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Saturday, September 2. 2006
Rogue Cinema Sept, Issue is Out
Rogue Cinema Newsletter: September Issue is Online!
THE ROGUE CINEMA MONTHLY NEWSLETTER: SEPTEMBER 2006!
First off, A big thanks goes out to everyone that contributed to this
issue of Rogue Cinema. Your hard work and determination is always
appreciated, and from what I hear, it's starting to pay off! Keep it
up guys! (Quick Note to RC contributors: If you've reviewed a screener
for an independent film or interviewed someone, please notify the film
makers and/or interviewees so that they can link to the magazine! Thanks!)
This month's issue is heavy on reviews, but we didn't skimp on
interviews and articles either. Here's what you can find in the
September 2006 issue of ROGUE CINEMA (www.roguecinema.com):
INTERVIEWS:
Brian Morton interviews Brett Piper, the director of “Shock O Rama.”
Duane L. Martin interviews indie director Dave Wascavage about his
newest film, “Zombies by Design.”
Duane also interviews director Frank Delle, who did “Beer Drinkers in
Space” and its documentary “Keep Drinking Men!”
David Stephenson interviews hot redhead/UK actress Gillian MacGregor.
You can catch her in a new horror film called “House on Straw Hill.”
Dave also has a chat with Matthew Worthington, star of “Encounters.”
FEATURED ARTICLES:
Brian Morton, inspired by Jerry Lewis, starts a telethon for the
B-Movie Impaired. For mere cents a day, you can help normal folks
learn the value of a good (or bad) b-movie.
Jordan Garren brings us his coverage of the latest Tromatic screening
at the Endless Mountains Theater in Scranton, PA. This time around,
“Cannibal! The Musical” was the film of choice and everyone had a
Shpadoinkle time!
Jordan Garren delivers another Genre Watch article! To see what's hot
on DVD and in theaters this month, check out the September '06 Genre
Watch ASAP!
Danny Runion comes up with his very own list of Movie Crossovers that
unfortunately may someday become a reality.
Jonathon Persinek does something very different and intersting in this
issue and graces us with an acting manifesto. It's pretty nifty so
give it a read!
REVIEWS:
Bugsy Malone
Cerebral Print: The Secret Files
Dead Body Man II: Seperation Anxiety
Dream Reaper
Head Trauma
Hippies
House of Carnage
Infidel
Jason and the Argonauts
Jigsaw
Laurel and Hardy Collection: Volume 2
Luther the Geek
Morbid Curiousity
Now you See Me, Now You Don't
Panic Time
Purple Glow
Race Memory
Soul Searcher
Stalking Hand: A Scary Movie
Terror Train
The Last Broadcast
The Lords of Praxton
The Plague
The Wanderer
Wolfster: The Curse of the Emo-Vamp
That's it! Be sure to check back often and visit the Rogue Cinema
forums for all the latest chit chat on cult DVD releases and indie
film talk (and if you feel left out there, then head into the
HOLLYWOOD CRAP section of the forums and discuss mainstream film).
We'll be back in October for a (quite possibly) horror-filled issue
that'll help prepare the masses for HALLOWEEN! Again thanks to
everyone who contributes to the magazine for your hard work, and a big
thank you to everyone that comes to read the new material on a
frequent basis!
- Jordan Garren
The B-Movie Film Vault
http://vault.roguereviewers.com/
Fighting the Good Fight for B-Movie Lovers Since June 5, 2000!
Also a Proud Member (and Founder) of the Rogue Reviewers:
www.roguereviewers.com
Visit our web-zine at: www.roguecinema.com
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Friday, September 1. 2006
2006 CUFF Awards
The 13th Chicago Underground Film Festival http://www.cuff.org concluded on Thursday August 23rd with an informal awards party held at the Uncommon Ground coffee house a few blocks from the Music Box Theater.
The three person festival jury consisted of former CUFF programmer Brian Mckenndry, Clara Alcott, curator of film, video and installation work at Chicago's Heaven Gallery and Brian Chanken owner of Odd Obsession Video, Chicago's leading video store for alternative cinema. In addition to the Jury Awards and Audience Award was selected based on ballots of festival attendees.
2006 CHICAGO UNDERGROUND FILM FESTIVAL WINNERS
Narrative Feature: BULLDOG IN THE WHITEHOUSE Director Todd Verow
Narrative Short: PAUL AND THE BADGER EPISODE #1 Director Paul Tarrago
Documentary Feature: NICE BOMBS Director Usama Alshaibi
Documentary Short: IN LOVING MEMORY Director Robert Todd
Experimental: S A V E Director Roger Bebee
Animation: HOW SHE SLEPT AT NIGHT Director Lili Carre
“Made In Chicago” Award: A LOVER'S DISCOURSE Director Tim Kinsella
Audience Award: DANIELSON: A FAMILY MOVIE Director JL Aronson
Special Jury Prizes:
THE WILD CONDITION directed by Rolf Belgum
ANIMAL MOTHER Director Jasmine Way
JEAN GENET IN CHICAGO Director Frederic Moffet
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Wednesday, August 30. 2006
Cannon Fodder Press Release
Codemasters announce Cannon Fodder for PSP!
http://www.codemasters.com/cannonfodder
In these modern times of games that are oh-so-serious, it's great
when you can play a game with a smile on its face and a gun in its
hand. And the rebirth of a great classic series is something to
celebrate as well.
These things come together with the announcement of Cannon Fodder for
PSP (tm) (PlayStation ® Portable). A new start for the well-loved
series.
But how do you bring a game rooted in a previous era up to date? Well,
we've got great art direction that takes what the original game's
style - which combined a humorous cute look with gritty elements -
and uses those principles to create a look that's both modern and
unmistakably Cannon Fodder. Check out the images here to get a taste.
http://www.codemasters.com/cannonfodder
Gameplay is true to the original formula: players take command of a
squad and complete missions using guns, wits, and maybe the various
vehicles you might find scattered around like tanks, trucks, APCs,
jeeps and more. Completing these missions usually involves causing as
many explosions and as much destruction as possible..
The move into true 3D will also allow some new gameplay elements to
come into play, such as the importance of higher ground or the
ability to stay hidden in a gully, all adding depth to the original
game, but without fundamentally altering what it's about.
We'll be releasing lots more info between now and release, but until
then, check out the Cannon Fodder forum for chat about this game, and
its illustrious forebears.
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Tuesday, August 29. 2006
Pirates of the Burning Sea to Launch
Pirates of the Burning Sea Announces Launch Date
Contact: Troy Hewitt,
Community Envoy
troyh@flyinglab.com
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Award-Winning MMORPGPirates of the Burning Sea INTRODUCES SWASHBUCKLING
Seafaring MMORPG to launch June 2007
(PENNY ARCADE EXPO) August 25, 2006 –At today’s opening of the Penny Arcade Expo, Flying Lab Software unveiledthe addition of avatar combat to their award-winning MMORPG Pirates of the Burning Sea, a massivelymultiplayer online computer game set in the Caribbean during the 1720s.
Fightingacross land and sea, players of Pirates ofthe Burning Sea will experience intense tactical ship combat andswashbuckling adventures, where every player is the captain of their own ship.British, Spanish, French, and Pirate captains battle it out for glory andpower, engaging in both PvE and PvP game play that has the power to trulychange the game world. Compete to conquer enemy ports, pursue 1000+ missions,engage in a fully player-driven economy, and earn ships, skills, and gear tobecome the most famous — or infamous! — captain on the Burning Sea.
Theaddition of avatar combat to Pirates of theBurning Sea’s game play amplifies the need for strategy andskill, offering melee encounters where movement, position and tactics trulymatter. This new feature expands sea encounters as well, allowing playersto board enemy ships, and with the aid of their crew, battle their oppositionfor supremacy and seize their opponent’s ship and cargo.
Morethan a simple hack-and-slash combat system, players move and dodge around thebattlefield, wielding a vast array of weapons: from rapiers and pikes tomuskets and even bar-stools! Adopt an aggressive stance and unleash a powerfulcombination of attacks that send the enemy reeling back on his heels, or bideyour time on defense and wait for the opportune moment to launch your fatalstrike. With a focus on fast action, environmental interaction, swiftdispatches of minor enemies, and lengthy duels against worthy adversaries, Pirates of the Burning Sea offersswashbuckling combat the likes of which have never been seen in an MMORPG!
Onland, players will explore dense jungles, Aztec ruins, and pirate treasurecaves in search of adventure, fame and fortune. Players can raidfortresses manned by dozens of soldiers and battle it out for the opportunityto hoist their flag above the citadel, or duel sneering spies in swashbucklingswordfights within elegant colonial mansions.
“Wealready brought intense real-time tactical ship combat to MMOs,” saidProducer John Scott Tynes. “Now we’re bringing the same imaginationto sword fighting, brawling, and musketry through the introduction ofswashbuckling combat mechanics.”
By thetime the game releases in June 2007, it will have been in development foralmost five years and in beta testing for a year and a half, resulting in atitle with polished, innovative game play, and rich content. Flying Lab is currentlyaccepting beta applicants at www.burningsea.com.
Key Game Features
· Join forces with the Pirates,English, French, or Spanish
· Traverse a world of over 100 PvPconquerable Caribbean ports
· Explore the world and make a namefor yourself via 1,000+ Missions
· Completely player-driven,manufacturing-based supply-and-demand economy
· Build, capture and customize over50+ historical ships
· Design your own personal flags andcustomized sail decals
· Supports SoundBlaster X-Fi sound cardswith 128 simultaneous audio channels for stunning battle effects
· Award-winning graphics
· Sound effects by AcademyAward® winner Richard King, of “Master and Commander”fame
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Wednesday, August 23. 2006
Hospital Tycoon Press Release
We're giving everyone the chance to play doctors and nurses next
spring, with Hospital Tycoon, coming to exclusively to PC!
http://www.codemasters.com/hospitaltycoon
Hospital Tycoon is a medical-themed 'God' game that's full of dramas
and crazy diseases. Players will run, maintain, enhance and expand a
series of chaotic hospital facilities.
Each hospital is staffed by manic medical teams and packed with
patients suffering from the most peculiar diseases - such as the man
afflicted with 'Monkey Nuts' or the office worker diagnosed with
Stress Zombosis - who need curing with equally bizarre treatments.
Delivering emergent and entertaining situations, the game's high
level of character interaction is set to create a living hospital
soap opera played out with loads of humour!
Players will direct the hospital's medical staff, ensure patients are
cared for and have the treatment facilities required. There's also
the upkeep of each hospital to control and develop; dedicated areas
can be built to support additional medical needs - surgery, diagnosis,
physiotherapy and more. Get it right and your patients will go home
happy, get it wrong and armies of angry, sick people will make your
life hell.
The more patients that come to the hospital and are cured, the more
your medical empire can grow and flourish. You'll need to keep your
facilities up to date with upgrades and all of the flashier equipment
today's pushy patients demands.
Be first in the queue to play your part in a modern medical drama by
registering your interest now!
http://www.codemasters.com/register-for-elerts.php?gid=2127
Happy gaming,
Peer Lawther
codem@codemasters.com
http://www.codemasters.com
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Tuesday, August 22. 2006
House Forsaken Website Hacked
For some strange reason, the website of the moribund gaming clan House Forsaken was recently hacked . It does not make any since since HF has not been a force in gaming for the last three years or so. But that's life for you.
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Tuesday, August 22. 2006
An Army of Two Promotional Stuff
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Tuesday, August 22. 2006
SMR Aurora Game Map Link
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Monday, August 21. 2006
BattleField Veterans Program
From:
BattleField Veterans Program :
Battlefield 2142 Veteran's Program.
As we promised in our last newsletter, DICE is pleased to announce the details surrounding the Veterans Program — our way to reward loyal Battlefield 2 players who are planning to play Battlefield 2142.
Players who have logged time with BF2 will be able to log onto the Battlefield website and reserve their Battlefield 2 name for Battlefield 2142 before lamers can squat on it.
Veterans status will also provide players with several other items including the following:
An exclusive war dance animation that you can use in-game to taunt/pwn other players
An in-game notification icon that lets other players know that you had a tour of duty in Battlefield 2
An instant promotion that will be available the first time you log onto the game.
This will let you choose from several weapons and gadgets right off the bat—from a Herzog shotgun attachment to your assault rifle to a V5 EMP grenade available to the support class…and more.
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Monday, August 21. 2006
flashquake classes for the fall
We're hard at work on our Fall issue, which will mark the beginning
of flashquake's sixth year of publication, but this is news that
won't keep — not if you want to register for these perennially
popular offerings!
Pam Casto will be leading a four-week class in Haibun in September,
and Pam's popular Flash Fiction class returns in October.
For more information, or to register, see
.
Debi Orton, Publisher
dorton@flashquake.org
www.flashquake.org
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