New CoD Zombie Map… Cashcow Or Genius?

So today the internet got to learn about the newest Zombie map in the next Call of Duty: Black Ops expansion pack, Escalation. And… well… it features 5 famous individuals. Danny Trejo, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Michael Rooker, and Robert Englund are the four playable names. The last one? Well, watch the trailer.

Thats right, the zombie master himself, George A. Romero is in the map! Instead of being a playable character, he’s actually going to be a villain/boss character who carries around a stagelight to bash you with. My guess is that the “story” is that everybody was filming some movie, and a zombie outbreak takes place and they get to George, and he wants to change you all to his new way of life. They also put out another video that talks a little more about it later in the day, so I’ll give you that too.

Now the question I present to you, the readers, is: Is this a good idea, or is this just a shameless cash-cow in order to generate revenue for the developers?

RIP Elisabeth Sladen, The Doctor Misses You

Fans of Dr. Who probably aren’t surprised by this news, but Elisabeth Sladen, who played The Doctor’s most popular companion by far, died not to long ago. I’ve never really watched any episodes of Dr. Who, but I caught the first episode of the newest season over the weekend, and they ran a tribute to the woman who played Sarah Jane Smith that really touched me. It makes me want to watch every episode that she was ever in. Any fans of the show should definitely watch this, its super emotional and very beautifully done.

Capcom Makes A Few Street Fighter Related Announcements

Today Capcom came out and told us some big things about the future of Street Fighter:

First: Arcade Edition is coming to consoles! And that of course means that we’ll finally get to play with our fancy updated (or nerfed) characters. If you own Super Street Fighter IV, it will come as downloadable content on June 7th for $14.99. If you don’t, don’t fret! You can get an on-disc version of the game about June 24th for around $40.00. Oh, and the game is coming to PC too, so all you hackers can get hype as well.

Secondly: They stated that Arcade Edition will be the end of the Street Fighter 4 series, so don’t expect the game to become “Super Street Fighter IV: Hyper Fighting Arcade Edition” or whatever. It ends here.

Third: We have a new video for Street Fighter X Tekken! It introduces 6 new characters into the fray, and none of them are exactly surprising, but its still nice to see some variety. It adds Guile, Ken, and Able for Street Fighter; and King, Marduk, and Bob for Tekken. Bob makes me think they’re going to add Rufus down the line so we can have a fat on fat slobber-knocker, and I’m super hype for King.

Its a good day to be a fan of Street Fighter. [All info spotted over at Shoryuken]

Make That Medley, Dr. Venture!

Below is a video of the composer of Venture Bros (J.G. Thirwell) leading Steroid Maximus in a performance that medleys music from the show together. Awesome. Watch and enjoy folks!

Steroid Maximus_Venture Bros Medley from JG Thirlwell on Vimeo.

My Little Pony X StarCraft 2

Ok, I give in. This makes My Little Pony look amazing. Who knew the show had so many potentially amazing and intense moments? I know I didn’t. But this is the audio from the StarCraft 2 trailer put over some fantastically well edited clips from the My Little Pony tv series thats on now-a-days. And while I didn’t play StarCraft 2, I do know a decent amount of the plot. And I do love this trailer. To steal someone’s brilliant comment on u2b: “You must construct additional rainbows.” Enjoy.

Nickelodeon’s Turtles Shown

If you didn’t already know, Nickelodeon is starting up a new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cartoon. Not much is really known about it thus far, but recently this popped up for all to see:

I don’t know how I feel about a 3-D Turtles cartoon, but hey, I’m willing to give it a chance. Not that the sneak peak really shows us much of anything. I do find it interesting that Don and Mike are getting blades added to their weaponry. Maybe trying to make them more appealing as fighters to today’s children? I dunno, Don has always been my favorite.

Calling All Thundercats!

Man, I’ve been really bad since MvC3 came out, haven’t I? Well that won’t be a problem for the unknown future, as my PS3 has yellow-lighted. Anyway, I’m back, and boy howdy do I have something for you. As you may or may not have heard, Cartoon Network has been in production for a while now on a new Thundercats cartoon. Its been going on for a while now, and on Friday the released a teaser for it. No voice acting is involved, just plain ‘ol animation put to mood setting music. To bad we don’t get to hear the legendary Lion-o call, but I guess we’ll just have to wait.

Expectations For Transformers 3 Get Even Lower

Why, you ask? For this:

Hasbro is selling these. Special 3D glasses you can buy (for $10) so you can look like Optimus Prime while watching Transformers 3: Dark Side of the Moon. Aren’t you excited!?!?!? Oh wait, you aren’t twelve? Damn. Then clearly these weren’t designed for you. Now while I really won’t be upset seeing kids with these on, but anybody over the age of ten I’ll want to punch in the head. Apparently there is a pair that looks like Bumblebee as well. Will it never end?

Optimus What? Prime? More Like Optimus Fairy

Ok, so heres the first picture of Optimus Prime’s toy for the next Transformers movie. And while some people may be excited for the movie, I assure you that this will shatter that excitement.

YES! That is Optimus Prime. With magical rainbow wings. He looks like a magical robot butterfly. Or a giant cyborg fairy. You get the idea.

Lil’ Vader Had Some Tough Training

Heres an early look at one of the many, MANY commercials that will be premiering on Sunday during the Super Bowl. I normally don’t condone people watching the Super Bowl for the commercials, and this year will be no different. Its not like you can’t see them some other time, stations will be airing them for months. Hell, you can even watch them on the internet now. But this one involves Volkswagen and Star Wars. Adorable and funny. Go Steelers!