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hokay…two things for today. and theyre not even of the same category, but will nonetheless be placed into gaming + toys because cin3ma is ridiculously overflowing. and frankly i havent been able to figure out how to code the templates properly to show multiple categories either…so there ya go.
theres a second behind-the-scenes featurette up today on the alien vs. predator site. and this ones infinitely better than both the first featurette and the teaser combined because they take a detailed look at the alien and predator costumes. the predators in particular have a more varied look now, because theyre dealing with a whole clan as opposed to an individual. some of the classic predator weapons have also been given a bit of a face-lift. the forearm blades are significantly longer than the previous versions, and the shoulder-mounted cannons come in varying calibers…big and holy shit. the production team is also creating more alien costumes, as opposed to computer generated ones, which i think is pretty coo. the original alien movies didnt use cg, and they looked great. so definitely take a look.
home of the underdogs
theres also a coo article on wired today about home of the underdogs, the website that hosts a collection of abandonware…games so old that their publishers have pretty much abandoned them. the article looks at whats considered abandonware and whats not…and goes into why publishers even abandon a game in the first place. abandonware technically isnt even legal, but many times the publishers have nothing to gain by retaining these games. and many times theyre not even sure who owns what. many companies go under, get bought out, or merge…so the legal rights to certain games (particularly the older games) get lost in the shuffle. lately tho, many game companies have begun remaking older titles. so who knows, many of these titles might hit the shelves again.
> avp second featurette (via cinescape)
> avp first featurette post
> abandonware (via wired)
> home of the underdogs
