G.I. JOE: THE RISE OF COBRA TRAILER

I know this isn’t a game, this is a film. (I’m pretty good at telling the difference) However, this is G.I. Joe which means I can talk about it all I want and I get to share with everyone the new international trailer. If you’re my age, you most likely grew up with G.I. Joe. If you’re hardcore like I was, you dressed up in camouflage, rocked a mo-hawk and even put on some badass weight lifting gloves while playing with those plastic, lifeless G.I. Joe toy soldiers when you were a kid. Oh, you didn’t do that? haha.. uhh, me neither.

I was feeling a bit skeptical at first when hearing they were going to make a G.I Joe movie but after watching this trailer, I’m stoked! Then add to that the fact that Double Helix Games here in Irvine, Ca are currently working on G.I. Joe the game, I wonder if we have the #1 Summer Blockbuster right here?

What I don’t know about the game is if Double Helix is creating the game based off the movie or if they’re going a whole other direction. For the sake of a good quality game, I hope they’re doing their own thing. We all know what happens to games created based off of movies. Plus, it looks like Marlon Wayans has a role in the new movie. He will probably bring some comedic relief to the film, but if I have to play him or see him in the game, I’m thinking it will be a bit on the cheesy side? What do you think?

VALVE’S GABE NEWELL: ADVICE FOR GAME STUDENTS

Are you a Game Student? Do you want to be a game developer but aren’t sure if you should go to school for it? Did you already go to school and are trying to get your foot through the door? Y’know, the one that cracks open a bit but never truly opens up? Pay attention to this man, Gabe Newell, co-founder of Valve Software.

Dave Perry, founder of Shiny Entertainment, (now merged with The Collective to form Double Helix Games) wrote up an interview to get into the mind of Gabe Newell to find out what it takes to finally step through that door. But read his words carefully so you don’t end up walking through a swinging door. That kind of door sucks.

Excerpt-

DP: People that never went to college in the video games business swear blind that colleges aren’t needed to get a job. Are they for real? Should I burn my books now?

GN: That is changing very quickly. In the past, colleges didn’t really have anything to teach people that directly applied to game development, so people who went to school or didn’t go to school were more or less on the same footing. However programs like Digipen are a huge advantage, and are very valuable for the students who make it through.

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