Additions announced to Dallas gaming expo
The Southwest Video Game Expo, planned for Nov. 20-22 in Dallas, recently announced additions to the show.
The expo will be held at the Dallas Convention Center, 650 S Griffin St. in Dallas, and is open to consumers and industry professionals.
Erika Hollings was named Southwest Gaming Expo ambassador, and she’ll be joined by “Goddesses of Gaming” Alli Marie, Candace Marie and Sara Speers.
Two prize packages were announced for the Expo. The Ultimate Gaming Den, which will be awarded in a racing simulation, and the Ultimate Mobile Gamer package, which will be awarded based on first-person shooter skills. A Microsoft Xbox 360 and an Alienware Area 51 Desktop are among prizes that will be awarded.
The Expo will also feature a play for free area, where over 40 machines will be set up to play for free. Games will include Tron, Zaxxon, Centipede, Space Invaders and others. Other machines on the show floor will have the latest titles available for attendees to play, including consoles playable for free in a 32 foot mobile video game lounge.
For more information, visit www.swge.com.
By Matthew Price
From Friday’s The Oklahoman
Godfather II game release date announced
THE NEXT LEVEL
The Godfather is coming back, courtesy of Electronic Arts and Paramount Digital Entertainment.
“The Godfather II” videogame will now be available in stores on April 7 in North America and April 10 in Europe.
“‘The Godfather II’ is taking the open-world genre in an entirely new direction by combining the furious combat of acting like a mobster, with the strategic gameplay of thinking like a Don,” said Hunter Smith, Executive Producer for “The Godfather II,” in a release. “The Corleones and all the other families schemed and fought to gain access and control of different territories, so that they could control the flow of money in those areas. This underlying battle cloaked secrecy is what ‘The Godfather II’ and mafia life is all about, and we wanted players to be in control as a Don and make those strategic decisions to lead their families to success.”
The game’s story will interconnect with key events from the film, including the meeting of the Dons in Cuba, blackmailing Senator Geary, and the Senate investigation of organized crime.
The game will be available for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and personal computer. Pre-ordering “The Godfather II” at participating retailers will allow gamers to receive an exclusive crew member, Tommy Cipolla. The game is rated M for mature.
By Matthew Price
From Friday’s The Oklahoman
Monday movie quote challenge #20
“What Jefferson was saying was, ‘Hey! You know, we left this England place ’cause it was bogus; so if we don’t get some cool rules ourselves — pronto — we’ll just be bogus too!’ Get it?”
Identify who said this quote in what film in the comments!
Matt will live-chat the Oscars (in part)
Around 8 p.m. or so, I’ll join in on Assistant Entertainment Editor George Lang’s live-chat of the Oscars. To join in yourself, just pop over to http://blog.newsok.com/staticblog, where George should have the action going right from the start of the festivities.
– Matt Price
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The mystery deepens in “Who is Superwoman?” part 2 in “Supergirl” 38, and Norman Osborn takes his Avengers on their first mission in “Dark Avengers” 2, as Kyle Roberts and Matt Price discuss this week’s comic-book highlights.
Jeffrey Dean Morgan talks “Watchmen” sets
Working on a lot of “Watchmen” content for the coming weeks. Here’s a short tease for Nerdage readers.
Jeffrey Dean Morgan, who plays The Comedian, talked about the importance and quality of the practical sets on “Watchmen.” He was asked if he was worried the film would heavily use green screen technology.
“The only green screen really was used for Mars and Antarctica, and that was just budgetary reasons, or we would have gone there,” Morgan answered, laughing.
“The sets that they built, they were amazing. For me, it all really sunk in what the hell we were doing during the shooting of the Keene riots, and seeing this New York set with Archie (the Owl Ship) floating above, and 500 extras, and fires burning out of control. You just got the impression that things were really out of control! Are we shooting here, or is this just going to burn down? It was pretty phenomenal.
“Everybody from the top down was so invested in this film, and the sets they built absolutely helped take you into this alternate reality.”
– Matt Price
Kindle a threat to comics?
Sort of a misleadingly titled video from Ad Age asks whether Kindle and iPod devices are a threat to traditional comics publishing. Short answer: Sort of, yes, if the companies can’t find a way to encourage readers to pay for digital content. Not touched on in this video is where the direct market of comic-book specialty shops go under this scenario, or, if they go away entirely. I tend to think the world is a cooler place with comic shops than without, and I hope enough people feel the same way to keep that marketplace viable well into the future.
– Matt Price
Rooftop rescue from Watchmen
IGN shares a look at Nite Owl and Silk Spectre’s rooftop rescue from Zack Snyder’s “Watchmen.”
- Matt Price
Keene Act riots scene from Watchmen
Among the clips hitting the Internet from Zack Snyder’s “Watchmen” is this short clip with Nite Owl and the Comedian on the night of the riots in New York during the police strike, just prior to the enacting of the Keene Act.
– Matt Price
Third Wolverine TV spot: Legends
The third “X-Men Origins: Wolverine” spot from earlier this week, this one focuses on Wolverine’s teammates and supporting cast.
- Matt Price
