‘Rum Diary’ TV Spots & Clips
Whereas Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas reflected the “death” of the 1960s American counter-cultural revolution, Rum Diary is set during an earlier stage of that movement. So it’s all the more fitting that there’s more of an actual purpose behind Depp’s shenanigans in this film – as opposed to just the kooky meaninglessness of his deeds in Fear and Loathing.
[Via Screen Rant]
Rage PC Review
Rage combines three types of game-play styles: open world, corridor shooter and combat racing. If you play shooters to blow stuff up and watch gibs fly in all directions, then this is your type of game. Or, if you prefer driving/racing simulators then this is also your type of game. My point is that Rage does both equally well. Built on the id Tech 5 engine, distinctive environments from mission to mission help to combine these game-play styles into an immersive, post-apocalyptic world. Each type of enemy encounter is original and unique. The AI is life-like and each weapon has a different feel. In the beginning you can choose your character specialization. There is also an item crafting aspect and if you choose an engineer character type then you can also learn new recipes.
Arrested Development returning for one more season!
Arrested Development creator Mitchell Hurwitz let loose a juicy bit of information today: The series will be returning for one more season, with a limited number of new episodes, to air before the forthcoming movie. The announcement was made at “A Bluth Family Reunion”, an Arrested Development panel being held at The New Yorker Film Festival in Manhattan. Arrested Development veterans Will Arnett, Jason Bateman, Michael Cera, David Cross, Portia de Rossi, Tony Hale, Alia Shawkat, Jeffrey Tambor, and Jessica Walter are all in attendance with Hurwitz, speaking about the series and the movie that’s been in the works for some time.
[Via reddit and Screen Rant]
Italy Proposes Law That Will Ban People From The Internet Based On Single Accusation Of Infringement From Anyone
Glyn Moody points us to a frightening analysis of a proposed copyright law in Italy that seems positively ridiculous, in that you could lose access to the internet based on a single accusation (which doesn’t even have to come from the copyright holder):
1) citizens, outside of any judicial proceeding and without the right to appeal to the judicial authority, may be banned to access the Internet if ANYONE (a rightholder or an ordinary citizen) notifies a provider about alleged infringement of copyright or trademark or patent (“one strike” disconnections);
2) Internet service providers must comply to the blacklisting of citizens who are *suspected* of copyright or trademark or patent infringements (“proscription lists” to ban citizens from any access to the Net);
3) an Internet service provider must use preventive filters against services that infringe copyright, trademark or patents;
4) an Internet service provider must not promote or advertise, and must use preventive filters against, services that do not directly violate copyright, trademark or patents, but that *may* lead citizens to *think* that infringing services exist;
5) a provider or a hosting provider which does not use effective filters will be charged with civil liability.
The post notes that this law would be compliant with an early version of ACTA, and suggests that this was done on purpose. However, the report also notes that this proposed law would clearly not be compatible with current EU law. Either way, that’s quite a wish list from the entertainment industry.
Anonymous vows to destroy Facebook on Nov. 5
A video press release from the hacker group claims it will launch an all-out assault that will bring down the social network. Anonymous has singled out Facebook for its shady privacy settings and its policy that makes it difficult for users to delete their account.
[Via games blog and Gizmodo]
Coastal And Mid-Atlantic States Have Way Faster Internet
The coastal and Mid-Atlantic states had the fastest and most reliable Internet (with Rhode Island scoring highest) while the Mountain states and Midwest did the worst.
It also reinforces what we already know about the digital divide: wealthier communities have better Internet service, while poorer communities tend to have worse. Pocatello, Idaho, um, poked along at a mere 251KBps, while tony Andover, Mass., was zipping at 2,801KBps.
[Via Gizmodo]
