Darksider’s Promo Arrived

Apparently THQ handles promos better than Blizzard (where’s my Terran Marine?) as Red Faction and arrived a few days ago. (I’m lazy, sue me).

Haven’t played Red Faction yet, been a  little busy with Changes, Pokemon Gold and Dante’s Inferno lately.

I did check out the Darksider’s bonus disc though. It’s kinda neat in ‘look at once before shelfing’ way. Has a bunch of wallpapers, concept art, ads and comercials. Also includes a pdf file called a Hellbook. I wouldn’t call it a mini strategy guide, more of a encyclopedia Darksiders with descriptions on all the characters, locals and weapons in game.

Starcraft 2 - $pecial Edition

So Blizzard announced StaCraft 2 is going to have a collector’s edition. Click HERE for some details from GameInformer.

Basically for $100 (standard edition is slated for $60, most new PC games are $50), you get a bunch of cool extras that you’ll use once or twice.

• #0 Starcraft comic -  w/e
• special avatars for battle.net – w/e
• Different model for the Terran Thor in game – weird
• Soundtrack – possibly cool
• WoW pet that looks like a Terran Thor – woohoo! once
• Artbook – Woohoo! once
• Making of DVD – this can be hit miss, I was very impressed with the DVD that came with Burning Crusade, Wrath not so much
• 2GB flash drive that looks like Raynor’s dog tags, preloaded with StarCraft and Brood War – 2gb? seriously?

I… just don’t know about this. The coolest things are the soundtrack, art book and in game WoW pet. Artbook and pet will likely be looked at once and forgotten. Honestly, how often to you take the time to dig out a pet when wandering Dalaran. I do occasionally find myself listening to sounds track, though usually the Echoes of War version, not the official releases.

I could really care less about the avatars and comic, the ingame Thor model is neat I suppose but really a minor change. The flash drive is gimicky, 2gb and shaped weird – yay!

Also consider  - this isn’t Starcraft 2, this is StarCraft 2: Wings of Liberty. The Terran campaign. In all likliood we’ll be looking at another %100 for the Zerg and ‘Toss campaigns. And if I do get the CE I’ll be forced to get the other 2 CEs as well (see prev post on replacing The Dresden Files in hardback).

I’m thinking I may need to pass up the CE for StarCraft. Unless… they decide to include a Terran Marine figure! Those bastards till owe me.

Update: gamesradar.com has pics of the artbook, flash drive and Thor pet.

Update: Preordered at gamestop.com, shut up

Changes… by Jim Butcher

OMFG!!

Spoilers - Spoilers - Spoilers

So about half way through and… OMFG!! Harry and Susan have a daughter! Molly has the hots for Harry! The Blue Beetle is no more! Harry’s office is no more! Harry’s apartment is no more! Harry fell to the Dark Side and is the @#$%ing Winter Knight!

Must keep reading…

Update: Just finshed. Jim Butcher is an evil motherfucker and I hope he dies.. Dies painfully from infected wounds on his dick.

More Spoilers: Murphy gets the Sword, and kicks ass on cosmic levels. The Red Court – GONE! Susan’s dead. Grandpa Eb?  And the book ends (fuck Butcher!) with Harry shot and dying… Sonbitch! Aprox 6 months for the next one!!

Another update: added larger spoiler warnings as Jim can’t read

Pokemon Pricing

There’s now a $10 difference between Silver/Gold at Amazon now with HearthGold at 28.67 and SoulSilver at 38.99. WTF

Lazy Movie Review: Clash of the Titans

Saw the 2D version today. Thank god I didn’t have to pay the 3D prices. It’s not a horrible movie, it’s just incredibly average action movie and not worth the extra cost.

Movie does get extra points for a few things though. For one, it’s a Greek myth. I have to give it props for subject matter as it’s not something seen often.

Liam Neeson as Zeus doesn’t really have much to do, but damned if I didn’t get excited every time he spoke. Dude is the new James Earl Jones.

Also has a few negatives though. It’s been awhile since reviewed the myth, but I do recall Perseus was a friggin’ genius and his plan for Medusa was to fight via the reflection of his shield. Mr. Worthington gets knocked on his ass and notices his shield is shiny.

Speaking of Sam Worthington, I normally don’t give much thought to performances preferring to concentrate on the general story. Actors do much better than I could do so I don’t feel right mocking them for any perceived shortcomings. That said, I am starting to wonder if Worthington has had some horrible Botox mishap, he doesn’t seem capable of changing expressions.

For being a thoroughly average movie, Clash gets a thoroughly average score:

3 Stars – Of 5

Trailer Breakdown:

• The Expendables: I was late to be seated, was that Jet Li?
• Salt: Looks interesting
• The Losers: Generic action flick
• Iron Man 2: Woohoo!
• Robin Hood: Looks boring

Rebates

Way back in 1998 Blizzard released an expansion to a little known game call StarCraft. This expansion was called Brood War. I was still a teenager then and Brood War was one of the first things I can recall that ‘I’ bought.

At the time Brood War came out Blizzard was running a rebate, get the game and you get a free Terran Marine action figure.

I still have the Brood War box. UPC code is cut out and there’s a small tear on the front cover from where the rebate form came off. I never did receive my Terran Marine. 12 years later and yes, I’m still bitter. Blizzard, you owe me a Terran Marine and I want one goddamnit!!

In a related story: the Darksiders promotion still hasn’t arrived. I’m starting to be annoyed.

In a unrelated story: Looking over the Brood War box brings back memories. Kerrigan is somehow hot after being Zergified, freaky. And look at these specs:

• Pentium 90!
• 16 MB RAM!
• SVGA!
• 14.4 Kbps modem

It was the friggin’ dark ages!!

Random Thoughts

I wonder how many takes were ruined while filming Battlestar Galactica by actors saying fuck instead in frack.