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A historical adventure?
A musician biopic spoof?
A dead Spartan?
A politician helping the cause?
Stay tuned for the paragraphs below.
A face we all love. That of King Cage!
National Treasure: Book of Secrets – Benjamin Franklin Gates (Nicolas Cage) returns with Diane Kruger and the gang trying to track down the diary of John Wilkes Booth in order to uncover a worldwide conspiracy. The Gates family ancestry comes into question.
With news of a Hollywood produced Tekken movie making the rounds on the game blogs, it seems like a good time to take a look back at the Hong-Kong Tekken movie that almost was. For those that don’t know the story here’s the basic gist: back around 1999-2000 Wong Jing & Andrew Lau Wai-Keung set out to make a Tekken movie. The only problem was, well… they neglected to get permission from Namco. After a bunch of litigation and Namco finally turning them down, they changed some stuff around and made The Avenging Fist (AKA In the Name of Heroes) a special effects kung-fu movie set in a distant future.
Much of the plot revolves around the kung-fu style known as The Avenging Fist (surprise). Years ago a man named Thunder developed this technique that would unlock the other 90% of human potential making them a fighting god. Fast forward to a fascist future and technology has stepped in to replicate this technique with a ‘Power Glove’ and yes… it is so bad. Don’t mistake my sarcasm for dislike, I love this movie. I highly recommend it to anyone that likes kung-fu and/or special effects. It’s got some ultra-cheesy moments, but overall I think you’ll agree that this movie is a classic. Hit the jump for some links to where you can legally obtain this gem.
Before I tell you guys the good news that was hinted at during Shamoozal Radio #11, I need to let you in on the bad news. Remember that promise I made about having two cartoons done by the end of the year? Well, lets just say that the second one probably isn’t coming in time. However it has nothing to do with me being lazy, we have had a legit change in plans. I’ll reveal the sweet news in the beginning of the year, but until then, have faith!
The Simpsons Movie – after Homer J. Simpson causes Springfield to become quarantined, it’s up to him and the family to right all the wrongs and make their town part of the world again. Cameos from almost every character in Simpsons history.
Halloween – Rob Zombie’s reimagining of the classic horror film about Michael Myers and his progression from disturbed child to insane mental patient to serial killer. As a child, Myers kills his family leaving his mother to suicide and baby sister to adoption. But years down the road, he escapes his prison and hunts her down.
Last night’s Live episode is ready for your downloading pleasure. We tried to have a diverse second annual Holiday Special, and I think we delivered. We tease plans for ‘08, play our interview with James Rolfe, the Angry Video Game Nerd, and take part in many festive Christmas activities. All this and more in a quick 64 minutes. Enjoy, and Happy Holidays!
Hit it after the jump…
Wow, sorry about all the technical difficulties tonight, but we tried to pull through. I just wanted to leave a message about before we went dark tonight.
Before I go, just wanted to give a big hand to Gregman for winning the Angry Video Game Nerd Contest. Also, another big hand to xxJimmyPxx for winning the “Our Most Hated Christmas Songs” Contest. I’ll be in contact with you guys and let you know what to do next.
Thanks everyone for coming out tonight!
With the year wrapping up, Steve and I decided to write about the games we‘ve played this year that really won us over. In other words, the two of us have decided to choose our personal Games of the Year. This year started off slow, but the amount of highly rated games that came out after July is nothing short of astonishing. We at the Shamoozal have not been able to play them all (obviously), so these lists are based solely on what we have played.With that noted, continue on to find out what stole a spot in our hearts in the year Oh Seven.
Find out what took top honors after the jump….
Can you hear it? It’s the sound of Shamoozal Radio, a force so powerful that we can hear faint whispers of it traveling from the future.
The gang is gearing up for our Holiday podcast, and I can say right now everyone is in for a treat. You already know about the interview we’re going to play with James Rolfe, the Angry Video Game Nerd. You also know that we plan on handing out one of his DVDs, and this is how it’s going to go down.
The end of the human race?
Singing animals?
Another holiday flick?
Check out the scene.
I Am Gold…. in the box office.
I Am Legend – Will Smith is the last man on Earth. He resides in New York City and does whatever he wants….. alone. He soon comes to find out he is not alone and some creatures have becomes inhabitants of “his” city.
I just made up the whole Shamoozal Warehouse bit. I guess you can say this is where most of the magic happens. So my brand spankin’ new Cintiq showed up today and of course I set it up as quickly as humanly possible. Setup actually took a bit more work than I thought, and a bit of managing to get all 500 wires in a decent spot.
Not shown in the above is the giant converter switch box that powers the Cintiq. In the commercial for the Cintiq, they showed a woman walking around with it as if the device is super portable. What they didn’t show you is that a lot of effort goes into connecting this thing, and hauling it around would probably be a pain in the ass. Anyway, the pad is bigger than my old Intuos 6×8 which is cool and sort of sucks at the same time because the space on my desk is starting to disappear as I add more gizmos to my set up. It’s only slightly thicker than my Intuos, which is pretty impressive, and I’d say it’s only a tad bit heavier as well.
