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During Comic Con 2008, many games and comics were featured. And who wouldn’t want to attend a special preview of today’s most talented directors and animators create independent film masterpieces. The Comic-Con International Independent Film Festival consisted of movies that fell into seven categories: action/adventure, animation, comics-oriented, documentary, humor/parody, horror and science fiction/fantasy. On July 27, 2008, the top films in each category were announced and awarded.

This year’s Comic-Con International: Independent Film Festival are…

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Title: Kung Fu Panda
Price: $29.99
System(s): DS (Wii, PS2, PS3, Xbox 360, PC)
Release Date: June 3, 2008
Publisher (Developer): Activision (Vicarious Visions)
ESRB Rating: “Everyone 10+” for cartoon violence
Pros: Utilizes the touchscreen extremely well and maintains a fair amount of humor. Nice looking environments and smooth panda moves.
Cons: Moments of boring backtracking, overly difficult bosses (for the target audience), redundant opponents and claustrophobic rooms.
Overall Score: One thumb up, one down; 79/100; C+; * * 1/2 out of five.

Although Chinese kung fu is not necessarily related to the idea of yin and yang, both play a huge part in Kung Fu Panda for the DS.

On the sunny yang side, when the game is good, it’s surprisingly good, taking excellent advantage of the DS’s touchscreen. On the darker yin side, when the game is bad, it’s really bad and becomes unplayable especially for the young, teen audience the game is aiming for…

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I often take a lot of flack for my devoted love affair with the new Star Wars trilogy over the original - yes, even Episode I. For me, the new the trilogy opened up the Star Wars universe unlike the original trilogy ever had. Well, apparently George Lucas agrees with me as he is finishing up development of, Star Wars: The Clone Wars, which is set to be released as a double whammy this year, 2008, both on cable TV and another theatrical release. 

Star Wars: The Clone Wars will chronicle the events between Episode II and III as it focuses on the epic war between the…

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Seth MacFarlane, creator of well-known hit animated series Family Guy and American Dad, has been named the host of the 2nd Annual Elan Awards Show scheduled to perform on February 15, 2008 at The Centre in Vancouver for the Performing Arts.

“I am extremely excited to be hosting the 2nd Annual Elan Awards. I am, of course, heavily involved in animation, and gaming seems to be the wave of the future,” said MacFarlane in a press release posted by the Canadian Awards for the Electronic and Animated Arts (CAEAA), then joked, “but most of all, I’m excited to purchase inexpensive prescription drugs and smuggle them back into the United States.”

The announcement was made today (January 7, 2008) by the producers of CAEAA, event partners (which include Ernest & Young, Electronic Arts (EA) Autodesk, N-GAGE by NOKIA) and by the Government of British Columbia.

The CAEAA’s Elan Awards are given to Video Game development and Animation industry talent. The Elans are awarded to otherwise behind-the-scenes individuals in the industry are are given for exceptional talents in much the same way Hollywood awards their actors with an Oscar.

Tickets for the event go on sale today and can be purchased online at The Elans official website.

Read [The Elans Award] Site [Seth Macfarlane’s Official Website]

Whenever I hear the phrase “human Tetris,” it brings to mind images that are no very appropriate for children (yet is most often the reason they exist).

As Wired has pointed out, there are much less naughty and more publicly acceptable ways for people to perform large-scale Tetris with the human form.

The performance art project was organized by Swiss artist Guillaume Reymond, who had 88 people in an auditorium change seats, sit still, be photographed/filmed and then move accordingly. According to Wired, the project included 800 photos and took…

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Final Fantasy A+, a hilarious Final Fantasy Flash-based animation, has developed a small cult following on the web. The animation features fantastic animation, an amusing story and all the Final Fantasy staples. The animation was created by John Su (Mousekliks) for a high school Japanese final exam - don’t worry though, the animation is subtitled.

While the video itself is fairly old (it was originally submitted to New Grounds in April 2004) it has seen a sudden, more recent resurgence in popularity thanks to blogs and the appearance of the short on other websites.

The video follows a whole new Final Fantasy crew as they face off against something they have never experienced before, school. Okay, FFVIII did have a military school, but this is school school, not soldier-training school. In an atmosphere similar to FFV or FFVI, three young boys must battle homework, pop quizzes, tests, and final exams. You have to watch and see if Pensuke, Atticus, and Cid can possibly succeed.

It really is hilarious. My favorite part is definitely the Chocobo Cram School attack. Keep an eye out for it, you’ll love it.

Read [Girl_Gamers] Watch [Final Fantasy A+]