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MCP: VGXPO PART II

Yesterday, I covered convention floor of the Video Game Expo, which you can read here. This part covers the panel discussions and the movie Moral Kombat. The first panel was the video game journalism panel, featuring “the Video Game Doctor” Bill Kunkel, Ray Ledda, VP of Ziff Davis and Susan Arendt of Wired’s Game|Life. There … Continue reading

MCP REVIEW: MANHUNT 2

BUY IT HERE AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!PLATFORM: PSP, PS2, WiiESRB RATING: M for Mature!PUBLISHER:: Rockstar GamesDEVELOPER: Rockstar (Note: This review is based on the PSP version) It’s funny how things work out. I was more pissed than anyone upon hearing the news about Manhunt 2‘s gutting by the ESRB and by forces overseas (see here … Continue reading

DVD REVIEW: THIS IS ENGLAND

BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: IFC FilmsMSRP: $19.95RATED: NRRUNNING TIME: 103 MinutesSPECIAL FEATURES: Deleted Scenes The Making of This is England An interview with Writer/Director Shane Meadows Commentary by Writer/Director Shane Meadows, Producer Mark Herbert and Lead Actor Thomas Turgoose Skinhead Culture: Cropped, Braced, & Booted, An Essay by Darrell Buxton "The Falklands: A … Continue reading

THUD: A YEAR WITHOUT BAUER

We’ve known for a couple of weeks now that a prolonged strike would probably be the death knell for Season Seven of 24. Well, ring it out: once production is completed on the eighth episode, the show will be shut down indefinitely. As for when it will be continued, that’s up to the Alliance of … Continue reading

DVD REVIEW: TRIALS OF DARRYL HUNT, THE

BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: Velocity / ThinkFilmMSRP: $27.98RATED: PG-13RUNNING TIME: 107 min.SPECIAL FEATURES: HBO Featurette: Exclusive Interview with Regina Lane Bonus Interviews Theatrical Trailer Trailer Gallery The Pitch "It’s The Thin Blue Line in racist Winston-Salem." The Humans Darryl Hunt, Mark Rabil, Larry Little The Nutshell Deborah Sykes was a young white woman … Continue reading

MCP: VGXPO 2007

It’s tough being a video game enthusiast living in the Northeast. Most of the video game conventions are on the West Coast, and the few shows that feature video games in the Northeast, like Digital Life* and the NY Comic Con, don’t come close to being true video game cons. After being disappointed by this … Continue reading

DVD REVIEW: PINKY AND THE BRAIN VOL. 3

"Traumatizing Wile E. Coyote since 1949." BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE! STUDIO: Warner Home VideoMSRP: $44.98RATED: Not ratedRUNNING TIME: 470 MinutesSPECIAL FEATURES:• "It’s All About the Fans" The Pitch Two mice, one dream: global conquest. The Humans Maurice LaMarche (Ed Wood), Rob Paulsen (Animaniacs), Frank Welker (Aladdin) The Nutshell Two enterprising lab mice plot … Continue reading