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By Tony Black | Tuesday, October 6, 2009, 11:29 PM
Sony recently released its latest Action / Adventure game “Uncharted 2: Among Thieves” in select movie theaters around the country.
Up to 10 people can play the game at a time on the big screen thanks to Sony’s 4K digital cinema technology which provides better resolution for video games versus standard digital projectors.
Sony hopes that by bringing video gaming to movie theaters they can help fill the theaters and provide a new revenue source for both themselves and the theater industry.
The problem is they are charging $15 per person which I think is pretty steep. Gamers are usually teens and young adults who probably rather save the $15 to put towards the purchase of the game itself. Now, if they offered some sort of promotion where the $15 ticket provided a discount on the purchase of the game, that would likely get a lot more gamers interested.
“Uncharted 2: Among Thieves” will be released exclusively for the Playstation 3 on Oct 13.
By Zack McGhee | Tuesday, October 6, 2009, 11:25 AM
For the second week in a row, today’s major high-def release is a family classic, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Walt Disney’s first feature is available exclusively in a Blu-ray/DVD combo pack. As of this writing, you can snag it for the unbelievably low price of $9.99 (or $4.99 after rebate) from Amazon. Find out how over at Here’s the Deal.
In addition to the standard DVD included, the Snow White Blu-ray features: 1.33:1 image remastered in 1080p with 7.1 DTS-HD Master Audio; Disney View; Snow White Returns Storyboards; Audio Commentary featuring interviews with Walt Disney; Deleted scenes; Princess and the Frog Sneak Peek; Mirror, Mirror on the Wall Game; What Do You See Game; Jewel Jumble Game; Scene Stealer Activity; Hyperion Studios (An extensive breakdown of the making of “Snow White”); The One That Started It All- featurette (Walt’s Vision of a sequel); All New Music Video, “Someday My Prince Will Come”; and more.
The rest of today’s high-def releases after the jump.
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory: Gene Wilder gives one of the great performances in this much loved family classic. The Blu-ray is packaged in a DigiPak and includes a documentary and commentary with the Wonka kids.
Audition: Takashi Miike’s shocking third act upends a measured drama and throttles his audience with perhaps the most shocking narrative shift in all of cinema.
Contact: Robert Zemeckis’ compelling 1997 adaptation of Carl Sagan’s novel stars Jodie Foster, Matthew McConaughey, and James Woods.
Trick ‘r’ Treat: I haven’t yet seen this flick, which stars Anna Paquin (“True Blood”), but it’s much anticipated by horror fans, who’ve been teased with impressive critical reception, but denied by a studio that shuffled it off to direct-to-video land.
Year One: A critical and box office dud that was also inexplicably a New York Times Critics’ Pick. Manohla Dargis’ rapturous prose aside, no amount of arm-twisting could propel me to see what’s certain to be the douchiest movie of the year.
Christmas releases: There’s a slew of Christmas-themed releases out in high-def today: A Charlie Brown Christmas, Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Home Alone 2: Lost in New York, and both the 1947 and 1994 versions of Miracle on 34th Street.
Also available: Bones: Season 4; The Children; Dinosaurs Alive!; Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears a Who! (Original); Ghost Ship; Imagine That ; Kurt Cobain: About A Son; Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein; My Life In Ruins ; The National Parks: America’s Best Idea; The Number 23; Offspring; Red Dwarf: Back to Earth (Director’s Cut); Seventh Moon; Soundstage: Rob Thomas: Live at Red Rocks ; The Thaw; Wolf.
