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Kevin Bacon…In Video Gaming? What Do Characters All Have In Common?
Thursday, 10th May 2012Posted in Blog Archive, Gaming
Tags: forumla, game development, kevin bacon, six degress, tpg
One video game development team was faced with a challenge that inevitably haunts any development team sooner or later:
How do you keep gamers engaged and interested in a video game for an extended period of time? Also, how do you make it interesting and deep enough so that users want to RE-play it?
The answer for the development team on Malevolence: The Sword of Ahkranox came, believe it or not, partly in the form of Kevin Bacon. More specifically, the ability to make plausible connections and correlations with people and ideas. Keep Reading
Richie Branson Wants His Toonami Back (And So Do We)
Thursday, 10th May 2012Posted in Blog Archive, NERDCORE
Tags: Adult Swim, Anime, bring toonami back, naruto, otakuwednesdays, pokemon, Richie Branson, toonami, Voltron
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Human nerdcore dynamo Richie Branson has penned yet another little ditty, again oriented around the anime universe. This time, instead of an ode to a particular series or anime legend, he’s doing it for a noble cause: to BRING TOONAMI BACK.
Perhaps with good reason — scarcely anything’s been heard from the Adult Swim peeps since exactly a month ago, when they hinted at the possibility with a couple of tweets, one of which read, “We’re listening.” Keep Reading
Betty Wants to See Hulk’s Junk in New Short
Thursday, 10th May 2012Posted in Blog Archive, Online Video
Tags: College Humor, hulk, penis, Sex with the Hulk
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Courtesy of College Humor, here is Dr. Banner’s girlfriend Betty Ross – dressed like one of the wives from Goodfellas, for some reason — and acting, well, kind of skanky. She seems curious about the same thing many 2nd and 3rd graders are probably curious about: specifically, how big is that thing exactly?
Here’s your answer. Sort of…
Meanwhile, seems a few critics Keep Reading
Dead Space 3 Alleged Co-op, New Enemies and Setting
Wednesday, 9th May 2012Posted in Blog Archive, Gaming
Tags: dead space 3, Drop-in, Drop-out, IGN, Isaac Clarke, Necromorphs, Tau Volantis
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Dead Space 3 was recently confirmed by EA and now there are reports from an IGN source saying there will be co-op featured in the newest iteration of the series. A first in the Dead Space franchise, drop-in/drop-out co-op is said to be featured throughout the entire campaign of the game.
If players choose, the new feature will have Isaac Clarke journey alongside another character with a “scar on his face, an engineering RIG of his own, and glowing red eyes peering from his helmet.” During single-player gameplay this character will act as a companion and a guide to Isaac throughout the story. Keep Reading
Ask Jace: Should I Give Up My Dream Of Being In The Gaming Industry?
Wednesday, 9th May 2012Posted in Ask Jace, Blog Archive
Tags: determination, Fan Mail, motivation
We received this email through our contact page from a fan who was looking for a little advice.
Hello,
I am contacting you on behalf of my shattered dreams. I have had the same dream in mind since I can remember. This goal helped me through many a difficult time in my life, ranging from the abuse suffered at the hands of my step-mother to the mundane day to day interactions “suffered” at work. Keep Reading
Want Free Music? EPIC GAMES Gives Away Some of Its Best Tunes To Celebrates Its 20th Anniversary
Wednesday, 9th May 2012Posted in Blog Archive, Gaming
Fans of The Jace Hall Show are more than familiar with the cast and crew over at Epic Games (lemonade, anyone?) and today we have a cool announcement from the guys themselves. To celebrate their 20th anniversary making epic…games…they are giving away some of their most popular scores available for download on their site.
They’ve hand picked and remastered a soundtrack that includes some of the 1337 originals like Jazz Jackrabbit to today’s Unreal Tournament - even a few surprise tracks that have never before been released! Keep Reading
Defying Gravity? Object Moves In Space..Using Levitation
Wednesday, 9th May 2012Posted in Blog Archive, Technology
Tags: experiment, gravity, levitation, mit, physics
What if materials could defy gravity, so that we could leave them suspended in mid-air?
This is the question one MIT researcher is asking and could be answering with a new computer controlled levitation system dubbed ZeroN.
The visual system is similar to the kinect, using software that enables the computer to move a steel ball around in space, or a human to just grab it and move it, “overriding” the computer system and telling it where it should go. Keep Reading
Will There Be a Mass Effect Level Available in Upcoming Family Guy Game?
Wednesday, 9th May 2012Posted in Blog Archive
Tags: family guy, mass effect, mass erect, rumor, scoby doo
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The new Family Guy video game, Family Guy: Back to the Multiverse, is rumored to have a Mass Effect parody level called, you guessed it (okay probably not), ‘Mass Erect.” According to Kotaku, the rumor comes straight from ‘a source close to the game.’ Also offered up by the informant were some other details, such as gameplay options.
For instance, the ability to choose from the entire lineup of Family Guy characters, and use them to shoot down baddies like a vampire version of James Woods, arguably one-of-the-best voice-over artists-who-also-happens-to-be-an-actor out there. Keep Reading
Bioshock Infinite Delayed 4 Months Until February 2013
Wednesday, 9th May 2012Posted in Blog Archive, Gaming
Tags: 2K, Bioshock Infinite, Booker DeWitt, delayed, February, GamesCom, Irrational Games, XBOx 360
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This fall will be major in gaming with so many huge titles releasing, unfortunately Bioshock Infinite won’t be one of them. Previously scheduled for release this October it looks like fans of the series will have to wait until February 2013 to get hands on with Bioshock Infinite.
2K made the announcement today regarding the roughly 4 month delay saying that several “tweaks and improvements” needed to be made to the highly anticipated Irrational Games title:
“When we announced the release date of BioShock Infinite in March, we felt pretty good about the timing,” said the game’s creator Ken Levine. He later continued with, “I won’t kid you: BioShock Infinite is a very big game”.
Man Auditions For Every Sci-Fi Character…Ever
Tuesday, 8th May 2012Posted in Blog Archive, Online Video, Pop Culture
Tags: bill and ted, Frank Gorshin, Lorenzo Lamas, Sci-Fi, science fiction, science fiction audition, star trek
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Upon first watching this, I could have sworn the ‘Centauri Stripper’ was from the Arnold version of Total Recall, and that ‘get out of my mind’ line is by that crazy bald b*tch from Dune who melts Paul Mu’Diib’s hand in a box. That’s the point: in Jake Fleisher’s “Science Fiction Audition” they’re all supposed to sound familiar, because they’re all token tropes from the world of sci-fi pop culture.
Thus Mr. Fleisher manages not only to give several impressive auditions, but also call to attention the various stereotypical plot devices of what feels like every sci-fi movie ever made. There’s the ‘it’s not where are we… but when are we’ line, which sounds like it could be Bill and Ted via Tom Cruise; the “why do your eyes make water?” line, Keep Reading
Dubstep Plays While Your Favorite Toys Are Destroyed
Tuesday, 8th May 2012Posted in Blog Archive, Offbeat
Tags: animation, Delta Heavy, Dubstep, Get By, Ian Roberts, toys
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Dubstep duo Delta Heavy collaborated to create a soundtrack to all of your classic childhood toys as they’re brilliantly animated, and more importantly, brutally maimed.
Anybody else remember some of these collecting dust in the attic as a kid? Connect Four, Battleship, Scrabble…and now you get to see all of them being butchered, hacked, and ground up, and all in glorious stop-motion animation to “Get By,” DH’s latest. Keep Reading
Diablo 3 Gets a Short Film Tie-In
Tuesday, 8th May 2012Posted in Blog Archive, Gaming, Pop Culture
Tags: aeon flux, animation, battle, diablo 3, Diablo III, Imperius, Metalocalypse, Peter Chung, titmouse, wrath
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Like many other titles as of late, Diablo III is getting a short movie tie-in that takes place well before the events in the forthcoming game. The short animated film, called Diablo III: Wrath, really sets the backdrop for the game’s overarching storyline (via Kotaku).
“Angels, demons, I fear their conflict will soon engulf the world of men… And when it does what hope will there be when even the wrath of angels cannot be quenched.”
Well before the events in the upcoming title there was a great war between archangels and demons. The film sets out to depict an extremely important turning point in that battle, bringing the archangel Imperius into to a head on battle with Diablo. Keep Reading
NEVER GIVE UP! Jace Hall Show Fan Unlocks Gaming Achievement…Of A Lifetime
Tuesday, 8th May 2012Posted in Blog Archive, Keeping it Real, Press
Tags: achievmant, fan
It was a little over two years ago that we received a letter from a reader who all but felt like giving up on his dream of being a video game developer.
Then he became a fan of The Jace Hall Show…
Dex Robinson said :
Before I started watching your show, I was starting to think that everyone in the game industry was just hard ass, non joking, unfriendly, snobby people. Keep Reading
Hitman: Absolution Bonus Sniper Challenge Leaked
Tuesday, 8th May 2012Posted in Blog Archive, Gaming
Tags: absolution, Agent 47, bonus, gamestop, hitman, preorder, Rifle, sniper mission, Twitter, xbox
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A tweet from the Hitman Twitter page yesterday teased a “major” announcement for the franchise’s newest entry– Hitman: Absolution, coming May 10.
The tweet came along with a teaser image that bears a striking resemblance to that of another Hitman ad in the latest issue of Game Informer magazine. This leads some to believe that the “major” announcement will be the same info detailed on the GI ad, although nothing has been made official as of yet.
A scan posted yesterday on Allgamesbeta of the Hitman ad reveals what is called the “Hitman: Sniper Challenge,” which appears to be an entirely separate downloadable Keep Reading
No Boys Allowed…In The Classroom? How Girls Are Trying To Get Ahead In Math and Science
Tuesday, 8th May 2012Posted in Blog Archive, Pop Culture
Tags: girls, math, NBA, no boys allowed, science
For every male that has ever kicked a girl out of their treehouse, due to the timeless mantra that ‘no girls are allowed’, prepare to meet your new fate.
A High School in Oregon is developing classes that are dubbed NBA or “No Boys Allowed.” These range from Math and Science to Woodshop.
“Just because we’re girls doen’t mean we can’t do the same thing, if not better…we’re perfectionists more than them,”
says one student. Keep Reading
Last Week Could Have Been Worse: Your Balls Could Have Been Struck By Lightning
Monday, 7th May 2012Posted in Blog Archive, Offbeat
Tags: balls, hospital, lightning bolt, Madrid, testicles
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While this sort of thing probably happens more than any man would want to admit, a gentleman from the Spanish suburb of Madrid may be the first person with (fried) cajones big enough to admit it.
According to online newspaper metro.uk, the poor guy was walking down the street when he got hit. The bolt traveled through the man’s pants, into his scrotum and then down one of his legs — before shooting out of his foot. That must have been one magic lightning bolt…
Fortunately, Keep Reading
Samuel Jackson Lashes Out Against “Avengers” Critic – Does He Have a Right to Be Pissed?
Monday, 7th May 2012Posted in Blog Archive, Pop Culture
Tags: A.O. Scott, avengers, critics, fans, film, Samuel L. Jackson, superhero, Twitter
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With the exception of a few, reviews for The Avengers have been overwhelmingly positive. Its tomatometer ranking currently holds at 93% fresh with critics, and 95% with fans. Arguably, it’s not always that easy for any movie to achieve such high rankings — so why isn’t Samuel Jackson happy?
Seems Mr. Fury has a bone to pick with one A.O. Scott, amongst the film’s detractors and a Chicago-based film critic who criticized the film for, amongst other things, a Tony Stark that too closely resembled Downey’s character in Sherlock Holmes. And more specifically: “the light, amusing bits cannot overcome the grinding, hectic emptiness, the bloated cynicism that is less a shortcoming of this particular film than a feature of the genre.” Keep Reading
Love Gaming? Your Government Needs You! (Maybe…)
Monday, 7th May 2012Posted in Blog Archive, Offbeat
Tags: Cherreka Montgomery, games, IARPA, intelligence, video games
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Like playing video games? A lot? Would you like to make a living doing just that?
Well…the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity or IARPA is conducting research to see if video games (or more specifically, their players) could be used to help solve national intelligence emergencies.
According to IARPA spokeswoman Cherreka Montgomery, “Young folks are very accustomed to playing video games. In trying to incorporate new training techniques Keep Reading
New Assassin’s Creed 3 Trailer – Share to Unlock?
Monday, 7th May 2012Posted in Blog Archive, Gaming
Tags: assassin's creed 3, Connor, Gameplay Premiere, hidden blade, red coat, snow, trees, ubisoft, Unite
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Today we get another teaser trailer from the highly anticipated Assassin’s Creed 3 (via The Verge). We see Connor, the game’s protagonist, chasing down his soon to be red coated victim.
With AC3 bringing so many new mechanics into the new title such as a deep weather system and treetop traversal gameplay, we catch a quick glimpse of how these things affect both Connor and his enemies in action.
Chasing down a red coat through the snow from above in the trees, Connor catches up to the fleeing guard as he stumbles through the deep snow Keep Reading
Where the Hell is Dovahkiin? Skyrim Gets A Dance Remix (and Some B-Boy Moves?)
Monday, 7th May 2012Posted in Blog Archive, Online Video
Tags: dovahkiin, elder scrolls, Minecraft, skyrim, where the hell is dovahkiin
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Influenced by the famous Where the Hell is Matt? videos, this little mash-up comes courtesy of Projectrooster, aka the mind who brought you all those insane Minecraft videos (com of which were just f*cking with you, of course). With a nice little dance remix of Jeremy Soule’s Elder Scrolls that comes from Victor Niglio, the video consists of really little else other than Dovahkiin throwing a rave party for one, all over Skyrim.
From Hrothgar and Bleak Falls Barrow to Guardian Stones and Swindler’s Den (and back again), it may be the only time you ever see a warrior of his stature do a toprock. Keep Reading
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