In an interview with AICN, Peter Jackson discussed two of his upcoming projects: TEMERAIRE and HALO.Regarding HALO Jackson said:"We certainly didn't set out with HALO to find a first time filmmaker to do HALO. We wanted somebody on HALO that would have 3 ...
...eful with Halo3, "I know Halo3 is going to be so much better."Another staffer from Bungie attributed Halo 2 to driving off a cliff.KJ's Take: Halo 2 was awful compared to Halo, and simply average when compared to other FPS games. I ow...
Microsoft has confirmed that specially marked boxes of Crackdown will include Halo3 beta keys. Previously, the only method for gamers to be selected for the highly coveted testing period was to register at the Halo3 Web site and hope they were selected....
In the second quarter of 2006, Sideshow Collectibles and Hot Toys will release the HALO Jumper Rambo figure. The Rambo figure features the muscular body developed by Hot Toys, which conceals all of the cleverly designed articulation. The HALO Jumper Rambo...
According to a statement issued by Microsoft's WingNut films, production has officially been halted on the big screen adaptation of Halo.The statement writes, "As was previously confirmed, we deeply regret that both Universal and Fox did not choose t...
...all that "HALO3 is coming, be ready," and it seems a lot of people bought it.So, there MUST be a good part of this review, it's getting a B-, right? Well, there is that little issue of multiplayer. We'll start with co-operative. That immediately takes...
The next tent pole release for the Xbox 360 is this falls upcoming Halo3 market blitz from Microsoft and Bungie Studios. Obviously, anticipation for the third installment of the Halo franchise is being eagerly awaited by FPS fans everywhere.
Well Today...
Easily the most anticipated game this year (maybe even the most anticipated game ever) is HALO 2. Fans have been reserving the game at online stores and local video game shops since the game was announced years ago, and have suffered through the many new ...
Bungie Studios, the game development company behind the best-selling Xbox game of all-time, reports that a sequel to HALO won't be ready for this year. While reports indicated it could be out as soon as summer or Christmas 2003, Bungie has now officially...
A slew of new screenshots for HALO3 has appeared online courtesy of Entertainment Weekly. Each of the next generation consoles have highly anticipated titles hitting the market over the next few months, Bungie's next Halo installment being one of t...
Bungie Studios has finished it. Today Microsoft Game Studios announced that HALO 2, one of this year's most anticipated video games, has gone gold. The program has shipped to the manufacturer and is in the process of being manufactured. Microsoft doesn't ...
Bungie has announced that the beta for the upcoming video game, Halo3, will go live on May 16 globally.Access to the beta will be rolled out simultaneously worldwide at 1 p.m. GMT (5 a.m. PDT) on May 16, and will end on June 7 at 7:59 a.m. GMT (June 6 at...
Nightmare Armor Studios, the team responsible for the creation of the real life Master Chief Armor from the video game Halo, has built a life sized replica of the alien suit featured in the award-winning animated short and soon-to-be comic, Zoom Suit. Pho...
Neill Blomkamp has signed on to direct the upcoming film HALO for universal Pictures and 20th Century Fox. Blomkamp is best known for his work as a commercial and music director.HALO follows a character named Master Chief and his companion Cortana as the...
The trailer for Halo3 was shown at the E3 convention, but had no glimpses of multiplayer action. Bungie.net has mentioned that Halo3 would be the last installment of the Halo series.The trailer is available for download on bungie.net and Xbox Live.Thro...
Universal Pictures upcoming film HALO, based on the popular video game, has a new writer lending his pen to the project.DB Weiss told Game Set Watch, "I write for film now, mostly appropriately enough, I'm currently adapting Halo for producers Mary Paren...
In January I reported that Microsoft had confirmed that specially marked boxes of the game Crackdown would include Halo3 Beta keys. It was widely assumed that the beta would be beginning on or very near that date. Apparently, that may not be the c...
...t only is Halo3 setting sales records, it’s also redefining entertainment. Within the first 20 hours alone, we’ve seen more than a million Xbox LIVE members come online to play Halo3 – that makes September 25 the most active Xbox LI...
The music for the hit new computer game, HALO 2, has been released on Sumthing Else Music, and is a highly satisfying mixture of dramatic atmospheres – courtesy of symphonic compositions created by Martin O’Donnell and Michael Salvatori (composers of the ...
According to Microsoft, Peter Jackson and his writing partner Fran Walsh are partnering with Microsoft to create the next HALO video game.Under the deal, Jackson will work with Bungie Studios on the next HALO title. Jackson will also work on a second gam...
After blasting on the Microsoft Xbox two years ago, Bungie's sci-fi first-person shooter HALO: COMBAT EVOLVED has finally arrived for Windows-based OS computers. Originally developed for the PC before Microsoft purchased Bungie and turned HALO into their ...
HALO 2 Hijacked! by James Stevenson and Troy Roberts (Fri 10-15-2004)
Less than a month before the most anticipated release ever, HALO 2 is online. Unfortunately, this isn't Xbox Live online, but online for gamers to download from peer to peer networks or other online venues. Microsoft is not pleased (as you could guess) an...
Universal Pictures and Twentieth Century Fox have brought Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh, his wife, to executive produce the upcoming film HALO, based on Microsoft's videogame.Jackson said, "I'm a huge fan of the game and look forward to helping it come ali...
In a million dollar deal, Microsoft has hired Alex "28 days Later" Garland to adapt their highly successful videogame "Halo" into script.Once the screenplay is done it will be shopped to studios as an all in one package: script & rights.Peter Schlessel wi...
Xbox owners have finally endured the wait and today are rewarded: Microsoft Game Studios have released its highly-anticipated first-person shooter HALO 2 to retail stores. Picking up where the first game left off, the sequel puts you back in the genetical...
If you were waiting with anticipation for HALO 2 to arrive this spring for your Xbox, guess what? You'll have to reign in your enthusiasm for another six months.This morning Bungie Studios made the announcement on their website that HALO 2 will be release...
Joyride Studios has released new images of the upcoming HALO 2 Series 6 & 7 action figures. The series will feature Covenant aliens, Steel Spartan, SpecOps Elite and the Arbiter, as well as a Red Elite, Cyan Spartan and the Heretic Banshee. Each figure w...
As E3 begins this week in Los Angeles, Microsoft Game Studios announced today a specific release date for its highly anticipated sequel to HALO. HALO 2 is now scheduled for release on November 9, 2004.To celebrate, Microsoft will release a special limited...
As is expected, HALO3 dominated the game rentals (and sales) for the second week in a row. Furthermore, the top 5 requested games are all identical to the top 5 ranked games on the Xbox360 platform. It should be noted that while it took Nintendo 16 years...
While everyone involved with CHARLIE'S ANGELS said the buzz and rumors of strife between members of the creative team (Lucy Liu?) and Bill Murray, it seems Murray can't be lured back to reprise his role as Bosley in CHARLIE'S ANGELS 2: HALO. With that new...
It looks like Halo 4 could be coming, just not from its original developer Bungie Studios. The Official Xbox Magazine has passed along a rumor that Gearbox Software could be taking over the development aspect of future titles with the popular gaming franc...
...ranchise, HALO3, grossed 170 million in its first day alone for Microsoft and Bungie. Here's what Blomkamp told Creativity Online on the current situation..For clarification's sake, Blomkamp was to be the director for executive producer Peter Jac...
GameSpot is reporting that Microsoft has confirmed will push the release date of HALO 2 for PC to May 22nd.
A company rep reports the release date was changed "to make some improvements to the install experience and address other te...
In its first 24 hours of release, sales of Microsoft's new Xbox game HALO 2 has blown away everyone's expectations. Microsoft Game Studios has recorded that 2.4 million copies of the first-person shooter were sold in North America yesterday alone, which a...
The guys over at Latino Review are reporting that screenwriter Stuart Beattie (G.I Joe, Australia) has completed a new spec script, based off the Bungie best selling videogame Halo. They have also said it's not an April Fool's Day joke because that immedi...
It seems one of the original CHARLIE'S ANGELS liked the McG directed, Drew Barrymore big screen update. According to Barrymore, after the debut of the 2000 version of ANGELS, Farrah Fawcett met with McG (currently gearing up for both ANGELS 2 and SUPERMAN...
HALO is considered by most people to be the make-or-break title for the Microsoft Xbox. Although my playing time came on an incomplete version of the game, from what I played, future Xbox owners shouldn't be worried about the system they are about to buy....
Bungie Studios has now released a video showing a real-time presentation of HALO 2 from last month's E3 expo. The eight-minute demo shows a Bungie representative playing the much-anticipated Xbox game sequel, showing off the game's rendering capabilities ...
Microsoft announced today that it will release HALO 2, the follow-up to the widely accaimed sci-fi first person shooter in time for the 2003 Holiday season.In addition to HALO 2, Microsoft announced that PROJECT GOTHAM RACING 2 will be released in early 2...
Joyride Studios has shipped the third wave of its popular action figures based on the Microsoft video game HALO. Four figures and one vehicle are added to the HALO lineup with this latest wave assortment including a blue armor Master Chief, two UNSC Marin...
According to Variety, Microsoft and Halo's producers have concentrated their efforts to land a new studio on Warner Bros. and Paramount.
Sony, is not in the running because of various conflicts stemming from PlayStation, Disney is all but out due t...
Messengers outfitted as the space marine from Microsoft's HALO visited the various studios in the Los Angeles area to deliver copies of the script based on the bestselling videogame.Microsoft paid screenwriter Alex Garland $1 million to write the draft an...
...0 game is Halo3, a first-person shooter. We know it will be like Halo 2, but with more stuff. The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess may be one of the best system launch titles ever, but gamers familiar with any recent Zelda will know exactly how t...
...rt to the Halo3 beta specifically for those that paid money by buying Crackdown. I was able to get onto the beta and it plays fairly nice and looks great, but I was not a hardcore Halo 2 multi-player so I am wondering if it was worth all of the troubl...
What They SayRakka works with Nemu at the library to find her place in life and renews her curiosity about the outside world. Kuu, a younger Haibane who is normally bright and cheerful, helps Rakka to find her place in the Old Home, but then becomes subdu...
What They SayIn a long-forgotten walled town, humans coexist with the Haibane, angelic-like beings of unknown origin. Rakka becomes the newest Haibane, after she awakens from a strange dream and finds herself hatching from a massive cocoon. With no memo...
Reason #5: No one wants digital books anytime soon
THE SITUATION: The Sony Reader ebook device has had mediocre sales since its 2006 release, while the much hyped Amazon’s Kindle has been “sold out” since its fall debut—though Ama...
What They SayThe Review!AUDIO:
As it was the only choice, we listened to the Japanese dialogue. The show is presented in a PCM audio format. While I would have liked to have Dolby stereo, the show content doesn?t seem to demand it, and it didn?t bother...
What They SayA dream of falling from the sky... and then birth. Rakka is born from a large cocoon into the Old Home, greeted by a group of females with small wings on their backs and shining halos above their heads. Soon Rakka\'s own wings grow, a halo is...
...s another Halo3 for the 360; it’s coming out on two major consoles. GTA4 is without a doubt a system seller of the highest order. It could surpass Halo3 on both systems combined (although I don’t know if as many moms are going to buy it f...
... beta to Halo3 multiplayer exclusively, those that want to be a virtual cop, and those that want both. After playing the demo on the X-Box 360, Crackdown will be a worthy game to pick up, even if you do not care about Halo. Immersed in Pacific Cit...
Hollywood is a slaughterhouse where cool movie ideas go to die. Here are ten films that were tragically cut down before their time, simply because they were just too friggin' awesome. #10. Peter Jackson's Halo Fans of the popular video game wept tears of ...
... that the Halo3 release damaged the box office, more specifically this film. It was mentioned this was the opinion of some Hollywood executives inside the studios. Still, not all of those executives were agreeing with that conspiracy. Some downright s...
To start, you’d better like Jerry Seinfeld and his type of humor. If you don’t then the Bee Movie isn’t for you. His comedy is all over this film as if it were the color yellow. Being a fan of his comedy and his show I fou...
On a key note speech at the Hollywood & Games Summit in Los Angeles, Legendary Pictures chairman Thomas Tull has made it clear that a WORLD OF WARCRAFT movie is on the horizon. He addressed his thoughts on the whole game-to-movie concept inside H...
...rted with Halo3 which, at $60 a pop, managed to make more money than most films in 2007. Hollywood’s real question: Will Iron Man’s target audience put down the controller and spend another $10 to sit still for two hours?
WHY IS THIS ON T...
The US based game rental service Gamefly has released their latest numbers and the Xbox360 game DARKNESS continues to lead the charts in videogame rentals. This is the second week in a row it has lead the pack. They've also released the top 5 rentals for ...
What They SayBow to the Prince:
It’s show-and-tell for Vegeta as he demonstrates just how much difference a year of hard work makes! Watching from the sidelines, Trunks recalls the intense time he spent training with his father. Meanwhile up in the ...
What They SayThe Review!Having recently received the final volume of Tenshi Ni Narumon, I decided that it\'s time to write up a review for this series. The layout of these discs is very similar from volume to volume, so it\'s more convenient to just wri...
What They SayThe Last Defence:
With the remote control smashed and Vegeta giving Cell the go-ahead, the stage is set for Cell’s terrifying completion. Now it’s up to Krillin and Trunks to save 18 from Cell’s power-hungry grasp. But Veget...
Magical girl stories are a dime a dozen in manga, and it takes a great deal of creativity for a title to stand out. Pixie Pop stays close to the formula in both plot and artwork, but has a slight twist in the transformation methodology.
Mayu&rsqu...
What They SayHe’s Here:
Piccolo spearheads the battle against the androids! It looks like the Super Namek has things well under control until an unexpected guest arrives at the battlefield! It’s Cell!
(Episode 134)
Up to Piccolo:
Just as Cell...
Derek Littlewood---creative lead for PS3's upcoming Haze----wanted to clarify some true high definition comments made on the game by publisher Ubisoft. It seems that Ubisoft made a comment on the PlayStation Blog, telling fans that the game would be runni...
As Dreamworks and Paramount gear up to resurrect a franchise this Independence Day, Random House Publishing Group is capitalizing on the hype by printing the official prequel novel to the live-action film.
Hello everyone and welcome to this Tues...
I thought my crossover critique in last week's COMICSCAPE would garner mail a plenty, but to no avail. My rant about the FANTASTIC FOUR movie must've driven away my readership or something. Fortunately, I received a few thoughtful, lengthy letters that co...
Finland's Nightwish has completed work on a pre-production recording of the tracks that are set to appear on the band's upcoming sixth album, tentatively due mid-2007. According to the latest entry on the group's official video-blog page that gives the fa...
In Danse Macabre, Stephen King suggests that there are three levels of horror. On the most basic, gut level, is the gross-out, which provokes a visceral, almost reflexive response. Slightly more elegant is the well-executed surprise that takes the given...
No matter what your favorite RTS game is these days (C&C: Generals, Warcraft III, Age of Mythology), many gamers spend a considerable amount of time re-playing the single player campaigns over and over again, hoping to see a sequel released in due time. T...
In my opinion, HALO is one of those ultimate buddy games. No matter who you have over to your house or apartment, you and your friends can always kick back and play HALO. While many other games have come close in the deathmatch department (GOLDENEYE set t...
In a time that the PSP is lagging in sales behind the DS by a fair margin, Sony still seems to attempt to get what they can out of the system with the game Killzone Liberation. Not too much has changed in the world of Killzone, though they are no long...
Capcom has announced that the Xbox 360 exclusive title Dead Rising has shipped over one million copies worldwide, making it one of the first hits of the new generation of consoles.Due to the success, Mark Beaumont, the executive vice president of Capcom, ...
The war on the next Grand Theft Auto has already begun. Big Apple politicians aren’t happy with the setting of Grand Theft Auto IV. The controversy is based on the first and only GTA IV trailer, a 30-second cutscene depicting an Eastern European imm...
What They SayThe Review!\"Endsville, the devil\'s own town, is expanding and threatens to overwhelm the world. It is your job as a servant of Cantide, the black angel of fire, to burn down the buildings of Endsville and thwart its growth.\"
Before I go i...
...er during Halo3 intermissions. Either way, you’re probably not going to run to the bathroom. Besides, you’re not going to want to miss a second of the action. That would be a waste of money.
Any wide-mouth exec in Advertising Age...
Microsoft announced a new service, Games for Windows Live, which will launch May 8th for Windows Vista users.By using the system, users will be able to start collecting achievements and tallying a Gamerscore (or add on to what they've already earned on th...
Nova Swing by M. John Harrison and published by Gollancz is the winner of this year’s Arthur C. Clarke Award, the UK’s premier prize for science fiction literature.
The announcement was made last night at the award’s offici...
What They SayIn the near future of Tokyo, police are no longer able to handle the many heinous crimes that are ravaging the city. To solve this dire situation, the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department forms a secret unit called \"WARRIORS.\" The members...
When we think milestone, we think games such as Halo for the Xbox, and GTA for PS2. But who would of thought that a movie licensed game would sell even more than one million units? Vivendi's Hulk could, and to make it even better, it hit the 2 million mar...
The hall was packed, really packed. Which was totally unexpected for a non-genre show at the San Diego Comic Con. Sure the Office writers were there that weekend too but this is a sitcom on CBS and about as far removed from Comic Con as one can be. Or is ...
So the news came out that the Half Life movie directed by Quentin Tarantino is destined to join the list of the greatest science fiction movies that were never actually filmed. It has damned good company ...
10. The "Real" Alien 3
The...
The IESB had the opportunity to sit down exclusively for a 1:1 interview with the critically acclaimed filmmaker to discuss Pan's Labyrinth and also to get a few updates on projects that he is developing including Hellboy 2: The Golden Army, At The Mounta...
A few weeks Blackfilm.com broke the rumor that Marlon Wayans would appear in the 'G.I. Joe' movie as the operative named Heavy Duty. That rumor seemed to be debunked when, the very next day, The Hollywood Reporter revealed that Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje wo...
It’s Election Day, and if you haven’t already voted, I sincerely hope you’re planning on doing so. Come on folks, I know the Marvel vs. DC event of the nineties soured you on the democratic process, but you’ve got to give it anoth...
"If things are done the right way, and the vision encompassed in the script translates onto the screen with as much bravura, then it will be a real treat, an amazing cinematic achievement. Del Toro hasn't yet equaled the excellence of his personal films w...
When asked if he's ready to make the jump to big-budget directing, Eli Roth reveals that he's turned down at least one comic movie.
"It's interesting, because I've had opportunities to do franchise movies. Once your movie opens at #1, you're offered ev...
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Actor Leland Orser has joined the Daredevil cast as The Kingpin's right-hand man, Wesley, reports IGN Film Force. Orser, who has worked with Daredevil co-stars Ben Affleck, Jon Favreau, and Jennifer Garner in the past, rounds out the cast with what FilmF...
Although Corona
Coming Attractions first floated the story months ago, Variety
now confirms that Charlie's Angels director McG has closed a deal
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TV's Felicity is writing the screenplay....
What They SayKrillin receives a startling message. He is to gather Yamcha, Tien, and Chiaotzu for special training. With intense sadness, he and Roshi must find a way to tell Chichi what’s happened to Goku and her son. Meanwhile, Gohan begins his fi...
What They SayStep 10: The Thing at the End of the Tunnel
Noelle goes to a festival with Yuusuke were he buys her a suspicious mechanical toy, Bun-bun. Miruru, disguised as a vendor, tells Noelle that if she can raise Bun-bun properly it will turn into an...
I just filed my taxes, and it is never a pleasant thing to have to cut the government a check. But I always get excited around tax season, right after sending off the paperwork, videogame companies start to call they want to schedule meetings for the Mec...
What They SayJust when Goro thought it was all just a dream, the Angels return with even more surprises! The guardian angels are ready to serve him with everything they\'ve got, but living with 12 girls can be pretty tough! Goro now has to work harder tha...
What They SayRakka works with Nemu at the library to find her place in life and renews her curiosity about the outside world. Kuu, a younger Haibane who is normally bright and cheerful, helps Rakka find her place in the Old Home, but then becomes subdued...
What They SayFrom the Outlaw Star Universe!
Meifon is quite an overachiever for a sixteen-year-old girl. She\'s the head of a major corporation and the captain of a state-of-the-art ship, the Angel Links - which provides a free pirate-fighting service. A...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:PEACH-PITTranslated by:Christine SchillingAdapted by:What They SayA girl and two boys spin a soulful tale of death and resurrection.
Michiru Kita\'s a weak-spirited girl who has a hard time saying what\'s on her mind. One day...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Translated by:Rika KolkaAdapted by:Taliesin Jaffe and Jonathan KleinWhat They SayIn a long-forgotten walled town, humans coexist with the Haibane, angelic beings of unknown origin. Rakka becomes the newest Haibane after she aw...
The Review!AUDIO: A+ I'm primarily using the original Japanese audio track for this review. Both the Japanese and English tracks are in Dolby Digital Stereo. Overall, a very good job, with everything clear, crisp and undistorted. In particular, the lovely...
What They SayYasuna and Tomari have become friends, and decided not to pressure Hazumu. They trust each other not to make a move, so the three girls can remain together. Yasuna gives up her chance, but a misunderstanding leads Tomari to expect the worst. ...
What They SayA satellite training facility was built at the turn of the 51st century to train participants for the great competition DAI UNDO KAI. Akari Kanzaki, daughter of the past DAI UNDO KAI champion was determined to win the laurel of victory. As a ...
There are so many online games coming out. HALO 2 looks spectacular, and the recent multiplayer screenshots released make my mouth water. MIDDLE EARTH ONLINE looks good, but because of the recent delay, it won't be out until next year so we've got a littl...
Comic-Con, San Diego CA (July 24, 2007) - TOKYOPOP, the #1 publisher of graphic novels in North America and the largest supplier of manga entertainment in the world, today announced an exclusive marketing partnership with Video Games Live (VGL), the immer...
What They SayIn the town of Guri, there is a group of people living among the humans that have gray wings and halos and call themselves haibane. They are neither human nor angel. Nobody knows who they are or where they came from except that they are born ...
...mes look, Halo3 here, is the same as what the Terminators see from their perspective. There’s also a separation in these games from humanity. Killing in the game, at least in most circumstances, doesn’t spur a real emotional resp...
Last Updated: August 23, 2006Genre: Animation, ComedyProduction Company: 20th Century Fox, Film Roman Productions, Gracie FilmsDistributors: 20th Century FoxAnimation: Film Roman ProductionsProject Phase: FilmingBudget: NAWho's Voicing It: Dan Castellanet...
Demi Moore is returning to the big screen after a few years off, and is taking a high-profile role to do it. She's going to play the role of a "fallen angel" in CHARLIE'S ANGELS: HALO, opposite still good angels Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore and Lucy Liu. ...
As we've reported earlier, the Finnish progressive rock band Nightwish wrestled with turmoil recently over the controversial departure of lead singer, soprano Tarja Turunen, whose release from the band last October stunned many of the group's legion of fa...
Last week in San Francisco, Activision and id showed off a near-complete version of DOOM III for the Xbox. Looking phenomenal and supporting two-player co-op play over LAN and Xbox Live, DOOM III could be a smash hit for Xbox gamers looking for the newest...
Developers and publishers always try to hype up their newest titles before release to make sure their game is a big seller on launch day. But can this be bad for gaming itself? What happens when a game is so hyped up by the developer or publisher that the...
Last week I was in Los Angeles for the Electronic Entertainment Expo, checking out the newest and latest videogames that will be gracing your console over the next year or so. But as I walked around the showfloor, I wasn't really seeing a lot of innovatio...
Haibane Renmei in Review
A girl falls from the sky. A crow tries to stop her
fall, but fails and is blown away. Soon after this, she hatches from
a large cocoon, and is ...
The New Year looms on the horizon yet again, and I find myself lacking inspiration for a column in between the twin drinking binges of Christmas and New Year's Eve. As such, you'll have to make due with my ramblings about the state of the comic industry i...
The Punisher by Uros "2Lions" Jojic (Wed 01-26-2005)
Last year was a very good year for video games. As the holiday season approached, publishers started going nuts with loads of blockbuster games, releasing titles like Half-Life 2, GTA: San Andreas and Halo 2 in the course of just several weeks. But you al...
THIS WEEK'S RECOMMENDATIONSEngland's Harkit Records continues to mine the retrograde treasure trove of 1960s film music with three new releases that are a delight of the period. Making its first foray onto CD, George Duning's lighthearted and theatrical s...
It suddenly came to Troy and James that they hadn't done mid-year awards. Considering that we were running a little low on ideas for this week's column, it seemed like the perfect way to kill two birds with one award column. So without further ado, our mi...
THIS WEEK'S RECOMMENDATIONS Alan Menken hasn't entirely dropped out of site since scoring a run of successful Disney animated features from THE LITTLE MERMAID through HERCULES. He did some TV work, scored Disney's humdrum animated HOME ON THE RANGE as wel...
"Crackdown" by Captain Gordon Edward (Sun 03-11-2007)
...te to the Halo3 beta if you download the game when it becomes available. I am just glad that this game was fairly decent, considering it was marketed as a Halo3 beta invite with a game. Wrapping up, Captain Gordon gives Crackdown a B+.
Que...
What They SayAmidst the Passing of the Year Festival, Reki begins to distance herself from everyone and prepares to face the bitter darkness that will soon engulf her, resigned to her fate as a cursed and unforgiven Haibane.
With little time remaining, ...
What They SayFalling deeper and deeper into sadness, Rakka discovers the connection between her and the mysterious birds and seeks to touch the forbidden walls of the town. Unfortunately, she soon falls ill with a deadly fever. While nursing Rakka, a pens...
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4. Halo33. BioShock
2. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
1. Half-Life 2: Orange Box
Now I know it’s easy to make fun of GUITAR HERO and the rest of its rock-simulation ilk, and no one did it better than t...
Jim Butcher propels the Dresden Files, Janine Cross’s dark fantasy series reaches its conclusion, and entertainment journalist Edward Gross takes a stab at chronicling the development of all things Harry Potter in a very weighted edition of this ...
Welcome again to another run of the Countdown. Right now it seems the countdown to school is over, with a bunch of people going back to hit the books. This is the thing that signals the return of released videogames for us to play, like it is each year. T...
This has been a crazy week for me, and a crazy week gaming news. With the release of two consoles still around the corner, the clock continues to tick down to their release. I just love this mad rush of games coming out just before Christmas, as they ...
What They SayFrom Writer Nikukyuu (Slave Sisters / Girl Next Door / MeiKing) and Producers Shiyuuta Biwajima andChikara Niki (Slave Sisters / Girl Next Door / DARK / Campus / MeiKing) with Character Designs by Ken Raika (Dark / Bondage Mansion), comes a q...
What They SayJust when Ayato thought he had finally learned the truth, the walls between the world of the Mu and our own \"real\" world begin to crumble once more. With the enigmatic Quon and Reika as guides, he must discover the truth of his own nature o...
What They SayCute, loveable Noelle is your average girlR30;at least she appears to be \"normal.\" But when high school student Yuusuke literally falls on top of her, she\'s soaring high on wings of love! Now, Noelle is \"married\" to Yuusuke only she s...
What They SaySacrifice:
Tien takes matters into his own hand and head! With an onslaught of psychic blasts, Tien drives back Cell and gives Android 16 and 18 a chance to escape. But Tien’s powerful move is draining his strength, and the brave fighte...
What They SayGoro finds a perfect part-time job that pays like a full-time job, but how perfect can it be? While Mika tries to have Goro all to herself with her usual sexy tactics, Ran is torn between her feelings for Goro and her duty as a guardian angel...
What They SayThe guardian angels are ready to serve him with everything they\'ve got, but living with 12 girls can be pretty tough! Surprises, surprises! The Saint Beasts\' confrontation with Goro reveals a shocking truth about his previous life. After th...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Akira ToriyamaTranslated by:Lillian OlsenAdapted by:Gerard JonesWhat They SayCell has fused with android #17, becoming the strongest being in the universe - but not for long! Training in the Room of Spirit and Time, where a ye...
The life of a devil angel isn’t easy, especially when there’s an Eternal Worm eating away at your goodies.What They SayAfter surviving the previous sexual misadventures, life begins to settle down for both Naoto and Rika. However, they aren\'t...
What They SayAmidst the Passing of the Year Festival, Reki begins to distance herself from everyone and prepares to face the bitter darkness that will soon engulf her, resigned to her fate as a cursed and unforgiven Haibane.
With little time remaining, R...
What They SayOne hot summer day, Naoto Kamino reveals his true feelings to Manabe Rika. Then, out of nowhere, a young lad(?) by the name of Asumo(who refers himself as the devil) descends upon and attempts to kid...The Review!When the demons are afoot on ...
Guillermo del Toro’s first Hellboy film wasn’t exactly the strongest of foundations for a blockbuster comic book franchise. Its reviews were generally positive, yet still fairly mixed. Its domestic gross of $59 million, against a budget of $66...
Back in early February, we published a survey letting you readers know that there's some exciting new features on the horizon for our Mania realm. One such new feature---thanks in large part to your feedback---is a new Properties section that you, our loy...
Bullet Witched by Captain Gordon Edward (Sat 02-24-2007)
Welcome to the Countdown where servings also come in half orders. This week I am fairly surprised on how many games are coming out, further showing the industry is jumping out of the slump that games have sunk into recently. Lately though I have contin...
Objection! by CAPTAIN GORDON EDWARD (Sat 01-13-2007)
Welcome to the Countdown, where the weeks keep passing, and the games keep on coming. Waiting for tomorrow will always be awkward because tomorrow never arrives, though luckily games will always inherit the Earth. This week we have a spattering of thre...
The uploaded homemade photos started coming in right after Thanksgiving. Black eyes. Warped plasma screens. Wrecked windows. Two weeks earlier, people were peacefully waiting for the Nintendo Wii. News reports called the Wii crowd damn near angels com...
If you ever wanted to enjoy going to war but did not have the courage to join the military, well Call of Duty 3 will be the game for you. Of course there have been plenty of other World War 2 games out and about, whether they be RTS, TPS or FPS. A lot...
Welcome to another edition of the Countdown, which Mania serves it up lovingly to you every week. I, your host, Captain Gordon welcome you back to the article a little sad this week. It seems that games were scaled back this week, meaning that there we...
In September, Diamond Select will release the Dawn Series 2 Action Figures - Set of 2.
Based on characters from Joseph Michael Linsner’s Dawn: Lucifer’s Halo, the set will include the Goddess Dawn herself as well as the reinc...
The year 2007 was punctuated by the release of the final Harry Potter tome, by the start of the fourteen-week WGA strike, and by the deaths of some of SF’s and fantasy’s top writers, chief amongst those Kurt Vonnegut and Robert Jordan. But as ...
The latest game chart numbers (most requested games list) has hit the web courtesy of Gamefly and it looks like HALF LIFE 2:THE ORANGE BOX Edition has continued ruling after dethroning HALO3 last week. Newcomers CLIVE BARKER'S JERICHO, ACES COMBAT & ...
Greetings, Maniacs, and welcome to another head-scratchin’, book-learnin’ edition of Comicscape! This week, we’re going to examine the effect of scheduling on comic writing. Effectively, I want to know if producing monthly &nda...
Brash Entertainment has announced they have raised $400 million to focus exclusively on games developed from movie, TV and music licenses. Brash is backed by Thomas Tull the co-founder of Legendary Pictures (300 and SUPERMAN RETURNS.)
The company is alre...
Alonzo
Washington, activist and creator of Omega 7
comics, told Comics2Film that his recent contribution to Spider-Mania
will soon reach a national audience.
Back in May, The
Kansas City Star contracted a gaggle of comic book artists to conjure up
...