The BANG! Gang talks about our first impressions and experience at the Wizard World Conference in Sacramento. From cosplay to celebrity sightings and panel interviews, Cory, Aaron, Steven, Jada, and Jerry tell all! Previous Episodes l @VideoGameBang l Facebook
(Minor Spoilers about recently released superhero films such as Man of Steel, in case you haven’t seen them) In 2005, Batman Begins was released in theaters. It was a retelling of the classic origin story of Batman as told by Christopher Nolan and starring quite possibly one of the best … Continue reading
My friend emailed me a song I had to listen to. Thank goodness I did. Now, I have Disney’s Frozen parody song “Make it so” on my iPod. What is ‘Make it So’? It’s a Star Trek/Frozen mash-up… and it’s epic! I had to talk to the musical duo that wrote and … Continue reading
TBS In the latest segment of Clueless Gamer, Conan O’Brien once again plays a video game with Aaron Bleyaert, who is supposedly fired two years ago but is still sticking around. This time around, he’ll be playing WWE 2K14. The match intro starts with the national anthem playing, and Conan … Continue reading
What happens when we have J.J. Abrams, the director of Star Trek and Star Wars: Episode VII, and Alfonso Cuarón, the Academy Award-winning director for Gravity, joining forces? We get NBC’s Believe. The series follows a 10-year-old girl named Bo who has the power to change the world. The show premieres at … Continue reading
There are comic book movies, and then there are comic book movies that feel like it has jumped right out of the pages and onto the big screen. Sin City is a great example of that, and now there’s a new trailer for the sequel, Sin City: A Dame To … Continue reading
By Joe Fortunato Movies were once a wonder as audiences looked up at the screen imagining if the scenes they were watching would ever come to fruition. Well, as technology would have it, many of the devices used in movies like Total Recall and James Bond are now becoming a … Continue reading
The top news from Nerd Reactor this week, in case you missed it. Clever HUVr hoverboard prank is a month early Similar to Jimmy Kimmel’s twerking girl who caught on fire, creating viral videos disguised as pranks are becoming more common these days. This one spread like wildfire as it … Continue reading
Tomb Raider was released in March of 2013. It received great reviews and sold millions of copies. Even with all the great news, it still didn’t meet expectations in the eyes of Square Enix. Now it’s a year later, and Square Enix posted on its official blog that the Tomb … Continue reading
We recently reported that the game director and lead writer for Uncharted, Amy Hennig, recently left Naughty Dog. Websites have also reported that she was forced out of the company due to creative differences with Neil Druckmann and Bruce Straley, the creative team who worked on The Last of Us. … Continue reading
With news that Zack Snyder wasn’t going to be the director for 300: Rise of an Empire, the sequel to 300, I was worried that it would turn out mediocre. With Noam Murro at the helm, things looked uncertain, since the only movie under his belt was Smart People. Can … Continue reading
Hile, Gunslinger. If you recognize these words, we are very well met along the path of the beam, you and I. We are members of a fandom that can’t be identified by outward signifiers like Starfleet uniforms or tweed. We know what a billy-bumbler looks like and that popkin is … Continue reading
Debuting March 11th on the El Rey Network, a cable network founded by Robert Rodriguez, is From Dusk till Dawn: The Series, based on the cult classic of the same name. With 10 hour long episodes to devour, it takes on the same Western feel as the movie. The episodes are … Continue reading
Fifteen degrees and a dusting of snow heralds in the first full day of Animeland Wasabi. After seeing the cosplay at registration yesterday, I wonder how some of the attendees will manage this weather. I’m clothed top to tails and I’m shaking like a dog passing carpet tacks. Nervously I … Continue reading
Dark Souls II will be available for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 next week, but those with the PC will have to wait an extra six weeks before they can play the sequel. In the game, you’ll be traveling again through a devastated world filled with death and despair, where only the … Continue reading
During last year’s IndieCade, I found myself spending a good amount of time at the Nintedo booth. It had a few retro-style games that brought me back to the ol’ days. One game in particular that I enjoyed trying out was Pier Solar, which was originally released as a Sega Genesis … Continue reading
JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: All Star Battle will finally be arriving in North America for PlayStation 3 on April 29th. Featuring over 40 characters taken from all eight current JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure story arcs, players can play as and against their favorite characters in this 3D fighting game, where you fight with your stands to … Continue reading
Days ago CEO of OUYA, Julie Uhrman, revealed the OUYA Everywhere initiative. The Everywhere initiative’s goal is to put OUYA exclusive games on more TV screens and computer monitors, without the OUYA hardware. Today we get the announcement that the Mad Cats M.O.J.O., an Android-based microconsole, will be the first … Continue reading
Inti Creates and Keiji Inafune are teaming up to work on a brand new action adventure game for the Nintendo 3DS this summer via the Nintendo eShop. They are bringing their experience from developing the Mega Man Zero and Mega Man ZX series, as Keiji Inafune is directing the action. Set in … Continue reading
Ever wanted to fight a 100-foot enemy Kraken and live to tell the tale? Call of Duty: Ghosts’s second DLC will be letting you do just that with the upcoming Devastation DLC in the newest episode, “Mayday.” Devastation also includes four new multiplayer maps: “Ruins” is set in a Mayan Temple, … Continue reading
As the world’s largest furniture retailer, Ikea is diving into the world of cosplay. There are a lot of people out there who are unfamiliar with cosplay, so they have released a new bedroom story featuring a cosplayer. Featured in the video is Frank, a cosplayer from Singapore. He’s not … Continue reading
Dark Horse Comics announced today that they will be teaming up with Bethesda to release three new artbooks this year for The Art of Wolfenstein: The New Order, The Art of The Evil Within and Dishonored: The Dunwall Archives. Each book will retail for $39.99. The first art book will be The Art of … Continue reading
When I play a game I really like, there are times I wish I could wear a shirt or rock some of the outfits I see in the game. Sadly not all games have apparel you can go out and buy, leaving some to resort to cosplay. However if you … Continue reading
The Last of Us was an amazing piece of video game art for the PlayStation 3, winning lots of awards and Game of the Year honors. Now it will be getting a whole new look on the big screen. Sony and Naughty Dog will be teaming up with Evil Dead and … Continue reading
The slightest change in a comic book adaptation will ruffle some feathers, so just imagine if it’s a change in aesthetics like changing a character’s skin color. With black actor Michael B. Jordan confirmed to play white character Johnny Storm, aka the Human Torch, many fans have been expressing their … Continue reading
