There are few cinematic guilty pleasures we hold closer to our hearts than the Cube franchise . Here’s a breakdown of the films, in case you happened to overlook them: A group of strangers must find their way out of a multi-roomed, cube-shaped prison, which is filled with gruesome, deadly traps. If you think that sounds like an awesome plot for a video game, you’re not alone — the director of the original Cube , Vincenzo Natali, recently told MTV that he’d love to make a video game adaptation of the film.
If Alan Wake ’s TV show-like presentation isn’t, well, enough like a TV show for you, here’s some good news: next week, the first episode in a six-part live-action Alan Wake series will be available on Xbox Live. Bright Falls , shot on location in Oregon, acts as a prequel to the events in the game — which hopefully means that at least some weirdness was taking place in the game’s location before the arrival of Mr. Wake. Otherwise, we’ll be watching six episodes about a really pleasant town.
This robotic mouth was designed to mimic the mouth and throat motions that create accurate vowel sounds. Also, it is fucking terrifying. Progress! [ I Heart Chaos via Daily What ] More »
After cyber spy Superannuation shed light on a U.S. copyright document, filed by Grasshopper Manufacture in August 2008, internet speculation concluded that the idiosyncratic developer’s next game would be called “Closer.” However, Grasshopper’s international representative has told Joystiq that the name is no longer being used for any projects currently in development. “As for ‘Closer,’ we currently don’t have any projects under that name in development. Closer was one of the names considered for a project, but that name has since been abandoned.” Grasshopper’s most mysterious project — announced in August 2008 — is an action horror game empowered by the mind-boggling collaboration of Suda 51, Shinji Mikami, Akira Yamaoka and EA Partners
Humor , Cult of Mac , Steve Jobs Have you ever wanted to eat Steve Jobs? On second thought, don’t answer that. Ken over at TheCooksDen has sculpted an edible Steve Jobs’ head out of two blocks of mozzarella and some pepper. It’s actually pretty impressive in a Hannibal Lecter kind of way.
Saw this on TV yesterday. At around 4 in the morning. Not good. Which is a short first-person PC game which gives players a simple goal: find a way out of the goddamn horror house.
