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Dude, you totally have to check out this new God of War III Dante’s Inferno trailer! It’s got crazy sick graphics and Kratos Dante kicks a whole bunch of demonic ass with his extendable chain sword death scythe when he goes to hell! He climbs all over a Titan the Devil who totally does not want to be climbed on! They’re for sure going to make this into a movie with Brett Ratner Brett Ratner directing!

Sigh, watch:

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Kotaku.com has a very cool article on the making of Wrestle Jam, the game Mickey Rourke and his young friend play in The Wrestler.  Apparently, the game is a real, playable game, and Rourke actually played it during the movie. 

Wrestle Jam is a work of fiction, a faux NES game created specifically for the film by motion graphics artist Kristyn Hume and programmer Randall Furino. The brother and sister team created the game from scratch, taking influence from 8-bit fighting games like Nintendo’s Pro Wrestling and Acclaim’s WWF Wrestlemania.

Hume, also responsible for The Wrestler’s laboriously accurate title sequence, said that the film’s producers and directors wanted that “classic video game” look and feel for Wrestle Jam, an effort that took weeks to create.

You can read the rest of the article on Kotaku by clicking HERE.

According to E! Online’s “inside sources” who are totally, probably not Jason Bateman, Michael Cera has had enough scorn heaped on him from fans and castmates and has agreed to be in the Arrested Development movie. Cera has been a long holdout for a long time now, while all the other cast members have been on board nearly from the get-go.

Why did he not want to reprise his role as the awkward George Michael Bluth? Maybe because he’ll have to make out with Alia Shawkat instead of Kat Dennings? I don’t know, but whatever the case, it’s nice that I can stop hating Cera who I always figured would be the nicest guy in Hollywood.

Allegedly the movie could be out by the end of the year, but that sure doesn’t sound promising. But hopefully it slips in before January so David Cross can win a best supporting Oscar for played famed Analrapist Tobias Funke.

Hollywood Reporter is, uh, reporting that Michel Gondry may direct the on-again-off-again Green Hornet:

Michel Gondry is in negotiations to direct “The Green Hornet,” Columbia’s big-screen treatment of the classic crime-fighting hero being portrayed by Seth Rogen.

The choice of Gondry, the helmer behind off-the-beaten-path films such as “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind,” “The Science of Sleep” and “Be Kind Rewind,” signals that the creative direction the studio and the film’s producer, Neal Moritz, are trying to take the project is one not usually associated with the usual crime-fighter movie.

This reminds me of when I first read that Aronofsky was set to direct Robocop.  It’s a pairing that you’d never think of, and it doesn’t make much sense, but when you’re dealing with guys as talented as Aronofsky or Gondry, it’s worth a shot.  I like just about everything Gondry has done (although I thought The Science of Sleep was kind of meh), and he’s clearly unique and talented, so maybe his version of the Green Hornet will be better than anything Chow would have done.  It’ll be very different, that’s for sure.  Here’s a cool, clever-but-simple Michel Gondry video where he solves a Rubik’s Cube with his feet (I figured it out, I’m scary smart):

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It’s always been my theory that cheerleaders can perk up just about any business.  And why should it be any different in the gaming world?  There’s just no reason to not have an entire team of hot women cheering on the latest game, system or event.  I personally think it’s just great for business.

I mean look at the volleyball cheerleaders.  Hell car shows are always spiced up by an attractive woman.  And now you see very hot (albeit) weird chicks at comic cons.  The trend is continuing and it looks like that more women rooting on the XBox‘s and Playstation‘s of the world then the better off we’ll be.  Well….at least they’re being hired to root them on.

Here’s a great gallery of gaming booth babes.

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What inspired me to write this post? Well, I was trying to search for a shot of Heath Ledger’s Joker that I hadn’t seen a million times and this came up. Yup, haven’t seen that before. And that got me thinking about a long-held childhood fear, that Ronald McDonald is pretty damn creepy. He shook my hand in a parade once and I’ve never been the same since. I’d rather have the Burger King run at me with a carving knife than have Ronald McDonald smile at me again.

So yeah, Heath Ledger + Childhood Fears + Google Images = this post. It’s random, but I think it’s pretty awesome. Enjoy.

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I usually don’t like to get into more than one game at a time, and I’m currently trying to beat Ninja Gaiden 2 on Master Ninja difficulty.  But when Street Fighter IV was released for the Xbox last week, my love of Street Fighter II forced me to cave and pick up a copy.  I’ve been playing for almost a week now, and the game has a very familiar vibe while simultaneously feeling fresh and new.  So, is Street Fighter IV worth getting, or is it just another forgettable fighting game?  Read my review after the jump to find out:

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The “story” finds Zoey searching for Louis and any other possible survivors in an abandoned house. A Smoker stumbles upon Zoey in the house and uses its tongue to tie Zoey up. But wait! That’s not his tongue at all!

All I have to say is that video games have come a long way (no pun intended).  The industry must be proud that the porn industry is now using them for reference.

Yay!

Rarely do I feature an article because of it’s lead picture.  However in this case I’m too infatuated with this brunette.  Anyone know who she is?  If you don’t by now then you’re just not enough of a pervert like me or you don’t like names that rhyme with stinka.

The Countdown

It Ain’t Easy being J.D. McCoy – [Screenjunkies]

The Master Sword – [Screwattack]

The worst thing you ever did to a toy – [Topless Robot]

The Sims 3 preview – [UGO]

Top 7 Sadistic moments in games – [Gonintendo]

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This is Judd Apatow’s third directorial film, despite having his name attached to about 80 other projects in the last five years. His other two films were The 40 Year Old Virgin and Knocked Up, which were both great. Superbad and Forgetting Sarah Marshall, two other recent movies he’s had a heavy hand in have been great. Therefore, this film, Funny People, should also be great, correct? I mean, he’s not M. Night Shyamalan after all.

I just don’t feel it. I chuckled once during the trailer when Leslie Mann is making fun of Eric Bana’s accent, but besides that? I’ve been kind of done with Adam Sandler for a good number of years now, and I’m suffering from Seth Rogen overload these days. I’ve already seen him play with Judd Apatow’s kids in a movie, I don’t need to see it again. And how did we get from stand-up comedy, to death, to not-death, to an Eric Bana backyard wrestling match in the span of three minutes?

I just have a bad feeling about this one, as even Apatow’s trailers are usually gold. Sure I’ll give it a chance, and honestly it’s probably better to have low expectations than high ones (case in point: Pinneapple Express broke my heart), but right now I just see Fonzie heading for the shark.

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