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December 4th, 2009 at 10:00pm
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We can’t be gaming all the time, despite our best efforts, and from time to time we’ll actually take advantage of the movie-playing abilities on our gaming systems. JBO features our top picks for XBL, PSN, Netflix’s Watch Instantly and Blu-ray each week.
Recommendation of the Week:
Star Trek: The Original Series (Blu-ray, all three seasons, prices vary)
All three seasons of
Star Trek: The Original Series will be available as of December 15, which is when Season Three comes out. Besides the awesome bloopers and flubs, it also has the entire unaired original
Trek pilot in the set. Bizarrely, this was the original opening monologue: “Enterprise log, Captain James Kirk commanding. We are leaving that vast cloud of stars and planets which we call our galaxy. Behind us, Earth, Mars, Venus, even our sun are specks of dust. A question: What is out there in the black void beyond? Until now, our mission has been that of space law regulation, contact with Earth colonies and investigation of alien life. But now, a new task. A probe out into where no man has gone before.” Seems like a good thing they changed it. “A probe out into” is a bit much.
Trek has never, ever looked or sounded (there’s a new 7.1 mix!) better, and you can pick this up in a
box set, or get the individual seasons. Beam us up.
Read on for the rest of the recommendations, and as usual, we’ll see you at the popcorn sta — well, actually, we won’t see you at all. But you catch our drift. Plus, be sure to tell us what you’ll be watching, or what you’ve seen recently that bowled you over.
Continue reading JBO: Joystiq Box Office, November 30 – December 4
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December 4th, 2009 at 01:10am
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How awesome is Mass Effect 2? Well, if BioWare Community Coordinator Chris Priestly is to be believed, it is about twice as awesome. “You cannot fit this much awesome on one disc,” Priestly stated on the BioWare forums, after revealing the game content will span two discs.
The necessity of two discs may mean a staggering amount of content for the RPG sequel — the original was certainly no slouch in content. While some may lament the necessity of having to get up at least once during Mass Effect 2, Priestly promises that the disc swap happens at a dramatically appropriate point in the story. “Even though there is a disc swap, it occurs at a carefully planned place in the game (that does not interfere with gameplay) and is done once. You do not swap back and forth. 1 swap and then done.”
We’re going to fathom a guess as to when the swap will occur: immediately after the “suicide mission” revealed in the game’s initial teaser.
[Thanks, Darth B.; Via Kotaku]
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November 13th, 2009 at 09:35pm
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We can’t be gaming all the time, despite our best efforts, and from time to time we’ll actually take advantage of the movie-playing abilities on our gaming systems. JBO features our top picks for XBL, PSN, Netflix’s Watch Instantly and Blu-ray each week.
Recommendation of the Week:
The Office: Series One (Netflix Watch Instantly)
While everyone was quick to sneer at the American version of
The Office on NBC and say “Oh, it’s not as good as the original,” that new show has gone a long way towards proving itself. However, they’re right … it’s still not as good as the original. Now the entire British run of
The Office is available on Netflix. If you haven’t seen it yet, dive in here with the entire first series, then move on to Series Two and the Specials. Ricky Gervais hasn’t struck box office gold yet in America (his movies
Ghost Town and
The Invention of Lying have fallen a bit flat), but
The Office is more than good enough to make up for it.
Read on for the rest of the recommendations, and as usual, we’ll see you at the popcorn sta — well, actually, we won’t see you at all. But you catch our drift. Plus, be sure to tell us what you’ll be watching, or what you’ve seen recently that bowled you over.
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October 30th, 2009 at 10:00pm
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We can’t be gaming all the time, despite our best efforts, and from time to time we’ll actually take advantage of the movie-playing abilities on our gaming systems. JBO features our top picks for XBL, PSN, Netflix’s Watch Instantly and Blu-ray each week.
Halloween looms right around the corner! In preparation for a spook-tacular weekend full of fun and frights, we present you with an all-horror edition of Joystiq Box Office. Although in all honesty, nothing tops Trick ‘r Treat
from a couple of weeks ago. You owe it to Halloween to check that out. Of course, being the geeks that we are, we’d also like to remind you that Battlestar Galactica: The Plan
is now out on Blu-ray, DVD, PSN, and the Xbox Marketplace. It’s not their best work, but hey … it’s more Battlestar Galactica
!
Recommendation of the Week:
Monsturd (Netflix Watch Instantly)
Yes, this is seriously a movie. A fugitive on the run accidentally falls into a sewage tunnel, which is also where a chemical company has been dumping their toxic waste. As a result, he becomes Monsturd: half-man, half-poop. I kid you not. There have been poop monsters in movies before, like the transformed Chet in
Weird Science and the Golgathan from Kevin Smith’s
Dogma, but nothing compares to Monsturd. It’s actually not a bad send-up of the classic 50s frightfilms, and the tagline for the movie is “Don’t get caught with your pants down!” How can you go wrong?
A lot of you have been asking about the pricing on certain Xbox releases. For instance Red Cliff is 800
($10) to rent in standard definition, as opposed to the normal rental price of 320 ($4) for SD. The reason for this is that it has not yet been released in theaters, and is exclusive to the Xbox 360, Amazon, and certain VOD outlets. The film actually opens on November 18, so the added price is for the benefit of seeing it early.
As usual, we’ll see you at the popcorn sta — well, actually, we won’t see you at all. But you catch our drift. Plus, be sure to tell us what you’ll be watching, or what you’ve seen recently that bowled you over.
Continue reading JBO: Joystiq Box Office, October 26 – October 30, Horror Edition!
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October 23rd, 2009 at 09:30pm
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We can’t be gaming all the time, despite our best efforts, and from time to time we’ll actually take advantage of the movie-playing abilities on our gaming systems. JBO features our top picks for XBL, PSN, Netflix’s Watch Instantly and Blu-ray each week.
Recommendation of the Week:
Red Cliff (VOD, Amazon, and
Xbox 360: 800
($10) SD to rent)
John Woo is back! And thankfully this isn’t the John Woo who directed
Paycheck or
Windtalkers. This is more like the
Hard Boiled,
Hard Target John Woo … just on a massive scale. It’s an epic film based on actual historic events and battles that took place in China around 208 AD. Chinese audiences were treated to a four hour long version that was split into two parts, and it has become the highest grossing film in Chinese history. American audience are getting a version that’s been heavily edited down to 2.5 hours, but it is still well worth watching. Three epic battles, stealth, trickery, and martial arts action. Plus it reunited John Woo with actor Tony Leung who co-starred in
Hard Boiled with Chow Yun-Fat. Don’t balk at the running time, because it is worth every minute. Check out an exclusive clip of the movie
over at Cinematical.
A lot of you have been asking about the pricing on certain Xbox releases. For instance Red Cliff is 800 ($10) to rent in standard definition, as opposed to the normal rental price of 320 ($4) for SD. The reason for this is that it has not yet been released in theaters, and is exclusive to the Xbox 360, Amazon, and certain VOD outlets. The film actually opens on November 18, so the added price is for the benefit of seeing it early.
As usual, we’ll see you at the popcorn st — well, actually, we won’t see you at all. But you catch our drift. Plus, be sure to tell us what you’ll be watching, or what you’ve seen recently that bowled you over.
Continue reading JBO: Joystiq Box Office, October 19 – October 23
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October 16th, 2009 at 11:30pm
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We can’t be gaming all the time, despite our best efforts, and from time to time we’ll actually take advantage of the movie-playing abilities on our gaming systems. JBO features our top picks for XBL, PSN, Netflix’s Watch Instantly and Blu-ray each week.
Recommendation of the Week:
Black Dynamite (In actual theaters — get out of the house and treat yourself!)
Remember Michael Jai White? The dude played
Spawn in the forgettable movie, and was seen without makeup or a mask as Gambol in
The Dark Knight. However, you’ve never seen him as a jive-talkin’, nunchuck-swingin’, butt kickin’, fro-wearin’ guy who gets results. From the website: “When ‘The Man’ murders his brother, pumps heroin into local orphanages, and floods the ghetto with adulterated malt liquor, Black Dynamite is the one hero willing to fight all the way from the blood-soaked city streets to the hallowed halls of the Honky House.” You owe it to yourself to see an amazing return to blaxploitation.
As usual, we’ll see you at the popcorn st — well, actually, we won’t see you at all. But you catch our drift. Plus, be sure to tell us what you’ll be watching, or what you’ve seen recently that bowled you over.
Continue reading JBO: Joystiq Box Office, October 12 – October 16
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October 9th, 2009 at 10:30pm
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We can’t be gaming all the time, despite our best efforts, and from time to time we’ll actually take advantage of the movie-playing abilities on our gaming systems. JBO features our top picks for XBL, PSN, Netflix’s Watch Instantly and Blu-ray each week.
Recommendation of the Week:
Anvil: The Story of Anvil (DVD: $24.98 MSRP, cheaper at most retailers)
Just for the record, I’m not a fan of heavy metal. It’s just never been my thing. But this documentary about a band you’ve never heard of just came out on DVD, and it’s one of the most moving, amazing movies I’ve seen in a long time. You’ll laugh, cry, play some air drums or guitar, and ultimately be won over. Steve “Lips” Kudlow channels more emotion in this movie than most actors ever do in their lives, and you’ll understand why he’s kept this failed band going for 30 years. By day he works at a depressing school catering job, and in his spare time he and longtime childhood friend (and drummer) Robb Reiner rock as heavy metal band Anvil. The film chronicles their history, a failed European tour, and what life is like for the flipside of Metallica or Slayer. Highly recommended.
As usual, we’ll see you at the popcorn st — well, actually, we won’t see you at all. But you catch our drift. Plus, be sure to tell us what you’ll be watching, or what you’ve seen recently that bowled you over.
Continue reading JBO: Joystiq Box Office, October 5 – October 9
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October 2nd, 2009 at 10:40pm
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We can’t be gaming all the time, despite our best efforts, and from time to time we’ll actually take advantage of the movie-playing abilities on our gaming systems. JBO features our top picks for XBL, PSN, Netflix’s Watch Instantly and Blu-ray each week.
Recommendation of the Week:
Jim Henson Double Feature: Labyrinth and The Dark Crystal (PlayStation 3 – Blu-ray disc, $27.95 MSRP per movie, cheaper at most retailers)
Both of these classic Jim Henson movies have been released on DVD before, but this is their first time to Blu-ray, and the first time they’ve looked so good. Whether it’s a magical world full of Skeksis, Gelflings and ultra-powerful crystals, or a magical world full of David Bowie, Bogs of Eternal Stenches and Jennifer Connelly (hubba hubba), the imagination that Jim Henson put into his movies was amazing, especially in a day and age before CGI. One interesting note is that when the Jim Henson Company sold the Muppets to Disney, they retained the rights to
Labyrinth and
The Dark Crystal, amongst other properties. They’ve been working on another
Dark Crystal film, and I sure hope it comes to theaters one day.
As usual, we’ll see you at the popcorn st — well, actually, we won’t see you at all. But you catch our drift. Plus, be sure to tell us what you’ll be watching, or what you’ve seen recently that bowled you over.
Continue reading JBO: Joystiq Box Office, September 28 – October 2
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September 25th, 2009 at 10:45pm
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We can’t be gaming all the time, despite our best efforts, and from time to time we’ll actually take advantage of the movie-playing abilities on our gaming systems. JBO features our top picks for XBL, PSN, Netflix’s Watch Instantly and Blu-ray each week.
This week marks the start of
Fantastic Fest at the
Alamo Drafthouse in Austin, TX, where this writer will be embedded for the next week. It’s a celebration of movies in the vein of geek: sci-fi, horror, anime, weird Asian cult movies and more. With that in mind, we’re skewing this week’s Joystiq Box Office towards the
weird.
Recommendation of the Week:
Ong Bak 2 (Xbox Live Marketplace: 1200
($15) HD, 800
($10) SD to buy)
How do you train an orphan to survive? By kicking him into a murky pit full of alligators. If he can survive that, he’ll have no problem with the rest of life. That’s just the opening scene. The rest of the movie is full of martial arts action, including stunts involving herds of elephants. It’s beautifully shot, full of action set in ancient Thailand and goes above and beyond your typical Hollywood fare. Directed, written and starring Tony Jaa, it confusingly has nothing to do with
Ong Bak: Muy Thay Warrior. Too bad they didn’t give it another name, but rest assured you don’t need to see that movie to enjoy this one. In fact, only see that before this if you want to confuse yourself. It’s a bit more expensive because it’s exclusive online to the Xbox 360 and just hitting theaters as well.
Read for the full list on a system-by-system basis just after the break, where you’ll also find a special trailer for Ong Bak 2 to help convince you that you need to give it a shot. As usual, we’ll see you at the popcorn st — well, actually, we won’t see you at all. But you catch our drift. Plus, be sure to tell us what you’ll be watching, or what you’ve seen recently that bowled you over.
Continue reading JBO: Joystiq Box Office, September 22 – September 25
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August 20th, 2009 at 04:20pm
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Click to embiggen.Square Enix’s decision to simultaneously launch Final Fantasy XIII on both PS3 and Xbox 360 certainly caused a lot of fan fervor. With each DVD holding far less data than a Blu-ray disc, PlayStation fanboys soon came up with mock-ups of the 360 version of the game, some with as many as 40 discs! Xbox 360 users won’t have to worry, though, as reality is shaping up quite differently.
Speaking at GamesCom, Square Enix’s Yoshinori Kitase commented: “This isn’t the final count yet, but we’re aiming for about three discs.” The team is working to compress as much as possible, while still keeping the quality high. Interestingly enough, at three discs, Final Fantasy XIII won’t take the crown for the 360 game with the highest disc count. Instead, Microsoft’s exclusive Lost Odyssey manages to stay on top with its four.
Releasing a multi-disc Final Fantasy game isn’t new for Square Enix. In fact, the company launched Final Fantasy VII on three discs back in the PS1 era. In spite of the burden of having to change discs, we heard that game turned out pretty alright.
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