Three high school friends gain superpowers after making an incredible discovery. Soon, though, they find their lives spinning out of control and their bond tested as they embrace their darker sides.

Now THIS, you have to see

If you liked films like Cloverfield, you will love ths film

This is all about teenage angst, family problems and lack of money and the corruption power can manifest (lots of metiphors in this film)

Hell if this was a Marvel film, I would expect Spidey to come swinging in reminding kids that, "With great power comes great responsibility" and its true

Three teenage guys find an alien artifact (which is convieniently left out there in the plot and never cleaned up and I am actually happy about it) in a sink hole in the ground.  The object makes a strange noise and gives them all a nose bleed and then throws them out of the hole and collapses the sink hole.  The three then start manifesting telekenysis and other cool superhero powers, however, things go bad when one of the three, played by the very cool Dane DeHaan starts considering himself an apex predator and basically shit hits the fan

Considering this is 90% filmed from one of the main characters handycam (which he floats round him like a worker bee) it gives an extra dimension to his power AND I'm sure made the cinematography a LOT easier to film 😀  BUT, it gives you a good look into not only his life (including his abuse from his drunk dad and also the anguish of his mother dying from cancer or similar), but also the small time where life is good, he's enjoying not only his power and the confidence it gives him, but also the fun of being accepted (although it is short lived)

This is a great film and will definitely be gracing my dvd/bluray collection

a cool 7.5 outta 10! Buy it, we want a sequel!

Blizzard has unwrapped Diablo III’s auction system, revealing both in-game gold and real-money auction houses.

Players will be able to switch between the two houses as they wish, which are separated into three regions independent of one another: The Americas, Europe, and Asia. The full corresponding countries for these regions (and what features and functionality they’re limited to at launch) are listed in the official Diablo III auction house FAQ.

Those who utilize the real-money auction house will take on certain transaction fees when selling items.

For equipment, Blizzard will take a $1.00 transaction fee for each item. Commodities such as gems, dyes, and recipes have a 15 per cent fee on them. Players can transfer real-money earnings to their Battle.net account, or transferred out to Paypal for a 15 per cent transfer fee as well.

Diablo III arrives May 15th for PC and OS X.

Source: MCV

This week on the Sunday Night Showcase –

We will be joined in IRC and live on air by

"Dreamkiller, the 2011 Independent Artist Music Awards ROCK BAND OF THE YEAR, is a melodic rock band that fuses rock and the idea of a rock musical and targets this towards a commercial audience."

Jim will be joining us live on air this evening, answering you questions from IRC, Facebook and twitter

Make sure to join us aswell to get some requests in! The Live request system both on the website and in IRC @ irc.sanitarium.fm port:6667 #sanitarium.fm for live show discussion

Also, keep an eye on this thread for future youtube videos and info about the band and for any ramblings from the band themselves

Yes indeed, Sunday Night Showcase LIVE!!! with your host, LoneSamurai!

Sunday 29th April, 9pm til Midnight GMT, 4pm til 7pm EST.

See you there
~Lonesamurai

WOOHOO!!!

Special Character Distribution Launches with New Pokémon TCG Expansion, Online Showing of ‘The Rise of Darkrai’

 

LONDON, UK —April 26^th, 2012—Pokémon Black Version and Pokémon White Version video game players will get the Pokémon of their dreams, and give their opponents nightmares, when The Pokémon Company International kicks off a special character distribution event next month featuring the Mythical Dark-type Pokémon, Darkrai. The elusive Darkrai comes equipped with a special attack and special Ability that send opposing Pokémon into a frightful scenario when used together. Specific details about the special attack and special Ability will be revealed when the Darkrai character distribution begins May 9^th.

 

Coinciding with the Darkrai character distribution is the retail release of the Pokémon TCG: Black & White—Dark Explorers expansion. This brand-new expansion features Darkrai-EX and an intimidating lineup of other Darkness-type Pokémon such as Zoroark, Umbreon, and Sableye that will knock your opponent’s lights out! The Pokémon TCG: Black & White—Dark Explorers includes more powerful Pokémon-EX cards that inflict serious damage during battle, including Tornadus-EX, Kyogre-EX, Raikou-EX, and Groudon-EX.

 

Darkrai also stars in a full-length feature film, The Rise of Darkrai, coming to www.pokemon.co.uk/ex on May 9th. Pokémon fans can watch Darkrai battling Dialga and Palkia while Ash races to save a town from being thrown into another dimension. Check out the movie, find out more about the Darkrai character distribution, and view Pokémon TCG: Black & White—Dark Explorers cards at Pokemon.co.uk this May!

 

To participate in the Darkrai character distribution event beginning May 9^th via Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection service, players will need:

 

· Wireless broadband Internet access
· A Nintendo DS, Nintendo DSi, Nintendo DSi XL, or Nintendo 3DS system
· A copy of the Pokémon Black Version or Pokémon White Version game
· No more than 11 Wonder Cards in their possession

 

To find out more about Pokémon, visit www.pokemon.co.uk.

DO WANT!!!

… and CAN has 😀  Win!

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Well…  

New promotions offer existing and returning players easy path to discover latest updates

 

LOS ANGELES (Apr. 20, 2012) —  Square Enix, Inc., the publisher of SQUARE ENIX® interactive entertainment products in the Americas, today announced two new promotional campaigns aimed at rewarding the  FINAL FANTASY® XIV community and reintroducing former players to the updates, content additions and improvements that have been made to the lands of Eorzea. The Legacy Campaign will introduce several benefits for loyal subscribers and The Welcome Back Campaign will encourage adventurers who played FFXIV in the past to rejoin and experience the latest sweeping changes made to the lands of Eorzea.

 

The Legacy Campaign will be offered to players who have been subscribers of  FINAL FANTASY XIV for at least 90 days between January 6, 2012 and the start of the version 2.0 beta testing. Legacy members will be able to lock–in a lowered subscription rate of $9.99 and also receive an exclusive in–game Chocobo mount at the launch of 2.0. Detailed information on the subscription rates are:

 

Membership Tiers Price Billing Cycle Max Playable Characters
Per World Max Playable Characters
Total
Legacy $9.99* 30 Days 8 40
Entry $12.99* 30 Days 1 8
Standard $14.99* 30 Days 8 40

 

Additionally, as a gesture of appreciation to the game's most dedicated community members, the names of these Legacy members will be included in the credits of version 2.0.

 

The Welcome Back Campaign is an invitation for players that hold inactive accounts to rejoin their friends on Eorzea during a 10–day free–to–play window between May 9 (8:00pm PST) and May 20 (11:59pm PST). Returning players will be able to experience the Seventh Umbral Era content and try out major new additions to the game including the job system introduced in Patch 1.21 as well as the content that will be introduced in Patch 1.22 like the battle against the fierce primal Garuda. The Welcome Back Campaign will be an incredible opportunity for players to re–immerse themselves in the realm of Eorzea.

 

For additional information, visit  http://lodestone.finalfantasyxiv.com and  http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com.

Yeah, I won't be giving it another go, are you?