Source Filmmaker vs. Batman

     So I've been on a huge Batman kick ever since I saw The Dark Knight Rises at the midnight premier, and these Team Fortress 2 videos made in Source Filmmaker really hit the spot.  What's Source Filmmaker you ask?  Why it's only the tools game developers Valve use to make movies for their games, such as this spot for TF2 (important details within for understanding a joke in one of the later clips).

     Recently, they released these tools free to the public to do with as they please.  So far, almost every video has involved characters and areas from Team Fortress 2, but that doesn't stop the work people do with Source Filmmaker from being amazing.  Both clips I am highlighting can be seen after the break.

Two Bros Viewing K-SQUARED

I just want to take a second and promote a pretty great Twitter account I was introduced to recently called Two Bros.  It describes scenarios in which two bros would tend to find themselves (or not).  Good stuff.  Since I don't know how to post individual tweets and have no interest in learning how to do so at 2:30 AM on a Saturday, you can check it out here:  https://twitter.com/two_bros

I SAW THE DARK KNIGHT RISES AT MIDNIGHT

     The title says it all.  I loved it.  Maybe I'll talk more about it later, maybe not.  All that can be said now is that if you didn't see it, you must.  You simply must.  And in addition, if you are one of those people that only saw The Dark Knight, you must see Batman Begins to fully enjoy The Dark Knight Rises.  Knowledge of what happens in Batman Begins is imperative to the experience.   

WATCH THIS FIRST

TO FULLY ENJOY THIS.

I hope that I've made myself clear.

Smash Bros. for the Rest of Us

     Being raised on the PlayStation consoles, for most of my life I've dreamed of having a PlayStation equivalent to Super Smash Bros.  And now we have precisely that.  While I was initially sceptical about PlayStation All-Stars: Battle Royale due to the health/damage system, in which a player's attacks are used to build up a super meter of sorts which is then used to unleash the only moves capable of knocking out opponents, upon further review, I welcome the idea.  One of my main complaints with Smash Bros. was that the percentage system led to players camping to avoid being knocked out.  Since PAS doesn't have health per se, I believe the game will end up being based more around offense, because only then can you build up your meter to unless an attack that can knock out opponents.
     Another issue that I have always had with Smash Bros. is the lack of a combo system.  The attacks never really were able to be chained and most players would simply mash buttons to use the few attacks that each characters was able to perform.  The other day I discovered PAS would solve that problem, introducing a Marvel vs. Capcom-esque combo system into the game, allow for the game to involve more skill and strategy than Smash Bros., as demonstrated in the clip below:

     With both of these elements in place, along with the obvious CHARACTERS THAT I ACTUALLY CARE ABOUT BECAUSE I NEVER LIKED NINTENDO, I am optimistic at this point that the final product will be great.  Now just get Crash Bandicoot on the final roster.  Please?

More info after the jump...

Suck It, Wolverine

   

     I was pleased to discover today that a game is being made that's centered around Deadpool, one of my favorite Marvel characters.  Seeing as High Moon Studios, the studio behind the excellent Transformers: War for Cybertron and its upcoming sequel.  Seeing as they seem to have a knack for making games from licensed properties, they will hopefully serve Deadpool the same justice that Batman received with his recent games.

      What makes Deadpool so great?  Not only is he a mercenary/ninja, but his personality is very atypical of the common hero or antihero.  Deadpool is highly sarcastic and  is always cracking jokes at the expense of his enemies, with many of them breaking the fourth wall.  It's difficult to explain further without visual aids, so below I have taken the liberty of providing you, my audience, with a few examples...

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