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Elsewhere, 1/27
- I hope that The Ross brings 4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days—which won the Palme D’Or at the 2007 Cannes festival—to Lincoln soon, and here are two reasons why.
- Brett McCracken reviews Cloverfield:
Cloverfield packs a wallop, in part because it takes our media-obsessed curiosity and slaps it in our face. We are increasingly prone to gawk, to see what the fuss is about, to be ‘in on’ whatever gruesome or unlikely anomaly is out there to be recorded. This is why Cloverfield‘s cryptic ‘what is this about’ marketing campaign worked so well. We have to know. We have to look. We must be a witness. People will want to see how it all went down… It’s entertainment.
- EA responds to that piss-poor Fox News piece on Mass Effect—which you can watch here (just try to keep your lunch down). Not surprisingly, things are at a bit of an impasse.
- Speaking of video games, I have a feeling that Star Wars: Force Unleashed is going to be the game of 2008—if these videos are any indication, that is.
- Watch the English-subtitled trailer for The Girl Who Leapt Through Time, courtesy of IGN.
- TUAW gives a sneak peek of Delicious Library 2.
Comments
Michael
January 27, 2008 7:54pmWithout knowing much about ‘Mass Effect’ as a game, I have to say I am shocked at the reaction in the media going by that clip. I am glad I am from the UK, because the outcry in the media in the US, due to that game would never happen here.
The point is people seek an out from reality, which is what video games should be percieved as. Those who chose to take such vehicles as gospel, really have to look at themselves. It is entertainment after all.
Crime, violence and ‘mature’ content are not new things to this century. They have been prevalent in society since the beginning. It seems to me people like Coope, who have very right of centre attitudes, are looking for scapegoats and are blind to the actual causes.