That’s right, Firefly is back! Well, sort of. With this Firefly Online announcement trailer we get a little glimpse of the new game being released next summer. Firefly Online Announcement Trailer Players are ship captains that find a crew and then find a job. Easy as that. This is an MMO so you’ll be playing against millions of other captains and their crews. Whether or not there will be different classes of captains, like characters in other MMO’s, or even other characters beyond just the captain of the ship, remains to be seen. The game is still under development with QMXi and Spark Plug Games but no price or firm release date has been announced. Unfortunately it isn’t all good news with Firefly Online . It will be available for Android and iOS only as opposed to PC and/or consoles. While at first that seems like a huge letdown, it might be best to see what the finished game looks like before offering judgment. Who knows? Firefly Online might herald in a new generation of MMO’s that play really well on a mobile platform. Then again, it could be awful and we’ll be left with another void in our lives where something great could have been, but hey, let’s try and stay positive for the time being. In a somewhat topsy-turvy twist, a mobile gaming mainstay is coming to consoles. Check out this Angry Birds Star Wars teaser !
It’s time for a new Injustice DLC and this time it’s the alien from Mars himself, Martian Manhunter! In a great gameplay trailer (unlike the Mad Max gameplay trailer ), we get a chance to see Martian Manhunter fight John Stewart, member of the Green Lantern Corps which is a Green Lantern skin available as well in the DLC. Martian Manhunter Injustice DLC Trailer Looks pretty good right? I’m particularly a fan of the “blink and John Stewart looks around confused” move. No word yet on when this DLC will drop. Need more video games news today? How about checking out this story on Desert Bus, the worst game ever !
Lil Twist is in big trouble with the law. The rapper and close friend of Justin Bieber was arrested this morning in Calabasas, California on suspicion of drunk driving. And, yes, he was once again behind the wheel of Bieber’s Fisker Karma. Authorities tell TMZ that Lil was pulled over around 3:30 a.m. for speeding. He was reportedly headed to Bieber’s mansion, but officers detected the 20-year old was under the influence of a foreign substance. He was therefore booked at a nearby station for DUI. Lil Twist has been cited for reckless driving multiple times in the past, with many believing his association with Bieber has contributed to the latter’s downfall. Now that Selena Gomez has allegedly taken Justin back – under the condition he stop acting like a douchebag – it’s safe to wonder: Should Bieber finally kick Twist to the curb?
After a four day search for Terry Smith, 11, police called a press conference near the missing boy’s family home on July 10, The Desert Sun reports . Skylor Atilano has reportedly been arrested in connection with his disappearance. Smith, who is autistic and answers to “Juju,” had been missing since Saturday, July 6 . He had been left under the care of his half-brother, Atilano. Skylor, 16, told investigators in Southern California that he last saw Terry Smith when he told him to stop following him while Skylor went to a friends house. A police spokesman said the teen told investigators he was “walking away from their residence, turns back, sees that Terry’s following him and tells Terry, ‘Hey, go home.’” “He’s been cooperative throughout the whole time,” the deputy said. The Riverside County District Attorney’s Office is waiting for investigators to forward the criminal case to prosecutors for review, spokesman John Hall said. He said he did not know how quickly that could happen, but it looks like the search for the missing boy may have ended – and tragically at that. The body of a boy who fits the description of 11-year-old Terry was found overnight in a “shallow grave containing partially exposed human remains.” The half brother, who has the same mom as Terry, has been “questioned several times by investigators,” officials confirmed Tuesday afternoon. As the search went on and temperatures exceeded 100 degrees each day, more than 1,000 law enforcement, search and rescue personnel, and volunteers took part. Their search extended more than 80 miles beyond the home on Helen Lane in a rural area of Menifee, a city of about 80,000 in southwestern Riverside County.
The ESPN Body Issue is officially on sale. And while folks all over the country are busy ogling Miesha Tate nude and other star athletes in their birthday suits, critics are left to roll their eyes and wonder: Is such an edition of the magazine really in the name of good health and fitness? Or is ESPN just looking to increase sales via provocative images? The issue, after all, originated as a response to the decline in advertising spending that resulted from the financial crisis of 2007–2010. Take a moment to stop ogling and vote now: The ESPN Body Issue is… An important promotion of good health A cheap stunt to increase sales View Poll »
When I woke up this morning my first thought was, “man I really wish there was a new Rambo game I could play and relive all those fabulous 80s era memories” and like manna from heaven… here it is! Check out the Rambo game trailer below! Rambo Video Game Trailer Admittedly, I have not kept up (read: watched anything beyond the first twenty minutes of the first movie) with the Rambo franchise so I really couldn’t tell you which movie this game was based on, if any at all. However, I can say that Stallone has never looked better. His skin is so smooth with just the right amount of stubble. Well done. Truly. I am puzzled as to why the world thought we needed a Rambo game but I’m sure there are people out there who still like him. Looking for more video game videos? How about this GTA V gameplay trailer ! So what do you think of a Rambo game? Discuss below!
Grand Theft Auto has long held the stigma of being “that game where you shoot everyone and run over hookers” but it appears they are trying to class up their act with Grand Theft Auto V. Grand Theft Auto V Trailer Yes, we can discuss how there’s three main characters now instead of just the one. Sure, it’d be easy to focus on ‘voyeur’ aspect included with those three characters. However, I’d rather take a moment and talk about the leisure aspects in this new Grand Theft Auto … They are playing tennis now? Parachuting? Golfing? 4-Wheeling? Thank heavens there was a dude trying to shove a foot down a dirty toilet or I would have forgotten what game we were looking at! And for the love of all that is holy, what is with the narrator of this gameplay trailer? I fully expected her to tell me all about the spacious floor plan that is just perfect for entertaining. All that aside, Grand Theft Auto V looks promising, if for no other reason than I can play a nice game of tennis on the weekend to unwind from my stressful job.
What would happen if you took part of Anchorman ‘s story and translated it into a classic game like Earthbound? This. Anchorman 8-bit I dare you to not watch this multiple times in a row. There’s just something about the NES feel and the stay classy story that draws you in and comforts you. While not true 8-bit, 60% of the time it gives a nostalgic feel, every time. Need more Action News crew in your day? Check out this Anchorman 2 trailer!
The Real Housewives of New Jersey had “A Manzo of Her Word” but it was a little boy who stole the show. We recap the smiles and tears in this week’s THG +/- review. Someone completely stole the show this week and it wasn’t a housewife. It wasn’t even one of their husbands. It was a little boy who learned to say I love you, Mommy . Plus 50 . To be honest at first it appeared that little Nick was only repeating the words to get the lollipop but when Chris Laurita said that it had been over 18 months since his wife had heard those words from her son, I couldn’t help but be moved, no matter what the child’s motivation. Housewives usually doesn’t require its audience to use that part of the brain, nevermind their hearts. It was almost disconcerting. Not to fear. There’s still plenty of the normal nonsense to fill the hour. Especially when we get to visit with Teresa and her kids. At least they weren’t cursing at one another this week. Plus 18. But can any of them communicate without screaming? Gia seems to think she’s in charge. Milania basically tells everyone else where to get off, and Gabriella looked like she was zoning out as a means of escape. Minus 12. I couldn’t say that I blamed her. Caroline’s daughter, Lauren said that the Guidice kids were being raised by wolves. I think that might be an insult to wolves. They have more sense . Teresa’s still hanging out with Kim D. Minus 22. Why is this woman back on my TV screen? These shows always breed the hangers on, looking for more than their 15 minutes of fame. Caroline called a summit meeting with Teresa and then she ordered an iced tea. You’d think alcohol would be mandatory to get through that meal. How funny was it when Caroline told Teresa that she was sent by Joe and Teresa shot back with, “He’s really scraping the bottom of the barrel.” Plus 18 . Teresa was right. Caroline is preachy but she’s also right. Life is short. Why let the stupid stuff take over? Now if she could only use that advice to mend fences with her own sister. And what is up with Fran? She looked like a heavier clone of Dina. And she moved in along with her stray pets. Minus 8 . Caroline’s husband Albert is a saint. Is there any way they can write Kathy out of the show? She’s generally boring and her husband Rich has become intolerable. Even Kathy seems to have grown weary of his frat boy antics. When Kathy told her husband that she was trying to raise Joseph to be a gentleman, all i could think was that it would have helped if she’d married one. Plus 13 when she tells her daughter to stick with school so she’ll have better options than Kathy did. Of course if we lost Kathy then we’d also lose Rosie. Hmm…I’m not sure where that lands in the points system. Did Rosie really have to join in on the guys poker game? Just because she’s a lesbian doesn’t make her one of the boys. Minus 9. But then we wouldn’t have had Joe Gorga telling Rosie she couldn’t write off all men if she’d never tried one. That earned a serious eye roll but I wouldn’t expect anything less from Joe. Of course he needs to start expecting less. Mush less when it comes to selling his giant McMansion. A 10,000 square foot house on 2 & 1/2 acres. Minus 15 . It sounds like someone was overcompensating. It was funny to watch the faux marble crumble and the fixtures fall off as Joe and Melissa crowed about their masterpiece. And shouldn’t their realtor have told them that having their kids around for the open house doesn’t make it feel more homey…it reminds people that it’s your home. Minus 10. But I think I’ll keep my $3.8 million in the bank and out of the Jersey real estate market, at least until next week. Episode total = +11! Season total = +29!
Plenty of favors, both formal and sexual—but mostly sexual—are exchanged in this week’s Mad Men , lending the episode its title: “Favors.” Don does all he can to help the Rosens’ son Mitchell from entering prison for draft evasion. All in the hopes, of course, of Syliva returning the favor. Ted ends up doing the bulk of the favor, asking a friend to give Mitchell a relatively harmless pilot position. Mrs. Campbell’s male caretaker may or may not be offering her some sexual favors of his own. And of course…Sylvia returns the favor. But “Favors” is less about the favors themselves, and more about the motives behind the favors. So many of our favorite Mad Men characters are supremely selfish, with only brief moments of compassion or consideration. It makes us wonder what’s in it for them. We’ve already discussed Don’s motives. He’s clearly not over Sylvia. He wants to help Mitchell so that he can get her to talk to him again; so that he’ll be seen as the hero. Ted is one of the only “compassionate by default” characters on the show, making his favor more of a reflex than a cunning strategy. He agrees to help Don help Mitchell with very little hesitation—and this, after Don nearly destroyed a dinner with Chevy by “testing the waters” on their willingness to help, given their large military contract. Only after his initial willingness does Ted realize he can use the situation to get a little something out of Don. What does he want out of Don? Just for him to be a better partner; pay attention, stop subtly competing. The most interesting motive reveal of all this episode comes from the frustratingly enigmatic Bob. We get our first real glimpse into who Bob is and what he’s after with a perplexing scene between him and Pete. After hearing that the caretaker may be taking advantage of Pete’s Mom, Bob, who recommended him, gives a long impassioned speech about how loving a man can make you feel lively, ending with a subtle-ish come-on to Pete. That Bob is homosexual would not be particularly shocking or groundbreaking—especially given Salvatore’s storyline over the first three seasons—but that he is interested in Pete certainly would be. It seems a tad asynchronous, so we’ll see how it pans out. Hopefully this isn’t the last of the Bob-related reveals, as his odd nature seems to be leading up to something big. Bob isn’t the only one with some Pete-related chemistry this week. Signs that were pointing to something between Peggy and Stan, and then Peggy and Ted, are now inching ever-so slightly towards Peggy and Pete. Beginning with Pete’s mom mistaking Peggy for Trudy—complete with an accidental reference to their child together—and ending with parallels between their lonely isolated home lives (Peggy seems to be searching for someone that can be there to kill rats—and it won’t be Stan, who adamantly proclaimed “I’m not your boyfriend), it seems Peggy and Pete may soon find themselves settling for each other out of sheer convenience. The biggest moment of the episode came, however, when Sally walks in on Don collecting his “favor” from Sylvia. Tensions have been rising all season long, and we knew Don’s affair would come back to bite him in the ass. Despite Sally seemingly coming to a reluctant surrender of her panicked disgust over discovering her father cheating, the event may just have irreparably damaged her and her relationship to Don. As soon as Sally saw Don and Sylvia together, the act became so, so real. The affair between Sylvia and Don may just be the crashing-down of Don’s world that the entire season has been pointing to. We’ll see if Sally lets it slip. RATING: 3/5
