ILM Celebrates it's 35th Birthday With Documentary

Industrial Light and Magic is and has been one of the biggest mainstays in special effects since it began three and a half decades ago. That is undoubtedly true.

Now, to celebrate year number thirty-five, ILM and cable channel Encore have come up with a look at the house that George (Lucas) built in a one hour special titled 'Light & Magic: Creating the Impossible' which will air on Encore at 9:00pm this November the 12th. It's going to air a few more times that weekend with a special five pack of ILM films to cap off the whole thing on the 14th.

Cool stuff all around. ILM has had it's hand in so many of the best sci-fi stuff ever that it's hard to even remember them all, the special will showcase a bunch of them as well as be chock full of interviews with some pretty heavy hitters (Lucas, Spielberg, Howard, Sam Jackson... big names)

Read on for the full Pressy-

Musings: Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions

Spider-Man has had a far better history than most superheroes in the realm of gaming. Just a brief mental stroll down memory lane brings up thoughts of the original Playstation Spider-Man (you don't just play it... you live it!) and it's sequel-  excellent games both. Go a little further back and you'll want to remember the fun but shallow SNES titles and the amazing (wink) Genesis/Sega CD game.

Sure the X-Men have had some good ones too and Batman had the sublime Arkham Asylum just last year, but Spidey stands out from all of them. Even with the recently meh Web of Shadows, his VG resume bests most other heroes. And now we get Shattered Dimensions.

I really liked this game.

Star Wars Movies to be Re-Released... in 3D

Okay well... the first question is 'how?' The movies were never intended to be shown in 3D and weren't filmed that way- even the 'new' ones are just regular old fashioned films. I think the second question is 'why?'

Everyone's seen these movies dozens of times and to drop them back into theatres again... maybe it's just me. And one more thing (Now I feel like Steve Jobs)-  the movies will be released in order. 'In order' means #1 through #6. So the whole 3D love fest will kick off with none other than everybody's least favorite episode- The Phantom Menace.

Boom.

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Nintendo's Upcoming Gold Mine Gets Official

The 3DS is looking great, Nintendo had a press conference yesterday that outlined their plans as far as the Japanese launch goes and so far it's looking like a fantastic assortment of games and a very nice little piece of hardware.

First things first, the 3DS has no North American or European release date yet- the land of the rising sun will see it on March 11th 2011. Yep, that's right- no 3DS for you this Holiday Season. Personally (and I know a lot of people think I'm nuts) I'm still predicting a global launch for the console. If not day and date with the Asian release, then only a few days or maybe a week after for the rest of the markets.

I just don't see them doing this kind of old school japan first thing with the 3DS, there's way to much money to be made- and way too big of an impression to be made. So I don't see it, could easily be wrong since Nintendo has a history of being a little unchanging in their thinking (like with HD), but I don't think so.

Anyway, after the break you'll see some new Resident Evil screens that you may not have seen before and some you definitely haven't seen before as Capcom announces a second RE for the 3D portable.

Some little flickers:

• Japanese price tag? 250 USD
• There will be a transfer feature allowing you to move over DLC from your DSi to the 3DS
• There's a Virtual Console. Done cheering yet? It'll feature GameBoy and GameBoy Color games to start, but I have to imagine they'll expand that. Game Gear games anyone?

PSN Update -- 'Sight for Sore Eyes' edition

This can't possibly be- It's flat out impossible.

And yet it is... PSOne classics have returned! Rise from your grave!!!11!!1

Okay, so this week we get Tomb Raider (the original). Hey wait a sec... wasn't Tomb Raider out already? Yeah... it was... so it's free for Plus subscribers now. Oh. So there still aren't any new PSOne games huh? Well that's just great.

Read on for some nice price drops (but no classics)- oh ModNation Racers, does no one love you!?!

SEGA Surprises at ComiCon

Thor: God of Thunder will most definitely be at the NY ComiCon next month. You probably knew that already, what with the movie coming up in the Summer of '11 and all, but what you might not have figured on is seeing the game of the film as well.

I'm actually a pretty big Thor fan so here's to hoping that SEGA can break the cycle of the cursed movie game- it does look promising so far so I guess we'll see. *crosses fingers*

In other SEGA news- they'll be showing something brand new and unannounced for 'next-gen platforms'. Color me intrigued.

The Walking Dead Come to NY Comicon (NSFW)

This lovely little video came shambling into my inbox today- thought I'd share. The Walking Dead comic series has more fans than you can shake a severed arm at so I figure there might be more than a few who'd love to know that AMC will be holding a panel at the NY edition of ComiCon.

The Con will be held at the Javitz convention center in Manhattan from October 8th through the 10th (Friday through Sunday) with the TWD panel taking place on Sunday at 2:15pm. There will be series stars as well as Mr. Frank Darabont in attendence- they'll also be showing full scenes from the show for the first time anywhere. Don't miss it!

'The Walking Dead' premieres on AMC on Halloween Night (appropriate) at 10pm