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MCP: GAMING NEWS ROUNDUP – 3.5.07

Not a whole lot happened over the weekend worth talking about, except for the item which I wrote up on Saturday. I’ve been getting some good feedback from that little opinion piece; chime in on our message board. TS Eliot would want you to.Those of you excited for Irrational’s upcoming 360 title Bioshock can head … Continue reading

DVD REVIEW: CINDERELLA III: A TWIST IN TIME

BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: Walt Disney Home EntertainmentMSRP: $29.99RATING: GRUNNING TIME: 74 minutesSPECIAL FEATURES:• “Bibbidi Bobbidi Choose” DVD game• “I Still Believe” music video• Cinderella’s Ballroom (DVD ROM)• Backstage at Disney Cruise Line’s “Twice Charmed”• Sneak peek of “Disney Princess Enchanted Tales” The Pitch Let’s continue to dilute decades of quality with unnecessary … Continue reading

THUD: TV NEWS ROUNDUP – 3.03.07

Sports Illustrated reports that two-time Super Bowl MVP Peyton Manning will celebrate his thirty-first birthday by hosting Saturday Night Live. Manning will be the fourth quarterback, the seventh football player, and the twenty-fifth sports figure in SNL’s thirty-two seasons to host the show. However, you should know that those stats are from Wikipedia, which includes … Continue reading

MCP: CRITICISM AS INSPIRATION

Joystiq writer Blake Snow has seized upon a passage in the recently-touted Videogame Style Guide as an opportunity to play the defeatist in the gaming household. The section in question differentiates between reviews of games and criticism of games, arguing that the former is a descriptive format, and the latter is an interaction of sorts … Continue reading

DVD REVIEW: DEAD MARY

BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: PeaceArchMSRP: $19.95RATED: NRRUNNING TIME: 103 MinutesSPECIAL FEATURES:• Music video• "Making-of" featurette• Trailer gallery The Pitch "It’s like The Thing. It’s really like The Thing, only it’s in the woods." The Humans Dominique Swain (Alpha Dog), Jefferson Brown, Maggie Castle, Reagan Pasternak (Breach). The Nutshell Six old college buddies, and … Continue reading

MCP: GAMING NEWS ROUNDUP – 3.2.07

Big thanks to Jon for taking over Roundup duties while my body was, inadvisedly, shooting all its liquids out of one orifice or another.Yesterday, Kotaku dropped a big rumor about the PS3, which set game discussion forums ablaze, except for those which have installed government-mandated hearsay retardation systems. Kotaku’s story served up information on a … Continue reading

THUD NEWSBREAK: CAVEMAN REJOICE

I wish I could say that the creation of a TV show based on a commercial was a harbinger of the end times, but such a show has already aired – Baby Bob, based on a Quiznos commercial, back in 2000. And most of the people reading this site grew up on poorly animated cartoons … Continue reading

DVD REVIEW: BIT PARTS

BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: Cinema EpochMSRP: $14.98RATED: NRRUNNING TIME: 80 minutesSPECIAL FEATURES: • Audio commentary by the writer and director• Local news interview• Theatrical trailer The Pitch It’s like Nip/Tuck, but if that show was really stupid and had a crazy serial killer going around disfiguring people. Oh, wait… The HumansSarah Gordon, Christopher … Continue reading

MCP: GAMING NEWS ROUNDUP – 3.1.07

Ian is out today [Ian: I’ll puke on you] wondering how boring a news day can get. So for this special day, I’ll be giving the rundown of all things video game. In a story that seems to be more about Sony building buzz for the Game Developers Conference, yesterday GDC Director Jamil Moledina, during … Continue reading