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    Tron Legacy Video Game Peeks Into The New Tron World

    Avatar's Na'vi Can See For Miles And Miles On Pandora

    inFAMOUS Electric Bike Messenger Video Game Heads To The Big Screen

    Scott Pilgrim vs. The Video Game

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    Image of Dash_Stryker Dash_Stryker
    11/24/09

    In reply to Tron Legacy Video Game Peeks Into The New Tron World
    As an avid video gameplayer I will be honest when saying this game as a movie tie in game like all other movie tie in games will suck a big beef chode.
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    Edited by Dash_Stryker at 11/24/09 2:46 PM Dash_Stryker was starred Dash_Stryker was unstarred
    Image of noamjamski noamjamski
    11/24/09

    @Dash_Stryker: Obviously you never played the Riddick games.
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    Charlie Jane Anders promoted this comment noamjamski was starred noamjamski was unstarred
    Image of Dash_Stryker Dash_Stryker
    11/24/09

    @noamjamski: you show me one i'll show you a thousand. next your going to say the Avatar game looks good. and the riddick game came out at least few years after the movie and before the second film so I would hardly call it a tie in and more of an attempt to make a multimedia franchise and that game definitely had it's issues and was medicore at best and really just surprised everyone at being competent. and the recent dark athena is balls on my forehead. BOOM! go to bed.

    #calendar
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    Image of Polybius Polybius
    11/24/09

    @Dash_Stryker: Although not a tie-in game, Tron 2.0 is amazingly fun and this looks to be of the same caliber. I can't wait!
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    Dash_Stryker approved this comment Polybius was starred Polybius was unstarred
    Image of Dash_Stryker Dash_Stryker
    11/24/09

    @Gene Kennett: you haven't seen anything yet except the logo home fry.
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    Edited by Dash_Stryker at 11/24/09 3:46 PM Dash_Stryker was starred Dash_Stryker was unstarred
    Image of Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H. Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.
    11/24/09

    @Dash_Stryker: Maybe so, but they're gonna really need to work hard to fuck this up. Basically... give me light bikes and I'll be pretty happy.
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    Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H. was starred Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H. was unstarred
    Image of Polybius Polybius
    11/24/09

    @Dash_Stryker: True but the stills from the video as captured above look tasty.

    As an avid video game player, I'm guessing you've played Tron 2.0? If not, you should. One of the few downsides to it are the lightcycle races. Hopefully there will be some sandboxish lightcycle play in the new game.
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    Polybius was starred Polybius was unstarred
    Image of Dash_Stryker Dash_Stryker
    11/24/09

    @Gene Kennett: again like riddick an all right game with many glitches and could have used a few more months of work and a couple more beta testers. atl east riddick had some interesting gameplay mechanics, tron 2.0 was a generic shooter with tron frosting on top of it. please kids your out of your element here. I will remember this and when the game comes out and blows ass I will personally message all you so you will feel thwe internet shame of being, WRONG!
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    Edited by Dash_Stryker at 11/24/09 4:04 PM Dash_Stryker was starred Dash_Stryker was unstarred
    Image of Dash_Stryker Dash_Stryker
    11/24/09

    @Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.: If you want a light cycle game this is the game for you: [en.wikipedia.org]
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    Image of BlushResponse BlushResponse
    11/24/09

    @Gene Kennett: Agreed (and just to clarify, we're talking about the game Tron 2.0 as seen in the embedded video here, NOT the forthcoming game). It was an incredibly inventive & beautiful game, and also very respectful of the 1982 film.
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    capnrob promoted this comment Edited by BlushResponse at 11/24/09 4:24 PM BlushResponse was starred BlushResponse was unstarred
    Image of Orshu Orshu
    11/24/09

    @Dash_Stryker: Haha, yeah right. Come on, Tron 2.0 generic?! Far from it. It came with a simple, but also intuitive and original offence/defence weapon system(stick to the disc!) and rpg style leveling. Story was pretty good too and the world was beautifully designed. The game got lots of good reviews back in the days and deserved every one of them. Oh, and it had lightcycles too:-)
    Btw, I finished Tron 2.0 two times now and never encountered any glitches. You sure you know what you're talking about?
    In case you want to refresh your memory before you go to bed;-)
    [www.eurogamer.net]
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    Dash_Stryker approved this comment Orshu was starred Orshu was unstarred
    Image of capnrob capnrob
    11/24/09

    @BlushResponse: Very respectful, very pretty, very nice gameplay ... and a story which is the poster child for "Shit, we ran out of time to finish this properly." - it starts out so well, and then the last few levels just go completely to hell, story-wise. It's a damn shame.
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    Image of Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H. Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.
    11/24/09

    @Dash_Stryker: Oh I've played it, it's good.... but I need my shit branded and licensed and in full 1080p!
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    Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H. was starred Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H. was unstarred
    Image of Dash_Stryker Dash_Stryker
    11/25/09

    @Orshu: eurogamer LOL!

    #calendar
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    Dash_Stryker was starred Dash_Stryker was unstarred
    Image of NerD: Blattella NerD: Blattella
    10/05/09

    In reply to Avatar's Na'vi Can See For Miles And Miles On Pandora
    Keep the artwork coming Meredith!
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    NerD: Blattella was starred NerD: Blattella was unstarred
    Image of burlybax burlybax
    10/05/09

    In reply to Avatar's Na'vi Can See For Miles And Miles On Pandora
    I'm in agreement with everyone here. But what happens if this movie delivers, and is the best in decades. Will we feel any remorse?

    Likely not.
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    crashedpc - unrein promoted this comment burlybax was starred burlybax was unstarred
    Image of lucky_you lucky_you
    10/05/09

    In reply to Avatar's Na'vi Can See For Miles And Miles On Pandora
    You know, this whole movie just might be an excuse for Cameron to start doing some deep jungle exploration documentaries (I'm looking at you Titanic)
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    crashedpc - unrein promoted this comment lucky_you was starred lucky_you was unstarred
    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    10/05/09

    In reply to Avatar's Na'vi Can See For Miles And Miles On Pandora
    "You know what would look great down there? An Orange Julius."

    "You're right. Let's have cat people sex."
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    crashedpc - Haifisch was starred crashedpc - Haifisch was unstarred
    Image of Pope John Peeps II Pope John Peeps II
    10/05/09

    @crashedpc - unrein: You stole my novel idea! Bastard!
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    Image of Meredith Woerner Meredith Woerner
    10/05/09

    @crashedpc - unrein: GET out of my HEAD
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    Meredith Woerner was starred Meredith Woerner was unstarred
    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    10/05/09

    @Meredith Woerner: Can't get you outta my head, OONTZ OONTZ OONTZ *bang*
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    crashedpc - Haifisch was starred crashedpc - Haifisch was unstarred
    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    10/05/09

    @Pope John Peeps II: You can have it, as long as you name drop me every other page as the hunky cat-man that boinks every svelte... wait, no, that's freakin disgusting.
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    crashedpc - Haifisch was starred crashedpc - Haifisch was unstarred
    Image of Pope John Peeps II Pope John Peeps II
    10/05/09

    @crashedpc - unrein: Ooh I know. You'll become the "Great Feline Presence". We shall call you Cra'S'He'd Pe'e C'ee. Becuase no self-respecting cat person ever fails to overuse apostrophes. It reminds them of little claws, so they like them. They all leave notes like:

    "Pl'eas'e p'ick u'p som'e m'il'k o'n th'e w'ay h'ome!"
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    Pope John Peeps II was starred Pope John Peeps II was unstarred
    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    10/05/09

    @Pope John Peeps II: As I read that, all I can think of is some poor guy with hiccups.
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    Edited by crashedpc - Haifisch at 10/05/09 11:10 AM crashedpc - Haifisch was starred crashedpc - Haifisch was unstarred
    Image of Pope John Peeps II Pope John Peeps II
    10/05/09

    @crashedpc - unrein: You know, somewhere out there are probably a bunch of irate furries thinking "cat-people sex?! These aren't cat people! Clearly this commenter knows little to nothing about the delicate intricacies of cat sex!" and are busy composing long, ANATOMICALLY DETAILED emails to post here and enlighten you.
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    Edited by Pope John Peeps II at 10/05/09 11:14 AM Pope John Peeps II was starred Pope John Peeps II was unstarred
    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    10/05/09

    @Pope John Peeps II: I eagerly await the inrush of said posts in order to completely ignore them and get ready for lunch.

    I hope people know about the PM function, cuz being outed as a furry on a public forum can be somewhat embarrassing. Right, Smeagol?
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    crashedpc - Haifisch was starred crashedpc - Haifisch was unstarred
    Image of Shadowdagger Shadowdagger
    10/05/09

    In reply to Avatar's Na'vi Can See For Miles And Miles On Pandora
    [sarcasm]Wow, the Pandora planet looks really alien[/sarcasm]

    This is totally Ferngully.
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    Meredith Woerner promoted this comment Shadowdagger was starred Shadowdagger was unstarred
    Image of tetracycloide tetracycloide
    10/05/09

    @Shadowdagger: ferngully with wolves
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    tetracycloide was starred tetracycloide was unstarred
    Image of Shadowdagger Shadowdagger
    10/05/09

    @tetracycloide: And robots! Minus the singing, toxic blob.
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    Shadowdagger was starred Shadowdagger was unstarred
    Image of Rumtum Rumtum
    10/05/09

    In reply to Avatar's Na'vi Can See For Miles And Miles On Pandora
    I just saw When Worlds Collide on disk last night and I have to say this looks remarkably similar to the matte painting for Zyra, the moon that the surviving Earthers land on after Bellus destroys the Earth. Nice to know that 58 years later, George Pal still sets the standard for sciffy.
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    Ruthless, If you let me promoted this comment Edited by Rumtum at 10/05/09 10:54 AM Rumtum was starred Rumtum was unstarred
    Image of alphanumeric1971 alphanumeric1971
    07/30/09

    In reply to inFAMOUS Electric Bike Messenger Video Game Heads To The Big Screen
    Boy am I glad the internet is killing these guys off.
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    alphanumeric1971 was starred alphanumeric1971 was unstarred
    Image of ManchuCandidate ManchuCandidate
    07/30/09

    In reply to inFAMOUS Electric Bike Messenger Video Game Heads To The Big Screen
    Who doesn't want to sit through 90 minutes of a guy nearly getting killed by gasoline powered vehicles?

    Besides, I doubt anyone who can proudly say they were the screenwriter of "The Longest Yard" is going to do a decent film.

    I'd just rather see this on a loop.
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    ManchuCandidate was starred ManchuCandidate was unstarred
    Image of atrus123 atrus123
    07/30/09

    In reply to inFAMOUS Electric Bike Messenger Video Game Heads To The Big Screen
    Video game movies suck. It's true. That said, inFamous is a blast and possibly my favorite PS3 game, meaning I'm sure I'll go see it, knowing every moment that it sucks but loving every minute of it.
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    Image of tetracycloide tetracycloide
    07/30/09

    In reply to inFAMOUS Electric Bike Messenger Video Game Heads To The Big Screen
    so the 'bad guy' in the film is an unstopable chain link fence?
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    tetracycloide was starred tetracycloide was unstarred
    Image of AngryEddy AngryEddy
    07/30/09

    @tetracycloide: Nice reference. +1
     Reply
    AngryEddy was starred AngryEddy was unstarred
    Image of AngryEddy AngryEddy
    07/30/09

    In reply to inFAMOUS Electric Bike Messenger Video Game Heads To The Big Screen
    Well, you've got to work in that lame moral-choice thing somehow... Maybe it'll end like Clue did, where there's a bunch of different endings. Hopefully, all of the endings will include Tim Curry.

    ...this was really just a sad attempt to bring up Clue for no good reason. Apologies.
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    AngryEddy was starred AngryEddy was unstarred
    Image of Jesse Mrozowski Jesse Mrozowski
    07/30/09

    @AngryEddy: I'm actually 100% ok with that. I haven't seen that movie in far too long.
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    AngryEddy promoted this comment Jesse Mrozowski was starred Jesse Mrozowski was unstarred
    Image of rek rek
    07/29/09

    In reply to Scott Pilgrim vs. The Video Game
    PLEASE BE 16-BIT
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    rek was starred rek was unstarred
    Image of gorehound gorehound
    07/27/09

    In reply to Eagle Eye Director To Make Dead Space Video Game Movie
    yup....another video game becomes a movie.
    hey hollywood::: how about more movies based on intelligent books
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    AngryEddy promoted this comment gorehound was starred gorehound was unstarred
    Image of AngryEddy AngryEddy
    07/27/09

    @gorehound: You really want to see your intelligent stories get the Hollywood hack-n-slash treatment? Leave that fate to the games, they're used to it.
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    AngryEddy was starred AngryEddy was unstarred
    Image of AngryEddy AngryEddy
    07/27/09

    In reply to Eagle Eye Director To Make Dead Space Video Game Movie
    While I loved Dead Space and thought it was one of the best games of 2008, EA's decision to have Isaac Clarke be a near-faceless and completely mute lead character means casting for the role could go in almost any direction. My choice?

    Josh Brolin, please report to the Ishimura...
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    Edited by AngryEddy at 07/27/09 9:26 AM AngryEddy was starred AngryEddy was unstarred
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