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The Losers – The Name Says it All

So let's begin with the 80's type cinematography, mixed with a little bit of that 90's action, throw in a late 90's / early 2000's language as well as a bit of 2000's CG work and what do you get? A combination that really doesn't fit in well with anything, thus you have... The Losers. Sadly enough it wasn't up to par with the movie going experience I wanted. The Losers, based of the comic book series with the same title, is about 5 members of the CIA's black ops who were betrayed by their own...

How “Super” Is Super Street Fighter 4?

35!!! Count them!!! 35 playable fighters right off the bat!!! What else do you need you ask? Well, how about several new Ultra combos. Is that all? No way!!! How about new costumes, new stages, and more game modes to choose from. Do you remember back in the days, where you asked your mom to buy you that video game with the guy who says "Hadoken" all the time. I remember playing Super Street Fighter 2 on my Sega Genesis for hours with my cousins who came over to play.(I'm sorry for the flash...

Is Reality the Future of Gaming?

Jesse Schell, a Carnagie Mellon University professor, pointed out that this may be the direction we are all headed towards during the DICE Summit session in Las Vegas this week. He pointed out how the gaming industry and social networks have become quite popular in this day and age. The last couple of years has been a big boom in both those industries with the introduction of social network sites (i.e. Myspace, Twitter, Facebook) and also online gaming brought to consoles (Wii, XBOX Live, PS3...

Big F*ckin’ Deal. Big Freakin’ Deal….either way it’s a big deal!

*My "Cheap Ass" tickets for $10.50 each! (limited to 2 per person) If you live in the Bay Area and you listen to 105.3 FM on the radio you're probably hearing a lot about the upcoming June 6th, BFD Festival taking place at the Shoreline Amphitheater. As always...Yes. It is a Big Freakin' Deal!!!!! Year after year, over thirty bands play on four different stages at almost the same time. It's up to you to catch your favorite bands or check out bands live that you've never heard before. If...

Natural Incense: “Freedom” at #4

I've been checking up on the reggae/rock band Natural Incense ever since they released their latest album "Freedom". According to CDbaby.com, "Freedom" is currently at #4 on the Top Albums of the reggae genre A BIG congradulations from WhargarblTV; keep up the good work guys! For those of you that don't know, that's out of 2277 reggae groups in the world. Feel free to keep tabs on their album sales here: http://www.cdbaby.com/Top/reggae I was fortunate to interview the band a while back ...

Iron Man 2 Easter Egg Revealed

SEMI-SPOILER ALERT - There had been talks about special easter eggs to happen after the credits of Iron Man 2. Without wanting to give anything away, I just want to point out that there seems to be a video and photos regarding these claims. So it looks as if there will definitely be something shown right after the credits. As to what it contains I really don't want to be the one to spoil it for you. Exec Producer, Kevin Feige and screenwriter Justin Theroux tells us to stick around until a...

Halo: Reach’s First Live Action Trailer!

With the Halo: Reach beta coming in less than a week from now, Microsoft and Bungie has now released another live action short for the Halo series. Ever wondered how the Spartans were made? Well in this 60 second short, you will witness Carter 259 going through one of the procedures in becoming a super solider a.k.a. Spartans.  Carter 259 will also be present in the game, as a member of Noble team. So what are you guys waiting for? Check out the new high quality live action short for Halo: Re...

Grown Ups Trailers

Have you ever watched a movie with actors you haven't seen in a while and wonder what did this person go? Or watched a couple of films with different actors and wonder what would it be like if one movie combined all these characters together? Well this movie answers both of these questions. Adam Sandler is at it again with his comedies. Grown Ups is the next project that he has been working on and brings an ensemble of people in for the cast. Grown Ups brings in the talents of Chris Rock, K...

Whargarbl TV – Register

Hey everyone!! It's Jason aka Midnyte. We are working a bit harder these days, trying to get you the latest information in all that is entertainment. We are posting everyday and working on making the site a better place to come to for your reading pleasure. We aim to bring you the latest in movies, television, music, technology and other forms of entertainment whatever it may be. To be able to do so, Whargarbl TV has to show these production companies, record labels, and other big time nam...

SKAFLAWS interview

Hello again Whargarblers,      this particular interivew took place last Saturday April 24th in Santa Cruz at the Catalyst. Skaflaws was scheduled to play there that evening along with B Foundation and Zen Robbi. I had a great time interviewing Skaflaws and I thank them for their time. Check out the video below! Let me introduce the band to ya for those who aren't familiar with Skaflaws from left to right 1) Greg Samuels-Keyboards     Sam (non-band member & sitting in for Max) ...