One of the weirdest thing that occured to me sitting in the theater for Rogue One was how far we've come since the last time we sat in a theater, nervously awaiting a brand new Star Wars prequel. Doing the math, it actually works out that the timespan between Rogue One and The Phantom Menace almost matches the years between The Phantom Menace and Return of the Jedi. This made us wonder what ELSE these two movies had in common...
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Some people have a tradition of reading The Lord of the Rings once per year. And some people set aside 13 hours of their lives to marathon the Peter Jackson movie adaptations. Those hardcore enough to be in both camps at once have probably noticed some... odd differences between the two. No page-to-screen adaptation is ever going to be a perfect 1-to-1 replica -- movies just don't work the same as books, and vice versa -- but even so, each of the versions have some pretty unique quirks.
There’s not much better than eating a tasty cake, except when said cake is Mario-themed, and filled with edible gold coins. Forget smashing your head on it to get those coins. Smash your face against it and gobble it up.
Los Angeles baker and author Rosanna Pansino of Nerdy Nummies shows us how to make this awesome Mario question block surprise cake filled with enough edible gold coins to get an extra life or two.
You can find the full recipe and the question mark template on her blog if you want to try making one for yourself. You’ll have to provide the Mario sound effects yourself of course.
[via Laughing Squid]
This is a short two and a half minute video showing the evolution of Disney animation over the past 79 years. It features 46 different movies and starts with Snow White And The Seven Dwarves (1937) and ends with Zootopia (2016). A full list of the animations included while I find out if microwaving a chocolate chip granola bar for breakfast is value add or detract:
- Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
- Pinocho (1940)
- Fantasia (1940)
- Saludos Amigos (1942)
- The Three Caballeros (1944)
- The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (1949)
- Cinderella (1950)
- Alice in Wonderland (1951)
- Peter Pan (1953)
- Lady and the Tramp (1955)
- Sleeping Beauty (1959)
- One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961)
- The Sword in the Stone (1963)
- The Jungle Book (1967)
- The Aristocats (1970)
- Robin Hood (1973)
- The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1977)
- The Fox and the Hound (1981)
- The Black Cauldron (1985)
- The Great Mouse Detective (1986)
- Oliver and Company (1988)
- The Little Mermaid (1989)
- The Rescuers Down Under (1990)
- Beauty and Beast (1991)
- Aladdin (1992)
- The Lion King (1994)
- Pocahontas (1995)
- The Hunchback of Notre-Dame (1996)
- Hercules (1997)
- Mulan (1998)
- Tarzan (1999)
- Dinosaur (2000)
- The Emperor´s New Groove (2001)
- Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001)
- Lilo & Stich (2002)
- Treasure Planet (2002)
- Brother Bear (2003)
- Chicken Little (2005)
- Meet the Robinsons (2007)
- Bolt (2008)
- The Princess and the Frog (2009)
- Tangled (2010)
- Wreck-It-Ralph (2012)
- Frozen (2013)
- Big Hero 6 (2014)
- Zootopia (2016)
Beautiful, right? But I know what you're really thinking: "But what about that granola bar?" And the sad answer is, I couldn't tell you, apparently I don't have a microwave. And, judging from the TV and Playstation that are also missing, I'm assuming I've been robbed. Never go to sleep with your keys in the door, that's what I just learned the hard way for the fourth time.
Keep going for the video.
This is the $50 Space Invaders Arcade Cabinet Backpack. It was inspired by the classic arcade version of the game and has a bunch of pockets and the main pocket stays closed via magnets and it has a space invader zipper dangle and you can even put coins in the coin slot (although I'm not sure where they go when you do, kind of like when I used to stuff quarters between the backseats of my parents' car growing up). I remember when I was a kid growing up in Alabama we used to call backpacks, bookbags. Presumably because they were for carrying books. Now nobody carries books, just laptops and tablets and technology. Does anybody still call them bookbags? Maybe we should bring that back. "Nah." Yeah, you're right, I've got bigger fish to fry anyways. "Like what?" I'm thinking about renaming my cat.
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We’ve had our eyes on Knights Of Bytes’ upcoming game Sam’s Journey for a while now, as it’s one of the most intriguing C64 projects in development. The developers have never revealed a release date, and while that situation hasn’t changed, the game is starting to look close to release – the developers have moved from sneak peeks to the full-blown gameplay trailer you see above.
Sam’s Journey looks like it’s really pushing the C64’s technical capabilities. As well as a multitude of on-screen sprites and some incredibly colourful environments, the game exhibits the kind of smooth multi-directional scrolling that is more commonly associated with consoles and 16-bit computers.
When Sam’s Journey finally makes its way to C64s around the world, it’ll be released by noted C64 publisher Protovision as a boxed 5.25 inch floppy disk (€45.00), a boxed cartridge (€55.00) or a download (€19.99). We’ll keep you updated when this happens.
(Hat tip to Retrocollect for the news)
Schmecken lassen.
Die deutschen Simulationen Pizza Connection 1&2 sind aus der Versenkung wieder aufgetaucht und ihr könnt sie spielen.
Super Mario Land has been recreated in its entirety within Super Mario Maker.
Nintendo's classic Game Boy platformer is instantly recognisable, with minimal modifications needed to fit within the Mario Maker framework.
For example, the underwater world 2-3: it originally featured Mario in a submarine. The re-made version replicates this by cleverly using the Koopa Clown Car. Its end boss - and other levels' bosses - have also by necessity been replaced by Bowser.
Retail video game revenue in the UK dropped 16.4 percent in 2016 to £776 million from £927.7 million in 2015, according to retail trade body ERA who cited GfK.
The drop in retail sales is due to some of the biggest titles underperforming compared to their predecessors and the continued decline in PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 sales.
Despite an overall drop in retail game sames, handheld figures were up by 21.3 percent driven by the success of Pokémon GO. That helped push sales of the Nintendo 3DS titles Pokémon Sun and Moon.
Digital game revenue did increase 12.1 percent to £2.2 billion from £1.9 billion. That puts digital sales at 74 percent of the total games revenue in 2016. It includes digital game sales on consoles, PC and mobile platforms.
Thanks MCVUK.
A life-long and avid gamer, William D'Angelo was first introduced to VGChartz in 2007. After years of supporting the site, he was brought on in 2010 as a junior analyst, working his way up to lead analyst in 2012. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel dedicated to gaming Let's Plays and tutorials. You can contact the author at wdangelo@vgchartz.com or on Twitter @TrunksWD.
Full Article - http://www.vgchartz.com/article/266981/era-2016-uk-physical-games-revenue-down-164-digital-up-121/
The Legend of Zelda: Tri Force Heroes (3DS) für 14,68 EUR inkl. VSK
Metacritic: 73%
Vergleichspreis: 19,95 EUR
Der Versand erfolgt aus England. Bezahlen kann man z.B. mit PayPal.
The Legend of Zelda: Tri Force Heroes (3DS) für 16,50 EUR inkl. VSK
Metacritic: 73%
Vergleichspreis: 22,39 EUR
Bezahlen könnt ihr z.B. mit Paypal. Versandkosten fallen keine an.
Amazon IT hat derzeit The Legend of Zelda: Tri Force Heroes (3DS) für 20,98 EUR gelistet, so dass wir bei einem Endpreis von 24,32 EUR inkl. VSK landen. Das Spiel ist auf Deutsch spielbar. Wer für einen Freund mitbestellt, da man das Spiel wohl am besten im Coop spielt, der zahlt 21,79 EUR / Spiel, wenn man es direkt dreimal bestellt.
The Legend of Zelda: Tri Force Heroes (3DS) für 19,44 EUR inkl. VSK
Metacritic: 73%
Vergleichspreis: 27,94 EUR
Versand erfolgt aus Italien. Bezahlen könnt ihr nur mit Kreditkarte.
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Gamersgate hat als Tagesangebot Tales of Symphonia (Steam) für 6,80 EUR gelistet. Damit gibt es das Spiel mal wieder zu einem günstigen Kurs. Aktiviert wird das Spiel in Steam.
Tales of Symphonia (Steam) für 5 EUR
Vergleichspreis: 7,99 EUR
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"Advance Wars trifft Fire Emblem"
Die Starbound-Entwickler machen Fans von Advance Wars, Fire Emblem und Harry Potter glücklich.
Im Microsoft Store bekommt man die Retail Versionen von Forza Motorsport 6 (One) für 27,99 EUR sowie Rare Replay (One) für 11,99 EUR je inkl. Versand. Beides keine schlechten Preise! Es handelt sich jeweils um die USK Version.
Forza Motorsport 6 (One) für 27,99 EUR
Rare Replay (One) für 11,99 EUR
Metacritic @Forza 6: 87%
Metacritic @Rare Replay: 84%
Vergleichspreis @Forza 6: 49,45 EUR
Vergleichspreis @Rare Replay: 20,25 EUR
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"Why does everything have to be so dark?"
Der erste (echte) Kino-Batman wusste schon ganz genau, warum er die Fledermausmaske an den Haken gehängt und sich von den Filmen verabschiedet hat.
Sometimes you’ll find yourself out of the house, with nothing but a laptop and a whole lot of time. And while laptops are getting more and more powerful, most are still low-spec machines when it comes to gaming.
Unverbindliche Preisempfehlung: Robotern gehört die Zukunft, aber ihr könnt euch auch schon heute einen praktischen Helfer ins Haus holen, der euch einen Teil der lästigen Hausarbeit abnimmt. Aus diesem Grund haben wir heute den Roomba 765 PET Roboter-Staubsauger von iRobot für euch. Eure Freunde, Nachbarn und Kollegen werden sicher vor Neid erblassen!
Der Roomba 765 PET verfügt über eine iAdapt™ Responsive Cleaning-Technologie, die sicherstellt, dass jede Stelle ca. dreimal gereinigt wird. Die verbesserten Reinigungsbürsten garantieren beste Reinigungsergebnisse und stark verschmutzte Stellen werden dank Persistent Pass Cleaning besonders konzentriert gereinigt.
Der Saugroboter ist sehr benutzerfreundlich und leicht zu bedienen. Ihr braucht lediglich „CLEAN" drücken und schon macht sich euer Helferlein an die Arbeit. Der Roomba saugt nahezu alle Böden, entlang von Kanten – wie Fußbodenleisten –, unter Möbeln und um andere Hindernisse herum. Der Roboter hat akustische Sensoren, mit Hilfe derer er kleine Staubpartikel aufspürt und Schmutz konzentriert beseitigt. Ihr könnt den Reinigungsbereich auch dank der „virtuellen Wand" auf nur einen bestimmten Bereich oder Raum begrenzen und den Roomba von Stellen fernhalten, die er nicht reinigen soll. Außerdem könnt ihr festlegen, zu welchen Zeiten euer Roboter arbeiten soll.
Wenn ihr eure Wohnung oder euer Haus schon immer mit dem kleinstmöglichen Aufwand sauberhalten wolltet, dann solltet ihr euch den iRobot Roomba 765 PET Saugroboter nicht entgehen lassen. Damit seid ihr schon jetzt in der Zukunft angekommen!
Das ist sicherlich ein ziemlich spezieller Deal, aber für Sammler (und die gibt es unter uns 
) bestimmt nicht ganz uninteressant. Bei Thalia kann man sich mit dem Gutschein “PK86FGE565” die Mittelerde Ultimate Collector’s Edition (Hobbit/Herr der Ringe) (30 Blu-rays) für 201,59 EUR inkl. Versand bestellen! Die Filme gab es einzeln zwar schonmal günstiger, aber hier geht es nunmal um die Ultimate Collector’s Edition, die sich evtl. noch der ein oder andere ins Regal stellen möchte.
Vergleichspreis: 219 EUR + ggf. VSK
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The Longest Journey noch nicht gespielt? Perfekt, dann könnt ihr das jetzt günstig nachholen und zahlt bei BundleStars nur 3,05 EUR. Nutzt dazu den Gutschein “WINTERSALE10“.
The Longest Journey (Steam) für 3,05 EUR
Metacritic: 91%
Vergleichspreis: 9,99 EUR
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Nathan Fillion is best known for his work on beloved TV shows such as Castle and Firefly, but he's also voiced some memorable characters in gaming, such as Halo's Buck and Destiny's Cayde-6. Fillion is an avid fan of video games, especially the FPS genre. We recently chatted with him about how he got into games, if he'd ever want to play Nathan Drake, and his favorite games of all time.
[Editor's Note: This is an extended version of an interview that ran in issue #283]
What's your history with video games?
I didn't have a game console when I was a kid. Kevin next door had ColecoVision and an Intellivision. He also had a Vectrex – this was a little mini stand-up video game [system], which was quite amazing. I would trade him stacks of comics to borrow his Vectrex. I only had a Telestar, which was a little [system] that would connect to your TV and you could play Pong on it.
So when I was growing up and PlayStation came out, that was so advanced that I couldn't even imagine what was going on with games at that point. Then the Xbox came out, and when I went out and got it, the following day I had a hernia surgery, so I was down for a couple of weeks. I remember there were a few games that I really wanted that I sought after. I was like, "Give me that one, that one, and that one, and why don't you throw in this Halo one?" I didn't even know what it was. I just saw a guy with armor and a chief with a gun on the back and thought, "That looks alright." It changed everything. That game was the be-all and end-all of gaming for me.
I was public about loving that game so much, so when they came out with the second installation Bungie gave me a ring and asked me if I wanted to do a couple of lines in the game. I think we called my character Sergeant Reyn olds. I had a few lines and people went squirrely and had a great time with it. [Bungie] called me up later and said they wanted to do something bigger and invented the Sergeant Buck character. Now Sergeant Buck has become a Spartan. I love that [series]. To be a part of it – amazing, so much fun.
You voiced Cayde-6 in Destiny, which became a popular character in The Taken King. Can you talk about injecting humor into the franchise and how the recording style was different for The Taken King?
I think [Bungie] had a great game, but they were looking at it in a way that – and this is just my opinion – as, "We're off to a great start, it can get a lot better from here." So with that colossal update they did, they were able to say, "Here's a great place where this story can go."
Gamers now are far pickier about their entertainment. You have to be entertained. You have to know why you're infiltrating this enemy spaceship to get something back, why it's important, and how it plays into the drama of this war. Watching the story unfold becomes so much a part of playing the game, and it allows you to invest. I enjoy investing in the stories of the game, and I think Bungie's done a wonderful job on the story in Destiny...and of course I enjoy swooping in at the last minute, recording the voice work, and then taking all the credit.
Cayde-6 had such a warm reception. Would you like him to be a part of Destiny moving forward?
Heck yeah! I mean he’s a great character. He’s a lot of fun to have around. When I’m playing the game, he kind of has my attitude. Not me as the guy who voices him, but me as the gamer. He’s not a patient guy. He wants to move forward. He’s not into politics; he’s into action. He will do something secretly, steal his ships and steal another thing, cloak it, and send a guy on a secret mission that’s not been sanctioned by their group. That’s the kind of guy he is, and he says, “Look! It turned out great!” It’s only a bad idea if it doesn’t work.
Would you like to continue and do more voice acting in video games? How’s it been different for you than working on a TV show or movie?
Doing voice stuff is super duper easy. You don’t have to memorize your lines. You don’t have to get pretty. No one is looking at you. You don’t even have to wear pants. You just go in there, sit down at the microphone, record your stuff – give it two or three takes, and go on to the next one. When you have a fantastic group, and I’ve been very fortunate with the work I’ve done through Warner Bros. and some of the superhero stuff I’ve done with Disney and Pixar – they’ve been so wonderful to me. They have such amazing staff doing this work, the recording staff, the directors, the voice casting, and these video games I’ve been doing are no different. They’re really good at their job, and they care about the game. They care about the story and they want it to be great. I love going into a job where everybody wants it to be great, and they’re invested and they love it. It’s a great feeling and it makes really easy because everyone is just doing their damndest to do the best job they can.
You’ve worked on popular series, such as Firefly and Castle. Which do you think would make the best video game?
Firefly, obviously. You got space ships, horses, guns, an evil government, smuggling, crimes that you can commit. You’ve got people you can help and you got the Reavers – the baddest of them all. That TV Show is screaming for a video game.
Has it been cool to see the resurgence of Firefly on the board game circle?
I am so pleased that Firefly doesn’t die. I’m so pleased that every year I meet more fans. People keep finding it, going on 14 years now! New fans are coming all the time and they run the same gamut of emotions that we all did when we first watched Firefly. “It’s great! Where’s it going? That’s the only season!? Why did it get canceled?” Everybody has that same journey. I think that’s what brings fans together. We’ve all experienced that same roller coaster ride that people want it to continue to live by resurrecting it through board games or on TV shirts or by collecting cards or posters, what have you, and people won’t let it die, and thank god. I’ve never experienced anything like it.
[Up next: Fillion shares his top-five games and his Jade Empire regrets...]
Noch ein gutes Angebot bei Game UK, auch wenn die digitale Version bei CDKeys günstiger ist. Wer aber speziell auf der Suche nach der Retail Verison der Limited Edition ist, bekommt mit £12,94 // 15,17 EUR inkl. Versand einen guten Preis. Zumal die Version Game UK exklusiv ist.
Halo: The Master Chief Collection (One) für 12,93 EUR inkl. VSK
Metacritic: 85%
Vergleichspreis: 23,97 EUR
Falls euch der die digitale Version genügt:
Halo: The Master Chief Collection (One) für 11,20 EUR – CDKeys (5% Gutschein)
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Noch für etwas mehr als einen Tag kann man sich bei Gamesplanet Fallout 3 GOTY [Uncut] (Steam) und Fallout New Vegas: Ultimate Edition [Uncut] (Steam) für je 4,99 EUR sichern. Es handelt sich in beiden Fällen um die ungeschnittene Fassung. Die Ultimate Edition von Fallout New Vegas war schon immer ungeschnitten, die Fallout 3 GOTY erst seit eins, zwei Jahren, meine ich, zumindest als deutsche Fassung.
Fallout 3 GOTY für 4,99 EUR (PVG: 6,29 EUR)
Fallout New Vegas: Ultimate Edition für 4,99 EUR (PVG: 9,99 EUR)
Die Vergleichspreise beziehen sich natürlich auf offizielle Reseller. Bezahlen könnt ihr z.B. mit Paypal.
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