Mortal Kombat: Legacy - Ep. 3 - Johnny Cage

Episode 3 starts off with a biography of sorts on the failing actor Johnny Cage. Johnny has an idea for a tv series, parts of which you watch, that he is pitching to some execs. who see Mr. Cage as a dead action star. The story for this episode falls flat and the action is what you would expect from bad tv shows with the exception of a few cool bone breaking moves. The end of this episode is will give you the "I have to see the next episode" feeling. Enjoy!!

Episode 3: Spaceman Luke

Luke Miller stops by the home of Lucid Entertainment to play the new Valve game Portal 2 and catch up on things like a new dog and music interests.

Music Credits (in order): Iron&Wine, Blindside, Weezer, Mewithouyou, Foo Fighters, P.O.D.

New Nintendo Console!

Nintendo Japan has announced that this June at E3 they will reveal a playable version of their next generation console. Any other details they've kept to themselves but there has been a rumored "Project Cafe" which is supposedly even more powerful than the PS3 and Xbox360.

The rumors of the design and layout are still a bit hush hush aside from the few leaked photos anyone can find on an image search engine. The controller will, possibly, be fed content directly from the console and will, again possibly, have a 6-inch touch screen display and dual analog sticks. As far as the 3D possibilities go Nintendo sees that the 3D televisions aren't quite ready and wont be a key feature yet.

We can speculate all day as to what Nintendo is trying to do with this system but hopefully for fans like myself they are looking to gain the respect back from the hardcore gamers around 18-32 years old and not focusing on the mainstream and virgin gamer market. If you want any other details or specs then you'll have to wait for this years E3 in June which is turning out to be an exciting show after all.

Beastie Boys New CD Coming Soon!

The Beastie Boys are back homie with some phat tracks to massage your eardrums with booooyyyee!!!! Their new album Hot Sauce Committee Part 2 drops May 3 but the boys have been giving fans gifts for the past month including a 30 minute video from the above trailer and yesterday they put a video up of the entire album being played from a boom box in Madison Square Gardens (visit BeastieBoysBlog). I was a bit confused though as to why Part 1 has still not been released and if you want to know the story then read this excerpt from an email they sent their fanlist on October 2010:

In what can only be described as a bizarre coincidence, following an exhaustive re-sequence marathon, Beastie Boys have verified that their new Hot Sauce Committee Part 2 will be composed of the same 16 tracks originally slated for inclusion on Hot Sauce Committee Part 1. The record (part 2 that is) will be released as planned in spring 2011 on Capitol. The tracks originally recorded for Hot Sauce Committee Part 2 (which now are actually back on Part 1) have now apparently been bumped to make room for the former Hot Sauce Committee Part 1 material. Wait, what? "I know it's weird and confusing, but at least we can say unequivocally that Hot Sauce Committee Part 2 is coming out on time, which is more than I can say about Part 1, and really is all that matters in the end." says Adam "MCA" Yauch. "We just kept working and working on various sequences for part 2, and after a year and half of spending days on end in the sequencing room trying out every possible combination, it finally became clear that this was the only way to make it work. Strange but true, the final sequence for Hot Sauce Committee Part 2 works best with all its songs replaced by the 16 tracks we originally had lined up in pretty much the same order we had them in for Hot Sauce Committee Part 1. So we've come full circle."

Episode 2: $5 AJs

Imagine this if you will.... A podcast over 7 minutes long, 2 grown men drinking and smoking in recliners with lamps that radiate the essence of a decade. In this most exciting episode we have a long talk with Mr. Aaron Mueller (a.k.a. AJ) and we discuss current topics like Mortal Kombat: Legacy Episode 2 and a new Cowboys and Aliens trailer, as well as the glorious reasons to own vintage stereo equipment, have a bmw forum subscription, and how to get free gifts! hint:start a podcast ;)

Music Credits(in order): Clutch, Black Keys, Bad Religion, Audioslave, Blind Melon, Beastie Boys, Alice in Chains, Reverend Horton Heat, Beck, Toadies, Soul Coughing, The Presidents Of The United States Of America

Mortal Kombat: Legacy - Ep. 2 - Jax, Sonya and Kano (Part 2)

**Spoiler Alert!!! Watch video above if you don't spoilers!!**
Episode 2 of the new Mortal Kombat: Legacy series is up and it's a short but fantastic wrap up of last weeks episode. The first few minutes of this Part 2 for the characters Jax, Stryker, Sonya, and Kano is basically a wrap up of the previous episode and then straight back to the action they finished Part 1 with. In the end we are left with what feels like the ending to the first episode but gives you so much more of what you wanted while watching the first. Enjoy!!

Episode 1: Test Run

Where Preston learns that its possible to acheive the world's record for shortest podcast and that we need a guest host if were going to keep doing this schtuff.

Music Credits(In order): Queens of the Stone Age, and Cut Chemist.

Aperture Investment Opportunity #1: "Panels"

Valve's Portal 2 will be out tomorrow and if your not sure that co-op portal based puzzle are your cup of tea then you need to check out the Aperture Investment Opportunity videos. Valve's Youtube channel has been putting out some small clips for the past month on the great technology that you'll be investing in when you purchase your copy of Portal 2. Here's numero uno!

Rise of the Planet of the Apes Trailer

Every franchise tries to make a prequel explaining all the confusing plot holes and sets the stage for the epic story that makes a film franchise popular. Now, if you were to ask nerds what franchise they would love to see revisited as a prequel, Planet of the Apes may not even be on the top 10 or even top 50 lists. As horrible of an idea as this sounds the trailer shows a little hope that this franchise may be rebooted and possibly done well. The acting line up is the one this that personally gets us excited and the list includes James Franco, Tyler Labine (who you may know from TV series Reaper and Sons of Tucson), and also one of my favorite actor John Lithgow who plays Franco's Father. This movie will be interesting but I cant say that it will be a good movie. It is a Planet of the Ape movie after all.

Mortal Kombat: Legacy - Ep. 1

**!!Spoiler Alert!! Watch video above if you want to see before knowing !!Spoiler Alert!!**

Episode 1 of the Mortal Kombat: Legacy web series is finally out and it's looking damn good. Starting off with Sonya Blade infiltrating a cybernetics factory run by the evil and (I'm guessing) Australian Kano who tricks Jax and Stryker to show up to an ambush. Crazy tech guns and a lot of slow motion is used in this 12 minute short that ends with a cliff hanger we all had seen in the teaser trailer. Look for episode 2 next week. This is looking to be one of the best web series that's free to watch.

Kneel Before Zod!

Zac Snyder's Superman movie has hired its villain Michael Shannon, recently from TVs Boardwalk Empire. Michael will play the villainous Zod despite fans opinion for having a new bad guy that hasn't been feature in one of the many movies. Superman has a huge list of villains but it seems that Lex Luthor and Kryptonians are the only ones that these people can write for. That being said I feel as though this movie still has promise seeing as how David S. Goyer, the man who wrote Batman Begins and The Dark Knight, is writing the screenplay for Superman: Man of Steel. Keep your fingers crossed and maybe they'll tease Brainiac at the end like he did with the Joker in Batman Begins.

Arnold Schwarzenegger: 'The Governator' Trailer 2012

Now that Arnold Schwarzenegger has all this free time on his hands, he has worked out a plan to take his semi-popular comic book series and turn it into a multistage media blitz. The cartoon as you can see above is already in the making and Arnold plans to shell out a video game and 3D movie based off this franchise.

Mortal Kombat: Legacy Teaser Trailer (Brand new live action MK series!)

The Mortal Kombat: Legacy web series is almost out! Based off the Mortal Kombat: Rebirth short by Kevin Tancharoen, who directed the remake of Fame in '09, this web series will have a more realistic take on our back breaking, and fatality performing bad asses from the video game of the same name. The series is set to release on April 12th, from Machinima (www.youtube.com/machinima) right before you can play the new game.

Foo Fighters - Rope

Foo Fighters are back from there break and their new album drops April 12th. Here is the music video from their new single Rope. Enjoy!