8 Days a Geek

Dante’s Inferno will not be released in the Middle East. EA states, “Electronic Arts has decided not to release Dante’s Inferno in the Middle East after an evaluation process which is based on consumer tastes, preferences, platform mix and other factors.”

The religious area is sensitive to issues dealing with Hell and the afterlife, so this decision isn’t surprising. Dante’s Inferno joins the ranks of banned games, which includes Bayonetta, Darksiders, and God of War 3. God of War 3 was banned for having the word “god” in the title, even though those of that have played the game know that it’s based on Greek/Roman mythology. Well, it’s their decision. They’re probably informed enough to know of the game play.

I have to say the obvious, of course: this will not stop consumers who really want the game from getting it.

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Director Joe Johnston confirmed the villain, and his name is Red Skull. (I think we saw this coming?) Mr. Skull and Cappy Amerikuh go hand in hand for me whenever I think of either one, so this news pleases me.

The majority of the movie will be set during World War II, and Johnston explained:

“Virtually the entire story except the bookends are in World War II because we all recognize we have one chance to tell the origin story of how he became Captain America, you can’t tell a modern story and then go back and tell the origin story. If you’re going to do it, let’s do it. Let’s do it first. Everyone wanted to tell an origin story. There was a version where it was a modern story and it didn’t work.”

There is no word on who will play the Cappy. Johnston has said he’s going to look for someone American, and someone relatively unknown. The challenge is finding someone who can play weakling Steve Rogers and then turn around and play super soldier Captain America. The chosen actor for the titular character should be announced by the end of February to the middle of March.

Read below for some spoiler-ish details regarding the suit and some plot of the movie.

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Percy Jackson opened his mouth and told someone that he was in discussions about playing the new high-school aged Spider-man. Half greek god AND bitten by a radioactive spider?

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Seriously, though.

Logan Lerman, star of the upcoming movie Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief, has been talking with studio executives about taking on the role of Peter Parker in the Spider-man reboot. Talking. A decision has not yet been reached. The kid is pretty tight-lipped about the whole thing since accidentally talking about it last Thursday.

Percy Jackson director Chris Columbus goes so far as to say that Logan has potential to be as great as Tobey Maguire, and that he would be a fantastic Spider-man. Columbus did make Daniel Radcliffe Harry Potter, so maybe the guy knows what he’s talking about.

I’m not against Logan Lerman as the new Peter Parker. What do you think?

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The AVP multiplayer demo on Xbox Live is really, really fun–for everyone but me. On Friday night/Saturday morning Mike told me to download the demo so we could pair up and play together. Normally I’d say no, but I just paid to renew my Gold account for a year and I want my moneys worth. (I also downloaded the demo to Fairytale Fights, which I’m seriously considering buying.)

We started to play and I got off to a rough start. For the first few minutes as each character I was trying to get my bearing and figure out what button did what. The Predator, Alien and Marine each have a different control set up. The Predators and Marines are somewhat similar, but the Alien is almost completely different. Fast forward to my third match, I’m now used to the level, the controls and the limitations of each character.

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In order for 20th Century Fox to keep its rights to (movie) Daredevil, since Disney now owns Marvel, a reboot of the movie is being actively developed. There are currently no details on who’s doing what, and what the story will be. I’m hoping for a nicely done origin, at least.

Daredevil, starring Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner, came out seven years ago and, well, Kingpin was black. (I adore Michael Clarke Duncan, I love to see him work, and though I’m not even a big comic fan and I knew something was up with that casting decision.)

Dear 20th Century Fox,
Please get this reboot right. And you know, Michael Clarke Duncan did do a good job as Kingpin, so you can go ahead and use him again if you want. Black or white, it doesn’t matter, the guy is built for the role. But for the comic’s sake, KEEP AFFLECK OUT OF IT.
Love,
Rach