Category Archives: Games

Celebrity Birthday of the Day – March 4

Posted on March 3, 2012 by Gill

TBR’s resident comic critic Felan has held for quite some time that Hollywood would be a more interesting place if Paul W.S. Anderson swapped projects with Paul Thomas Anderson, and y’know, I think he might be on to something! Imagine … Continue reading →

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Celebrity Birthday of the Day – March 3

Posted on March 2, 2012 by Gill

Patrick Renna started his acting career at the age of 13, and his first major film role is still one of his best known: as Hamilton “Ham” Porter in The Sandlot! Much of Renna’s better-known acting roles were in his … Continue reading →

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Celebrity Birthday of the Day – February 29

Posted on February 28, 2012 by Gill

Horror legend Ken Foree has one of the best first names ever bestowed: his full name is Kentotis! Born in Indianapolis, Indiana, Foree began acting in the 1970s, with his first credit being in a film called The Bingo Long … Continue reading →

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Celebrity Birthday of the Day – February 27

Posted on February 27, 2012 by Gill

I don’t feel like Malaysian-born Australian screenwriter/producer/director of Chinese heritage James Wan has really gotten the credit he deserves for basically helping to create the modern “torture porn” horror movie. After graduating from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Wan … Continue reading →

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Beer and Board Games: Drunk Candyland

Posted on February 26, 2012 by Gill

The latest episode of Beer and Board Games is a particularly cynical one as the guys take on the classic board game Candyland and discover that it has some pretty dark undertones involving the king. Plus, there are dueling Walkens! … Continue reading →

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A Game About Rewiring Things and Punching People

Posted on February 22, 2012 by Gill

Tom Francis, John Roberts, and Fabian van Dommelen are building a wicked looking PC stealth game called Gunpoint, which they describe as a game about rewiring things and punching people. From the game’s official website: You’re a freelance spy, infiltrating … Continue reading →

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87 Bazillion Guns Just Got Bazillionder

Posted on February 22, 2012 by Gill

Get ready to joy puke your face off with this new Borderlands 2 launch date trailer! I was a huge, huge fan of Gearbox’s first Borderlands game, and whiled away many an hour blasting marauders in the post-apocalyptic wastes. It … Continue reading →

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Take Earth Back

Posted on February 21, 2012 by Gill

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vs7kix6_8Ks I don’t think I’ve ever written these words in my entire life, but somebody needs to start making movies out of the video game series Mass Effect. The games are incredibly cinematic to begin with, but just watching this … Continue reading →

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Celebrity Birthday of the Day – February 21

Posted on February 21, 2012 by Gill

Save for a few small TV and movie roles, Anthony Daniels has built his entire career on his role as the prissy golden droid C-3PO in the Star Wars movies, cartoons, TV specials, video games and more. Born in Salisbury, … Continue reading →

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Celebrity Birthday of the Day – February 20

Posted on February 20, 2012 by Gill

Anthony Stewart Head was educated at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, and started his career on the stage in a production of Godspell. This led to his landing roles in BBC television series, with one of his … Continue reading →

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