Tuesday, April 27, 2010

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Deal: ‘Bioshock 2′ For PS3 and Xbox 360

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Today's Gold Box spotlight deal of the day over at Amazon is Bioshock 2 standard edition for Playstation 3 or Xbox 360 for only $39.98 (that's 33% off the list price of $59.99).

This sale is only for today -- Tuesday, April 27, 2010 -- until midnight PST while supplies last.

Also, there's a promotion running right now where when you order Bioshock 2 from Amazon, you'll get $10 off a future video game purchase. See the "Special Offers and Product Promotions" section of the product page for full details [...]

Watch Now: New Trailer For M. Night Shyamalan’s ‘The Last Airbender’

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A brand new trailer for M. Night Shyamalan's animated TV series adaptation, The Last Airbender, has been released by Paramount, and you can watch it below right now!

The movie is an adaptation of the Nickelodeon kid's show Avatar: The Last Airbender (changed due to...you know, that other movie that found moderate success) in which a boy named Aang is declared the next Avatar, who can control all of the different elements such as fire and water. In a world in which there are four different nations who each control one element, this makes him...unique, to say the least. Fearing the responsibility, he flees but ends up frozen in a glacier. One hundred years later, he is discovered frozen and revived in order to fight the evil Fire Lord of the Fire Nation.

Defrost yourself, grab a towel, and head over to the bottom of the page to peek at the new trailer for The Last Airbender!

Shyamalan hasn't had a popular movie since 2002's Signs, and his offerings have been downright hated since the release of Lady in the Water. Even so, fans know what the director is capable of, and the hopes are that he can let go of his need for mystery and suspense, and just deliver a fun, exciting new film. [...]

Ridley Scott Says TWO ‘Alien’ Prequels Coming; Sacrificing Quality For 3D?

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A press junket for the upcoming Robin Hood was held recently and Ridley Scott was up to answering many questions, including some about his upcoming prequel to Alien.

In a majorly unexpected announcement, Scott declared that it would not just be one prequel movie, but that it would be a two-part film leading up to the events of the original 1979 horror classic. When asked if he would be directing both parts and if they would be filming them both at the same time -- as is a popular method for multi-film projects these days -- Ridley simply suggested that he was concentrating on the first right now. If Scott was to direct both, the simultaneous approach would be best.

If he's only doing the first and leaving the second to someone like maybe Carl Erik Rinsch, who was originally set to direct the prequel before Ridley was talked into taking it on himself. [...]

Game Review: Final Fantasy XIII (Playstation 3)

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Final Fantasy XIII Review
Platforms: Playstation 3 | Xbox 360
Publisher: Square Enix
Price: $59.99
Release date: March 9, 2010

I am a pretty big Final Fantasy fan, so of course I was going to pick this game up as quickly as I could get my grubby little hands upon it. As the first Final Fantasy game on the current generation of system, I was excepting to see the next step up in graphics above the last game, which was one of the best looking games on the PS2. More than that though, I just wanted a game that was familiar to me while having enough change so that it didn't feel exactly like the last game. Like I said, I'm a fan of the series, so I know pretty much what I'm going to get, and this game succeeded in giving me a game I had fun with and that was worth my time. It took a little while to convince me, but once the game had its claws into me, I knew I was in for the next 40 hours of game play.

Story has always been a big element of Final Fantasy games, and this one is no different. The players live in the world of Cocoon, a land that is under siege by fear of creatures from a world below theirs called Pulse. Both worlds are controlled by entities call fal'cie, and these entities give out quests to regular people by turning them into l'cie. The l'cie are charged with a specific goal, and if they reach that goal, they become crystals and gain eternal life of some sort. Those who don't complete their goals become monsters. Into this world walk six characters who become l'cie, and must then find out what their quest is. (Trust me, if your eyes have glazed over at that last paragraph, I don't blame you. These are just a few of the concepts that are thrown at the player in the first few hours, and it is not the easiest thing to keep track of.) [...]

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