Important Importables: Ponyo movie review
Handdrawn, 2D animation is an endangered art form. Most films are now made with computers and companies have a habit of releasing everything in 3D. Thankfully, Studio Ghibli is still doing things the old fashioned way. The company’s latest film, Ponyo, is among its most beautiful, and is a new… Continue Reading »
Gamertell Review: Harry Potter and the Half-Blooded Prince the movie
This has been a big week for Harry Potter fans. The sixth movie in the series, Harry Potter and the Half-Blooded Prince has just been released in theaters. Once again, Steve Kloves is responsible for the screenplay, and the director is David Yates, who also directed Harry Potter and the… Continue Reading »
Opinion: Only certain kinds of video games can inspire great movies
Fans have a love-hate relationship with movie adaptations of popular video games. For every successful transition, for example Silent Hill, there’s an In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale or Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li. Chances are, the movie isn’t going to live up to the… Continue Reading »
Sony Home Update: Sports Complex phase 1 is now open, free items and more Xi mysteries
As mentioned in the previous Sony Home Update, Electronic Arts wowed gamers with the new Godfather II Home space packed with two levels of card tables and mentioned working on a Sports Complex for gamers. Well, that complex finally opened Thursday, April 23, 2009, with two levels to explore. Also… Continue Reading »
Gamertell Review: Dead Space Downfall on DVD, Blu-ray
Title: Dead Space Downfall Release Date: October 28, 2008 Company: Anchor Bay Rating: Not Rated Length 74 minutes Pros: Strong story as a prequel. Great character development. Monster, environment and perspective animation is spot-on Cons: Voice acting didn’t work as well as it could have, character animation has inconsistent quality,… Continue Reading »
EA partners with Universal for Army of Two movie
Following the mid-2007 unveiling of a collaboration with 20th Century Fox to produce a movie based on The Sims franchise, Electronic Arts has now confirmed that it will be translating another of its videogame properties into a feature movie — Army of Two. Released in March 2008 for the Xbox… Continue Reading »
Resident Evil: Degeneration slumping into stores December 30, 2008
Yes it’s a big let down that Resident Evil 5 won’t be coming out this year along with all the other big games but we will still get our yearly Resident Evil fix. It won’t be a game this time around but instead the animated feature Resident Evil: Degeneration is… Continue Reading »
Max Payne makes a killing at the box office
When it was announced that Max Payne, the third-person action game developed by Rockstar, would receive the cinematic treatment, gamers were excited. After all, the game was regarded as one of the best in terms of storytelling and thus did an excellent job in allowing players to empathize with Payne’s… Continue Reading »
Gaia Online becomes new market for virtual resource
Gaia Online just announced the release of celebrity-inspired items for Gaia users. This week’s items now allow registrants the opportunity to dress up their avatars as Snoop Dogg or The Incredible Hulk with hairstyles, purple pants, green fists and more. This marks the first time fully licensed celebrity-branded virtual items… Continue Reading »
Gamertell Review: The Dark Knight the movie
Title: The Dark Knight (aka Batman: The Dark Knight, Batman Begins 2, The Dark Knight: The IMAX Experience) Release Date: July 18, 2008 Company: Warner Bros. Rating: PG-13 Length: 142 min (2 hours, 22 minutes) Pros: A lot of great acting, a well-woven story and plenty of psychological creepiness. The… Continue Reading »
Experience what it’s like to download at unlimited speeds from a massive collection of over 800 Terabytes of user uploads. You’ll max out your Internet connection downloading a file in… Continue Reading »
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Live Coverage of E3 2009
The Gamertell team brings us live coverage from the E3 Expo.
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