Now Playing (05/05/09)
By Steven Perdikis - Tue May 5, 2009 6:30pm
May day! May day! Well, that was a few days ago now, but it won't stop me from attempting to capitalise upon recent events to imbue the latest instalment of Now Playing with some element of dry humour and pointless babble. This week, like all other weeks before, you shall be treated to the most interesting, boring, and otherwise entertaining moving images from video games otherwise known as trailers that have been towed into the file mirror in the past week.
This week, we begin our tragic tale with a journey to a perfect world before realising that MOTHER RUSSIA WILL NEVER DIE, and that "massive" for an action game is defined by a rather small figure, 256. After that, we meet up with a two man army of sorts before finally escaping the banality of this week's trailer collection with a dramatic movie tie in space.
The good old days of the Super Nintendo were revived in my head by this new trailer. A typical ambient swell, offset with some light percussion and wondrous sound scape, until at least, the poorly recording rock track and dismal guitar solo enters. In essence, this is a trailer that reminds us that the world is indeed not perfect, and never well be so long as Now Playing continues to bring to your attention to great crimes against humanity such as MMOs and generally boring trailers. On the other hand, it is a free MMO, so it can be considered slightly less evil than the commercial entities that roam the realms of the Internet with reckless abandon for the virtual wallets of gamers world wide.
Download Perfect World International The Age of Spirits Trailer
Stalin is an idol to some heavy metal band. Don't believe me? Watch the trailer. It is priceless. If you don't laugh, there is something seriously wrong with you. Stalin is awesome, don't you know, because with him, Mother Russia will never die, because he is on its side. A true tear-inducing patriot. The trailer is a little confusing though, with the what appears to the Martians singing of Stalin's glory. Perhaps Stalin's propaganda was so powerful that it converted them to his cause. I don't know. What I do know, is that the the trailer is hilarious.
Download Stalin vs Martians Music Video
Every time a new PlayStation 3 exclusive is announced, I don't really get excited any more. The black behemoth that is the PlayStation 3 just don't deserve any of my love until exclusives that aren't generic shooters arrive. Massive Action Game doesn't look like it will change my mind, at all. 256 soldiers, armed with PlayStation 3 consoles enter expansive environments and a dismally unimaginative setting to bash heads and shoot bullets at each other. Seriously, why do all exclusive games have to be about shooting poor unfortunate individuals. Why can't you just ... y'know - be creative for once and give us an unlikely hero, a strong story, and lovable characters for once? Is that asking for too much?
Download MAG: Massive Action Game Debut Gameplay Trailer
An army of only two people can't really be all that powerful. I mean, in army lingo, that's not even a squad, right? They might be a team, but they certainly aren't an artmy in the conventional sense unless they can command tanks, call in artillery, and blow stuff up. Unless they're just two rascals fighting for their lives in the face of poor trailer production and land of sequel production for mindless consumption by the unwashed masses. While this can be considered the case for a great deal of games currently in development, Army of Two: The 40th Day appears to be no great exception. A safe sequel, bound to produce some measure of money for the safety deposit box of ideas that is Electronic Arts.
Download Army of Two: The 40th Day Trailer
Star Trek. If you type it without a space, you get Start rek. Is there some subliminal message there? Probably not, but it forced me to embark on a journey to investigate anagrams for some time while trying to figure out who to defile the otherwise fine Star Trek D-A-C which misleadingly convinces me that the game has something to do with digital to analogue conversions as opposed to flying ships around in the far reaches of space in search of anagram land, where much storied histories and secrets of the English language is hidden. Only, 77,000 ships stand in your way, and each must be destroyed by mashing buttons on a controller and ONLY after money has been exchanged in offer of the elusive bits and bytes that make up this strange artefact otherwise known as a game. In truth, I don't know anything about Star Trek, as I've never seen any film or television series with the title in its name, and do not plan to do so any time soon. In case, those wanting to embark on a trek to the stars, with a dash of D-A-C can find out more in this new trailer which comes with a free set of steak knives. (I Swear, it does!)
Star Trek D-A-C Trailer
This week's pick is the All Aspect Warfare 'The Last Man Standing Trailer which is boring beyond all imagination, and goes on for twenty three agonising minutes. The only use for this trailer is recommending it to those who you hate. Approach it with extreme caution, and a nuclear warhead in hand. The trailer even has frame rate issues and some of the most horribly animation ever seen, even for a game still in development. There's too many particle effects and not enough game play or level design. There is also more than one man standing.
If that's not to your tastes, you can always check out some of thefinely crafted, hand picked trailers listed below.
This week, we begin our tragic tale with a journey to a perfect world before realising that MOTHER RUSSIA WILL NEVER DIE, and that "massive" for an action game is defined by a rather small figure, 256. After that, we meet up with a two man army of sorts before finally escaping the banality of this week's trailer collection with a dramatic movie tie in space.
Perfect World International
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The good old days of the Super Nintendo were revived in my head by this new trailer. A typical ambient swell, offset with some light percussion and wondrous sound scape, until at least, the poorly recording rock track and dismal guitar solo enters. In essence, this is a trailer that reminds us that the world is indeed not perfect, and never well be so long as Now Playing continues to bring to your attention to great crimes against humanity such as MMOs and generally boring trailers. On the other hand, it is a free MMO, so it can be considered slightly less evil than the commercial entities that roam the realms of the Internet with reckless abandon for the virtual wallets of gamers world wide.
Stalin vs. Martians
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)
Stalin is an idol to some heavy metal band. Don't believe me? Watch the trailer. It is priceless. If you don't laugh, there is something seriously wrong with you. Stalin is awesome, don't you know, because with him, Mother Russia will never die, because he is on its side. A true tear-inducing patriot. The trailer is a little confusing though, with the what appears to the Martians singing of Stalin's glory. Perhaps Stalin's propaganda was so powerful that it converted them to his cause. I don't know. What I do know, is that the the trailer is hilarious.
MAG: Massive Action Game
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)
)
Every time a new PlayStation 3 exclusive is announced, I don't really get excited any more. The black behemoth that is the PlayStation 3 just don't deserve any of my love until exclusives that aren't generic shooters arrive. Massive Action Game doesn't look like it will change my mind, at all. 256 soldiers, armed with PlayStation 3 consoles enter expansive environments and a dismally unimaginative setting to bash heads and shoot bullets at each other. Seriously, why do all exclusive games have to be about shooting poor unfortunate individuals. Why can't you just ... y'know - be creative for once and give us an unlikely hero, a strong story, and lovable characters for once? Is that asking for too much?
Army of Two: The 40th Day
)
)
An army of only two people can't really be all that powerful. I mean, in army lingo, that's not even a squad, right? They might be a team, but they certainly aren't an artmy in the conventional sense unless they can command tanks, call in artillery, and blow stuff up. Unless they're just two rascals fighting for their lives in the face of poor trailer production and land of sequel production for mindless consumption by the unwashed masses. While this can be considered the case for a great deal of games currently in development, Army of Two: The 40th Day appears to be no great exception. A safe sequel, bound to produce some measure of money for the safety deposit box of ideas that is Electronic Arts.
Star Trek D-A-C
)
)
)
Star Trek. If you type it without a space, you get Start rek. Is there some subliminal message there? Probably not, but it forced me to embark on a journey to investigate anagrams for some time while trying to figure out who to defile the otherwise fine Star Trek D-A-C which misleadingly convinces me that the game has something to do with digital to analogue conversions as opposed to flying ships around in the far reaches of space in search of anagram land, where much storied histories and secrets of the English language is hidden. Only, 77,000 ships stand in your way, and each must be destroyed by mashing buttons on a controller and ONLY after money has been exchanged in offer of the elusive bits and bytes that make up this strange artefact otherwise known as a game. In truth, I don't know anything about Star Trek, as I've never seen any film or television series with the title in its name, and do not plan to do so any time soon. In case, those wanting to embark on a trek to the stars, with a dash of D-A-C can find out more in this new trailer which comes with a free set of steak knives. (I Swear, it does!)
While there is literally hundreds of trailers released for games each week, some simply don't make the cut, or try so hard to be good, that I like to make it an effort for those who really want to see them.Didn't Make the Cut
This week's pick is the All Aspect Warfare 'The Last Man Standing Trailer which is boring beyond all imagination, and goes on for twenty three agonising minutes. The only use for this trailer is recommending it to those who you hate. Approach it with extreme caution, and a nuclear warhead in hand. The trailer even has frame rate issues and some of the most horribly animation ever seen, even for a game still in development. There's too many particle effects and not enough game play or level design. There is also more than one man standing.
If that's not to your tastes, you can always check out some of the
Elven Legacy 'Might of the Arcane Arts' Trailer
Spore Galactic Adventures Trailer #4
The King of Fighters XII Trailer
Sacred II - Fallen Angel 'Coop' Trailer
Madden NFL10 'Super Bowl XLIII' Sizzle Video
Demigod 'Rook' Trailer
Demigod 'Unclean Beast' Trailer
Sing Star Queen Trailer
Gratuitous Space Battles Trailer
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