Wednesday, August 31, 2011

RT @RockMyBoat_: When scary movie commercials come on i look for my control as fast as i could ! #TruePussy . Lmfaoo

RT @RockMyBoat_: When scary movie commercials come on i look for my control as fast as i could !#TruePussy. Lmfaoo

Deep Silver Reveal Dead Island Social Networking App

http://electronictheatre.co.uk/index.php/articles/8879-deep-silver-reveal-dead-island-social-networking-app

George Larch, Deep Silver's International Marketing Director said: "Learning more about our fans is hugely important as it means we can deliver the games and downloadable content they really want.We've chosen Neoco as a partner because of their extensive video game experience and because of their ability to quickly plug-in Facebook apps and build strategies around them."

'Dead Island': Preview

http://www.digitalspy.com/gaming/news/a332576/dead-island-preview.html

As a game a few dozen hours in length, there are also a bunch of other elements that were barely touched upon, especially in combat. For one, there's a Rage mode that gives you powerful weapons such as Uzis or a samurai sword dependant on your character, and although it lasts for a limited period, is something that can help out in a spot of bother. Experience from missions and killing zombies helps you unlock new abilities through skill trees, while workbenches allow you to use spare components to create powerful weapon upgrades. There are even more powerful enemy types to square against - such as a beefed-up, towering zombie that'll send you flying with a single punch - that'll keep you on your toes.

So were watching this scary movie in my Media Literature class called Psycho :)

So were watching this scary movie in my Media Literature class called Psycho :)

somebody thought it was a funny joke to hide the remote while im watching a thai scary movie. well .. IM NOT LAUGHING. D

somebody thought it was a funny joke to hide the remote while im watching a thai scary movie. well .. IM NOT LAUGHING.D

"A perfect date would be cooking at home and watching a scary movie. Hopefully itd be raining outside. Thats romant

"A perfect date would be cooking at home and watching a scary movie. Hopefully itd be raining outside.Thats romant

Thursday, August 25, 2011

Thinking about scary movie night with the same cool cats from lastnight!(:

Thinking about scary movie night with the same cool cats from lastnight!(:

Preview: Dead Island

http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/games/preview-dead-island-20110808-1iita.html

The game burst into the public eye with Techland's first cinematic trailer, depicting the last moment of a doomed holidaying family. The trailer is surprisingly effective and tugs firmly on your heartstrings. It's easy to get excited about a cinematic trailer, but it showed no gameplay. While the trailer makes the game seem more terrifying than it plays, the concept it introduced was horror in the sun and a zombie outbreak approached in an adult way. Which the game, so far, delivers.

'Dead Island': Preview

http://www.digitalspy.com/gaming/news/a332576/dead-island-preview.html

Another key factor to combat and progression is that weapons degrade over time, and break within a handful of attacks, requiring you to constantly pick up new blunt objects - from boat oars to iron piping and hammers - to keep in your possession in case you run short, something which happened several times during our short playthrough. While it sounds frustrating having to constantly be on the look out for new weaponry (and could well do over the course of the game) it made for a more tense and involving experience, providing little choice but to sprint past a pack of zombies in the desperate hope I'd find something to fend them off with just round the next corner. In that regard, at times Dead Island feels far more survival-oriented than many of its zombie-filled contemporaries.

RT @Humanoidcity: #imagine u and Bill watching a horror movie. B: scared? U:no u? B:no. Something scary happend and Bill

RT @Humanoidcity: #imagine u and Bill watching a horror movie. B: scared?U:no u? B:no. Something scary happend and Bill

Preview: Dead Island

http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/games/preview-dead-island-20110808-1iita.html

It's no secret I'm a ferocious fan of the shambling undead. Something about the breakdown of society and the new zombie world order appeals to me.Is that so wrong? (probably) On that note, I was recently invited down to Melbourne for the chance to preview the first hour of Techland's Dead Island. Hosted by Mana Bar Melbourne, the infectiously fun gaming/bar mash-up, our press event was followed by a community tiki-themed zombie bash. Because the undead love a good party.

'Dead Island': Preview

http://www.digitalspy.com/gaming/news/a332576/dead-island-preview.html

Back in the hut, a mysterious voice over the radio suggests that everyone make their way to a lifeguard building located further down the beach, and it's at this point that Dead Island begins proper. While your first quest is to retrieve a security card from a nearby apartment, you're free to explore the resort area at your own leisure, pillaging items and cracking zombie skulls. The beach directly outside is open, spacious and fairly safe, but the resort's layout becomes more complex and niche-ridden as you make your way further inland amongst the apartments, making the chances of a surprise zombie attack more likely. Dead Island offers a good contrast between bright, open outdoor areas to the dark and claustrophobic indoors that require a far more careful approach when exploring, as well as the chance to discover more more cash, weapon components and audio logs.

Saturday, August 20, 2011

Wednesday, August 17, 2011

'Dead Island': Preview

http://www.digitalspy.com/gaming/news/a332576/dead-island-preview.html

Run for your life

'Dead Island': Preview

http://www.digitalspy.com/gaming/news/a332576/dead-island-preview.html

Once awake, you pick up a weapon and help a fellow survivor clear a pack of zombies outside, acting as a quick tutorial to Dead Island's combat. Attacks are almost entirely melee-focused, which is perfect for the slow-paced foes you're up against. While a single swing for the head can down a zombie, combat's much more involving than that, since attacks and sprinting are governed by a stamina bar, requiring you to steady your actions. Not only do zombies rarely appear alone, they're also surprisingly quiet, requiring a constant sense of spatial awareness in both exploration and in battle to avoid being overwhelmed.Certain zombies will also charge towards you at a quick pace, but can be picked off quickly by targeting their heads and throwing your weapon, instantly stopping them in their tracks.

Sunday, August 14, 2011

Saturday, August 13, 2011

Austin Powers 4, Men In Black 3 and Scary Movie 5 all coming out in original ideas hollywood? :p

Austin Powers 4, Men In Black 3 and Scary Movie 5 all coming out in original ideas hollywood?:p

RT @AustinOnuoha: RT @macleanbrendan: Men In Black 3, Austin Powers 4 and Scary Movie 5 all set for 2012. Who says Holly

RT @AustinOnuoha: RT @macleanbrendan: Men In Black 3, Austin Powers 4 and Scary Movie 5 all set for 2012. Who says Holly

Friday, August 12, 2011

Why white always wanna fall in a scary movie and hurt themselves!!! You wanna die!! Ima leave you behind!!!

Why white always wanna fall in a scary movie and hurt themselves!!!You wanna die!! Ima leave you behind!!!

PREVIEW: Hands-on with Dead Island!

http://www.examiner.com/video-game-industry-in-san-francisco/preview-hands-on-with-dead-island

Dead Island comes with a fresh take on the survivor horror genre and there's zombies!

'Dead Island': Preview

http://www.digitalspy.com/gaming/news/a332576/dead-island-preview.html

From the off, you're free to rummage through anything with a handle, such as drawers to cupboards, to collect cash and items that can be used in weapon creation later on. Gradually making your way through the hotel floor by floor to the ground level, down elevator shafts and along lengthy corridors, you only catch the occasional glimpse of the undead menace before passing out and being carried to a survivor-packed beach hut.

RT @TeenSwagQuote: Whenever I watch a scary movie, I keep my feet on the couch just in case theres something hiding unde

RT @TeenSwagQuote: Whenever I watch a scary movie, I keep my feet on the couch just in case theres something hiding unde

RT @BoatMaster55: Taking your girlfriend to a scary movie? Take it one step further and commit a homicide yourself. #Pro

RT @BoatMaster55: Taking your girlfriend to a scary movie? Take it one step further and commit a homicide yourself.#Pro

Monday, August 8, 2011

@TwiiRobsten ill try, we should do somethin like old days, scary movie, sleepover, what do u think? (:

@TwiiRobsten ill try, we should do somethin like old days, scary movie, sleepover, what do u think?(:

Dead Island: Slice and Dice in Paradise

http://ps3.ign.com/articles/118/1185181p1.html Shocked, you stumble into the elevator thinking that this is the worst hangover you've experienced since The Hangover Part II, when the elevator cables give way and carriage starts plummeting down the shaft. As each floor hurtles past you're offered brief flashes of horror glimpsed through the open doors, of partygoers you remember from the night before feasting on corpses and staring back at you with blackened, unnatural eyes.

Deep Silver's Dead Island takes over PlayStation®Home

http://terminalgamer.com/2011/07/25/deep-silver’s-dead-island-takes-over-playstation-home/

Set in an open world tropical island, hordes of different festering zombies await players around every corner while they embark on a variety of thrilling missions through the holiday resort. With firearms and ammunition being scarce the player must rely on discovering and utilizing items as weapons for self-defense and fighting off zombie hordes in intense melee combat. A diverse range of items can be collected and will later serve to transform the player's ordinary makeshift weapons into serious instruments of destruction.

Dead Island: Slice and Dice in Paradise

http://ps3.ign.com/articles/118/1185181p1.html

The opening of Dead Island sees you lurching through throngs of blissed-out partygoers, pawing at them desperately and mumbling incoherently as neon lights blur and swirl around the edges of your vision. But this isn't some unique narrative twist in which you begin the game from the perspective of an infected zombie. The explanation is far less sinister: you're drunk.

Pre-Purchase Dead Island On Steam And Get Free Zombie Bashing Implement Of Destruction

http://zoknowsgaming.com/2011/07/20/pre-purchase-dead-island-steam-free-zombie-bashing-implement-destruction/

Dead Island is currently zombie crawling its way towards its release date while simultaneously attempting to bite the ankles of anyone who happens to walk by – coming out on September 6, 2011 for Xbox 360, PS3 and PC!Clean that shotgun and practice your headshots, something tells me this skill is key.

Deep Silver's Dead Island takes over PlayStation®Home

http://terminalgamer.com/2011/07/25/deep-silver’s-dead-island-takes-over-playstation-home/

PlayStation Home users will also be able to pre-order Dead Island through a themed kiosk directly from the Central Plaza.

Pre-Purchase Dead Island On Steam And Get Free Zombie Bashing Implement Of Destruction

http://zoknowsgaming.com/2011/07/20/pre-purchase-dead-island-steam-free-zombie-bashing-implement-destruction/ To recap, that's $10 off per copy if you buy with your friends, a cool bat/buzzsaw to chop up zombies with, and DLC content that throws wave after wave of brain hungry zombies at you to destroy for XP and money. As I said: Awesomeness IS a word.

Dead Island Coming To Playstation Home

http://www.ztgd.com/news/11431/dead-island-coming-to-playstation-home/

Just before the games launch in September terrifying zombies will lurk in the once peaceful Central Plaza and soon enough it will come to resemble the Royal Palms Resort on the tropical island of Banoi, with palm trees and beautiful tropical vegetation, a gorgeous beach and stunning view of the ocean, bringing the unique Banoi feeling to PlayStation Home visitors.

Dead Island's Infestation Spreads to PlayStation Home

http://kotaku.com/5824422/dead-islands-infestation-spreads-to-playstation-home/gallery/ The key element to take away here is that the PlayStation Home Dead Island experience will lead directly to in-game exclusives that can't be found anywhere else. That's a rather aggressive way to get folks to give Sony's virtual playground a try.

Thursday, August 4, 2011

Agreed!!!RT @tia_h: i really dnt like when a preview for a scary movie comes on while im sittin in my room wit the light

Agreed!!!RT @tia_h: i really dnt like when a preview for a scary movie comes on while im sittin in my room wit the light

Pre-Purchase Dead Island On Steam And Get Free Zombie Bashing Implement Of Destruction

http://zoknowsgaming.com/2011/07/20/pre-purchase-dead-island-steam-free-zombie-bashing-implement-destruction/

Just when you thought your day couldn't become any better than it already is, our good friends over at Deep Silver hit us up and dropped off some Dead Island awesomeness (Awesomness is a word, we've been over this..focus.) and I'm here to pass along the good news to you. So, getting right to the point, grab your credit cards and go pre-purchase your copy of Dead Island on Steam for your rocking PC. Why pre-purchase? (pre-order?) Well I'll tell you:

Deep Silver's Dead Island takes over PlayStation®Home

http://terminalgamer.com/2011/07/25/deep-silver’s-dead-island-takes-over-playstation-home/

A Dead Island themed mini game will be available to PlayStation Home visitors in which players must prove their skills in crafting items and pit their abilities against attacks from a rampaging zombie horde.Just like the co-op mode in Dead Island this mini game can be played with up to 4 players in different play styles. In all, there are 10 mini-game challenges associated with the game users completing all 10 will be awarded with an exclusive in-game weapon "Exploding Meat".

Deep Silver's Dead Island takes over PlayStation®Home

http://terminalgamer.com/2011/07/25/deep-silver’s-dead-island-takes-over-playstation-home/ Terrifying zombies will lurk in the once peaceful Central Plaza and soon enough it will come to resemble the Royal Palms Resort on the tropical island of Banoi, with palm trees and beautiful tropical vegetation, a gorgeous beach and stunning view of the ocean, bringing the unique Banoi feeling to PlayStation Home visitors.

Dead Island's Infestation Spreads to PlayStation Home

http://kotaku.com/5824422/dead-islands-infestation-spreads-to-playstation-home/gallery/

Then the mini-games start.

Dead Island Preview (Xbox360)

http://www.strategyinformer.com/xbox360/deadisland/612/preview.html

Like most things, Dead Island is a lot more fun in a team. And in our latest play-test we put the four-player co-op side of the game through its paces. There's a hidden strategy to walking around in a group ,as each playable character has a certain function. Xian Mei, for example, is an 'assassin' class. whereas Sam B is a tank. Zombies are more likely to go straight for Sam than Xian, so it's a matter of using these known behaviours to your advantage. Still, the different classes have slightly less meaning in single-player as there's no group that follows you around.It's just you and so a lot of the strategy of taking on the undead denizens is lost.

Dead Island roundtable scares up some details

http://www.gamingnexus.com/FullNews/Dead-Island-roundtable-scares-up-some-details/Item23471.aspx Modding for PC has not been ruled out at this time, but it hasn't been confirmed yet, either. Expect to find out more as the release date approaches.

Dead Island's Infestation Spreads to PlayStation Home

http://kotaku.com/5824422/dead-islands-infestation-spreads-to-playstation-home/gallery/

PlayStation 3 owners will start feeling the effects of the Dead Island infection shortly before the game launches on September 6 in North America, September 9 in Europe. It'll all start with a few zombies shambling through the Home Square. Apparently those zombies will be landscapers and building contractors, because soon enough visitors will find themselves wandering about a recreation of the island of Banoi's Royal Palms Resort.

Dead Island roundtable scares up some details

http://www.gamingnexus.com/FullNews/Dead-Island-roundtable-scares-up-some-details/Item23471.aspx

Early on in the planning stages of Dead Island, it was to be a zombie-focused RPG. As development progressed, however, the game has become something different. RPG elements will remain, but several other game mechanics will be prominent as well. The game changed several times in the process, going from RPG to strict co-op before settling on the product that we'll see in September.

Monday, August 1, 2011

Hands on with "Dead Island"

http://www.soundandvisionmag.com/article/hands-dead-island

While playing with strangers is not the ideal environment for teamwork, my compatriots and I did a decent job progressing through the zombie horde. Actually, it was like joining a room of randoms online. You need to help one another by reviving each other when downed, but based on my demo it was hard to tell if Dead Island will require the same amount of teamwork as the Left 4 Dead series.

Dead Island Roundtable Interview

http://www.rpgamer.com/news/Q3-2011/071511b.html While on the topic of action, someone asked an interesting question about the damage models on zombies. Zombies have damage zones in their heads, torso, and all four limbs. If you are using a sharp bladed weapon, you can sever any of these points. If you are using blunt weapon, then those same points will instead become bludgeoned and broken. You also have to take into account the assassin class, Xian Mei, who can deal special damage to an enemies back. There is a lot of strategy in where and what you attack an enemy with, which should keep the combat interesting over the course of the game. The game won't, however, be easy. To get a lot of those rare and expensive weapons, you will have to save money, scavenge, and make a lot of difficult choices with how to use your limited funds. You will also have to make hard choices in how your character develops. When you first start the game, all four classes will largely be the same, but as you open up the tech tree, each class will become widely different, giving you a lot more perks and options in combat. The game will be a constant struggle for survival, but at least they are giving you plenty of tools to fight the zombie hoards.

Dead Island roundtable scares up some details

http://www.gamingnexus.com/FullNews/Dead-Island-roundtable-scares-up-some-details/Item23471.aspx

Zombies will have several standard hit zones when struck during melee combat, including the head, arms, and legs. There will also be damage modifiers based on weapon type. Impact to limbs with a sharp weapon may result in the severing of that limb, while blunt weapons may break or shatter the limb.

Dead Island roundtable scares up some details

http://www.gamingnexus.com/FullNews/Dead-Island-roundtable-scares-up-some-details/Item23471.aspx

One of the highlights for the development team at E3 was seeing players having fun with the game and that the first-person melee system was executing well.

Dead Island Trailer Wins Gold Award At Cannes

http://www.ripten.com/2011/06/29/dead-island-trailer-wins-gold-award-at-cannes/ Richard Scott, executive producer of Axis Animation (creators of the trailer), had this to say about the award: "We are overwhelmed to see the Dead Island trailer pick up an award at an event as prestigious as the Cannes Lions, it goes to prove that the dedication shown by director Stuart Aitken and all of the Axis team has really paid off. I also want to give great credit to all the Deep Silver team because without their daring strategy and belief in what we could do, this project could have been so different."