Japão, e dos últimos dias)]. E você, o que pensa desses “picos de criatividade”? Quais foram, na sua opinião, os melhores anos dos consoles que já teve? Quais são suas perspectivas para 2008/2009? Utilize o espaço aí embaixo.
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  More Metal Gear Solid 4 Trailers

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  116 days ago in Video Game Blog · Authority: 62

  Konami has recently released some new Metal Gear Solid 4 trailers at the press conference today. Watch the videos after the jump. [Kotaku]
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  Metal Gear Solid 4 Japanese Training Cinematic

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  116 days ago in orangetech.info : The orange technology blog news · Authority: 2

  Metal Gear Solid 4 Japanese Training Cinematic Posted by: admin in Latest Tech News Konami has released a slew of new Metal Gear Solid 4 information at the press conference today, including a Japanese training cinematic. Continue reading to watch. Click here for first picture in gallery. The MGS4 wrap party in Japan today wasn’t just about motorbikes and posing for photos. It was about new commercials, too! [via Kotaku] Via Techeblog Share This
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  Metal Gear Solid 4 Japanese Training Cinematic

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  116 days ago in Video | dailytechnews.info · Authority: 17

  Metal Gear Solid 4 Japanese Training Cinematic Posted by: in Latest News Konami has released a slew of new Metal Gear Solid 4 information at the press conference today, including a Japanese training cinematic. Continue reading to watch. Click here for first picture in gallery. The MGS4 wrap party in Japan today wasn’t just about motorbikes and posing for photos. It was about new commercials, too! [via Kotaku] Popularity: 10% [?] Share This
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  150-Dollar Quest

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  116 days ago in citizen geek · Authority: 4

  150-Dollar Quest May 14, 2008 in Books, Gaming, Science, Work In Progress 2, Writing | 2 comments Book Outing(s)!!! Kinokuniya will be running a 20%-discount promotion this weekend, so it’s time to hit the stores again. My aim is to come in at just about 150 dollars. I’m gunning for quite a number of recent books, in tiny paperback editions, which will be nice to have for the library. It’s not as if I’m collecting first eds anyway. On the other hand, do tell me if you want to come along. Or if you have books to buy. Use BookWeb to check out if the books are in stock, then just drop me a note with the details. I should be there on both Friday and Saturday. I will be aiming to complete my 150-dollar quest over the two days. Partly because I’ll be meeting people, but also so that I don’t have to lug ten books home all at one go. I’ll tell you how it goes. Art Trip Today is a complete rest day! I’ll be using the space-out time to think through Work In Progress 2; sometimes you just need to give it a little room to breathe before you know what to do. I just hope I don’t have to give it too much room. On the other hand, I’ll be going to the Art Museum today to catch the Xu Beihong exhibit. I don’t exactly have a very developed appreciation of paintings yet, but I’m sure I’ll like some things. Good art (in whatever form), speaks to us regardless of person and position. And maybe I’ll do some shopping. Okay, let’s rock. Random Early signs of the machine uprising. [via ExtraLife] Read about Roald Hoffman. [via Scientific American] If you’re afraid of seeing spoilers, then don’t watch these (like me). Here’s the MGS4 opening sequence. [via Kotaku] And new trailers. [via Kotaku] Also, you can actually unlock the Altair costume in MGS4. [via Kotaku] Speeding up Photoshop with an external drive. [via The Online Photographer] Veronica Belmont describing her Wii Fit experience. [via Veronica Belmont] d Search for: May 2008 M T W T F S S
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  New, New, New MGS4 Trailers

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  116 days ago in Simple Drops · Authority: 16

  3x new MGS4 trailers from the game’s wrap party in Japan today. read more | digg story
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  Metal Gear Solid 4 theatrical trailer

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  116 days ago in Skidknee.net · Authority: 10

  Metal Gear Solid 4 theatrical trailer There’s some major pants shitting happening right now. Epic movie trailer for the June 12th release of Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots. I heard the whole series comes to a very final conclusive end. I hope Snake makes it out alive…
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  Metal Gear Solid 4 | Intro + Trailer veröffentlicht

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  117 days ago in ricdes dot com | Gadgets, Tech, Games, Autos und Kurioses · Authority: 537

  Heute wurde zum ersten Mal an einer Pressekonferenz in Tokyo das Intro-Movie zu Metal Gear Solid 4 der Öffentlichkeit vorgestellt. Auch andere Trailer die uns das Spiel schmackhaft machen sollen wurden der heute vorgeladenen Presse vorgestellt. Die Jungs von Gamevideos.com haben die Clips online gestellt. Grosse Spoiler sind beim Betrachten des Clips nicht zu erwarten. Snake kommt im Movie nicht vor und über die Story wird auch nicht viel neues berichtet. Das Intro schaut genial aus. Das Spiel wird mich wohl dazu bringen, mir auch noch eine PS3 anschaffen zu müssen. Trailer 1: Trailer 2: Trailer 3: Trailer 4: Quelle: Kotaku

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