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Chronicle Review

Paul Dronet — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:46:25 +0000

The found footage genre has primarily been filled with horror or thriller entries. It makes sense. The immediacy and intimacy of the work can lend itself incredibly well to an intense setting, at least when the film is successful. Which isn’t that often. So, it is a surprise that the latest found footage film is [...]

Double Fine Raises Huge Kickstarter Funds for Adventure Project

Sean Bassinger — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:31:28 +0000

UPDATE: Double Fine has raised over one million dollars in less than 24 hours. Pretty amazing stuff. In just over eight hours, Double Fine Productions successfully collected more than $400,000 for a publicly funded adventure game and documentary project with 2 Player Productions. Dubbed the “Double Fine Adventure,” initial announcements on the company’s website stated [...]

Marvel Releases New Amazing Spider-Man Trailer

Oscar Chrin — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:43:18 +0000

In the wake of Sunday’s Avengers trailer release, another Marvel trailer has come down our internet tubes, this time for The Amazing Spider-Man. The film is a complete reboot of the Spider-Man movie franchise, taking the story back to the beginning again and showing a high school aged Peter Parker (Andrew Garfield) first obtaining his [...]

Is This the Real Life? Is This Just Fantasy… Football, That Is

Dikla Tuchman — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 02:54:16 +0000

Though the playoffs for Fantasy Football ended at the end of the NFL regular season weeks ago, we got to thinking as the Super Bowl approached, how popular the interactive, virtual competition has become in the past couple of years. The basic premise of Fantasy Football is that the player acts as the general manager [...]

Super Bowl Avengers Trailer Has A Hulk

Rob Thomas — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 02:45:16 +0000

If you were watching today’s Super Bowl for the commercials (and really, is there any other reason to watch?) you no doubt caught a peek at the newest trailer for Marvel’s movie adaptation of The Avengers. Assuming you haven’t spent the last half hour or so just replaying it on your DVR, instead of watching [...]

The Grey Review

Paul Dronet — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 20:34:40 +0000

Ever since the dawn of communication, people have created and recounted tales of the battle between humanity and the elements; Man Vs. Nature, Man Vs. Beast, etc. In modern times, the stories are more immediate and distressing due to our reliance on conveniences that have dulled our senses and instincts, made us unprepared and unsuited for [...]

Katawa Shoujo Review

Rob Rich — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 23:51:44 +0000

It all started with a sketch on 4chan. On January 4, 2007, an anonymous poster uploaded an image by doujin artist RAITA. The illustrator credited it to a non-existent dating sim (a popular genre in Japan) called “Katawa Shoujo” or “Disability Girls.” 4chan being 4chan, people began talking. What if this were a real game? [...]

Rayman Origins Review

Lucy Harrington — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 23:06:08 +0000

In a world where we praise dull, grey landscapes for their ‘likeness’ to real-life portrayals of war, Rayman Origins‘ 2D landscapes are refreshingly lush, full of vibrant colour and contrast. Whether you are swimming through underwater worlds or exploring beautiful jungles, the attention to detail is clearly of paramount importance to the developers. Every world [...]

And The Nominees Are…

Paul Dronet — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 19:54:23 +0000

Artists, and War Horses, and Descendants! Oh my! Another year has passed, and it’s time for Hollywood’s old Dog-and-Pony Show to celebrate those they deem worthy with The 84th Annual Academy Awards. Outside of a few notable surprises, we have the usual rabble we’ve come to expect being honored this year. The likes of Meryl Streep, Glenn [...]

CFD! Joins SOPA/PIPA Internet Blackout Protests

Rob Thomas — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 00:04:01 +0000

Crush! Frag! Destroy! is going dark for a while. For 12 hours tomorrow (8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Eastern Standard Time), January 18th, we will be blacking out the website in solidarity with numerous other, such as Reddit and Wikipedia, who stand against the pending US internet censorship legislation known as SOPA (Stop Online Piracy [...]