Happy New Year! Chris and Rafe get together to talk about their Christmas video game swag (Catherine for Chris, Batman: Arkham Asylum and City for Rafe). We follow up on a few stories we’ve talked about in the past few episodes – responses to that awesome Modern Warfare advertising Rafe liked and the Half-Life rumors) before discussing more in depth thoughts about Star Wars: The Old... 

Star Wars: The Old Republic may be the newest entry to the MMORPG game, but it still gets to suffer the growing pains of other games. It seems there are some elements of gaming culture that we can’t overcome, regardless of how many games come out. One of those aspects is poor behavior on the part of the players. Yup, no matter how new a game title may be, the same asshat players manage to ruin it... 

For the first time in all of my years of doing this, I’m not incredibly thrilled with my end of the year list. As usual, there are movies appearing on other people’s lists that I haven’t gotten to see, and unfortunate timing means I won’t be seeing them for another couple of weeks at the best. Rather than hold out on my “Best of” list for 2011 until the point that... 

Ridley Scott may have been playing coy with fans and his new science-fiction film, but the ruse is up. For months Scott has evaded questions about whether Prometheus was related to his iconic 1979 science-fiction entry. As pictures have come out, fans have devoted themselves to the idea that this is a sequel or prequel to Scott’s own Alien. Now the first trailer is out for Prometheus and it’s pretty... 

It’s been a long, challenging road for The Hobbit. It’s endured lawsuits, studio bankruptcy, and even a change in directors. At times, it didn’t even look like the prequel to the popular Lord of the Rings movies was ever going to be made. On one hand, there were people who were happy with that outlook, feeling like the existing trilogy was so perfect that it was best to leave well enough alone.... 

When I sat down to see Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows, I knew I would probably see the trailer for The Dark Knight Rises, the third (and unfortunately final) Christopher Nolan Batman movie. Heck, I’ll even admit that the lure of the Dark Knight Rises trailer was a good part of why I wanted to see the Sherlock Holmes sequel, which I only had a passing interest in watching. So, anticipating the... 

We all know those people who are never going to grow up or evolve past high school. They’ve become fodder for movies and television, traditionally taking the form of the high school jock whose best days were in high school (see: Al Bundy from Married with Children). As well as they serve as a punchline, that joke wouldn’t work unless there really were people like that. Young Adult takes a more... 

As the story goes, Steven Spielberg discovered a love for Tintin, the Belgian comic book character, after he released Raiders of the Lost Ark and fans drew connections between the high adventure feel of the first Indiana Jones movie and Tintin’s comic book series, which follows a young reporter on unlikely adventures. It’s taken thirty years, but now Spielberg brings an animated version of Tintin’s... 

As we move into the official launch of Star Wars: The Old Republic I thought it seemed like an appropriate time to offer guidance and suggestions to those who might be new to the game, or new to MMORPGs in general (we all know someone who would never give World of Warcraft a shot, but loves Star Wars enough to try out a new game). Some of this is advice I’ve gotten from playing previous games, some... 

Part of looking at movies does involve the business side of show business. We try to have a little fun with it, as each week Tim makes his predictions as to how movies will perform at the Box Office. Then, on Sundays, we look at how Tim’s predictions fared. Another week has passed and we didn’t run predictions… and by “we” I mean “I”. Tim got me his predictions...