Showcase: Let me in and Dead Space 2

Its been a while since i did a showcase post and as you know its about me choosing one movie and one game that you should see and play so i thought it was about time for a new one and my picks this time are very important.

Let Me In
Back in 2008 there was a movie that would change the way we would look at vampire films forever (not that bloody shitfest that is Twilight) and that movie was Let the Right One in, this movie was one of those rare gems something that would take a genre that had become a little stale as nobody knew what to do with it and take it to a place that it has never been before.
Fastfoward to now and one of the directors of Cloverfield is attempting to remake the movie and to try and add that american spin on it however instead of just doing a straight forward port of the movie they are trying to do there own take on it and by the trailers and information on the movie it seems that he might of succeeded and in a big way.

Dead Space 2
There is one genre of games that has been overlooked with this generation and thats survival horror yes we have had Resident Evil 5 which turned out to just be a action game and yes we had a new Silent Hill but that was just to watered down so it was up to one company that would change that and surprise surprise it was EA and what a job they did.
The first Dead Space game turned out to be bloody scary and so brilliant it holds a place in my top 5 games of this generation so i have high hopes of a new one and from what i've seen late January can't come to soon as this is my most looked forward to game in the next 6 months (yes that means COD as well).

So when these two gems come out i implore you to go and see Let me in and make sure you preorder Dead Space 2 now

Showcase Halo Reach and Monster

Showcase is finally back after a little while on Holiday and my picks for this showcase are huge in scale, i will be telling you why you should buy Halo Reach and go and see Monster when it gets released this November.

Halo Reach
Now do i have to describe what Halo is and why you should you buy because if i have to then stop playing videogames this minute because by the looks of things this will be the biggest game of this year (yes Black Ops it isn't you).
Instead of me going on why you should buy it there is only one word that fully describes why you need this game and thats because it's HALO.

So watch the trailer and if you still are not convinced why you should buy this game get rid of your 360 now and buy a Wii.

Monster
Last year we had a bit of a theme running through a few movies and that was survival in a apocalyptic world and those movies worked (The Road being the stand out), however this year the theme hasn't continued however there is one movie that is following suit and by the buzz it seems that it's a special one.

Like i said Monster is set in a post apocalyptic world however this is down to a monster and not us stupid humans.
The movie is shot in the shaky camera style and it owes alot to Cloverfield and I Am Legend however unlike these two it also mixes The Road into it making a hybrid of the 3 and that can't be a bad thing seeing as all 3 of these movies are fantastic.

So i will stop rambling on about it and let you watch the trailer.

Tell me what you think of these 2 picks and if there is anything you want me to cover in showcase let me know and i will see what i can do

Showcase Special Medal of Honor

It's typical isn't it when you plan to do a normal Showcase post something big comes along that demands a little bit of attention and that trailer happens to be the new Medal of Honor trailer that features Linkin Parks new track the Catalyst.

Over the last few years Activision has been dominating the first person shooter genre with the Call of Duty series thus leaving the originator Medal of Honor grasping at the left overs and it didn't help that the last MOH game didn't sell that well even though it got good scores from the critics, well now EA are wanting some of that power back and by the look of the new trailer it might work.

Instead of me going on and on about the game why don't you watch the trailer and tell me what you think.

Oh and don't forget that Linkin Parks new track the Catalyst is out in a few days and there new album is due out on the 10th September

Showcase: Super 8 and Deus Ex

Last week i kicked off a new feature called Showcase where i tell you what movie trailer and game trailer you should watch and this week what i have for you is 2 trailers that i think are two of the most important trailers you have to see.

Super 8
J J Abrams was a unkown director until he made one of the biggest dramas ever Lost, so when it was time for him to make his first big feature movie he decided to play it a little small and release the excellent Cloverfield a movie that was shot on digital cameras about a monster threat taking over America, well now it seems that the director wants to expand on that by doing the same idea but on a even smaller scale.
What we have here is the first trailer for the supposed follow up called Super 8 where a tape surfaces about a alien threat that happened in the 70's and all of this is shot on the title of the movie Super 8.
So check out the trailer and tell me what you think.

Deus Ex 3 Human Revolution
Warren Spector is known to be one of the godfathers of games and in the year 2000 released what is to be known as one of his greatest games Deus Ex a cyper punk action role playing game that mixed RPG elements with first person undertows.
In 2003 a follow up was released called invisible war and it took the same elements of the original however it didn't sell very well and was received very well with the critics so all hope for a third game in the series was all but dead, until GDC this year where hints were dropped at a new Deus Ex game however it wasn't until E3 where it was finally confirmed that a new game will be coming out and that it will stick to its original roots however take more of the FPS elements and hit us really hard with them.
The trailer shown off was amazing so instead of me babbling on about the trailer why not just watch it and find out for yourself why this is going to be one of the biggest games coming out in the next 12 months.

So thats it for this weeks showcase check back next week for a new one

Showcase Bear Attack

Right as you can see VN has had a little bit of a face lift and this is just a start of things to come, over the next few months I'm hoping to bring VN back to life by doing and adding new things but more on this when I decide to tell.

As you can see however this post is to kick off a new weekly section called showcase where i will be picking the best movie and videogame trailer you should see and tell you why it's so important.
To kick things off though i have something special from James who helps out on the site.

What we have here is not your typical bear attack in the game of Red Dead Redemption instead it shows the 3 of us under attack from numerous bears and they are hungry for more than just our blood.

So check out the video and tell me what you think because I will 100% guarantee that there will be more of this great stuff coming soon plus Showcase will be back next week in it's original form