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Classic video game console the Amiga is getting a documentary

Posted on August 9, 2016 by Fionna Schweit

From Bedrooms to Billions the Omega Years will tell teh story of the rise of the personal computer as a gaming device. Following on the success of the original “From Bedrooms To Billions” this next instalment “From Bedrooms To Billions: The Amiga Years” gives you an insiders look into the fascinating true story on the Commodore Amiga’s influence on the video games industry.3

As with the original ‘From Bedrooms to Billions’ the filmmakers balance the ‘The Amiga Years!’ with nostalgic archive footage, stills and music with newly shot interviews with some of the original Amiga design team as well as with some of the biggest names in video game development, publishing, music and journalism from across the last 30 years.
The Amiga featured some truly stunning games and many of the creators of those games appear in The Amiga Years movie such as Eric Chahi (Another World), Bullfrog (Syndicate, Populous), Paul Cuisset (Flashback), Martin Edmondson (Shadow of the Beast), Team 17, Magnetic Fields, Factor 5, DICE, Cinemaware and many many more! It will be released in September 2016 on DVD and BluRay and available in both Standardand Special Editions.

Im interested in all things history (I actually have a history degree!) and so when things that are a part of gaming history get made, im always excited. Thought I havent seen the first documentary

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Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within | Retrospective

Posted on January 18, 2016 by Kenny Keelan

It’s a pretty well known stereotype in the North American movie world – perhaps globally – that movies based on the stories told in video games generally aren’t that great. Of course, that’s a somewhat mixed opinion with the people who actually make them because, in spite of this, a great number of those movies turn a pretty nice profit, some of them even hitting blockbuster status. Among those that were panned critically, though, is a diamond in the rough that was often seen as a great standalone movie that suffered against a franchise name that was well-known for being incredibly high quality and was riding a huge wave of success and expectation at the time. The pressure of expectation was a big one and for a brand new studio created by a company that hadn’t ever made a feature-length film in the past – we have to remember their contributions to the Animatrix series of shorts and the various CGI work they’d done for other movies before The Spirits Within – and with that hype train riding faster and faster towards release, the movie was almost doomed to be panned, from the time that train got on the tracks… follow the jump for more!

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Riddick is coming back

Posted on November 22, 2015 by Fionna Schweit

Many fans were disappointed with the “conclusion” of the final Riddick film the self titled “Riddick”. The Necromonger story line wasn’t properly resolved and the excuse for why was flimsy at best. So fans will no doubt be excited to hear that another film has been greenlit. Vin diesel announced the film via Instagram along side  TV show to be called “Merc City” which will follow the mercenary companies of the Riddick universe.

“Merc City is a show that will follow the Mercs and Bounty Hunters of the Riddick Universe,”

he said. The show will be produced by a new TV subsidiary of Diesel’s own One Race Films production company.

 

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The new film is to be called “Furia” which is the name of the planet that the hero is from, the same planet that the Necromongers committed a genocide on  in order to prevent Riddick from existing. David Twohy will return to  direct and Vin Diesel reported that he will begin to write the script this month. Riddick has been notably absent from game media recent with Assault on Dark Athena launched in 2009 for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, being the last game to feature Riddick. Hopefully this means that we will be getting at least one more game staring the merc and his twin knives and sweet spot.

 

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Star Wars the Force Unleashed Trailer Three is HERE!!!!!!

Posted on October 19, 2015 by Fionna Schweit

Ok Star Wars Fans! The final Trailer for the next installment of our beloved franchise is finally out!

The trailer features all your favorite new characters, and seems to explain how our two main characters will meet, as well as giving us a little BB-8 action. The non-stop action is overlayed by the amazing orchestral music of John Williams. It feels like home. This is the Star Wars we have been waiting for.  Check out the trailer below.

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