Ah, Thanksgiving football. Truly there is nothing greater! There are a lot of great games on today:
Clearly, the only thing to do was use Madden NFL 2010 to determine which teams will emerge victorious today. Please do not use the results in any gambling or gambling related activities. Watch the video and go ahead and leave your predictions in the comments section.
(Go Giants!)
Welcome to Morning Hangover -- an excellent way to start your day with the crew at TheFeed...no matter what you're recovering from. Every morning you'll hear musings from our editors and have the chance to share your thoughts on what's going on in the gaming world.
Thanksgiving is upon us, and while I’m sure you’re busy either hanging out with your families or avoiding them to get in a few rounds of Modern Warfare 2 before someone notices you’ve slipped away, but we know that even today you might have things on your mind worthy of sharing with your fellow readers. Of course, we’d like to keep things topical, so today we’re looking for Thanksgiving Day gaming stories, specifically how you balance playing games and dealing with family on ye old Turkey Day.
Our own Sterling McGarvey told us a fantastic and harrowing story about a Thanksgiving during college, when he was the only person left on his dorm room floor, and he kept jumping between playing Resident Evil 2 and preparing a Thanksgiving Day meal for one. Honestly, if the image of Sterling running between zombie slaying and turkey basting isn’t bringing a big geeky smile to your face right now, you have problems.
So let us know how your Thanksgiving Day is going, and how the gaming/family balance is treating you. And if you’ve decided to put gaming aside for just today, then we understand. Just don’t make it a habit, ok?
TheFeed gang wants your thoughts on gaming, tech, zombie turduckens, and more. Let everyone know what you're thinking and chat it up with your fellow readers. Leave comments on anything and everything that's on your (gaming/tech/nerd) mind!
Turkey's in the oven and the buns in the toaster...I'll never take down my Cheryl Tiegs poster...\n\nBut honestly, went out with people from my home town last night, cooking the bird as we speak, and planning to watch football and eat all day long. One constant pig out. Really looking forward to it!\n\nI hope everyone has a great holiday today. Most of the people who post here think I'm just an acidic a-hole, but I'm really not. I hope you guys all enjoy your time with your family!\n\nAnd...
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Eric Eckstein, Director of Gaming Editorial -- G4tv.com
I am thankful for the rise of cooperative gaming, because without it, I would probably be writing this surrounded by my cats. I learned long ago that adversarial gaming with loved ones leads to no good and inviting friends over to watch me play Dragon Age: Origins just doesn’t have the same appeal as getting together for Halo 3: ODST. So now, thanks to clever game developers everywhere, there’s more compelling cooperative gaming than I can shake a joystick at; what a wonderful world!
Morgan Webb, Host -- X-Play
I'm thankful January is going to be as big for games as the holiday season. May the summer drought never come!
Andrew Pfister, Senior Games Editor -- G4tv.com
After what has unequivocally been the most difficult and challenging year of my life, I am thankful that I landed in Los Angeles with a job at G4 and have had the opportunity to enrich my life with new friends. The invisible bond that forms just by sharing a hobby with someone can put you on the most interesting paths in life, and when times are less than stellar, it's those people that are there to get you through it, hang out, and throw you into Piranha Plants. Also, I am thankful for beer.
Here's what happened today in the world of video games, technology and popular culture:
Thank you very much G4 for giving me a MAG beta key...\neven though I put fake infos. :D
Posted: Yesterday 11:13 PM by FLP_B01
Leave a Comment »As many of us head to the airport, headphones firmly in place (with a DS in a pocket, naturally), for this week's round of holiday travel, take solace in knowing this: there's another edition of Feedback to keep you company this week. Whether you're starting to plot out gifts for the rest of the holiday season or contemplating an impulse-buy during the slew of Black Friday sales, Adam Sessler, myself, Abbie Heppe and Dana Vinson gathered earlier this week to discuss the best of the best from 2009!
Here's what the crew talked about on this week's Feedback:
Feedback, suggesting violent games for the holidays since...well, ever. Bring joy and subscribe:
I love the opening rant(s) but most of all Patrick's \"what are we doing?\" I laughed for about 5 minutes solid.\n\nAs for giving Uncharted 2 as a first gift, I would never do it, I haven't played the whole game but know enough to know that it would kind of set the proverbial gaming bar to high for a first time gamer offering an borderline cinematic experience. The ludicrous amount of polish that is in the game it would make most all the rest seem lacking in a jene se qua sense of immersion...
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Leave a Comment »There is but one force in the universe strong enough to level mountains and make the entire earth quake, Around the Net. We're kind of squandering this elemental force by only using it to show you videos of talking kitties, clever robbers, bored numbskulls and Muppet rockers, but oh well. We're entertainers.
Find the direct video links from Around the Net on Attack of the Show after the jump.
Lord of the Rings director, Peter Jackson has given some insight into a few nagging issue regarding the upcoming two-part epic, The Hobbit.
Peter Jackson was in London Tuesday night for the Royal gala premiere for The Lovely Bones. The film, (whose official release is on January 15, 2010) is based on the hugely popular Alice Sebold novel about a murdered teenage girl whose spirit remains as she watches her family deal with the aftermath of her death and a possible reckoning with her own killer. However, don't be so quick to bring the Kleenex just yet. It's actually kind of like Bill Cosby's Ghost Dad meets Steven Seagal's Hard to Kill. "Lovely Bones" (which is what we shall call her instead of character name, Susie) is back from the dead and taking the law into her own hands! No more school, no more tests, this time she's only out to blow s**t UP!!
...Okay, maybe that wasn't an accurate description of the film. (Although a movie with "Lovely Bones" decimating and entire army of Columbian drug-lords with a minigun would be one that I'd go see.) Getting back to what's germane, Jackson was able to field some Hobbit-related questions at the London premiere gala. As a result, we've learned a few things.
1. The Hobbit will NOT be filmed in 3-D.
This was very old rumor that seemed to show its face in Hobbit news time and time again. After much speculation, Peter Jackson squelched the idea definitively when he stated:
"The Hobbit will not be filmed in 3D, despite the current vogue for the technology in the movie industry." Adding. "Guillermo wants to shoot in 35mm, old-fashioned film, which suits me, because he wants to keep it in the same space as the original trilogy".
Jackson, in stating his own views on the current resurgence of 3-D adds that it "only adds to the experience." Further adding: "The only thing I get annoyed about is the image being a little dull. It does feel like you're looking at the movie with sunglasses on. But literally, that could just be about getting brighter bulbs in the projectors."
2. The style of the films will be consistent with LOTR.
I heard a rumor that Del Toro himself was going to be IN the film. I heard it from a friend, so please, tell me that he was wrong.
Posted: Yesterday 2:09 PM by Eric Eckstein
Leave a Comment »With Black Friday lingering and just a small handful of games left in 2009, it’s high time to take a refresher course in some of this year’s biggest and best reviews. I’ve broken down most of our most illustrious verdicts, platform by platform, to pick out some samplings of read (and watch) worthy material. Yesterday, I focused on handheld and PC highlights from 2009. Today, I'll be focusing in on the best multiplatform and downloadable games. And, because you need something to do either before eating turkey or before camping out in the freezing cold for a $200 game console and free games, tomorrow brings the best reviews across platform exclusives.
Come back tomorrow at 1pm PST/4pm EST for our final day of recaps.
Put on your reading glasses; without further ado, here’s G4’s The Reviews of 2009...In Review!
Multiplatform
People will argue back and forth over the Internet for eons about what version of a game is better and which game console sucks. And then there are people too busy playing games to sweat the platform pie fights. Here’s a look at games across multiple platforms (and before the tin-foil hats come on, I pulled the review links based on pagination, not platform preference):
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Street Fighter IV - 5/5
Available on Xbox 360, PS3, PC
“The fighting game has evolved considerably since Street Fighter II exploded the genre into superstardom in the early ‘90s. Street Fighter IV proves that Capcom still has what it takes to dominate the genre almost two decades later. The fourth installment may, at long last, have trumped the second. Anyone with even a passing interest in one-on-one brawling owes it to him or herself to get into Street Fighter IV. Even if you haven’t touched a fighting game since the 16-bit era, one match of Capcom’s new masterpiece will remind you why you spent so many hours at those now long-shuttered arcades.”
Skate 2 - 4/5
Available on Xbox 360, PS3
“While it’s basically just a more polished version of the first game with a few additions here and there, Skate 2 is easily the best skating game on the market. The city is massive, the trick system still feels like butter on wheels, there are endless challenges, events and places to discover, and the online features are plentiful. It would have been nice to have seen a truly new city, more fluid off-board controls and maybe a more engaging narrative, but in terms of giving players plenty of skating bang for their bucks while being consistently fun and satisfying, Skate 2 is a worthy addition to any library, especially for anyone who missed the first ride.”
Care to elaborate on the bugs I have the 360 version and I never experienced a single bug.
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Posted Yesterday 12:00 PM - By Patrick Roche-Sowa
This week, we have much to be thankful for. One thing we should all be thankful for is the fact that Adam Sessler takes the time out of his busy schedule each week to let us know what's on his mind. This week, Adam is going to respond to some of your ciricisms about the recent scoring of Assassin's Creed II and Left 4 Dead 2. Many of you pointed out that these sequels have improvements over their predicessors, but got a lower score. Press play to find out why.
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Numbers are just a guideline and, more importantly, are just opinions. I think it gives a good \"ballpark\" figure to help me determine the value of a game.\n\nAn example would of been Dragon Age. I personally would of given it a 3/5, tech issues combing with no facial animations, etc would of dropped it way down from where I consider a Bioware game should be.
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Posted Yesterday 11:59 AM - By Jake Gaskill
There isn't that much to say about this new pre-launch trailer for the Japanese version of Final Fantasy XIII other than to prepare hearing nothing but “THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU!” from your eyes for the next hour or so. New stunning cinematics and a solid bit of new gameplay sit just behind that little play button. Click now you fool!
happy thanksgiving to all. I like the trailer. Very fantastic.
Posted: 1 hour 40 mins ago by joe888
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There seems to have been some confusion on the web regarding the status of the long-discussed Silver Surfer solo film. After a recent interview with J. Michael Straczynski, the co-writer of the script in question, speculation was rampant that the film starring Galactus' former herald would be set to join the pile of comic projects that never came into being.
"What happened was when Fantastic Four 2: Rise of the Silver Surfer didn't do as well as they hoped it would do, it caused them to call into question a Silver Surfer movie. The script that I wrote picked up right where FF2 left off. So if they do a Silver Surfer film down the road, it'll have to be its own separate thing."
Hindsight being 20/20, it seemed pretty clear that Straczynski was referring to the death of the "old" Silver Surfer script which was set to be a direct follow-up to 2007's Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer. However, what he probably needed to clarify, was that ANOTHER script is currently in development, which, as he states, will be "its own separate thing." Regardless, reports of the death of the Silver Surfer project (perhaps rooted in a bit of schadenfreude) were precipitously making their way around news circles.
Straczynzski took it upon himself to clear the air on the matter with a statement he sent to IGN, in which he says, among other things:
Agree on no relaunch Feral. FF2 didn't suck but following up one you have a high standard and with Spidey 2 doing as good as it did well go figure. ALso not a lot of I don't know but something was missing maybe character development. Trying to force too much into the movie-wedding, power switches, Doom's return, military, Surfer, Doom get's Surfers powers and finally Galactus uh ok sensory overload. A Surfer movie could work whether it is launching off of FF2 or on it's own just simple...
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Posted Yesterday 11:17 AM - By Moye Ishimoto
Don't ruin the holidays with annoying surround sound wires. Kevin Pereira and Chris Hardwick review the 1000 watt Sony DAV-HDX589W Bravia Home Theater System with its S-Air wireless surround speakers and 5-disc DVD changer available for only $279 on Black Friday.
Check out the full Attack of the Show review after the cut.
Have you guys done a review on the Logitech Z5500 speakers system? If not, how about one?
I wld love to know what "Attack of the Show" thinks about it.
Posted: Yesterday 1:24 PM by T_Rexx
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Posted Yesterday 11:09 AM - By Jake Gaskill
The fall of Rapture. Could there be a more compelling and stylistic multiplayer setting? I honestly don’t think so. And to prove my point, check out this latest BioShock 2 trailer and witness the glorious civil war that tore Andrew Ryan’s underwater utopia to plasmid-defiled shreds.
Is that Captain Quark doing the narrator voice?
Posted: Yesterday 10:15 PM by jalapenowonmil
Leave a Comment »Slicing and dicing your way through the Apocalypse in THQ’s action title Darksiders ain’t going to be easy (nor should it be; it is the Apocalypse after all), but luckily for you will have plenty of delicious weaponry at your disposal to deal with the twisted beasts ravaging the world. If you thought being one of the Four Horseman of the Apocalypse was sweet, wait until you see some of the job's gloriously violent perks.
This game looks better all the time. The weapons and gameplay look awesome.
Posted: Yesterday 6:04 PM by g4fan247
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Posted Yesterday 9:55 AM - By Jake Gaskill
Should you find yourself having a quite timely and specific craving for some Nirvana and Night Ranger next week, then be sure to check out the Rock Band store, because two new track packs will be available for your downloading pleasure.
Here are the details:
Nirvana Pack 2
Night Ranger Pack 1
Price: $5.49/440 Microsoft Points per pack, or $1.99/160 MP/200 Wii Points per track
Really? No “Sister Christian”? Inconceivable.
How can you have a Night Ranger pack without Motorin? Unheard of.
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Ohhhhhh yes... First we take out the eagles, then the bengals... next Goliath going down: The cowboys.. BLACK & SILVER up in your grill. \n\nThat is all. \nDeal with t,
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