Playboy Launches Grand Theft Auto Like 3D Video Game

With the business of girlie magazines quickly going the way of the CD player, Playboy is desperately trying to find a new business model, and new ways of making money.  Apparently, they've pinned their hopes on putting "Playboy caliber women" into video games. 

Hef's company has partnered with online game company Bigpoint to distribute select titles through Playboy's website, beginning with Bigpoint’s Poisonville, which is a browser-based MMO crime game (in the spirit of Grand Theft Auto) that puts gamers into a fictional U.S. city where crime and corruption rule the streets.

Players must complete a series of missions in order to counteract corruption, regain respect, and rebuild their reputations. Throughout the game, players will encounter beautiful, Playboy-caliber women. In full-3D, players can drive a variety of vehicles, engage in player vs. player combat, and compete in ongoing competitions designed to simulate gang warfare - all through a standard web browser.


Putting Playboy models into video games is an idea that's hard to argue with.  Having said that, Poisonville doesn't exactly look like the greatest video game ever made.  Call us when Playboy releases Womb Raider.   
 

Walt Disney Releases TRON LEGACY Movie Poster

Walt Disney Pictures have dropped an international poster for the forthcoming Sci Fi 3D bonanza "Tron Legacy."  The poster features Jeff Bridges as the first film's hero Flynn, looking like he is in a Wachowski brothers movie. 

I remember the original "Tron" movie and back  in my day it was the coolest thing to come along since Ocean Pacific (OP) clothes.  Motorcycles and neon/black lights in 1982 were very cutting edge.  Plus, the video game (we had to leave home and play games in an arcade) was nothing short of mind blowing. 

I am very excited to see "Tron Legacy", but I am concerned that it may not translate to the younger demographic that it needs to capture to offset it's huge budget.  I grew up on "A-Team" television series and enjoyed the "A-Team" move, but we all know that movie flopped.   Hopefully, original special effects and very good 3D will carry this movie and allow it to find a younger fan base.  We'll wait and see.

3DD - The Book That Celebrates Boobs in 3D

Gfest's fascination with breasts began the day we were born. Gfest's fascination with 3D probably began with Jaws 3D.  Now imagine if you could combine the powers of breasts and 3D technology?  Well, that would be genius.

At this point, you're probably wondering if anyone has ever been able to take these two great things and combine them into one mind blowing awesome experience? As it happens, the answer is yes. Henry Hargreaves is the genius behind 3DD, a delicious book of 3D photos of topless women (complimentary glasses included).

Are you awesome enough to handle the sheer raw power of such an explosive concept? There's only one way to find out....

E3 2010: NEW Nintendo 3DS is Amazing and really 3D

The best quote on the new system to date is from ign 's Craig Harris,

"Trust me, you really have to see this thing in person to understand why I'm incredibly impressed. Nintendo is using an LCD technology that sends each eye an independent image that the brain merges together, and the effect adds depth. A lot of depth. The effect is immediately obvious, yet seems so natural. And there are multiple sweet spots, so you don't have to awkwardly hold the system in a position that doesn't feel comfortable. If you twist the system you'll get double images and lose the 3D, but it's simple to keep the stereoscopic effect within view.

The first system I played had the trailer for Legends of the Guardians, the upcoming owl movie from Warner Bros. I've seen this played in front of Alice in Wonderland, in 3D, and the depth effect on the 3DS screen is just as pronounced as the RealD version I saw in theaters. The same can be said for the How to Train Your Dragon and Disney's Tangled: fantastic video quality and excellent 3D depth."

To read about the 3DS specs click read more

First Look at Disney's New 3D MovieTangled

Rapunzel (Mandy Moore) has been trapped in a tower for, like, ever in the second teaser trailer for Disney’s upcoming 3D animated feature, Tangled. 

Despite Disney’s brief return to traditional hand-drawn animation with last year’s The Princess and the Frog, Tangled will be a 3D computer-crafted venture in the vein of their 2008 feature, Bolt.  Most of their future projects will be developed in a similar fashion, as 2D animation is regarded as more old-fashioned and lacking in terms of wide appeal with today’s moviegoers.

You can check out the second teaser for Disney’s Tangled below:

Playstation 3, 3D Launch Tomorrow with Four Games

Some of the biggest PlayStation 3 games will be available to play in 3D this year. The first 3D games hit as early as tomorrow.


According to Kotaku, at an event in Los Angeles, Sony PlayStation boss Jack Tretton is just rattling off games coming in 3D this year for the PS3. These games will be rendered in stereoscopic 3D and require a 3D TV and glasses in order to experience their popping effects.

Available as early as tomorrow in 3D for your PS3 will be Super Stardust HD and WipEout HD, Pain, and the demo version of MotorStorm Pacific Rift.

Tretton is also showing Gran Turismo 5 and MLB The Show 10 in 3D as well. No release dates on those yet.

The company announced their first 3D motion-controlled game as well. The already-revealed but oft-renamed The Fight: Lights Out will be playable in 3D when it is launched.

Sony also said that starting tomorrow anyone who buys a Sony Bravia 3D TV will get four 3D PS3 games and demos.

For more information about the Sony games going 3D, check out the official PlayStation 3 blog post about tomorrow's releases and Bravia offer.

Next Playboy Will Feature Hope Dworaczyk in 3D

Apparently, Hugh Hephner invented 3D or something.  According to MSNBC, when Heff launched Playboy back in the 50's, he hired a photographer to shoot two girls nude in 3D. But the price of packaging the 3D glasses with the magazine was too high. This week, Hef's dream becomes a reality.

In an effort to bolster low readership, the June 2010 edition of Playboy, ON SALE HERE, will feature centerfold Hope Dworaczyk in good old fashioned blue and red glasses 3D. 

This is Playboy's big plan? Not good. The magazine has seen circulation plummet from 3.5 million to 1.5 million in less than five years.  The Playboy Mansion had to be sold off.  It's not hard to see why. 

Thanks a lot for the ancient 3D technology, Heff.  But gfest will pass.  We'll just look at her picture above instead.

Could Watching a 3D Movie Lead to Blackouts?

18-year-old college student Josh James went with friends to see the 3D film Alice In Wonderland starring Johnny Depp.  He liked his night at the movies but not the after effects which included blackouts and ended with Josh "standing in a country lane in the pitch dark, looking at my mangled car on its roof. Every panel and window was smashed in."

Amidst developing concerns about the effects of 3D movies and glasses on health and vision, Josh claimed that a blackout caused by adjusting to 3D had caused him to crash his car.

"It took ten minutes for my vision to adjust to 3D" he said. "My sight was unfocused - blurry one minute, fine the next. I also had a pain in my temples."

Extended 'Tron Legacy Trailer' is Better than Wearing Neon Clothes

Screen Rant assembled a new Tron Legacy trailer by remixing all the released trailers to date. 
Screen Rant's Tron Legacy trailer places more of an emphasis on the relationship between Sam Flynn (Garrett Hedlund) and his long-lost father Kevin (Jeff Bridges) than the official Tron Legacy trailer does -- quite fittingly too, since their relationship looks to be pivotal to the film’s plot as a whole.

It also offers a nice glimpse at some of the Tron Legacy characters -- including the lovely Olivia Wilde in her skin-tight, virtual suit -- and mouth-watering CGI-visuals we’ll get to eventually see in action on the big screen. Just enough so, that is, that viewers will still be left yearning for more.

A huge Gfest thanks to Mike Eisenberg and Screen Rant for this well fashioned trailer.  It will at least provide you with a little bit of a fix until we can see the real deal in 3D in December. 

Hank Azaria as Gargamel in Smurfs Movie

Yes, your friends at Gfest are old enough to remember the Saturday morning Smurfs cartoon.  In fact, upon a challenge we could probably name most of the Smurfs.  Cut us some slack, we didn't have 24 hour a day cable programming with channels strictly devoted to animated shows.  Saturday mornings are all we had back in the day.  We also walked up hill both ways to school.

While this movie has the potential to make the Smurfs a household name again, it seems a rather strange show to develop into a movie.  With that said, kids love movies; kids love movies about cartoons; kids love movies in 3D; and Hank Azaria looks creepy but awesome as Gargamel.   Image courtesy of ComingSoon.net

Batman 3 & New Superman Movie Part of New IMAX Deal!

Just when you think comic book Wednesday couldn't get any better, Warner Brothers comes out of nowhere and provides a Gfest miracle!. 

Warner Bros. Pictures and IMAX Corporation announced this morning that Christopher Nolan's next Batman movie and the new Superman movie are part of an up to 20-picture deal!  Here are the movies in the agreement.

Under the agreement, Warner Bros. movies that will be released in IMAX are: Legends of the Guardian: The Owls of Ga'Hoole 3D (September 24, 2010); Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (3D) (November 19, 2010); Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II (3D) (July 15, 2011); Happy Feet 2 (3D) (November 18, 2011); and The Hobbit (December 2013). Warner Bros. and IMAX also plan to release an additional 15 films over the course of 2011, 2012 and 2013, including Gravity, Dark Shadows, Fury Road, Batman 3, and Superman.

Batman 3D

Watch out for that Batarang!

Our friends at ign report that Director Christopher Nolan and his director of photography Wally Pfister are mulling shooting all of Batman 3 in either 3D or IMAX.

Cinematical's Todd Gilchrist chatted with Pfister last week at a Dallas Film Society awards ceremony, during which time the Oscar-nominated cinematographer talked up the visual game plan for the highly anticipated sequel to The Dark Knight.

"What Chris and I have talked about is doing something cool and something interesting," Pfister told the site. "[Director] Brad Bird was [saying] 'you've got to shoot the whole thing in IMAX!' I was like, yeah, I've talked to Chris about that." Pfister believes, though, that the camera technology required to shoot an entire movie in IMAX may be too difficult to pull off.

Pfister also said the idea of shooting Batman 3 in the suddenly popular 3D format is under consideration. "I think Chris is game for doing something interesting like that, Lord knows that the 3-D fad might pass by the time that summer comes around," said Pfister. He added that one thing that is certain about Batman 3 is that it will be shot on film and not video.

How Much Money Will Converting the Star Wars Films to 3D Make?

Darth Vader looks a little less intimidating in High Defenition 3D

Apparently, LucasFilm has decided to covert the Star Wars Trilogies into 3D.  This is not exactly a surprise, as Hollywood is an a rush to make every movie 3D.  But how big of a money maker will it be for the franchise?