Tuesday, August 03, 2004
Blonde Terminator bombshell in Terminator 3 to take on the role of vampire killer.
From GameSpot, "With production of the movie adaptation of BloodRayne set to start soon, the producers of the film have finally cast the title role. Kristanna Loken, most famous for her role as the Terminatrix in Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, will slip on the boots of the half-vampire, half-human heroine who is on a mission to kill the lord of all vampires."
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Wizards of the Coast announced today the fall release of a lavishly illustrated, oversized hardcover book honoring 30 years of Dungeons & Dragons , the game that captured a culture's imagination and forever changed the way people think about fantasy. Thirty Years Of Adventure: A Celebration of Dungeons & Dragons explores the game's past, present and future through more than 300 pages of essays and photographs, paying special tribute to the events, products, personalities, and art that helped expand the D&D universe over the years.
Scheduled for release in October, this unique retrospective of D&D history includes lively commentary by a number of prominent actors, writers, film directors, rock musicians, game developers and many others who played D&D and were inspired by the experience. Among the contributors are writer and producer David X. Cohen (The Simpsons, Futurama), television personality Stephen Colbert (The Daily Show), director James Merendino (SLC Punk), musician Ed Robertson (Barenaked Ladies), Genndy Tartakovsky (Dexter's Laboratory, Samurai Jack), musician Mark Tremonti (Alter Bridge), actor and writer Wil Wheaton (Stand by Me, Just a Geek), and many others.
Since its debut in 1974, DUNGEONS & DRAGONS has grown into a worldwide phenomenon that includes roleplaying games, miniature figures, novels, computer and video games, movies, and music. Thirty Years Of Adventure: A Celebration of Dungeons & Dragons traces D&D's evolution in vivid detail, from the game's earliest incarnation to the latest edition under Wizards of the Coast.
THIRTY YEARS OF ADVENTURE: A Celebration of Dungeons & Dragons will be available in bookstores across the country this October. Readers can preview a sample chapter and access free downloads and a complete product listing at http://www.wizards.com.
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Wednesday, July 21, 2004
Most of the of Japanese children that had a seizure while watching a Pokemon episode in 1997 have not had another one, unless they already had epilepsy.
From The New York Daily News, "The TV show sent at least 685 Japanese viewers, mostly children, to emergency rooms with symptoms ranging from nausea and hyperventilation to convulsions. They were apparently made sick by a scene with extremely rapid flashes of red and blue."
"To find out whether the incident had any lasting effects, Dr. Akihisa Okumura and colleagues in Nagoya sent questionnaires to doctors who had treated 103 'Pokemon' patients in the prefecture, or state, of Aichi. They got back results for 91 patients. Twenty-five had had at least one more convulsion in the five years since the PokemonӔ episode. They were divided almost evenly between those diagnosed with epilepsy and those who werent. However, electroencephalograms revealed that 10 of the 13 who had not been diagnosed with epilepsy did, in fact, have the disease."
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Monday, July 19, 2004
Master Chief goes Hollywood and makes his big screen debut before some of this summer's blockbuster movies.
Microsoft Game Studios and Bungie Studios today announced a movie-style promotional campaign for the launch of the most anticipated game this year, Halo 2. Beginning today and continuing through August, a Halo 2 theatrical trailer will be shown in more than 1500 Loews Cineplex Entertainment movie screens in the U.S. before many of the hottest films of the summer; including Spider-Man 2, The Village, King Arthur, I Robot, Catwoman and Alien vs. Predator.
The trailer sets the stage for Master Chief's arrival on Earth to stop Covenant forces from destroying all mankind. Halo 2 lands on store shelves on November 9; but gamers can reserve their copy now, as a special limited edition copy of Halo 2 is currently available for pre-order at most retailers.
The cinematic Halo 2 trailer was created by The Ant Farm, the Hollywood company renowned for their work on trailers for blockbuster films such as The Lord of the Rings, Spider-Man 2, Shrek, Kill Bill and the Harry Potter series.
Pushing the Xbox hardware to its very limits, Halo 2 will expand on everything that made the original game great, plus add a wealth of technological and gameplay advances. Significantly improved graphics, enhanced artificial intelligence (AI), an advanced real-time lighting engine and destructible interactive environments are just a small part of Halo 2's evolution of design and technology.
Every improvement in Halo 2 is designed to take gameplay to a new level - and in the end, to tell a more compelling story.
Utilizing Xbox Live to redefine online play, Halo 2 delivers superior online multiplayer capabilities. Whether playing with a clan on a new multiplayer map, boarding a friend's Warthog, watching a game replay or checking player stats, Halo 2 will bring the social experience to a higher level via Xbox Live.
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Friday, July 16, 2004
Franchise transitions from pen and paper RPG origin to video games, and now to the big screen.
From IGN, " New Line Cinema has optioned the movie rights to the forthcoming pen-and-paper role-playing game Vampire: The Requiem, by White Wolf Publishing. IGNers may be familiar with the Vampire: The Masquerade series of games which are based on Vampire: The Requiem's traditional role-playing predecessor."
"According to industry mag Variety, producer Adam Fields (Donnie Darko, Ravenous) has set up the property at New Line, where they're eyeing it as a potential franchise."
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