Game News: Journey Creator Is “Suspicious” Of Journalists

Acclaimed video game designer Jenova Chen claims that he has become suspicious of journalists. Chen, who is the co-founder of thatgamecompany and directed this year’s celebrated innovative hit Journey, made the admission on Twitter in response to a post by fellow pioneering designer Jane McGonical. “Most interviews I have given wind up with quotes that barely resemble what I actually said,” wrote McGonical. “They’re ‘frankenquotes’ (combined... Read More

Film News: ‘The Hobbit’ Set To Be A Trilogy.

Academy Award-winning director Peter Jackson has confirmed that his movie adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien’s masterpiece The Hobbit will be split into three movies, instead of the previously planned two. Jackson stated: “Upon recently viewing a cut of the first film, and a chunk of the second, Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens and I were very pleased with the way the story was coming together. We recognized that the richness of the story of The Hobbit, as well as some of the related... Read More

Music News: Plan B’s Ill Manors Shoots Straight To Number 1

Acclaimed rapper Plan B’s new album Ill Manors – an accompaniment to his big screen debut of the same name – has proven a hit in this week’s album charts. Following the success of his soulful second record The Deformation of Strickland Banks, Plan B landed straight in at the Number 1 spot, seeing off competition from The Gaslight Anthem and Jennifer Lopez, whose latest releases debuted at 2 and 4 respectively. Ill Manors serves as a soundtrack to Ben... Read More

Talkin’ Oldies: Silver Streak (1976)

The Talkin’ Oldies Series continues with Jonathon Dabell taking a look at  Silver Streak starring Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor. Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor worked together on four films, the first and best of which was the 1976 comedy-thriller Silver Streak. An exciting, funny and sharply written cross-country odyssey, Silver Streak is one of those movies that you can watch over and over without tiring of it. Strictly speaking, it isn’t really a Wilder-Pryor vehicle... Read More

Opinion: What’s The Deal With Nicolas Cage?

FMV Magazine’s Simon Collings takes a look at one of Hollywood’s biggest stars and asks the question; what’s the deal with Nicolas Cage? OK, don’t get me wrong –  Nicolas Cage is a fantastic actor.  Take a look at most of his work from the late 1980s to mid ‘90s and it’s clear to see that some of his work was great.  Since that period, with the exception of one or two projects, why then has he decided to appear in films which could be best described as... Read More

Game Review: Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater HD

Jonathan Szafran delivers his verdict on the high-definition re-release of the classic skateboarding sim, out now on Xbox Live Arcade.  It’s been a long time since we’ve had a good Tony Hawk game. Tony Hawk Pro Skater made its debut in 1999, and after a few sequels the series quickly did a 180º and went downhill. THPS had always seemingly defied physics and stretched the boundaries of reality when it came to what could be done on a skateboard, but when the series... Read More

Game News: Dave Gibbons: “Minecraft Has Similarities With Watchmen”

Legendary comic book artist Dave Gibbons – most famous for co-creating iconic graphic novel Watchmen with Alan Moore – has said that he sees parallels between the dark superhero satire and gaming phenomenon Minecraft. Speaking in an interview with Eurogamer, Gibbons explained: “Minecraft is really interesting to me in that the environment becomes one of the parts of the drama, that what you do to the environment affects it. “With Watchmen, the world we... Read More

Opinion: Is This The Most Badass Side-Scrolling Shooter Of All Time?

If you want to tackle bosses the size of cities, scrap with colossal enemies on collapsing rope-bridges, and battle dragons while riding on the back of a wolf, you’ve come to the right place. Mark Butler argues that with new indie game Intrusion 2, the ‘shut up and take my money’ meme has never been more appropriate. At first glance, you could be forgiven for thinking that Intrusion 2 is just like every other side-scrolling shooter game out there. But the reality... Read More

Film News: Colorado Massacre Prompts Gangster Squad Release Date Change

Warner Bros. have decided to postpone the release of Ruben Fleischer’s Gangster Squad. The film starring Sean Penn, Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone that chronicles the LAPD’s fight against the Mafia, has been moved from September 7th to January 11th, 2013. The move comes in the wake of the Aurora, Colorado gun massacre where twelve people lost their lives during The Dark Knight Rises screening. This will allow the studio to re-shoot a climactic scene that involved a shoot-out... Read More

Game News: Walking Dead Accolades Trailer Released

Telltale Games have today unveiled a new accolades trailer for Episode 2 of their acclaimed Walking Dead series, featuring just some of the hefty critical praise and high review scores that their work has received. The video, which is embedded below, also includes FMV’s own proclamation that The Walking Dead “could prove to be the finest gaming experience of 2012″. The first two episodes of the downloadable series have been a critical and commercial smash,... Read More