Last year Ryan Davis of Giant Bomb debuted a video feature in which he watched every game-to-movie adaptation and reviewed it in video form, usually highlighting ridiculous scenes and how bad the movie actually was. I’m pretty sure that all the Uwe Boll addled his brain, but he’s nonetheless come back to This Ain’t No Game (TANG) with a twist. This time he’s also covering movies that were inspired by video games. The rejuvenated feature began with TRON two weeks ago and WarGames last week and I’m definitely enjoying its return. ...

Dead Rising 2 is coming. It’s on the cusp of releasing this summer and I can’t wait. While the official date has been pushed back to late September, those interested in getting their zombie killing on will be able to pick up Dead Rising 2: Case Zero next month. Case Zero is meant to bridge the five-year story gap between the events of Dead Rising 1 and 2 and introduce us to our new guy, Chuck Green. It’ll be tough getting used to Chuck after the iconic Frank West (who’s covered wars, you know), but if the game is anywhere near as good as Dead Rising, I think we’ve got a good thing on our hands here. ...

Many apologies to Tumblr followers who have already heard this song, but I kind of have a thing for long cut videos and hot chicks in bikinis. This song has convinced me to buy his album and this video captures the perfect old time summer song qualities of the single. I love it. Mayer Hawthorne brings an old Motown sound to the present in a package that I’m sure is surprising to those who have only heard his voice. I’ll have more to say as I finish listening to A Strange Arrangement ...

We’ve hit the point of the season where teams are starting to know whether or not they’re gonna make it. Teams like the Marlins, Nationals, and Mariners have to realize by now that the playoffs aren’t in their futures, but other teams, like the Rangers and Padres are realizing that they’re in this thing. ...

What a weekend! It started with a craving to see Inception on an IMAX screen and was filled with slime and questing. Some quick words on both. Inception I don’t think it has quite enough to supplant The Dark Knight as my favorite Nolan film, but it’s certainly up there with his best work. The less you know about Inception, the better. Seriously. I’ll have something more substantial up later, but for now I want to stay relatively spoiler free. All I’ll say is that Tom Hardy is now definitely on my radar, Ellen Page did precisely what I love in her movies without being a pretentious-seeming teen like in Juno, Joseph Gordon-Levitt was fantastic and hilarious in a role much better than in (500) Days of Summer, DiCaprio continues to impress with his post- Titanic roles, Marion Cotillard has, like Tom Hardy, become one of my new favorites, and Ken Watanabe was also fantastic, if unintelligible, in the movie. Special mention to Dileep Rao for bringing humor and eccentricity to an otherwise tiny role. His tiny quirks made Yusef a funny character to witness. ...

Jeff Gerstmann and Vinny Caravella venture back into the world of Persona, not to start a new Endurance Run, but to give a taste of what the PSP Persona 3 remake is like.

Just last week it happened again. A high-profile celebrity revealed what a dirtbag he was in the most public way possible and it brings up the same question it always does. Am I supporting his/her ideologies by supporting their art? Am I a bad person by proxy? Back around when The Passion of the Christ was released, Mel Gibson’s previous scandal arose out of him blaming Jewish people for all the woes of the world. Most everyone dismissed it as loony, drunk talk and his career wasn’t ruined, but I found myself cooled toward the actor and I started trying to avoid Mel Gibson’s work. When Apocalyptico came out, I purposely avoided it on principle. ...

You may have heard Fall Out Boy is on a semi-permanent hiatus. This is not the best news for FOB fans, but life moves on. It seems that the former bassist, Pete Wentz, is working on his next band, entitled Black Cards. He’s got previews of two tracks from his new band up on his site. I’m still on the fence about how I feel about the stylistic shifts, but in the meantime I’m excited and the dance beats do sound pretty good. We’ll see what comes from this. ...

iPhone Murder Apps from Emma Stone Ever since I saw Zombieland, I’ve been wondering what Emma Stone would be up to next. Guess I got my answer. It’s not the funniest or most original video, but I dig it.

Did you know that Anamanaguchi was handling the soundtrack to the upcoming PSN Scott Pilgrim vs. The World video game? Now you do. You might also be interested to know that they’ve posted the music to World 1-1. You can listen to it here. I don’t know how these guys do it, but this song is miles beyond their already fantastic Dawn Metropolis. Keep it up guys, this is gonna be a day 1 purchase for me. ...