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Although some gamers might not have heard of the PS3 exclusive Heavy Rain, the game undoubtedly made a huge splash in the industry in terms of innovation and visual style. Heavy Rain was praised for its powerful motion capture techniques, along with pushing the envelope as to how cinematic a game can be while still [...]
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Although some gamers might not have heard of the PS3 exclusive Heavy Rain, the game undoubtedly made a huge splash in the industry in terms of innovation and visual style. Heavy Rain was praised for its powerful motion capture techniques, along with pushing the envelope as to how cinematic a game can be while still [...]
The 2012 Teen Choice Awards nominees are out! The Vampire Diaries and American Idol take the lead with the most TV nominations. Breaking Dawn, The Hunger Games and The Avengers have a big presence in the movie categories. They also added a few new categories like Choice Book (yay!) and Choice Electronic Dance Music. Who [...]
When it comes to the YA genre, I am hardly ever taken by surprise. I could usually determine what kind of story and how it will go a couple pages in. With Pretty Amy, even before opening it, I thought I had it figured out. After reading like five dystopian books in a row, I [...]
Easily one of the most famous and succesful Latin Rock bands is without a doubt Maná, with 25 million records sold worldwide and 11 Grammy Awards, these guys are the real deal after almost thirty years in showbusiness. The band embarked on the “Drama Y Luz Tour” to promote their album of the same name, [...]
Thanks to our friends at OurTiempo.com, we have a pair of a passes to giveaway to a screening of Men in Black 3 in New York City, Chicago and Los Angeles! In Men in Black™ 3, Agents J (Will Smith) and K (Tommy Lee Jones) are back… in time. J has seen some inexplicable things in his [...]
Movies based off toys aren’t really my forte. While I did enjoy the first Transformers movie to an extent, it wasn’t enough to warrant any other subsequent viewings. After three Transformers movies, we now have Battleship, based off the popular kids’ game. I’ve played Battleship a few times, and I can’t say it’s one of [...]
This morning, Pottermore announced that “you can now visit the library on Pottermore and read excerpts from selected books.” As per normal for Pottermore this announcement left a lot to the imagination. What library? Excerpts from all the Harry Potter books? Huh?!? Well after some digging on Twitter and some Pottermore clicking it seems that J.K. [...]
The video game sensation known as Minecraft has finally made its way to consoles in the form of a downloadable title on Microsoft’s Xbox Live Arcade. The immensely popular sandbox creation game was created by Markus Persson (known as Notch) and his team at Mojang, their independent game studio. The PC only version exploded throughout all of [...]
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