Alex Riviello

NYC native who lives with his wife and daughter in Astoria, Queens. Has written about film for six years for dozens of websites before finally settling down at CHUD.com. Also freelances for various websites and publications, including Fangoria.

MCP: NEW STRANGLEHOLD MAPS HIT

Does anyone out there still play Stranglehold online? Anyone? The John Woo game was pretty fun for what it was (my review here) and yeah, the online multiplayer was decent. Unfortunately there were also a lot of glitches and lag to be found, along with quite a limited selection of levels and game modes, so … Continue reading

NYC: MEET GONDRY, BE KIND

Just got a heads up that Michele Gondry (Eternal Sunshine, The Science of Sleep) will be in the fair city of Manhattan next Friday, January 11th to promote his new movie Be Kind Rewind. If you’ve missed our articles on it before (Devin’s or Jeremy’s), Be Kind Rewind stars Jack Black and Mos Def as … Continue reading

MCP: XBOX DEAD

If you’re an Xbox 360 owner, chances are you’re aware of how crappy the service has been over the last few weeks. At times it’s been impossible to connect to the network at all, and it couldn’t have happened at a worse time. Most people were off from work/school and loaded with gifts from the … Continue reading

MCP: SAM AND MAX GO ON VACATION

In case you couldn’t tell by now, I’m a huge Sam and Max fan. Telltale Games has been doing a fantastic job of keeping the humor and fun of the original game intact with their episodic series, and if Ice Station Santa (review here) is any indication of the quality of the rest of the … Continue reading

DVD REVIEW: DAVE ATTELL- CAPTAIN MISERABLE

BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: Hbo Home VideoMSRP: $19.98RATED: Not ratedRUNNING TIME: 52 minSPECIAL FEATURES:• Deleted Scenes• Three Featurettes The Pitch "An hour of boredom!" The Humans A sweaty bald comedian, a crowd of miserable viewers. The Nutshell Dave Attell’s latest HBO comedy special, shot in Washington DC. The Lowdown I’ve seen Dave Attell … Continue reading

MCP: WEEKLY GAME FIX- 12/31/07

Whole bunch of Wii titles this week, and that’s it! Guess some kiddies still have Christmas cash to spend. Or don’t, considering all these titles are budget games and hit for around 20 bucks. Nothing too exciting, of course… but since Xbox Live’s being all spotty, maybe you’ve got nothing else to do. As if … Continue reading

MCP: KINGDOM UNDER FIRE IMPRESSIONS

Sometimes it amazes me that some companies allow demos to be made of their games, especially for the current line of consoles. When practically the entire userbase can download a sample of the game, you’d think that if you didn’t have anything special to show off you’d keep it hidden from people. Case in point, … Continue reading

MCP REVIEW: SAM & MAX- ICE STATION SANTA

BUY THE FIRST SEASON AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!PLATFORM: PCESRB RATING: N/APUBLISHER: Telltale Games, GametapDEVELOPER: Telltale Games "The snow will turn red with the blood of non-believers!" – Santa ClausOne of the games I got most emailed about for not including in my Christmas-themed list last Monday was the latest Sam & Max game- Ice Station … Continue reading

MCP: WEEKLY GAME FIX- 12/24/07

Well, it looks like this column covering weekly video game releases (that only kicked off last week!) has already hit a wall. See, there are no games coming out this week. None. The fat old man with boots of black has scared off all the releases, and you’re all probably too broke to buy anything … Continue reading