Just when all my favorite shows have come to end or been canceled a glimmer of hope for a new favorite TV show comes along. Casting and shooting has begun for the television adaptation of The Walking Dead, a comic book by Robert Kirkman about life after a zombie apocalypse. At this point you may be rolling your eyes thinking this TV series will fail immediately, but The Walking Dead isn’t just another zombie story. It’s about people dealing with and surviving an unimaginable catastrophe. Zombies are just one of the many things have to live with while dealing with everyday life.
The Walking Dead revolves around many characters that come and go throughout the epic tale, but at the center is Rick Grimes a small-town police officer from Cynthiana, Kentucky who gets stuck down while on duty and wakes in a hospital all alone only to find out the something really bad has happened and there are zombies walking around. The story continues as Rick sets out to find his wife Lori and son Carl.
One thing that is also pretty great about the television adaptation of The Walking Dead is that Robert Kirkman, the author of the comic is a consultant for the television series. I am hoping that the television story follows the comic story line pretty close. The Walking Dead is scheduled to air on AMC in October of 2010.
Batman – City of Scars is a 30 minute fan made Batman movie about the Joker escaping Arkham Asylum and kidnapping a boy and his parents. It’s up to Batman to rescue them. The film made is by Bat In The Sun Productions cost a little over $27, 000 to make and took 21 days to shoot over a 16 month period. Even though Bat In The Sun Productions is not allowed to make any money off the film it is certainly a nice way of showing what they are capable of. Thank you Bat In The Sun Productions for this little gem while we all patiently wait for a third Batman film by Christopher Nolan.
Danger! Dodgeball is a new game now available by Robot Stampede that brings no rules dodgeball to your iPhone and iPod Touch. Danger! Dodgeball combines easy to use controls to a simple game and makes dodging and throwing red rubber balls fun and addictive.
The second map pack for Modern Warfare 2 is now available for X-Box Live Gold members at 1200MSP. As with the first map pack released a few months ago, this one has five maps. Three of the maps are new and two fan favorites from Modern Warfare re-done for MW2.
First of the new maps is Carnival, fast passed map with close quarters and plenty of hiding places. There are even quite a few elevated spots for sniping and defense. Carnival has a Ferris wheel, fun house and plenty of other attractions making this a unique and fun map for the Modern Warfare series.
Much like Carnival, Trailer Park is another close quarters map that takes place in a some what abandoned trailer park. Trailer Park has more hiding spots that Carnival but these hiding spots tend to get bunched up with team mates. Avoid bunching up with team mates as you become easy targets for rifle mounted grenade launchers. Trailer Park has several long corridors making sentry gun placement easy for plenty of extra kills.
Fuel is the third new map in the Resurrection Map Pack. Fuel is based on an oil refinery and is ideal for snipers with open spaces that can easily be seen from higher altitudes. Fuel is somewhat unique for Modern Warfare as is seem almost sniper specific and may become frustrating to anyone that doesn’t enjoy sniping.
Strike was a very popular map in the original Modern Warfare that now returns with a little MW2 graphical polish added to it. Strike is an urban map surrounded by hotels and stores that very fun and balanced.
Vacant is also from the first Modern Warfare and is based on a Russian office complex. Vacant has areas both inside and outside the office complex. Even though you are covered from air strikes in the office complex, the tight quarters and sharp turns make it hard not to get killed as you turn a corner.
The Resurgence map pack should be available on PlayStation 3 in month or so for $14.99.
