E3 Insanity - Warcraft Movie, Final Fantasy XIII! ++

I'd always been a PlayStation type, being a victim of circumstance as these games are the one most commonly cracked and pushed in the circles where I live. Problem was, the gameplay footage of Twilight Princess had me wanting a Wii too. Then Mass Effects was announced, for the 360 no less, and Bioware's move threw me off completely.

So I made a list of all I knew.

Wii - Super Smash Bros, Zelda, Metroid, Excite Truck, Red Steel

PS3 - UT2k7, Final Fantasy, God of War, Guitar Hero, Kingdom Hearts, Resident Evil, Tekken, MGS4

360 - Halo, Mass Effects, Oblivion, F.E.A.R., Alan Wake, Gears of War, Too Human

PC - Spore, Crysis, Oblivion, Burning Crusade, Battlefield, F.E.A.R., C&C, UT2k7

At the end of it all, despite the temptations of the Wii-mote and Live, I remembered why I was a Sony boy. I mean, it's not just about the games. The name sells. Blu-ray, Linux and now motion sensors like the Wii-nunchuck?

But when I do get a PS3, I'm going silver. Or white, or whatever. The PS3 looks so last-gen I could spit.

The biggest names and the biggest games, get your dual-coverage of what you want to see from this year's E3 from PandaPanda and Misc. Rants!

E3 over at rantings and the story continues over in the comments section!

Look for comments by me for fast links to trailers for Bf2142, Crysis, Fable 2, FFXIII, Zelda, and the latest on the PS3 release!

This posts concerns E3 goodness. There is also stuff on Uwe Boll, dunking booths and the homosphere. Which is exactly what is sounds like: a blogosphere of gay blogs. Why would you be interested? Well... (hinthintcoughcough*clarissa*coughcough)

Yeah Mahadi, that's the Annarchy T-Shirt logo. Again, from Penny Arcade.

E3 is my new OH GAWD. I mean, OH GAWD! It just started and the real showtime apparently doesn't even start until Thursday, but man this is one major bombshell they dropped!

Why am I not at E3 right now? WHY!?

The first time I heard it was maybe half an hour ago. I was in the car on the way home, and the radio mentioned some news about Sony and the PS3, and I remember: E3. Then there was something about a movie based on the popular Warcraft video game series.

Guess what? What they really meant was World of Warcraft. There's going to be a WORLD OF WARCRAFT MOVIE. Jason, Dexter, Liwen and Jason, are you as hyped as I am?

Uwe Boll directing.

Just kidding guys. That would be cruel. For those of you not into the whole gaming movie culture, Dr. Uwe Boll is the industry's most infamous resident. Yes, he actually has a doctorate in literature. I don't know how he got it.

From a totally unbiased viewpoint, Uwe Boll has made some of the worst movies the world has ever seen. As of January 24, 2006, all three of Boll's video game adaptations appeared on IMDb's Bottom 100 list. He practically scrapes the bottom of the barrel at sites like RottenTomatoes.com, and the stuff of his films are widely considered "so bad they're good".

His three game adaption movies, Alone in the Dark, House of the Dead, and BloodRayne have probably set a new low for movies everywhere.

One oft-cited review of Alone in the Dark, by Rob Vaux, sarcastically states that the movie should make all other "bad" movie directors feel better in comparison.

"It's okay, they'll tell themselves. At least I didn't make Alone in the Dark."

For the Bloodrayne movie, Uwe famously decided to use prostitutes instead of actual actresses.

"They were better than actors. We looked for local Romanian actresses, but there they are all from the theater and act very broadly. For 150 euros a piece the whores would be naked and do as they were told. It was better.”

He is currently directing the movies adaptions for FarCry, Postal and Dungeon Siege.

His wikipedia article can be found here.

Well, he's going nowhere near Halo and World of Warcraft. The Times reports:

Blizzard will announce Tuesday that its massively successful, massively multiplayer online role-playing game is set to be made into a big-budget fantasy picture along the lines of Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings films, with Warner Bros.' Legendary Pictures handling the production.

From "Lara Croft: Tomb Raider" through "Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within" and "Doom," films based on video games have traditionally ranged from the merely bad to the downright masochistic. Generally, the fault has appeared to be a focus on special effects and cheap thrills at the expense of emotional engagement and character development.

For many years, films based on comic books and traditional high-fantasy worlds suffered the same fate. Yet recently, directors and screenwriters ranging from Peter Jackson with "The Lord of the Rings" to Sam Raimi with "Spider-Man" have come to appreciate that in even the most fantastic setting, a successful film is based on compelling human stories rather than on yet another explosion or dragon.

Director, cast, release date, and budget are all undetermined as of yet, but the paper quotes Blizzard CEO Paul Sams as saying that the goal is to make "one of the best films in the world," a World of Warcraft pic that will appeal to gamers and non-gamers alike. He said Legendary Pictures management was keenly attuned to what Blizzard wanted out of a World of Warcraft film. Legendary's first film was Batman Begins. Other projects being brought to the big screen by Legendary Pictures include Superman Returns, The Ant Bully, Where the Wild Things Are, and Frank Miller's 300.

[06:45:03 PM] [d] FFXIII: dood
[06:45:14 PM] [d] FFXIII: did you wet yourself with excitement?
[06:45:40 PM] [d] FFXIII: or do you even know yet that they're
making a WoW movie?
[06:46:26 PM] ¿º.--» [J]: WTF?
[06:46:29 PM] ¿º.--» [J]: WHEN
[06:46:29 PM] ¿º.--» [J]: OMG
[06:46:32 PM] ¿º.--» [J]: WHY DIDNT YOU TELL ME
[06:46:38 PM] ¿º.--» [J]: FUCK U DUDE...
[06:46:40 PM] ¿º.--» [J]: WHEN?
[06:46:40 PM] [d] FFXIII: it was just announced
[06:46:41 PM] [d] FFXIII: E3
[06:46:42 PM] ¿º.--» [J]: TELL ME NOWWWNOWNONWOW
[06:46:43 PM] [d] FFXIII: http://www.gamespot.com/news/6149638.html
[06:47:00 PM] [d] FFXIII: I heard it on the radio and I went
straight to my com
[06:47:06 PM] ¿º.--» [J]: OMFGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG
[06:47:12 PM] [d] FFXIII a: lol
[06:47:22 PM] ¿º.--» [J]: wait wait..no time to read
[06:47:26 PM] ¿º.--» [J]: tell me at school tomorrow
[06:47:30 PM] [d] FFXIII: hah!

Oh man I hope that it's either Peter Jackson or Bryan Singer at the helm of this one. Did you see that X3 leaked clip with the Sentinel head? That was just awful.

Halo's going to be good, though. It should be.

"If I didn’t make this clear in my previous update, Bungie’s in this for the long haul – 100% dedicated to making the Halo movie the best it can be. Now we have help. Ten thousand pound gorilla help. And that’s just about the best kind there is."

Yes, that is King Kong with a hat talking to that Halo girl. I forget her name.

The word from Penny Arcade:

Speaking of movies I assume you have all seen the latest Superman trailer by now. I would describe it as “shit hot”. What’s interesting is comparing how awesome the Superman trailer looks to this terrible clip showing a sentinel from X-Men 3 (possible spoilers). Everything about that clip is trash from the set to the acting to the dialogue. I am perfectly aware that Colossus throwing Wolverine around is canonical but in real life it looks fucking stupid. I’d say Bryan Singer was what made the previous X-Men films so great and now he’s taken his magic wand and pointed it at Superman. Comic book fans are lucky they have someone like Bryan who not only understands comics but understands how to translate them into movies without making you feel ashamed of your hobby. What I want to know is when videogame fans will get a director like that.

If you guys want some World of Warcraft thing to satisfy your cravings, try Returns if you havent seen it already. It's a fan made World of Warcraft movie that's already won all sorts of awards. And the studio's name is Rufus Cubed Productions. Come on man how cool is that.

And oh man oh man that isn't the half of it. They just announced not one, but THREE FINAL FANTASY GAMES set in the FFXIII universe. Which is totally screwed up considering FFXII hasn't even hit stores in english, but yeah. OH MAN THAT IS COOL.

The main character of Final Fantasy XIII. It's a girl.

Look, she's been raiding Yuna's wardrobe.

This is actually the early battle system for the game. That's wicked awesome.

Final Fantasy Versus XIII.

Does anyone else think that this looks way like Sora and Riku's Eternal Session Limit Break from Kingdom Hearts 2? Could Versus XIII somehow involve the Organization?

And that FFXIII based game for handphones. Final Fantasy Agito XIII. I could give less of a rat's anything. Never be able to play it.

Oh and I beat Sephiroth last week, forgot to mention that.

Damn it I'm all geek again.

Damn! Now for some hot gay action. Oh yeah I am so not kidding. Source credit: Grace.

Gay blog. It's called coupled on 10th April 06.

Self-explanatory actually, but I find it pretty cool. They've racked up hundreds of comments in a short month and a half. Most are from people congratulating them on their love, but there are a few narrow-minded homophobes who pop up to flame and threaten them. Whatever, those guys are idiots.

Gay pride! You go, you two.

From sLimplycatchy's Xanga Site, written by Clarissa some time back:

sarah and i just came back from mv. we saw 2 CUTE GAY GUYS! at least i think theyre gay. we saw them at mdm kwan's and one of them looked like daniel wong. the other looked like jun ian from the back. the daniel lookalike was SO CUTE! even while eating! and we saw amber chia in topshop and whn she was modelling. and we saw darren with his sis and mum and sarah saw her friend, lee min. when;s my dad picking me up? im supposed to go shopping for provisions. im going to start studying tmr. oh and i ALMOST bought this silver silk tie. SO SAD!=(

Yeah. So now we know that Daniel and I would make a cute couple if our sexual preferences ever differ. Thank you Clarissa for that insightful insight.

I saw two gay guys at Bangsar LRT station today. No shit. They were in school uniform and walking together and one gave the other a KISS ON THE CHEEK. God.

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