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Comic-Con 2009: Left 4 Dead 2 Swamp Fever hands-on

24
Jul/090

Electronic Arts hosted a studio showcase in San Diego yesterday, just before the start of Comic-Con. Inside the Onyx Lounge were bright cheerful lights, colorful pastel colors, fresh-baked cookies and … The Littlest Pet Shop. However, if you headed downstairs to the basement, it was very dark, mysterious and crammed with things like Br?tal Legend and Left 4 Dead 2. We couldn’t resist the siren call of more zombie slaying, so we plunged straight into the new Swamp Fever level being shown off.

Head on beyond the break for our writeup. Later, look for our interview with Chet Faliszek, writer for L4D2 at Valve, where, according to him, “everyone is a designer!” But for now, it’s time to find out why you’ll want to catch “Swamp Fever.”

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Lost Planet 2 playable, giant salamander plushies winnable at Comic-Con

15
Jul/090

Capcom is bringing playable Lost Planet 2 to San Diego Comic-Con. According to a post on Capcom Unity, the demo will allow four players to team up and (attempt to) take down one of the game’s bosses, a giant salamander. Hey, that sounds like the same demo we played at E3!

Thing is, we didn’t get the chance to win a much cuter, giant plush version of the beast after slaying it. Comic-Con attendees will get one, though, by way of a raffle, the tickets to which will be handed out to everyone who plays the game. Up for grabs are an unknown number of 18″ and 3-foot long cute-ifications of the boss monster. Capcom is also giving away one of the 3-footers via its blog for those who can’t attend the big show. Details on that are in the original post.

Lost Planet 2 playable, giant salamander plushies winnable at Comic-Con originally appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 15 Jul 2009 16:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Top 10 Stormtrooper Crossovers

17
Jun/090

San Diego ComicCon is almost upon us, and you know what that means — stormtrooper costumes. Lots and lots of them. The white-armored villains have become so prevalent at every geek gathering that they hardly attract much notice, so they’ve had to get creative. Nowadays, you see Imperial Stormtroopers breaking rank and adding all kinds of weird and wonderful things to their standard issue armor, and becoming something weirdly meta in the process. Some of them, like the Elvis Stormtrooper, have become con celebrities in their own right (he’s even got his own website, where he’s reached a Kirk Lazarus level of crossover) and you can barely escape a con without a photo of them.

Galactic Binder has collected ten of the best stormtrooper crossovers they’ve seen. Seeing so many gathered in one place suggests that costumed Stormtroopers are becoming so ubiquitous that they’ll soon attract as little attention as a plain Stormtrooper. Hell, maybe ordinary troopers will become so rare that spotting one will be like seeing a unicorn in the wild …

So, check out the gallery below, and tell us your favorite. I’ll echo Galactic Binder and give a special gold star to the samurai stormtrooper for going full circle by referencing Kurosawa.

Gallery: Imperial Stormtrooper Crossovers

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Box Office: One Year, One Proposal

17
Jun/090

The Hangover held on to the top spot once again last week, edging out newcomers The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 and Eddie Murphy’s Imagine That (which placed sixth). Star Trek finally fell out of the top five landing in seventh place for its sixth week. Here’s the top five:

1. The Hangover: $32.7 million
2. Up: $30.8 million
3. The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3: $23.4 million
4. Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian: $9.6 million
5. Land of the Lost: $9 million

Two new comedies out this week:

The Proposal
What’s It All About: Romantic comedy about a high power executive (Sandra Bullock) who faces deportation back to Canada. In order to stay in the States she plans to marry her assistant (Ryan Reynolds) who she has treated like dirt for years.
Why It Might Do Well: The two leads are appealing as is the supporting cast which includes Mary Steenburgen, Craig T. Nelson, and Betty White.
Why It Might Not Do Well: The basic plot has been done to death in film and episodic TV and there’s no shortage of comedies this week.
Number of Theaters: 2,950
Prediction: $28 million

Year One
What’s It All About: A stone age comedy directed by Harold Ramis and starring Jack Black and Michael Cera as two guys who embark upon adventures after being booted out of their village.
Why It Might Do Well: This kind of has a Life of Brian feel without the religious overtones.
Why It Might Not Do Well: Jack Black can be a real love him or hate him kind of guy.
Number of Theaters: 2,900
Prediction: $24 million