DVD Review: Futurama: Bender’s Game

Futurama: Bender's Game

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Futurama is back, but lost most of it’s spunk. In the first of a series of DVDs released from the cult followed cartoon Futurama, Bender was the man or robot rather on top. He is back and ready to pull apart the last centeries worth of films with a side of Dungons and Dragons, while lacking most of what made Futurama great… Matt Groening’s mind. This addition just seems like a sad attempt to create paradys of the last 10 years worth of films. Anything from Lord of the Rings, The Mummy and even Mork and Mindy (Nanu nanu?). This is the third installment of the DVD Futurama series.

Great quote from Bender’s Game:

Leegola: What else can we slay? Is that a hobbit over there?

Titanius Anglesmith (Bender): No, that’s a hobo and a rabbit. But they’re making a hobbit.

Burrito scoring for Futurama: Bender’s Game

Graphics: Groening still has his way with cartoons, simple and sweet.

5/5 burritos.

Story Line: Lacks Groening’s imagination and was generally boring.

2/5 burritos.

Music/Sound FX: It’s a cartoon, not much required here and they kept all of the original voice actors.

4/5 burritos.

Overall: It’s a borefest but if you enjoy Futurama and dislike but have seen Lord of the Rings check it out.

4/5 burritos.

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Presidential poster child and Dane Cook still not funny

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It’s official, Barack Obama is now the President of the United States of America and with that merchandise, posters and memorabilia have been created in his image even more so than the infamous Y2K.

Dane Cook -Not Funny

A Web site entitled http://obamiconme.pastemagazine.com will allow you to quickly upload a photo of yourself and create that infamous looking white, blue, tan and red poster of HOPE that you’ve seen everywhere. While this is relatively unimportant it’s a nice way or even possible option for many new funny Facebook/Myspace photos.

While browsing through some already pre-made posters we had noticed one featuring the dumbest of the dumb, Dane Cook. The poster rather than saying something like “HOPE” displayed “NOT FUNNY” well rather look for yourself.

While also looking through the comments of this particular poster we had also noticed this little tid bit, Type “guy who is not funny” into google, then I’m feeling lucky. We think you all will be mildly humored like we were.

Play This game: Left 4 Dead

Left 4 Dead is like being in a Zombie film

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Zombie games usually get great reviews (Resident Evil) or flop (Evil Dead: Fist full of boomstick [Regeneration was bad ass though]) all due to how the story line is dropped on it’s user.

Left 4 Dead is just shy of perfection and with some simple updates it could easily have hita perfect score. Left 4 Dead is unlike any other Zombie game as it practically throws you into the middle of four different Zombie film types. Any where from Zombies chasing you through corn fields to a hospital filled with evil reincarnates seeking to eat your flesh.

The replayability of this game is just plain sick unless you can’t deal with the harder difficulties, where some gamers may get fed up and turned off from the game.

Boomer is like the drunk girl you picked up at the bar, he loves to puke on you.

The breakdown: Left 4 Dead

Graphics & Cinamatics:4/5

Sound FX & Music:5/5

Replayability:5/5

Multiplayer:5/5

Achievements: 5/5

Overall: 96% Left 4 Dead receives 5/5 Burritos

Graphics & Cinamatics:

Unfortunately this is the department where Left 4 Dead loses some points. There are some relatively annoying bugs in the game that cause you to become stuck in a position, only to await the next on coming horde of Zombies. When closing a door you can become pinned again an area and some reason you can not shot the door up enough to destroy it and move yourself. There are several other instances like this, but aside from these the graphics are supreme and you can tell the creators put a lot of love into this game.

They go as far as creating a commentator section, where you can go through the game and see what the creators were thinking and how they created it. They went as far as making movie quality lighting and matching music to the situation you are in. The over all graphics of the game are next generation material and look great on HD.

Sound FX & Music:

The true zombie film material is plastered all over this game, which can best been seen in the music and sound effects. The game is impossible to predict on the difficult settings, but sound and music cues help you navigate safely to your destination. All in all the music does a great job of not only helping you stay alive but build suspense and add a creepy feel.

Replayability:

Left 4 Dead is 100 percent replayable as the AI in the game has no set spawn points, spawn times and you can play in various locations. The only major downside is the minimal selection of weapons and there is no chainsaw! The VS mode shakes things up and lets you become the Zombies, which has got to be one of the coolest features to hit a Zombie game.

Multiplayer:

Multiplayer in this game is a must as you can play with up to seven other people in VS mode or three other friends in the regular campaign. The best thing about the online multiplayer… the long since forgotten two players on one console is back! You can play in any mode with you and another person on your console without having to have a second Xbox live account.

The versus mode can be one of the best things to hit zombie games, because it lets you become one of four special zombies to thwart away the survivors. Sadly if you do not use team work and are stuck with relatively inexperienced people, chances are you will not do very well. The basic idea is to wait till the survivors are separated and strike with everything you’ve got.

Achievements:

If you are looking to rack up another 800 achievement points, Left 4 Dead is the game for you. A majority of the points can be achieved relatively quick with the exception of some specialty ones that require a ridiculous amount of game play, if you can put this game down after your points that is.

Overall:

If you are any type of zombie fan this game is almost required. Don’t rent this bad boy it’s surely worth the purchase.

**Editors note

This is one of the most bad ass experiences you will get from a game, forget COD World at War, this game just drop kicked it in the face! -EvO

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Achievements for Left 4 Dead

	Helping Hand	20
	Revive 50 incapacitated Survivors.
	Field Medic	20
	Heal 25 Survivors with a first aid kit.
	Pharm-assist	20
	Give pain pills to 10 Survivors.
	My Bodyguard	15
	Protect any Survivor from an attacking Infected 50 times.
	Dead Stop	10
	Punch a Hunter as he is pouncing.
	Cr0wnd	30
	Kill a Witch with a single headshot.
	Untouchables	30
	No Survivors take damage after contacting the rescue vehicle.
	Drag and Drop	20
	Rescue a Survivor from a Smoker’s tongue before he takes damage.
	Blind Luck	20
	You or another Survivor take no damage after being vomited on by a Boomer.
	Akimbo Assassin	30
	Survive an entire campaign using only pistols.
	Hero Closet	10
	Rescue a Survivor trapped in a closet.
	Hunter Punter	10
	Shove a Hunter off of a pinned and helpless Survivor.
	Tongue Twister	20
	Free yourself from a Smoker who has grabbed you with his tongue.
	No Smoking Section	15
	Kill 10 Smokers as they are pulling helpless Survivors.
	101 Cremations	20
	Set 101 Infected on fire.
	Do Not Disturb	20
	Sneak past all Witches in a campaign without disturbing one.
	Man vs Tank	30
	Single-handedly kill a Tank.
	Tankbusters	20
	Kill a Tank without it dealing any damage to a Survivor.
	Safety First	30
	Play an entire campaign with no Survivors taking friendly fire damage.
	No-one Left Behind	20
	Beat a campaign with all 4 Survivors.
	Unbreakable	30
	Finish a campaign without ever being healed.
	Witch Hunter	20
	Kill a Witch without any Survivor taking damage from her.
	Red Mist	20
	Kill 1000 Infected with a mounted machine gun.
	Pyrotechnician	20
	Blow up 20 Infected in a single explosion.
	Zombie Genocidest	20
	Kill 53,595 Infected.
	Dead Giveaway	10
	Heal a fellow Survivor when your own health is below 10.
	Stand Tall	20
	Survive a campaign without being incapacitated.
	Zombicidal Maniac	30
	Survive any campaign on Expert.
	What Are You Trying to Prove?	35
	Survive all campaigns on Expert.
	Nothing Special	30
	Survive a campaign with no Survivors taking damage from Special Infected.
	Burn the Witch	10
	Light a Witch with a Molotov.
	Towering Inferno	10
	Light a Tank with a Molotov.
	Spinal Tap	10
	Kill an Infected with a single blow from behind.
	Stomach Upset	20
	All Survivors complete a campaign without being vomited on.
	Brain Salad	15
	Make 100 headshot kills.
	Jump Shot	20
	Headshot a Hunter while he’s leaping.
	Mercy Killer	15
	Survive the No Mercy campaign.
	Back 2 Help	20
	Leave a safe room to save an incapped teammate and bring them back safely.
	Toll Collector	15
	Survive the Death Toll campaign.
	Dead Baron	15
	Survive the Dead Air campaign.
	Grim Reaper	15
	Survive the Blood Harvest campaign.
	Ground Cover	30
	Save another Survivor from a Special Infected while on the ground.
	Clean Kill	10
	Shove a Boomer and then kill him without him splashing on anyone.
	Big Drag	20
	Drag a Survivor 100 feet with your tongue.
	Chain Smoker	20
	Constrict two Survivors in one life as a Smoker.
	Barf Bagged	20
	Cover four Survivors with Boomer bile at once.
	Double Jump	20
	Pounce two different Survivors in one life as a Hunter.
	All 4 Dead	30
	Kill all four Survivors in one life while playing as a Tank.
	Dead Wreckening	20
	Dole out 5000 total Survivor damage as a Special Infected.
	Lamb 2 Slaughter	20
	As an Infected, incap a Survivor who has entered and left a safe room.

-Source http://www.xbox360achievements.org

Play This movie: Resident Evil Degeneration

Milla is traded in for these CG gals

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Resident Evil Degeneration receives 3/5 burritos

Resident Evil Degeneration director Makoto Kamiya decided to take his film on a CG route far from the previous three. In lue of the terrible other CG only films like Final Fantasty, the perfection that comes from the movies graphics is just a taste of what is to come from our video games. Sadly the script and story line was pretty shallow and it seemed more so like a large advertisement with how amazing their CG graphics has come along.

The short end of the stick is the movie looks great, but the story line just leads away from the Umbrella Corp. onto the T-virus becoming a bio-terror attack weapon and the government hiding that it was created by humans. They are also trying to hide the G-virus (Nemesis project) until someone gets a hold of it. All in all the story line was pretty much junk and the film went by rather quickly, but the graphics boost the film to a great step towards hopefully a series of new CG films that don’t suck by epic proportions.

This film is worth a rent, but as there is not much in the special features department and the movie really doesn’t have much context to it you may as well just watch it and ditch it.

Play This game: Need for Speed Undercover

Need for Speed Undercover

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NFS Undercover gets 4/5 burritos on the Play This burrito rating systems

Need for Speed has long since been forgotten with a new title each year, but like the last few NFS Undercover was rushed out and has little to offer. There are very minor differences from the previous NFS pursuit games, but does not disappoint the fans of previous NFS games. The game play is fast paced and has a high replayability level when cops are thrown into the mix, but as far as purchasing this game goes for it’s new features, not worth the moolah.

The only negative thing on this game, aside from it being relatively boring after a few hours of straight game-play (which is bound to happen) is the terrible sound effects (SFX) throughout the game. One of the most annoying things that can be stuck in a game much like a film are unnecessary SFX. When starting your car from a stopped position it makes one of the most fowl tire screeching noises, but this would be perfectly ok if you floored it. This happens when even tapping on the gas peddle, which obviously is a bit ridiculous and relatively annoying.

Graphics & Cinematics: The graphics are great for a racing type game, but as most NFS games are not meant to be entirely realistic there is still a cartoony/Gone in 60 seconds feel to it. The cut scenes/cinematics of the game are another story, as they have live action cut scenes. For whatever reason they decided to get singer Christina Milian (pictured below) as their leading actress and did a terrible job, but she shouldn’t feel bad as all of the acting was trash. 3/5

Christina Milian - It's sad that this picture alone brings in 1,000 visitors a week.

SFX & Music: While the SFX were especially poor, the music was great. Any racing game that features intense speeds and running from the cops is loosely associated with some sort of techno/trance music with a fast paced beat. While there were only a few well known artists on the sound track, the mixes were still a great fuel to the fire. 4/5

Online/Multiplayer: The multiplayer feature has some new editions for the NFS series as they finally have some original content that you can not get during the actual game play. Cops and Robbers is a new feature that allows you to take place of the in game officers and take down the offenders. The game is just a glorified version of tag and is pretty unbalanced in the game play. Playing regular races is also very unbalanced as it doesn’t have a matching system. A new feature for NFS is that photo mode, which allows you to pause the game and take a photo of your current situation. [Example of ours shown below] 4/5

The 5-0 don't like when you run people off the road

Achievements: For those of you looking for easy achievements, NFS Undercover is the game for you. After just a few hours of game play you can get nearly 75 percent of the entire lot. Simply put rent this game, rack up on achievements and once you’ve had your fill ditch it. 5/5

Random annoyances:

• There is no main menu and the user interface is a pain.
• The AI can push you around and kill your cars engine but you can’t do it back.
• The terrible SFX.
• Photo mode’s photo is relatively hard to find.

Achievements

Accomplish the indicated achievement to get the corresponding number of Gamerscore points:

• Community Member (15 points): Create or use an existing account to sign into EA Nation.
• Active Community Member (20 points): Participated in any Community Day. Visit NeedforSpeed.com for more info.
• Freeze! Hold it right there! (25 points): Take a Photo and upload it to NeedforSpeed.com.
• Learner’s Permit (5 points): Acquire your first car in Career Mode.
• Apprentice Mechanic (5 points): Customize a car in Career mode.
• Meet Zack (10 points): Face off against Zack in ‘Rush Hour’.
• Meet Carmen (10 points): Face off against Carmen in ‘The Game’.
• Meet Hector (10 points): Face off against Hector in ‘Versus’.
• Meet Nickel (10 points): Face off against Nickel in ‘Road Rage’.
• Meet Rose (10 points): Face off against Rose in ‘Rollercoaster’.
• Zack Trap (25 points): Complete the Zack sequence in ‘The Trap’ mission.
• Bowling with Hector (25 points): Complete the Hector sequence in the mission ‘Kingpin’.
• To Protect and Serve (25 points): Complete the Carmen sequence in the mission ‘Rematch’.
• Nickel and Dimes (25 points): Complete the Nickel sequence in mission ‘Payback’.
• 2 Birds, 1 Stone (25 points): Complete the mission ‘Double Trouble’.
• Gold Coast to Ocean (15 points): Dominate the Gold Coast to Ocean event.
• East Fasulo Bridge (15 points): Dominate the East Fasulo Bridge event.
• Pine Creek & Douglas (15 points): Dominate the Pine Creek & Douglas event.
• South Canyon Hwy (15 points): Dominate the South Canyon Hwy event.
• East I-5 (15 points): Dominate the East I-5 event.
• Bay Drive & Harbor (15 points): Dominate the Bay Drive & Harbor event.
• Tri-City Run (15 points): Dominate the Tri-City Run event.
• North River Expressway (15 points): Dominate the North River Expressway event.
• Lose the Eye in the Sky (25 points): Escape from a helicopter in a successfully completed pursuit. (Must be Career level 8 or greater).
• Path of Destruction (10 points): Disable 10 Police Cars in a Pursuit and successfully evade in Career.
• Get out of the way! (5 points): Avoid 5 Road Blocks in a Pursuit and successfully evade in Career.
• Aficionado (10 points): Purchase or win any 5 cars for your garage.
• Keys to the City (5 points): Unlock Port Crescent in Career.
• Branching out (10 points): Unlock Sunset Hills in Career.
• Window Shopper (20 points): Discovered all 3 Pro Shops in Career.
• Nothing Stock (20 points): Discovered all 3 Tuning Shops in Career.
• Retired (40 points): Finish the Career Story.
• Hired Goons (20 points): Takeout all the ‘Goons’ in Career.
• 5 Finger Discount (20 points): Complete all Hot Car Missions.
• Chase or be Chased (20 points): Win all the Highway Battles in Career.
• Own the Road (25 points): Dominate 25 events in Career.
• Completionist (100 points): Complete all events in Career.
• Unstoppable Force (10 points): Avoid 50 Road Blocks in Career.
• Wasting Tax Dollars (20 points): Get $100,000 Cost to State in a single pursuit and evade.
• Spiked Punch (10 points): Avoid a spike strip in a Pursuit and successfully evade in Career.
• Love thy Tires (15 points): Avoid 12 Spike Strips total in Career pursuits.
• Lose the Fuzz (10 points): Successfully complete 5 Pursuits.
• Most Wanted (100 points): Successfully complete 50 Pursuits.
• Scrapheap (25 points): Disable 100 Police vehicles.
• Crossing the Line (10 points): Win a Ranked Multiplayer Cops and Robbers event.
• First! (10 points): Won a Multiplayer Ranked Game.
• First of Many (15 points): Win a Ranked Multiplayer event against 7 human players.
• Among the Best (25 points): Won 25 Ranked Multiplayer events.
• Notorious (50 points): Finish 119 Multiplayer Races in any position.
• Cat and Mouse Virus (5 points): Infected with the Cops and Robbers virus by another player in a Cops and Robbers event.

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