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Hey guys!
Got my hands on some exclusive, first-look screen captures from the upcoming action/adventure film, City of Ember (in theatres, 10/10/08).
Synopsis: The latest fantasy novel adaption from Fox Walden is City of Ember. Based on the 2003 novel by Jeanne Duprau, Ember follows two kids, Lina and Doon, who live in the City of Ember, where the sky is always dark. As Ember’s power source begins to fail and the lamps start to flicker, they search for clues that will unlock ancient mysteries about the city and save the people of Ember. The film stars Bill Murray, Tim Robbins, Saoirse Ronan, Harry Treadaway, Toby Jones, Martin Landau, Mackenzie Crook, Mary Kay Place, and Marianne Jean-Baptiste.
Other notable mentions: Directed by Gil Kenan (Monster House, Oscar nominated) and screenplay by Caroline Thompson (The Nightmare Before Christmas, Edward Scissorhands).
I have posted the exclusive screen shots below, there's a little description of what's going on underneath each of the images...
Bill Murray plays Mayor Cole; I'm really looking forward to his work in this film! He has such great comic timing, and I'm sure he'll do well to make this film good for all audiences, young and old.
Lina Mayfleet (Saoirse Ronan, Atonement) with the "Instructions of Egress" that unlocks the mystery to finding a way out of the City of Ember.
Gives you a good idea about the set design-- Martin Laing (Titanic, Pearl Harbor) really gave the movie an epic and unique post-apocalyptic aesthetic. Another tidbit, it was filmed in a former paint hall in Belfast, Ireland's Titanic Quarter. Other filming sites included England, Romania, Prague and Berlin.
Did I say, that I love Photoshop. Here's a reason why
<3 that picture! :)
I wish we could have these for mounts. They're so beautiful and they undulate as you fly. Even though nether rays undulate I've never found them graceful. These are gorgeous. For now I just enjoy them on the Quel'Danas bombing runs.
As a member of the International Game Developer's Association, I recently read this quote from their board posted by a male in the gaming industry: I don't see any difference in game gender. What would a game geared towards female be like anyway? No guns? No fighting? Only barbie dolls?
The guy just contradicted himself because he is stating that games WITH guns and fighting and NO barbie dolls are for boys, so obviously there IS a difference in games geared towards boys and games geared toward girls. I’m an avid MMORPG girlgamer, game industry web developer, guildmaster of several MMORPG guilds, and mother of 3 (2 boys and a girl) and I walk the software departments and see games title “Preschool Education for Girls” and “Preschool Education for Boys” so that’s exactly where the gender gap starts. At such a young age, we are differentiating ourselves from each other, besides the fact that our sexual parts differ, thus does not mean my daughter does not want to play Command and Conquor or my son doesn’t want to paint and draw. When we see our sons telling their friends what to do, he is considered a “future brilliant leader”, but when we see our daughters doing that, she is “bossy”. Women in the gaming industry face similar situations, as I found myself the only female in my computer programming class at Hawaii Pacific University. My husband is military and his officers are female, yes they shoot guns in REAL life, so why should the gaming industry have “Software for girls” and “Software for boys”? We breed our children to this type of society, but those girl gamers who become mothers and teach their girls to game hardcore and kick ass — that’s where the gender gap will change.
My 6yr old plays World of Warcraft with my husband and I, but my 5yr old daughter loves to watch and is just as interested in learning it as he is. Would I allow my son to playa female character? Would I allow my daughter to play a male character? Most certainly. Hell, half the female characters in these games are grown men anyways, but that doesn't mean they are gay or that they will start to play The Sims just to dress up the characters. These days developers need to focus on adding more potential for the female gamers as well. Since I have been playing games from pen & paper, to MUDs and MOOs, and now onto the virtual MMORPGs, I find that there is still a lack in characterization for females. I am not talking about cooking and tailoring skills, I am simply referring to "characterization" - don't limit me to playing one character or side because that is the only female you have and no don't assume that because the male's play female characters that the females will play a male character. Give me OPTIONS! Class choices, race choices, BOTH male or female!
What has also changed with girls gaming in the MMORPG industry rather than just men? Organization and respect. I see alot of younger males stealing kills, screaming obscenities on the PvP field, grouping only with people who benefit themselves …. since girl gamers arrived, they have managed to become guildmasters and group leaders who don’t tolerate that kind of behavior and don’t ignore it when the behavior arrives. That’s what’s changed. My husband and I both manage the guilds and where he is strongest in knowing tactics and combat, I am strongest at keeping the guild together, respectful, and communicating … I can LEARN his strengths by reading and experiencing, but for him to learn mine is a choice that only nature holds in her hands … but the main question was:
How do I feel about playing a man’s game? How do I feel about games marketed to women?
I think the MMORPG industry is getting better by adding a variety of “interests” not based on gender, but based on interest. Developers are listening to the gamers more, but the educational industry needs to adjust their gender software ASAP! It bothers me when they advertise to my daughter or my son because it makes my children feel guilty if they want a game that says it’s for the opposite sex and a child should never feel guilty.
While flying through nagrand completing "The Multi-Whatever Something" and suddenly saw this:
Is it just my dirty mind or does anyone else think what I think?
Do you remember Gruul? And his "noises"?
"Hoooooooooooosh!" - *twang*And now go to bed, you bad bad boy!*/twang*
Found via a German World of Warcraft Guild
I can finally now exchange those marks I had in my bank for something useful. I was able to trade in my marks and get over 30k in honor. Yea. Now, I am just going to sit on the honor until Season 4 comes out, so I can get some Merciless (Season 2) gear.
Excellent.
Exactly 3 weeks ago i wrote a post about my guild and my own excitement about patch 2.4. I wrote in that post, that i thought it would be out in 3 weeks. As we all know, the patch will be out tomorrow, and i can't wait.
Tomorrow morning when i wake up at 5am i have to leave my place at 6am, and i'll be at the university till about 3-4pm. Which in other words means, no WoW for me till 15-16pm. Oh well, i can't be bothered to moan about that, the patch is here! After 6+ months of Black Temple / Mount Hyjal farming it finally is here!
It is a time of joy for all WoW players. Let's hope the patch lives up to the expectations.
A few things that crawl under my skin while playing World of Warcraft:
- Moron teenagers screaming at me for not healing them when I'm in Shadowform
- Laying an ice trap in arena and someone using their Insignia of the Horde
- Trade channel useless chat (go back to general chat puh-leeeze!)
- People consistently asking me for gold or to "run them through" a lower level instance
- Gold spammers ... need I say more?
- Rude, ignorant, and down right disrespectful people who feel it is OK to be as such just because they are behind a computer
- Server restarts
- Crashes, lockups, unusually high latency
- No responses from Blizzard
- Blizzard's forum trolls
- PvP
- TUESDAYS!
Reasons I still play World of Warcraft:
- To game with my husband
- To game with my sons
- Meeting new people world wide
- Exceptionally phenomenal PvE and instance raiding
- To take my anger out on #6 above
- Bored
- Warhammer Beta is lonely without your friends
- WoW = Waiting on Warhammer (cuz WoW PvP sucks ass)
Give me some good suggestions on other games you would also recommend until Warhammer Online is released?
hey everyone yahoo and youtube are votin for best videos and series and stuff. i went and voted for The Guild. sooo funny!!!
link to their website and its easy to vote!!!
please vote!
