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Tuesday, November 20, 2012
Friday, November 16, 2012
In theaters NOW
Alright ladies and gents, here's the latest movies in theaters. Check back monday to see if Skyfall was able to maintain its position as the Number 1 movie in the world or if the epic finale of the "Twilight" saga stormed the castle for a hostile takeover !!! Until then, have a good weekend !!
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The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2
Silver Linings Playbook
Anna Karenina (2012)
Tuesday, November 13, 2012
Games on the AVE: Gamespot reviews Call of Duty: Black Ops 2
Available for Xbox 360, PS3, and WiiU |
Jetpacks with rigid wings. Gloves that can adhere to any surface and support your body weight. Advertisements that feature your face when you walk by. The campaign in Call of Duty: Black Ops II has some interesting ideas about the future of technology, but what about the future of this massively popular shooter series? On the one hand, Black Ops II introduces new mission types and dramatic decision points that liven up the campaign, as well as a league play option that represents a fundamental shift in the franchise's hallowed multiplayer mode. On the other hand, the campaign hits the same satisfying rhythms, the multiplayer captures the same frenetic intensity, and the cooperative zombies mode delivers the same stale undead-massacring action. Caught between striving for the future and remaining rooted in the past, Black Ops II finds solid footing, providing another great ride on the Call of Duty rollercoaster.
The ride starts off a bit rough as Black Ops II makes good on its pre-campaign warning of graphic content. Two early scenes linger on people burning alive, and while one ends up contributing to character development, the other is just gratuitous. Later cutscenes don't flinch from depicting gory violence, though of all the unpleasant sights you see throughout the story, the playful (and not at all gory) post-credits video might be the most appalling.
Fortunately, the campaign boasts an engaging story and a lot of entertaining action. It features the lead characters from the original Call of Duty: Black Ops, and though it references events from the past, a clear narrative thread emerges that is easy to follow. You jump between two time periods: the present, which is the year 2025, and the past, which spans about a decade during the Cold War. The narrative reflections of the elderly Frank Woods (a protagonist from Black Ops) weave these two timelines together, but the character that truly drives the story is the villain, Raul Menendez. During the Cold War missions, you follow Menendez's origin story and rise to power. In the 2025 missions, you desperately try to avert his catastrophic master plan. This parallel character development is deftly handled, infusing your missions with undercurrents of curiosity and urgency.
Things get even more intense when you are asked to make a choice. Press one button to kill a target, the other to let him live. The conditions of each choice vary and there are only a few of them, but even when you aren't responding to a prompt, you might be making a choice in a dramatic moment that will have consequences later. The main course of the campaign remains constant, but these decisions do affect the fate of some key characters. A few of these moments are sure to give you pause, adding some welcome weight to the proceedings, and there's a handy story rewind feature that lets you play earlier levels in order to see how different paths play out. There are also mission-specific challenges that give you ancillary goals to complete while you do so, further increasing the replay incentive.
You can also see some variance in the available strike missions, which are a new type of campaign level. These stages put you in a squad of soldiers and drones, and then let you choose which asset to control at any given time. Defending installations against enemy assault, escorting a convoy, and rescuing a hostage are some of the endeavors you might undertake. Though you have a team at your command, strike missions are still all about you gunning down foes. Your AI allies are only good at slightly hindering your enemies, so you end up doing the heavy lifting yourself, often while tracking activity on multiple fronts and hopping around to deal with advancing enemies. Having to consider the bigger picture is a nice change of pace for a series that has mostly involved just shooting what's in front of you, and these missions are a welcome shot in the arm for the familiar campaign pacing.
Of course, familiar as it may be, that pacing is still great. The campaign ebbs and flows as you move through a variety of diverse, detailed environments using an array of powerful weaponry to dispatch your foes, occasionally hopping into a jet or on to a horse for a short jaunt, or manning a missile turret to tame a swarm of hostile drones. A few neat gadgets and surprising gameplay moments satisfy the novelty quotient, but you still get the lingering feeling that you've done this all before. The new strike missions, dramatic decision points, and memorable villain help keep this concern at bay, however, and this fiesty, enjoyable romp is more enticing to replay than other recent Call of Duty campaigns.
Black Ops II's competitive multiplayer has seen some changes as well, notably in the way you equip yourself before going into battle. The COD points system from Black Ops has been ditched in favor of a new token system that still affords you some control over the order in which you unlock new weapons and gear. The more interesting change is the new loadout system, which gives you ten points to play with and assigns a single point to every element of your loadout (guns, attachments, perks, lethal and tactical items). It offers a bit of flexibility if, say, you don't use a sidearm much but could really use an extra perk, and the new wild cards allow some limited creativity. Put one of these in your loadout, and you can go into battle with two well-equipped primary weapons, or you can load up on perks and bring just a knife and your wits.
Weekend Box Office RESULTS November 9, 2012 - November 11, 2012
gOOD mORNING WORLD !! hERE WE ARE WITH THE BOX OFFICE RESULTS. No suprise here, MGM/ Sony's "SKYFALL" took the box office by storm and became the Number 1 movie in the world this past weekend. The film made $90 million dollars, just crushing the competition entirely. Last weekend's champ, "Wreck-It-Ralph" fell to Number 2, with $33 million in ticket sales, Paramount Pictures "Flight" flew into the Number 3 spot with $14 million in ticket sales. Rounding out the top 5 movies at the box office are "Argo"(#4) and "Taken 2" (#5). Despite being released quite awhile ago, these films have garnered critical acclaim and rave reviews and this continues to drive moviegoers to theaters to check out what all the hype is about. Well that's it folks, check out the list for the rest of the top 12 movies in theaters. As an added bonus for James Bond's return to the top of the box office, here's the theme song from Skyfall by Adele. We'll see you guys back on friday !!
TW | Title | Studio | Weekend | Total | Week | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Skyfall | Columbia Pictures (Sony), MGM |
$88,364,714
|
$90,564,714
|
1
|
||
2 | Wreck-It Ralph | Walt Disney Pictures |
$33,012,796
|
$93,647,405
|
2
|
||
3 | Flight | Paramount Pictures |
$14,785,097
|
$47,455,396
|
2
|
||
4 | Argo | Warner Bros. Pictures |
$6,617,229
|
$85,583,187
|
5
|
||
5 | Taken 2 | 20th Century Fox |
$4,012,829
|
$131,300,000
|
6
|
||
6 | Cloud Atlas | Warner Bros. Pictures |
$2,658,250
|
$22,844,956
|
3
|
||
7 | The Man with the Iron Fists | Univeral Pictures |
$2,592,705
|
$12,821,030
|
2
|
||
8 | Pitch Perfect | Universal Pictures |
$2,573,350
|
$59,099,993
|
7
|
||
9 | Here Comes the Boom | Columbia Pictures (Sony) |
$2,522,790
|
$39,033,885
|
5
|
||
10 | Hotel Transylvania | Sony Pictures Animation |
$2,400,226
|
$140,954,208
|
7
|
||
11 | Paranormal Activity 4 | Paramount Pictures |
$1,980,033
|
$52,600,612
|
4
|
||
12 | Sinister | Summit Entertainment |
$1,524,448
|
$46,578,686
|
5
|
Monday, November 12, 2012
Sunday, November 11, 2012
Sneaks on the Ave: Staple x size? x New Balance 577
Sup everyone, Mike P here.
Yes I'm still alive and I apologize for my long vacation from the Ave.
So some of you may have seen the teaser pics that flew around last week of the new 577 model from New Balance collab'd by sneaker legend Jeff Staple and size? that was rumored to be dropping soon.
Well, a few days ago (yes I know I'm a bit late, forgive me), some full shots were released of the 'Black Pigeon' 577. The Black Pigeon is Jeff Staple's third installment and collaboration with New Balance. His first two (the Grey and White Pigeons) are still some of the harder pairs to come across today. Also, you may remember the story of Staple's Pigeon SB Dunk? You know, the one that started riots and forced the store to have cabs waiting out back for those who bought a pair to make a quick and clean getaway? Yeah. Those.
Well, these pictures have surfaced and it seems like he has another hit on his hands.
I'll be honest, these shots were a little off-putting at first. I didn't think there was a correct use of materials (perhaps a black suede would have been better). But upon further investigation, I found out these will be a weatherproof shoe and an added felt lining for warmth and ripstop nylon on the upper as well. The white midsole adds a nice pop to the shoe and the rope laces help throw in some contrast too. And it wouldn't be Jeff Staple without some pink hits somewhere.
All in all, this is an exciting shoe. Stay tuned for release information, but for now, it is said that the release will be at Reed Space on November 17th. I'm not sure about an online release, but a guy can dream.
Yes I'm still alive and I apologize for my long vacation from the Ave.
So some of you may have seen the teaser pics that flew around last week of the new 577 model from New Balance collab'd by sneaker legend Jeff Staple and size? that was rumored to be dropping soon.
Well, a few days ago (yes I know I'm a bit late, forgive me), some full shots were released of the 'Black Pigeon' 577. The Black Pigeon is Jeff Staple's third installment and collaboration with New Balance. His first two (the Grey and White Pigeons) are still some of the harder pairs to come across today. Also, you may remember the story of Staple's Pigeon SB Dunk? You know, the one that started riots and forced the store to have cabs waiting out back for those who bought a pair to make a quick and clean getaway? Yeah. Those.
Well, these pictures have surfaced and it seems like he has another hit on his hands.
I'll be honest, these shots were a little off-putting at first. I didn't think there was a correct use of materials (perhaps a black suede would have been better). But upon further investigation, I found out these will be a weatherproof shoe and an added felt lining for warmth and ripstop nylon on the upper as well. The white midsole adds a nice pop to the shoe and the rope laces help throw in some contrast too. And it wouldn't be Jeff Staple without some pink hits somewhere.
All in all, this is an exciting shoe. Stay tuned for release information, but for now, it is said that the release will be at Reed Space on November 17th. I'm not sure about an online release, but a guy can dream.
That's it for now, guys.
Saturday, November 10, 2012
Sneaks on the AVE: sneaker release date reminder
Alright sneaker heads, heres the latest joints in stores. Check em out, and head to your nearest sneaker store to cop the shoes you feeling the most !!! PEACE !!!!
Nike LeBron X ‘Cutting Jade’
11/10/12 $270
Obsidian/Sail – Gym Red
332550-401
11/10/12
$110
Deep Royal/University Gold-White
302370-445
11/10/12
$160
Nike Air Flight One White/White-Royal 538133-100 11/07/12 $120 |
Nike Air Max Hyperposite Crystal Mint/Metallic Copper Coin 524862-301 11/10/12 $225 |
Nike Zoom Rookie Varsity Red/Varsity Red-Black-Tourmaline 472688-601 $200 11/10/12More: Nike Zoom Rookie |
Nike Air Max Speed Turf Obsidian/Gym Red-White-Game Royal 525225-401 11/10/12 $135 |
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