I was reading over my previous post about the PS3 bug and realized I jumped on the crazy band wagon. I agreed that a freebie download would be nice compensation for the fiasco. That’s ridiculous and unnecessary. The problem was resolved in less then 48 hours. That’s not enough downtime to warrant a monetary gift for all that were effected. I also said that somebody would get fired. Yeah, that won’t happen. What the hell was I thinking? In the end this little debacle will remain an infamous moment in Playstation history. A footnote and nothing more. Yeah it sucks that some people lost trophy data and game saves. That much I agree with. I feel for anybody that lost data. As I’ve said before, losing data really sucks. But PSN is a free service and the problem got resolved promptly enough. For my own part I hold no ill will towards Sony.
PS3 Owners Speak Out About The Bug
The Playstation community is furious due to the bug that is wreaking havoc on PS3 consoles. The bug effects only older (non-slim) PS3 consoles. Further info on the bug can be found on the official Playstation blog.
Sony has promised to resolve the issue within the next 24 hours. But that promise hasn’t stopped PS3 owners from speaking out. What better place to vent then on the official Playstation blog. Let us look at some of the comments:
That’s a nice sentiment. I concur that a freebie may help mend fences with jaded gamers.
This comment has a more threatening tone to it. Though in my opinion such anger is warranted. I can tell you from first hand experience, losing save data sucks. It sucks hard. I would never wish it upon anybody. That’s the reason why I periodically back up my PS3 game data. You can never be to safe when it comes to data storage.
This comment is especially venomous. Thought again, I’m hard pressed to disagree. To Sony’s credit, I’m sure they’re amassing as much man power as posisble to fix the issue. What makes me curious who is going to shoulder the blame once things cool down. With a fisaco like this, somebody has to be at fault. Best case sceanrio that unlucky someone gets a stern talking too. More likely they will lose their job. This whole incident could very well just be a computer glitch. But in such cases somebody has to suffer public punishment.
The comments above are just a small sample of PS3 owners exercising their right to free speech. If you want to check out more comments, then head over here.
Movie Review – The Crazies (2010)
Category Movie Reviews, Movies
The Crazies (2010) is not a zombie movie. The original from 1973 is also not a zombie movie. I repeat, they are NOT zombies movies.
Now that I’ve gotten that out of the way, The Crazies (2010) is a remake of a movie of the same name written and directed by George A. Romero in the period between Night of the Living Dead and Dawn of the Dead that included films such as Martin and Season of the Witch. This iteration, however, is directed by Breck Eisner with Romero credited as a producer. The real question is how does it stand up to the original? Well find out after the break.
I Bought Mass Effect: Galaxy and I Didn’t Even Get a Stupid Shirt
Category Despair, Video Games
Way back in June of 2009 when Conan O’Brien was still on television and people rode mammoths to work EA Mobile released a Mass Effect iPhone game called Mass Effect: Galaxy. It is not a fun game. Mass Effect: Galaxy is a top down shooter that struggles with loading issues, accelerometer senesitivity, and being an all around boring game to play.
Now I’m not here to complain all about Galaxy but rather one particular aspect of it. On the main menu there is a “Mass Effect 2″ option which prompts you to sign up for, or log into an EA.com account to sync your iPhone game with it. Once completed, the screen prompts you that a reward is waiting for you in Mass Effect 2 on completion of Galaxy. This message got me very excited to get into Mass Effect 2 and see what kind of unique item or situation would be waiting for me due to my purchase and eventual completion of the iPhone game.
Well guess what, there is no reward. Your “reward” is a fleeting mention by Jacob (the main character of Galaxy) in Mass Effect 2 that he killed a bunch of Batarian terrorists on the Citadel once. That’s it!? I wasn’t expecting much but that’s a complete middle finger to everyone who bought Galaxy. So much for showing some love to the people who support a franchise you own no matter what medium it’s on EA.
Batman: Under The Red Hood Marks Animated Debut of Jason Todd
DC and Warner Brothers have announced Batman: Under The Red Hood as their next direct-to-video animated feature. The film is set to explore the death and unlikely resurrection of Jason Todd. And it is Todd’s presence that makes this feature especially noteworthy. Why? Because Todd has never before appeared in an animated project.
Mac Rant – $84.53, The Price of Power
Category Computers
So my Mac power cord bit the dust recently. Since the lack of a charger renders my computer useless I had to go ahead and pick a new one. The price tag: $84.53. Good heavens.
Movie Review – Turtles Forever
Category Animation
The initial release of Turtles Forever slipped under my radar. I guess that’s no big surprise considering I haven’t watched much of the 4Kids TMNT series. Don’t get me wrong, I have nothing against it. From the small bits I have seen it does appear fun and well put together. One of these days I plan to set down and work through the series.
But enough about my too watch list. On to the review:
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Weird Al to Direct New Movie for Cartoon Network
Category Movie News/Previews, Movies
Renowned parody artist “Weird Al” Yankovick announced via Twitter and his blog earlier today that he is going to direct a new live-action movie for Cartoon Network that isn’t a sequel to UHF. So far he has said little about it other than the fact that he has written it himself, and will feature a young, high-school aged protagonist. Shooting will most likely begin later this year, so we shouldn’t expect it until 2011 at the soonest.
I’m excited about this new project as I’ve been a lifelong fan of Mr. Yankovick and his work. While I’m a little upset that the show isn’t going to be about him I have faith that whatever he does will be a laugh riot. Hopefully he turns a critical eye towards the tween, high-school drama of today and delivers the same satire we’ve all come to love from him over the years.
The Walking Dead Shambles onto TV
Category Comic Book News/Previews, Comic Books, Zombies
Recently AMC greenlighted the production of a pilot episode for long running horror-comic The Walking Dead. Frank Darabont, most well known for directing Stephen King film adaptations The Shawshank Redeption and The Green Mile as well as The Majestic, is tapped to direct this adaptation of Robert Kirkman’s series.
The big question on my mind is whether or not a television series set in a zombie apocalypse will work, especially one that is on a basic cable channel such as AMC. Don’t get me wrong, AMC has brought us great series such as Mad Men and Breaking Bad, but can they get away with the graphic violence and tone that a horror series would require? As much as I would like to see this show be great, I think it would find a better home on HBO or Showtime. Despite that problem, however, there is a lot of potential in a zombie apocalypse television series, more so than movies, because of the ability to tell longer stories with more developed characters. Zombies movies often feel to rushed, and are filled with genre cliche’s that cut down on screen-time by rehashing what audiences are already used to. This series has a great opportunity to be a breath of fresh air in a rather stale genre.