New Fallout Vault 69 Reveal Trailer!

(OF COURSE IT'S FAKE :D, BUT CHECK OUT THE WORK I PUT INTO IT)

Reinstalled Windows and programs so I made this stupid fake trailer to test-drive the 3D, camera tracking and editing programs.

Vault 69 is a fallout bunker made by Vault-Tec (from Fallout universe), it has never appeared in any of the game in FO series but the best part is that Vault 69 contains 999 women and 1 man (talk about "One man standing... or f**king???")

I used Borderlands' Old trailer as editing material because the lady said something like "You are looking for THE VAULT, aren't you?... blah blah blah... IT DOESN'T EXIST!" so I came up with the idea of putting Fallout's Vault into the trailer... the problem is to determine a Vault number which would be interesting so I searched info on Vaults and found out 69 would be nice for this fake trailer.

Hope you like it.





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Materiel sources:
- Borderlands' VGA Trailer
- Fallout 3's in-game image of Vault door
- Fallout 3's main theme by Inon Zur
- Jessica Drake's moaning LOL


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Army of Three 13: Sarcasm Ep.1

Note: These random sarcasms have nothing to do with the actual games or sources. I made them up based on my first impressions upon seeing the clips.

DO AS I SAY, NOT AS I DO
Dragon Age: Origins Trailer



Most of the higher people in movie and game industries kept telling you while trying to get a job that you should put "NO HEAVY METAL" in your demo reels. Yes, heavy metal is bad if you are small flies because they are loud and can annoy the person viewing your reels, unless you are called BIOWARE or EA, then you can pretty much use any kind of music you want in your trailers even after turning down the poor souls applying with the same song in their reels.

Now isn't this ironic?

P.S. Marilyn Manson doesn't come close to metal in my book, but I know a lot of recruiters would call it metal :D

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Sarcasm on Clubbing game and Raping party after the click.



Who are your target groups again?
New York Nights (?)



IF you like to party, you wouldn't be playing this iPhone app... you'd be busy flirting your asses off in the real clubs.
IF you don't like to party... why wouldn't you go shooting some Nazi zombies or enjoying blue alien sex scene instead of playing this game?

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Wii IS for FAMILIES!
Family Pirate Party




When the whole family can enjoy evil activities such as robbing, raping and killing, thanks to Nintendo Wii!

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Johnny Crush WHAT?!

When you let people make their own ideas into reality and allow them the distributing channel like the Xbox Live Community Games, clueless gamers might end up shooting some meat sticks... really kinky!

Watch the trailer after the click...



Johnny Crush is the name of this game which (in my opinion after watching the clip) may make you think about Serious Sam or Nitro Family, they all look like the kind of game which won't allow you to take your eyes off the screen even for half a second (forget about your favorite game-time snacks). No, no, no ... they are not THAT fun you couldn't take a break, they are games that required constant Run-n-Gunning and pausing won't do you any good because you couldn't remember which direction you'll have to straft to next!!

And from the clip below I think they should rename him Johnny CRUSHED (by giant RODS) LOL

Anyway, this is the developer's website and despite the jokes I made above, Johnny Crush is actually a good looking community game.



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Skynet Research Infomercial

You think infomercials are stupid and redundant? Think again because this is the infomercial from the company which will change your world forever...

Why donating your CPU to space researches or cancer analyzing when you can contribute your valuable resources for a well known organization like Skynet Research?

See more details HERE





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Spartans meet their maker in this Darkest of Days trailer

When guys in Village People's costumes think they're at the top of the food chain, give them a split second to think again or use your shiny things to change their mind.

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Army of Three 12: Red Steel Explodes Angry Nerd

Red Steel 2: Wild West Cyber Punk + Motion Plus = WTF

Remember Red Steel, one of the most anticipated launch title for the Wii? If not, then remember seeing the image below in the discount bin of any game retailer recently?


Now you know what game I was talking about. Despite the mediocre stamp it received as average from critics, it was still one good game to play especially if you are tired of shooting the axis (of evil?), mutated life forms or even aliens from other dimensions (Oh! Did I forget to mention zombies?). It had flaws in many parts, but the concept was promising Ubisoft just need to polish thier next sword-swinging title into better shape before putting it on shelves.

Now Ubi just released the debut trailer for their upcoming Red Steel 2 but do not think you'll get to put yourself into some gaijin's shoes and start blazing your Uzis and swinging your Katana against some Asian mobsters this time around...

Since game controversies had proved to be dreadful for developers and can halt games in progress, playing as a white guy shooting up Asian and colored gangsters as well as saving Geishas from evil Mama-san could be considered as "Racist", so the safest bet is to abandon all the setting from the original and let players play cowboy and place them in a surreal world where they can shoot and slash as many masked (apparently evil) people as they want. Yes, I made all those up... just watch the trailer, it really looks interesting!

And you've got (some high on drugs) Splosion Man video and the newest episode of Angry Video Game Nerd after the click!




Splosion Man: This is what you've got when developers took weed brownies while working!

Explosive trailer, that laugh was creepy!

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You Favorite Nerd is BACK!

X-Men Origin? Forget about the movie... it's not gonna be crappier than these old school X-Men titles!


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Army of Three 11: Ninjas Pirates Zombies Screwing You

Rocket Riot?



This is probably the only game I don't have any bad thing to say about ... looks like the kind of game people can have fun with just like Worms or Raving Rabbids. Love that "Have you fought a pirate, ninja and zombie AT ONCE?" irony thing... for Buddha's sake why not throw in some cyborgs and space marines too?

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NVP: Choose your side and settle the world's oldest debate(?)



Seriously, what ****ing debate? Like which clan has the biggest sausages?

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Zombie 'Wanker', oops... I meant 'Wrangler'



Sometimes I'm not really sure if western gamers love or hate zombies. Can you remember or have you ever counted how many games with zombies released during the past few years? Too bad all of them is about slaughtering these green people.





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It's BROKEN! It's coming... and it's RAD!

Broken Steel coming tomorrow. That was all I needed to say.





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Army of Three 10: You'll need 9 UPs in Battle for Terra!

Here are some upcoming 3D movies I'm looking forward to

And so ... 9 ... I'm creating YOU... [09.09.2009]




UP up and away... [29.05.2009]




Terror in planet Terra [01.05.2009]








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Army of Three 9: 256 gang-bangers online?

My life and things had gone really really MAD recently. Been getting a lot of headaches from work, too tired and unable to continue making my own 3D and manga projects, my RPG gaming weren't progressing ... AND ... getting robbed by the beloved annual income tax!

But despite all those things mentioned, I still feel the need to post something ... to keep doing things I normally do ... yeah, blogging can take my mind off those trouble for a while (or so I hope)

MAG Trailer: Talk about hail of bullets



This MAG thing (I mean the game, not the cosmetic!) is looking kind of cool. I'm not a hardcore online FPS-ter but thinking about a match with 255 other people in it (minus the lag) it could turn out to be a really exciting online experience, unless you're at the wrong end of the barrels :)

2 more videos from this Massive Action Game after the click...



MAG: Architecture Interview



See and listen to what the good people at Zipper Interactive have to say about this conceptual FPS.

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MAG: E3 2008 CAM Trailer



Old stuff but still cool to watch.


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Army of Three 8: RPG Head too busy at work

Too busy working and playing Last Remnant, but I still want to post updates of some upcoming (cool looking) RPGs, enjoy!


Magna Carta II: RPG with BJD!!



Okay, it did strike me as a little creepy at first, but the character models look kinda interesting though.

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End of Eternity: How?



I don't know how you could find the 'end' of 'eternity' (here may be?) but this is another cool looking RPG, reminds me of Shadow Hearts.

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OH! Don't forget one more RPG trailer after the click...




X-Edge: so 'X' is pronounced 'Cross'?



Just cool, I didn't (and still don't) know anything about this game but I already pre-ordered it. (life of an RPG Head :p )

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Army of Three 7: Ninja Medias - Dos and Don'ts

What the hell are Ninjas? Why they became so popular in the west these days? Actually Ninjas has blended into western culture for quite some time already (remember this shit? or this cool thing?), but personally I think it was this punk who brought the Ninja hype in the west up to the level it is today.

Who are they? You could probably find out about Ninjas here and there on the internet. And you might like or dislike these Ninja stuffs, but what I'm going to show today are little examples of Dos and Don'ts for the uses of Ninjas.

DO(s)

Cute/Fun Ninjas



I love this trailer of Mini Ninjas from IO and Eidos. It has cute looks, nice animations, good overall look and fun to watch (and hopefully fun to play too).

Although this is not likely the first image that came to my mind when I heard the term 'Ninjas', but a lot of people (especially kids) loved, still love, will love these kind of ninjas. There are a lot of cute and fun ninjas out there ranging from old school types to modern ones. Here are some examples...

Hattori-kun: This cute ninja by Abiko Motoo or Fujiko Fujio (A) from Fujiko Fujio Duo had captured many young hearts (a lot have become middle-aged or elderly people by now) since the 60s' to late 80s'. They (both manga and anime) were really fun, funny and had a lot of things to teach young kids.

TMNT: This cartoon about turtle ninjas, ratman, pigman, rhinoman, slimy brain, cyborgs and a cool villain called Shredder was one of the most favorite TV shows among children in the late 80s' to early 90s'. Its easy going tone and cool fighting sequences made this show a fun and memorable action-comedy cartoon.

Jubei-chan: Although it's an anime about a girl who possesses the power of Yagyu Jubei, a samurai, but she looks more like a ninja (and definitely fights like one). Secret of lovely eyepatch? Hell yeah, this is one lighthearted and fun ninja-ish anime to watch.

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Deadly Ninjas



So these are the ninjas which appeared in my mind. The deadly ninjas or assassins, the people living in the darkest shadow of history performing dirty and lethal tasks. This type of ninjas reminds you of what these people really are. Here are a few examples...

Iga vs Kouga: Classic rivalry between these 2 clans shown in Shinobi and Basilisk series (video shown above) are the example of how dangerous and deadly these ninjas could be. These tragic love stories full of political agendas, surreal techniques and incredible amount of blood and gore might change the way you think of ninjas.

Assassin Ninjas: As long as they are ordered to kill, it doesn't matter if they are androids or not. Ninja Warriors and Robocop 3's Otomo are those ninjas with any cool stuffs (like Titanium Endoskeleton?) but magical abilities.

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DON'T(s)

Ninjas WTF?!?



Bad example of the exploitation of ninjas in pop cultures, just because kids these days like ninjas as well as pirates doesn't mean putting them into the same environment, let alone doing some sports, would succeed. I really wonder whose magnificence idea was this? Or were they just responding to people's needs? If you're about to point fingers at this game's developer, I'd say wait until you've seen forum post like this. Seriously I've been seeing a lot of these questions for many years now, Ninja vs anything from worm to cowboy to even Chuck Norris!!!, why don't they throw in Jesus or even better, the Earth into the combination also?

Coming up this summer,
- Ninjas vs Cowboys: Bank Robbery
- Ninjas vs Nerds: Hacking Battle
- Ninjas vs Pimps
- Ninjas vs Gangstas
- Ninja vs Moms
... the list goes on.

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Army of Three 5: Secret World with Pip Boy 3000

Secret World Debut Trailer: Simply Gorgeous!



This debut clip for the game 'Secret World' from Funcom (yes, the developer behind The Longest Journey and Dreamfall: The Longest Journey) is simply gorgeous.
Watch how well the editing was (as well as the lighting, rendering and visual effects)

After the click, I have interview with director of Secret World and a real Pip Boy!



Ragnar Tornquist Interview



Hear from the director, Ragnar Tornquist, what this game is about.
Yes, an MMO (as if you haven't found that out by now, duh) which is set to come out for Xbox360 and PC where you will be fight monster in modern day, but could they get rid of zombies though? I'm kinda sick and tired of those animated corpses already.

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Pipboy in real life?



This guy made this Pip Boy 3000 from the collector item and his Ipod Touch, looks pretty cool. The next thing you need to do, mate, Is to figure out how to bring VAT (Vault-Tec Assisted Targeting System) into reality! (ha ha ha)

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Army of Three 4: J-POP Bio Hazard Rules

Black Prophecy: You Are Destined to STFU!!!



It's always a good concept to have cool voice and catchy phrases in trailers, but of course it's good when you do it right. This trailer for a PC game with the name of Black Prophecy got that concept wrong. As soon as the guy finished saying 'destined to...' for the second time at the 35th second of this clip he couldn't keep his cool any longer and went totally nuts until he got tired at the end of the video. Don LaFontaine would have made it higher morale if he was to narrate this one, but well it's just my opinion.


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Bio Hazard J-POP: Something we won't expect western gamers to understand



Yes, most of you wouldn't understand us Asian gamers. It's in our cultures to add songs into our medias, you wouldn't understand how cool it was for me when I first saw this promo video for the original Bio Hazard. Guess why we love animes or movies with high-octane themes, guess why Asian kids love Sentai shows and guess why we have got something like JAM Project, classics like this or even this Kingdom Hearts' Ending? We love these stuffs and you can keep making fun of us but you will never change our hearts.

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Too much ranting I almost forget that there is one more relaxing video after the break... enjoy!




Sweet Eyes Ninja!



In my April Fools post, I posted a link to a piano rearranged version of Dr.Wily stage from Rockman 2. This time I brought you another version which is more grand and cleaner to your ears. You've gotta love this guy, he played the song really really well and he occasionally looked at the camera with his sweet eyes (too sweet for a ninja anyway).

This guy has only 4 videos on his YouTube, but check them out since they're pretty cool

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Army of Three 3: Martial Death of Chipmunks

Today's videos, I've got Tony Jaa's actions and Disney's Death of Chipmunks, right after the click.



ONG BAK 2

Ong Bak 2 (2008)
by DjFreakazoid

Seriously, I didn't even know Ong Bak 2 was out in Thailand already (and I'm Thai!!!). Looks like a good movie to watch for action scenes, but I don't really understand why they decided to continue using the name 'Ong Bak' since the plot is totally different from that of the original Ong Bak. It's like having Arnold Schwarzenegger in a drama about a bodybuilder who travels around the globe in search of his lost hamster and put 'Terminator' in the title.

But yeah, more action from Tony Jaa = more fun!!!

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Dragon Around Part II: Death of Chipmunks



My friend Dong Hyun Kim from dksajin.blogspot.com sent me this video. After watching what this crazy wood chopper from hell could do, I recalled a memory about one of my favorite Disney's cartoon 'Dragon Around' (video at the bottom, highly recommended) and it made me think of a stupid idea that if Donald replaced his power shovel with this hell chopper, Chip and Dale wouldn't have lasted long enough to have their own show, that's for sure.

Now I hope you enjoy this!


Disney's Dragon Around (1954)



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Army of Three 1: Demon Blade Deceptions

A lot of websites have professional layouts which separate sections and stuffs but that means I'll always have to open the links to these interesting video in separate windows or tabs. They are good but as a person who works in the VFX industry where you always have to show your work-in-progress to a lot of people from supervisors to directors or clients, I like to keep my desktop (or at least my internet browser) tidy and clean.

So I made this Army of Three series as a place to group three interesting videos I found into one single blog post. Of course 3 aren't enough to show ALL goodies one might find in any given day (let alone every single second which new videos are posted throughout the net) and some videos might be a bit dated but I think it's better than spamming the post with 20 videos, right? So Army of Three will therefore reflect my personality and interests on a particular day.

Here are the three videos of Monday March 30, enjoy!



2D Goody! Oboro-Muramasa Trailer



In this new era that industries is steering away from traditional art style into the styles of 3D graphics and whatever hell these kinda things are (even giant such as Disney shut down its 2D studios), I feel good to see developers/studios (mostly Japanese) that are still keeping the looks of hand drawn arts. In my opinion, this Wii title will definitely be a 'must have' for 2D lovers who find themselves having Odin Sphere, Guilty Gear or any other 2D goodies in their collections.

source: GameTrailers

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Ubisoft's RUSE



This trailer is really cool, I love the directing and editing of this piece, although the CG parts (supposed to look 'in-game' I guessed) could use more details in texturing and lighting but it's a decent trailer for eyes and ears.

I really can't imagine how the art of deception would work in an RTS game. In my opinion, if RUSE is a turn-based strategy game like X-com or S²:Silent Storm, the deceptive strategies and decoy mechanics might work better since players who took the bait will waste their turn (as well as resources) and scratch their heads while witnessing enemies' wrath (just like chess where you have to really plan steps ahead and no tank rushes or cannon fodders to easily help you turn the table around)... yeah, this is just me who sucks at RTS games speaking.

You can check out more videos of RUSE here

video source: PoderMortal@Youtube

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How Benjamin Button got his face



Ed Ulbrich, the digital-effects guru from Digital Domain, explains the Oscar-winning technology that allowed his team to digitally create the older versions of Brad Pitt's face for "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button." - TED

This video might bore the hell out of most of the regular civilians. But for CG enthusiasts and digital artists (such as myself), this is something REALLY interesting as Ed Ulbrich, the visual effects executive producer at Digital Domain, talked about the processes and techs which made visual elements of "The Curious Case of Brad Pitt Geezer" possible.

Really good stuff!

source: TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design)

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The Dude is coming your way

^{No, that is not a lemon on his face~}

Guess a lot of you don't have any idea who the hell 'The Dude' is...

The politically incorrect protagonist (or just 'main character' to be exact) from Postal series is set to come back in Postal III and do more damage give more pleasure to the mind of you people. There were (and still are) huge pile of complaints about this game from parents and people, but I believe a lot of gamers played The Dude just to release stress (like me). I think Peta might start attacking it soon, why? ... Check the trailer in full article to see why.






Didn't you see the Raccoon in the trailer?




Just to let you know, I did use the kitteh-silencer (a lot!!!) in Postal 2 but never found myself thinking about hurting a real cat in real life, I still love cats as much as I used to be before playing the stupid game.

Anyway PIII is estimated to release around December 2009 (but we'll see) and I'll leave you with the link to Running With Scissors website which does look like some kinda cheap porn sites and I think some of you might like it. You're welcome.

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People at Next Level Games are at it again

I know a lot of you got excited when you heard the announcement of the new Punch Out for Wii.
Well, may be I'm the kind of old-school gamer who wasn't moved by any of the recent Nintendo's franchises. Don't get me wrong, I'm still in love with the old ones (Mind you, I still can sit and play Mario Brothers for hours), but there were something about the new ones that just didn't 'click' for me.


Putting my personal preferences aside, the recent Nintendo games were built with fun gameplay and high production qualities (as far as the Wii's tech can handle, of course). Think about Twilight Princess, Corruption or one of the best Wii games such as 'U R MR GAY', but apart from those BIG titles we still have something like this Football Game (Yes, I grew up not calling it Soccer) which was developed by Next Level, and honestly this Vancouver-based studio which not many people have heard of (well, I mean if you'd never played the Older Football Game or any of the other games made by them) did a really decent job and the game got pretty good reviews.

Now these people come back to offer something more decent for us. From this new trailer for the new Punch Out, the quality (at least for what we are able to see in this flashy trailer) are awesome. The colors are vibrant, the models are really well made and presented with smooth animations, hopefully the new control would be able to give us the same feeling as we got from the previous Punch Outs (but my fairy godmother told me in my dream that it will).

With the release date around May, I really can't wait to see and try this game for myself and may be this baby will rescue my lovely Wii from collecting dust!

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