Posted in Dare to Play the Game, News and Opinions by Michael Durr on April 28th, 2010
Level Creation in Dante’s Inferno, Three Years of LOTR Online & ESRB isn’t good enough? – Welcome to the column that wishes to submit a new rating of C (for Crap) to the ESRB known as Dare to Play the Game.
I’ve been playing some fighting games lately. As some of you know, I’ve been collecting old xbox original games and came upon a complete copy of Dead or Alive 3 for $5.
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Posted in News and Opinions by Gino Sassani on April 26th, 2010
Mother’s Day is fast approaching. Why not get Mom an Amazon Gift Card and help out Upcomingdiscs along the way? If you order through our link, you’ll be helping us to continue providing the best home video reviews/contests/and release news. It doesn’t cost you a cent more. Just follow any of our cover art links (like the one to the right of this post) to Amazon. While you’re there buy a gift card and help us out in the process. You do not have to buy the item you clicked on to get there. Once there, get whatever it is you want. It’s that simple.
Thank You From All Of Us AT Upcomingdiscs.
Posted in Expired Contests, News and Opinions by Gino Sassani on April 26th, 2010
I want to thank you all for making our April Contests, our best in years.
Congratulations to all of the winners.
Amelia on Blu-ray: D. Schmidt
Night At The Museum: Chistopher h & Barbara Long
Ice Age 2: Buddy Garrett and Lucy Schwartz
Ice Age: David Basile & Ellen Ring
I’m No Dummy: James Coyne, Kat Emerick, Bridget Combs, Ron Miller, Marc, Joseph Perozzi, Don, Clifford C Gardener, Tim Love, and Mark
Bad Lieutenant: Port Of Call New Orleans: Melissa Becker, Tonya, and Tricia Andrews
Winners are notified by E-mail. If you did not get a confirmation E-mail from us, check your Spam filter and contact us. Any prize not claimed in 2 weeks will be forfeit and be placed in the end of year contests next Holiday Season.
Posted in Contests, News and Opinions by Gino Sassani on April 23rd, 2010
Upcomingdiscs is finally on Twitter. Be sure to check us out and become a follower. We’ll even run a contest or two that will only be open to those who follow us on Twitter.
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Posted in Dare to Play the Game, News and Opinions by Michael Durr on April 21st, 2010
7-Eleven does Used Video Games, Call of Duty to broaden audience & Ubisoft says no to manuals? – Welcome to the column that tried printing up a manual to help you read more efficiently but then decided that would be counter-productive known as Dare to Play the Game.
I’m still unable to really start a game lately. But interestingly enough I did go back to one game in particular over the weekend and that was Marvel vs Capcom 2 on Xbox Live Arcade.
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Posted in Dare to Play the Game, News and Opinions by Michael Durr on April 14th, 2010
Call of Duty: The Break Up, Halo: Full of Bull, & Ubisoft wants to improve the DRM experience? – Welcome to the column that is full of bull and we aren’t talking about a cow either known as Dare to Play the Game.
Ever been in one of those moods where you can’t figure out what to play but yet you have dozens of games lying around unopened? So what do you do?
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Posted in Dare to Play the Game, News and Opinions by Michael Durr on April 7th, 2010
Microsoft says no to WebTv, Red Dead Redemption’s Ad Budget, & Video Games cause Tooth Decay? – Welcome to the column that provides a foundation for healthy white teeth but is still working out the kinks on bad breath known as Dare to Play the Game.
I’m still having difficulties with playing Deadly Premonition. I’m not sure what it is, but I spent most of my time this weekend going back and forth from World of Warcraft to Game Room (Xbox Live).
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Posted in Dare to Play the Game, News and Opinions by Michael Durr on March 31st, 2010
Major Nelson gets Hacked, Rock Band Greenday gets a couple of full albums, & PS3 Losing Linux? – Welcome to the column that installed Linux but didn’t like the increase in efficiency so they removed it known as Dare to Play the Game.
Hold on to your hats my friends, I actually did play Deadly Premonition for the Xbox 360 over this past weekend. I played it for roughly an hour and spent most of the time trying to get down the controls.
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Posted in Dare to Play the Game, News and Opinions by Michael Durr on March 24th, 2010
Your Pulse Will Be Used in Zelda, Future of Spider-Man, & EA charging for demos? – Welcome to the column that would charge for this free content but would only be getting money from his wife who would end up just asking me for the money known as Dare to Play the Game.
Remember how I was supposed to start Deadly Phenomenon? Yeah, that was total fail.
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Posted in Blog Posts, Random Fun by Michael Durr on March 17th, 2010
We @ Upcomingdiscs.com have made a group (for fun) for anybody who wants to participate in this week’s College Basketball March Madness over @ ESPN.com. The group name is Teh Noms Pics of Up discs. Catchy, I know. If we get enough people (like 10 or more), maybe we’ll find a dvd to send to the winner. Only catch, we’ll need someway to contact you and you’ll need to get in by Thursday when the first game starts. Have fun.
http://games.espn.go.com/tcmen/en/group?groupID=74086
Update: One last bump. This is the last day to get in your bracket. So fill them in now 🙂
Posted in Dare to Play the Game, News and Opinions by Michael Durr on March 17th, 2010
Patenting DLC Upsell, Changing Clothes in Fable 3, & In-Game Ads Going Away (Haha, Just kidding)? – Welcome to the column that tried to patent redundancy but realized Madden from EA beat us to the punch known as Dare to Play the Game.
Well, last week I was trying to find a game to tide me over until this weekend when I would open Deadly Phenomenon for the Xbox 360. To be honest, I didn’t really try to find one.
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Posted in Dare to Play the Game, News and Opinions by Michael Durr on March 10th, 2010
Ubisoft DRM, New Forms for the Xbox 360, & Tecmo Bowl is coming back? – Welcome to the column that offers no copy protection (except for the boxing glove that appears if you try to steal any of the bad jokes) known as Dare to Play the Game.
Over the weekend, I actually finished a game review. I know, I amazed myself. The game was Data East Arcade Classics on the Wii. Retro classics, I can’t get enough of them.
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Posted in Dare to Play the Game, News and Opinions by Michael Durr on March 3rd, 2010
Heavy Rain Film Rights, PS3 Lockdown, & Activision shuts down King’s Quest? – Welcome to the column that asks you don’t read any other gaming columns for the next 24 hours known as Dare to Play the Game.
This week for the time being, I am still playing Mortal Kombat vs DC Universe for the Xbox 360. I ran through the story mode on both sides and grabbed myself all applicable achievements.
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Posted in Dare to Play the Game, News and Opinions by Michael Durr on February 24th, 2010
Upcoming Titles for Xbox Live Arcade, Final Fantasy XIII reviews, & Apple gets rough on IPhone Apps? – Welcome to the column that will only be kid friendly to those who just got out of juvenile detention known as Dare to Play the Game.
After about four months and probably more mentions on this column than you care about, I finally have all of the achievement points in WWE Smackdown vs Raw 2010.
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Posted in Dare to Play the Game, News and Opinions by Michael Durr on February 17th, 2010
EA Restores NFL Players, Lawsuits involving NCAA Games, & Microsoft spends 200 million on Facebook apps? – Welcome to the column that would be willing to trade bad jokes for virtual currency known as Dare to Play the Game.
This is the part of the show where I tell you I played all these games and then you use the scroll wheel on your mouse and get to the news or the releases because you don’t like reading my witty banter on my own life events.
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Posted in Dare to Play the Game, News and Opinions by Michael Durr on February 10th, 2010
Xbox DLC Going Away, Re-releasing PS games, & Natal is the next mouse? – Welcome to the column that continues to be stubborn about backwards compatibility until the Dreamcast starts playing Sega Genesis games known as Dare to Play the Game.
Another week in the world of gaming. I am now officially one achievement away from a full boat on WWE Smackdown vs Raw 2010. 950 points.
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Posted in Dare to Play the Game, News and Opinions by Michael Durr on February 3rd, 2010
The Tester, Capcom in the Green, & Dante’s Inferno at The Superbowl? – Welcome to the column that has seen hell and has the purple dinosaur marks to prove it known as Dare to Play the Game.
Welp, as many of you know I do play the World of Warcraft. I had fiddled around with my dwarf priest here and there. This past Monday, he hit level 70.
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Posted in Dare to Play the Game, News and Opinions by Michael Durr on January 27th, 2010
Farmville Addicts, Xbox Indie Game Sales, & Mass Effect 2 will make you swap discs? – Welcome to the column that gets freaky with the geeks and wipes up afterwards known as Dare to Play the Game.
For a few months now, I have been playing WWE Smackdown vs Raw 2010. Honestly, when I first got the game I didn’t think I was going to get anywhere close to 1000 achievement points. Then a funny thing happened. I kept with it.
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Posted in Dare to Play the Game, News and Opinions by Michael Durr on January 20th, 2010
Beatles Rock Band Sales Figures, Video Games: the 5th Network, & Video Games survive Recession? – Welcome to the column that survived the recession and shot itself in the arm to boot known as Dare to Play the Game.
Someday I’ll learn to keep playing the characters I have in World of Warcraft and not create new ones. For anybody who hasn’t tuned into this column (or read my facebook page), I have about half a dozen characters in WoW.
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Posted in Dare to Play the Game, News and Opinions by Michael Durr on January 13th, 2010
Target Says No to Minigames, Kids Taught thru Video Games, & What the heck is DLC again? – Welcome to the column that is working on world domination one red-ringed Xbox at a time (if only it were that simple) known as Dare to Play the Game.
This week, I can safely say I didn’t game all that much. I did continue to play some on the Wii and muddled around with my Xbox 360 as well.
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Posted in Dare to Play the Game, News and Opinions by Michael Durr on January 6th, 2010
Tiger Woods Makes a Boxer into a Golfer, Sega says no to M rated Wii titles, & The Return of NBA Jam? – Welcome to the column that was a smooth operator with Tom Gugliotta on his team known as Dare to Play the Game.
Another week with the Wii and I believe I have reached an understanding with the machine. Nintendo-made games & Virtual Console make me happy. Third party games to this point make me very sad.
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Posted in News and Opinions, The Reel World by Gino Sassani on January 5th, 2010
As we head into the movie release year of 2010, we understand you might like a handy reference guide to show you the various films coming this year to cinemas near you. Upcomingdiscs has done all of the work for you. Here is a comprehensive look at the films scheduled so far for 2010.
Feel free to bookmark the post and refer to it throughout the year.
Remember that release dates are not static and often change. This post represents the schedule as of January 2010.
I will try to update it each quarter.
Enjoy:
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Posted in Dare to Play the Game, News and Opinions by Michael Durr on December 30th, 2009
Xbox Live Goes Mobile, Rebuilding Atari Chips, & Warcraft gets its own Magazine? – Welcome to the column that will have a happy new year even if he has to gag & tie up several game executives to do it known as Dare to Play the Game.
Christmas has gone by in the Kedrix household and it turned out to be a very nice holiday. For Christmas as most of you know, I gave Sarah a Wii with all the trimmings and fixings. On Christmas day, I also took the opportunity to download for her the original Super Smash Bros.
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Posted in News and Opinions by Gino Sassani on December 23rd, 2009
All of us here at Upcomingdiscs wish you a wonderful and safe holiday season. Check back starting Christmas Day. We’ll be running our 12 Days Of Christmas Contests. Each day for 12 days straight, we will post a new contest. It’s your chance to win new prizes and your second chance at unclaimed prizes from 2009.
We have big plans for 2010. I hope you will continue to make Upcomingdiscs your first stop for the latest in video releases.
Posted in Dare to Play the Game, News and Opinions by Michael Durr on December 23rd, 2009
EA MMA News, Heavy Rain delayed Trophies, & EGM to be Re -launched? – Welcome to the column that made a comeback several years but nobody knew they were gone known as Dare to Play the Game.
Still in Wii Land, population 2. See this is the problem when you get a new system that’s been around a little while; you spend a lot of time catching up. This week was indeed no different than last.
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