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Scraps: Everyone's out at The Dark Knight today (7/18/08) photo

I know where all of you are. Out raving about how good The Dark Knight. Oh my stars and bars, was that a fantastic movie. But I'll try not to turn this space into my own personal ranting area, for surely enough Chester will snatch the reins back from my hand and give me a good whipping for the insolence I've caused.

What we've got here are a few interesting things of note, especially for our UK friends. See, we try not to ignore you completely. I mean, we do feed Jim once a week and let him out of his cage ocassionally -- that counts, right?

  • Looks like we've got some fun custom firmware for the Wii: reading burned DVDs, and a working (working = 4-8 fps) PSP emulator. [Engadget
  • Looks like the Wiimote may now have MotionPlus built into the controllers. But, they "don't have a definitive direction to give' yet. Wonder if it'd change the amount of power consumed if they moved it inside?  [PC Magazine]
  • Popular Mechanics highlights four titles coming out of E3 that will use the Wii Fit balance board. Hint: I'm not going to want to play any of them. [Popular Mechanics]
  • Eidos has invited the UK's conservative leader, David Cameron, to check out Tomb Raider: Underworld after he "compared his political fortunes to playing Tomb Raider. [GamePolitics]
  • Sony is rolling out PlayTV in the UK on Sept. 10th. The device will turn the PS3 into a DVR, which can be used even when playing games. Better make sure to protect your DRM'd material, Sony.  [GamesIndustry]
  • Anyone want Crash Bandicoot Nitro Kart 3D for their iPhone? Anyone? Anyone? [Gizmodo]
Now that we're done with E3, and running into the weekend, it's time for all the E3 people to catch up on their previews, impressions, and everything else. Guess not much news will be coming out otherwise. Enjoy the scraps!







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MrSadistic's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/19/2008 00:19
MrSadistic
I thought I was doing the smart thing by taking in the 1:40 PM showing today and not having some douche bags ruining the experience for me. A packed theater, kids that won't stfu, a guy who won't stop coughing, and d-bags who don't know how to silence their cell-phones made it worth going early.
Murumasa123's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/19/2008 00:20
Murumasa123
Dammit its out for you lot we have to wait a few more days...
Lukily, im off to CHICAGO for two weeks so Imax here i come!
Brenex's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/19/2008 00:26
Brenex
Went to the nearest imax (35 mins away) and was all sold out. Went to the theater closest to that and the showing in 1 hour was sold out. I had to wait around 1:45 so I grabbed a bite. Before they let the lines in for my showing mine was sold out. This movie is as good as it sounds. Bale's performance is very good as usual (never disappoints) and the addition of ledger and eckhart are superb (eckharts last scene gripped me like whoah.)
liam2015's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/19/2008 00:28
liam2015
Every actor in that movie, including/especially Heath Ledger, deserve an Oscar. My god what a great movie, the acting was fantastic.

@sadistic
While certainly not as bad as yours, I got the annoying black lady that kept saying 'what the-?' and 'oh snap!' out loud, 2 seats away from me.
eternalplayer2345's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/19/2008 00:29
eternalplayer2345
I can't wait I'm going tomorrow , I hope Joker looks as terrifying as he does in the trailers.
ace of knaves's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/19/2008 00:34
ace of knaves
Heath Ledger is The Joker. Disappearing pencil.

As for the showing, me and three of my buddies wore the Joker's henchmen's masks. It was awesome, people loved us, and we made a little boy cry.
CypherVR's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/19/2008 00:40
CypherVR
@Nintendo: it's a no brainer. Just produce a revised edition of the wii-motes with the motionplus built in. And since it could drain the batteries quicker, implement a RECHARGEABLE BATTERY. So some of us don't have to rely on nyko's charger that gets HALF of the job done.

*drinks*
norm9's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/19/2008 00:41
norm9
The movie was great. The idiot two seats to my right with the restless leg syndrome was not.
Stephen57's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/19/2008 00:56
Stephen57
"I'll do a little trick for you: I a going to make this pencil....disappear!"
Elrando's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/19/2008 02:12
Elrando
Not to spoil anything but The Joker at the hospital, the way he looked, hilarious.
Miguelcar808's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/19/2008 08:32
Miguelcar808
where I live the movie will only come out next week *snif*
nukka jdav's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/19/2008 14:34
nukka jdav
I'm going to see it at a drive-in theater tonight with my girlfriend.

Enclosed space + girlfriend - annoying children and douchebags who yell at screen = a fun sexy batman time
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