Disney Infinity = A Poor Kevin

Here's the big E3 trailer for Disney's latest scheme to fleece parents, Disney Infinity! I'll be honest, it looks pretty good. I know my son likes it because he watched it seven (SEVEN!) times last night. By the seventh time he was saying all the toys lines with them.

Like I said, it looks like a pretty cool game, right? Well it's not just a game it's a whole freaking toy system. I don't know if you're familiar with Skylanders but if you are you know they're a license to print money. They're basically toys that you buy that unlock/interact with more levels for the Skylanders video game. Meaning you buy the game then to keep playing you have to keep buying toys. It's such a great scam I'm surprised EA didn't think of it first. Well this Disney Infinity game is going to be just like that. You buy a starter kit for $79.99 and it comes with a couple toys and then to keep unlocking levels and characters you have to keep buying more toys.

When I have to declare bankruptcy Michael Scott style, you'll now know why.

Paperman and the Future of 2D Animation

From everything I've seen on Twitter and Facebook the animated short that runs before Wreck it Ralph, Paperman, is fantastic. This 6 minute behind the scenes making of Paperman is pretty interesting. The youtube clip is named "the future of 2D animation" which is a bit misleading. It's still all 3D rendered CGI it's just made to look more like traditional 2D animation.

As a stodgy old guy I'm hoping 2D makes a return in American cinema but if it doesn't I guess I'll just have to be content with imports from Japan/Korea. More zombies and bouncing boobs for everyone!

New Wreck it Ralph Trailer

I put this new Trailer for Wreck it Ralph trailer in my upload queue last week and then the whole sick thing kept me from actually posting it. Soooo here we are, the trailer for Wreck it Ralph.

I know this is probably a little too up my alley, but I think it looks rad. Of course I grew up on Qbert, played Street Fighter II at the local 7-11 and still have a Super Nintendo plugged into his TV. I wonder how it's going to play with kiddies that don't remember life before portable 3D gaming.