Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Thursday, September 3, 2009
Green/White/Red Ranger Danger
Tommy's a UFC MMA fighter now. Will his opponents disappear when he punches them in the chest? We shall see...
story: http://www.tmz.com/2009/09/02/green-power-ranger-white-ranger-jason-david-frank-mma-ufc/
Monday, August 31, 2009
Disney acquires Marvel: The beginning of armageddon
Reuters: Disney to Acquire Marvel Entertainment
I hope everyone realizes that this means no more Marvel fan art. No more Marvel fan fiction. No more Marvel fan-made youtube videos.... Disney are notorious for pulling Disney-related videos from youtube, claiming 'copyright infringement'. They even pull their own trailers.
So this is the beginning of the end folks. Say goodbye to a once great company.
It has been swallowed by the beast.
I hope everyone realizes that this means no more Marvel fan art. No more Marvel fan fiction. No more Marvel fan-made youtube videos.... Disney are notorious for pulling Disney-related videos from youtube, claiming 'copyright infringement'. They even pull their own trailers.
So this is the beginning of the end folks. Say goodbye to a once great company.
It has been swallowed by the beast.
Saturday, August 29, 2009
Turtles Forever!!!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turtles_Forever
A new direct-to-DVD movie featuring.... get ready.....
..... the ORIGINAL 1987 turtles AND the 2003 turtles..... It's a crossover. The two universes collide and there will be EIGHT turtles. It will also feature Bebop, Rocksteady, Tohka, Rahzar, and KRANG (among others). This is pretty sweet.
You can hear some audio clips of it here:
Theme song HERE:
Friday, August 21, 2009
Monday, August 17, 2009
AI Tested on 'Super Mario Brothers' Game
AI Tested on 'Super Mario Brothers' Game
Eric Bland, Discovery News
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2009/08/17/super-mario-brothers.html
Aug. 17, 2009 -- Human players might have defeated Bowser decades ago in the original Super Mario Brothers video game, but a new competition is pitting computers against Koopa Troopas to save Princess Toadstool.
The contest is designed to evaluate the effectiveness of artificial intelligence programs.
"Basically we need a good way to compare different artificial intelligent techniques," said Julian Togelius, an assistant professor at IT University of Copenhagen and who, along with his colleague Sergey Karakovskiy, is organizing the competition.
"Computer games have a design that is relevant to humans, are fast paced and well defined. And besides, everyone loves games."
The computer programs will pit Mario and his brother, Luigi, against the same Goombas, Piranha Plants and Bullet Bills that human players have confronted for decades.
The specific levels, however, will be new to human and computer players alike.
Togelius has developed a random level generator that will create dozens of new, never-before-seen levels. To the possible chagrin of frustrated human players, the original Super Mario Brothers levels would likely be too easy for a computer, said Togelius.
Eric Bland, Discovery News
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2009/08/17/super-mario-brothers.html
Aug. 17, 2009 -- Human players might have defeated Bowser decades ago in the original Super Mario Brothers video game, but a new competition is pitting computers against Koopa Troopas to save Princess Toadstool.
The contest is designed to evaluate the effectiveness of artificial intelligence programs.
"Basically we need a good way to compare different artificial intelligent techniques," said Julian Togelius, an assistant professor at IT University of Copenhagen and who, along with his colleague Sergey Karakovskiy, is organizing the competition.
"Computer games have a design that is relevant to humans, are fast paced and well defined. And besides, everyone loves games."
The computer programs will pit Mario and his brother, Luigi, against the same Goombas, Piranha Plants and Bullet Bills that human players have confronted for decades.
The specific levels, however, will be new to human and computer players alike.
Togelius has developed a random level generator that will create dozens of new, never-before-seen levels. To the possible chagrin of frustrated human players, the original Super Mario Brothers levels would likely be too easy for a computer, said Togelius.
Thursday, July 30, 2009
Green Lantern: First Flight Review
People will look back at the summer of 2009 and think "Wow, that summer Green Lantern was everywhere and it kicked ass!"
Not only is the greatest comic book event cross-over Blackest Night centered on Hal Jordon and the rest of the Green Lantern Corps but we also get this straight to home relase.
What we get here is an origin story of how Hal Jordon got his power ring, joined the Corps, and revealed to the Gaurdians how corrupt Sinestro really is. Honestly, how stupid are the little blue guys ? The guy is named SIN-es-tro. Sounds too close to sinister to be a good guy. He has that supervillian moustache. You know he up to no good with that thing. He has red skin like teh satan! and lastly, he is left handed. The only Lantern that is left handed. Goes with the whole sinister thing too.
Back to the plot, Sinestro crafts a plot to overthrow the Gaurdians because frankly, their inaction and bureaucracy is not enough to establish order in the chaotic universe. So he will order things, by his might. Through the Weaponers of Qward he gets an ultimate weapon, powered by yellow power. The one thing the Lantern's green rings are weak to. Will the universe be ruled by Sinestro's iron fist or will Hal Jordon prevail?
As a fan of Green Lantern there were plenty of nods to the books. Lots of blink and you miss them cameos of Corpsmen. Carol Fenris as Hal's boss is adorable and I chortled with every "Poozer!" out of drill sargent Kilowag. My fave fan momment was Sinestro donning his yellow uniform, complete with Paralax symbol. I really wish they got a little deeper into the whole yellow = fear and green = willpower mythology, but there can always be room for that in a sequeal.
In the end we get an action filled story of a man showing what the human strength of will can do in the face of terror itself, as a space-cop. WUUUUUUUUUt? Yea, sounds weird but it works. A non-fan can instantly get into this. It plays like Star Wars meets Men In Black, but fun.
See this thing or else Rage Kitty will vomit acid blood in your face.
Not only is the greatest comic book event cross-over Blackest Night centered on Hal Jordon and the rest of the Green Lantern Corps but we also get this straight to home relase.
What we get here is an origin story of how Hal Jordon got his power ring, joined the Corps, and revealed to the Gaurdians how corrupt Sinestro really is. Honestly, how stupid are the little blue guys ? The guy is named SIN-es-tro. Sounds too close to sinister to be a good guy. He has that supervillian moustache. You know he up to no good with that thing. He has red skin like teh satan! and lastly, he is left handed. The only Lantern that is left handed. Goes with the whole sinister thing too.
Back to the plot, Sinestro crafts a plot to overthrow the Gaurdians because frankly, their inaction and bureaucracy is not enough to establish order in the chaotic universe. So he will order things, by his might. Through the Weaponers of Qward he gets an ultimate weapon, powered by yellow power. The one thing the Lantern's green rings are weak to. Will the universe be ruled by Sinestro's iron fist or will Hal Jordon prevail?
As a fan of Green Lantern there were plenty of nods to the books. Lots of blink and you miss them cameos of Corpsmen. Carol Fenris as Hal's boss is adorable and I chortled with every "Poozer!" out of drill sargent Kilowag. My fave fan momment was Sinestro donning his yellow uniform, complete with Paralax symbol. I really wish they got a little deeper into the whole yellow = fear and green = willpower mythology, but there can always be room for that in a sequeal.
In the end we get an action filled story of a man showing what the human strength of will can do in the face of terror itself, as a space-cop. WUUUUUUUUUt? Yea, sounds weird but it works. A non-fan can instantly get into this. It plays like Star Wars meets Men In Black, but fun.
See this thing or else Rage Kitty will vomit acid blood in your face.
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