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God of War III Makes Violence an Art Form

Elliott Rudner — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:42:38 +0000

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Meet Kratos!

Before I begin my first impressions from the God of War III Preview Event, I will inform you I have never actually played a God of War game.

The only vague recollection I have is when I watched my friend playing God Of War II on the Playstation2 one night for 10 minutes.

Also sadly, I don’t own a Playstation 3, but this is the type of game to make me seriously consider buying one.

From the moment I started playing the game there was blood everywhere- as a gamer that reminisces with the first time I played Mortal Kombat and how shocked I was at the violence – this is a definite plus for me. The controls for a first time GOWIII player were simple enough- I mashed the buttons and Kratos delivered a Baryshnikov style performance of dismemberment and mayhem. By button mashing and using my magic alone I was able to almost beat the giant crab horse thingy that I kept killing and just wouldn’t leave me alone but eventually my n00b luck ran out and I was treated to a screen that bluntly stated “You Are Dead” multiple times.

When I spoke to Lead Cinematic Artist (and Edmonton native) John Palamarchuk he summed it up quite plainly, “This game looks like a PS3 Title” and I would have to 100% agree with him. The transitions between cinematic and gameplay are close to seamless. Finally a game that takes full advantage of the PS3′s hardware.

While John was hush hush on most of the story line he did confirm there would be some racy scenes with some naked ladies, more epic quick time events (one I saw involved Kratos prying open a ribcage of one of his enemies), and of course living up to the name of the game.

Kratos is not to be messed with and you should ensure that fact by purchasing God of War III right now.

God of War III is available now exclusively for the Playstation 3.

Amos The Transparent Video – Lemons – Exclusively On andPOP

Robert Ostfield — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 19:40:36 +0000

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Fully animated video for Amos The Transparent’s newest single Lemons (aka Big Fish Little Pond) by uber cool animation studio Digital Henchman. Vote for them in the XM Verge Music Awards! http://www.thevergeonline.com/vma/

Exclusive: Ari Gold Gives A Sneak Peek Into The Rest Of Season 6 Of Entourage

Robert Ostfield — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 04:54:27 +0000

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Yes more Jeremy Piven content (do you get the feeling we love this guy?) We met up with Jeremy on Thursday to talk about his newest movie, The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard, in theatres August 14th. We asked some questions about Entourage and he gave us the low down into the rest of Entourage Season 6. Please accept our apologies for the shabby editing as we wanted this up ASAP. Also check back for the full interview coming soon.

Twilight Cast Turns Into Chocolate

Ilan Mester — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 14:08:47 +0000

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Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart and Taylor Lautner get their own chocolate bar in the shape of their “Twilight” characters Edward Cullen, Bella Swan and Jacob Black respectively.

Necco sub-brand SkyBar is releasing these “New Moon” bars as well as special boxes of “Twilight” Sweethearts. But of course, they had to add a vampire twist to the flavours which include “Secret Strawberry,” “Passion Fruit” and “Tempting Apple.”

The chocolates are 79-cents each and can be purchased at Blockbuster stores, while the hearts — which come in theatre sized boxes — can be purchased for $2.99.

All three “Twilight” stars are set to make an appearance at this year’s Comic-Con along with “New Moon” director Chris Weitz. There have been rumours of exclusive “New Moon” footage being unveiled at the comic book festival.