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Dragon Ball Z 30th Anniversary Collector’s Edition Announced With a Twist
Funimation is celebrating Dragon Ball Z's 30th Anniversary with a Collector's Edition that will need at least 2,500 fans to purchase to make it happen.
Announced by Funimation, this Collector's Edition will include the complete Dragon Ball Z series on Blu-Ray with new bonus content, North America's first full-sized hardback artbook that is only available in this edition, an exclusive figure, and much more.
Funimation is holding this reservation campaign because, "due to the high costs associated with the set, we need to guarantee a minimum to print." It claims that is the minimum build order needed from its printers to make this a reality, and if they don't reach the 2,500 goal, the Collector's Edition will not be made.
Dead or Alive 6’s Season Pass 1 Costs $93
Dead or Alive 6's first season pass, which is available now, will get players 62 costumes and 2 new characters for...$92.99 USD.
Dead or Alive 6, the latest entry in the fighting franchise that began back in 1996, released last week and we called it good, saying "DoA 6 proves there's plenty of depth to this fighter beneath its skimpy outfits, but its story mode is disjointed and its multiplayer features are currently bare."
As with most games these days, the release of the game isn't the end of the content, and DOA 6 is offering players a chance to purchase, for $92.99 USD, its first season pass that will give content to players between March 2019 - June 2019.
In Defense of Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball
I never thought I’d actually be in a position to defend Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball. Well, technically it was "Dead Or Alive Xtreme 2," but that's not really the point. It’s an absurd game structured around half-naked women playing volleyball, featuring...uh...those infamous “jiggle physics.” In an episode of The Bernie Mac Show, it’s represented strictly auditorily as women moaning. As many have said before (and I’m looking at some specific reviews, here) who would play these games if not just to ogle half-naked women?
How’s Season 2 of The Orville So Far?
With eight episodes aired, season two of The Orville is off to a strong start. It continues to blend equal parts science fiction and social philosophy, though its proportion of outrageous gags has declined markedly in favor of subtler comedic elements. Despite a few lingering areas for improvement, Seth McFarlane’s love letter to Star Trek is really starting to gain momentum.
Warning: Some serious spoilers for The Orville Seasons 1 and 2 below!
After two relatively strong episodes focusing on Peter Macon’s outstanding alien character Bortus, Season 2 stumbled a bit with the surprise departure of security chief Alara Kitan (Halston Sage) in episode three. Though it seems unintentional, Sage’s departure is eerily reminiscent of Denise Crosby’s early exit from her role as chief of security in Star Trek: The Next Generation. That parallel is itself similar to John Lamarr (J. Lee) transitioning from navigator to chief engineer (in season one) almost exactly the same way Geordi did on Star Trek: The Next Generation. Fortunately, such one-to-one references are rare and usually not too meta, though occasionally they do veer too far in that direction -- e.g. when a fanatical, warlike alien race embeds a mole on the Orville under the assumed identity of "Lieutenant Tyler". That's such an on-the-nose poke at Discovery you wonder if it could somehow have been a coincidence.
Hellboy in 4K and More DVD, Blu-ray and 4K Movies Out Tomorrow
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Streaming is taking a bigger share of the home video market, but there are still plenty of ways to bring home your favorite movies on physical media. Leading up the movie releases for March 5, 2019 is Hellboy on 4K Blu-ray. This is the 2004 Guillermo del Toro movie, and the animated Hellboy series comes to 4K April 2, while the sequel is scheduled for the ultra-HD treatment in May.
Keep in mind, many 4K Blu-ray movies aren't "true" 4K. You can check to see which movies are truly 4K once the movie has been released on 4K Blu-ray.
Devil May Cry 5 And Other Games Releasing Next Week
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Next week isn't particularly busy in terms of video game releases, but that doesn't mean you won't find anything new to play. PS4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch/3DS, and PC owners will find games that might be worth a look, including Devil May Cry 5 and Kirby's Extra Epic Yarn. If you're itching for a new game, read on to see what games are set to release the week of March 4.
Devil May Cry 5 - March 8
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New Pokemon Set Includes Pikachu with Afro, Ninja Outfit
To celebrate the one-year anniversary of Pokemon Center DX in Japan, The Pokemon Company has revealed a new line of celebratory Pikachu plush toys.
Headlining the set is a Pikachu with a lovely cherry blossom-filled afro, as well as Pikachu in a ninja outfit, kabuki makeup, and wrestler outfit.
The set celebrates the March 14, 2018 opening of Pokemon Center DX in Tokyo, which is also home to the Pokemon Cafe that we visited last year. The Pokemon Cafe will also have a special promotion similarly featuring Sakura Afro Pikachu.
Here’s Why There Are no Good Video Game Movies…and How to Fix it
Why are there no good video game movies? It’s a question we ask ourselves every time another Resident Evil sequel comes out in theaters, every time a huge IP like Halo or Mortal Kombat goes direct-to-video, every time we see a movie like John Wick or The Raid that shows us how it woulda/coulda/shoulda been done.
What gives? Why are so few film adaptations of video games being made, and in the off chance that they are, why do they always seem to range from “forgettable and bad” to (and this is usually the best-case scenario one can hope for) “so bad that they’re actually kind of funny”?
Turns out there is a load of answers to these questions, ranging from creative to financial to philosophical. Let’s take a look at some past and present examples and see if we can’t come up with some answers, shall we?