Newest Mind Releases(3/18/14)

New Release Tuesday is here!
It's Tuesday March 18th 2014 and that means new releases are here!

American Hustle: The big release of the week was a very talked about film during the Oscars with stars like Christian Bale, Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence and more. The movie is about a Con man named Irving Rosenfeld and his lovely lady friend Sydney Prosser(Amy Adams) are forced into working with the FBI agent Richie Dimaso(Bradley Cooper) who helps them find trouble with Powerbrokers and the Mafia. If you really don’t know what the film is about you have been living under a rock as of late. with this cast and the oscar buzz it shouldn’t be a surprise rental it should be a need to watch. As it is for me a Need to see.

Frozen: One of the most talked about kids films in awhile let alone most talked about Disney animated film in years(Not a Pixar film here folks) Frozen tells the story of Anna a fearless girl who finds her self partnered up with the mountain man Kristoff and his good ol sidekick Sven the reindeer, They embark on a journey together in search of Anna’s sister Elsa, The Snow Queen who has put a spell on the Kingdom. During their journey they encounter Olaf the snowman and plenty of other craziness in this must seen kids adventure for the whole family.

Saving Mr. Banks: A film at first glance I expected plenty of Oscar buzz but that seemed to fall short as the film hit the big screen. Not to take away from the over all movie it was still a slight shock to me. Saving Mr. Banks is based on true events that tells the story of how Mary Poppins became a Disney classic.
Walt Disney(Tom Hanks) promises his daughters that he would make a movie out of their favorite book, Mary Poppins which was written by P.L. Travers. After years of trying to get the writes for the film, P.L. Travers finds herself at Disneyland in 1961 fighting for her story that means so much to her. The film has more than one storyline as we also travel to her childhood and see who Mr Banks is. The reason for me to see the film is Tom Hanks as walt Disney. I found Emma Thompson as a horrible old hag which she played amazing. Not for everyone but if you love Disney or Poppins this should be a must watch.

Also out this week:

Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom:  Is a film that ttys to tell the story of South African President Nelson Mandela’s autobiography. It tells the story of his life from early ages to coming of age and his 27 years in prison before becoming the President and rebuilding the society of his country. Staring Idris elba as Nelson Mandela.

Kill Your Darlings: Mr Harry Potter(Daniel Radcliffe i mean) stars as Allen Ginsberg set during the poets early years at the Columbia University and focusing on the murder investigation that involved Ginsberg. Ben Foster plays another writer in William Burroughs that becomes friends with Ginsberg and Dane DeHaan plays the love intrest between Ginsberg and David Krammer. Krammer later dies and brings the other in as potential suspects.

This week in video games looks to bring a popular stealth series to the next gen systems and then some, Along with a HD Remake of one of my favorite games of the PS2 gen.

Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD Remaster: I was a huge fan of FFX on the PS2 and was actually the last Final Fantasy i fully played, I would love to have the time to play it on the PS3 and if i had a vita do the cross play stuff but sadly I don’t have the time for such a long game. I never did play X-2 and it has a huge fan base so this would give me a reason to go back and play it….If only i had a vita.

Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zero: Call it a demo or a game whatever it is the fanboys will no doubt eat it up thanks to the Name and even the lower price tag. The Lack of game time might bug some but the thought of just a beautiful tech demo might be enough for some to dive into Ground Zeroes on PS4 and Xbox One(along with PS3 and 360) The game is helping bridge the time until Phantom Pain is finally out. If you find yourself a fan of the series you more than likely already played and beat it before even finishing this read.

Infamous: Second Son: The first “must have” title for the PS4, Microsoft saw their must have title for their Xbox One come out last week(TitanFall) and now Sony can say that the PS4 is here to play with their first real next gen system seller in the third Infamous game. Not out until Friday the 21, Sony is hoping for a big weekend for this new system. I believe it might be the first game i finally buy for my PS4, how about you?

Yaiba: Ninja Gaiden Z: Ever want to be a Cyborg ninja who slaughters the undead for a living? Well this might be the game for you! Brought to you from Team Ninja and Keiji Inafune, Time to slice and dice with your sword and blow some undead monsters up with your Cyborg arm.


Until next time, Watch Film, Game & Release your mind.

--Scoobydiesel

Looking forward to TitanFall 2

As we come closer to the end of week one of Titanfall's release for PC and Xbox One most folks are still trying to learn the maps and burncards but I have to say All I've been thinking about is features I want to see in the next Titanfall even if it is years away.

1. Destructible environments: No way I could be alone in wanting this in the next installment, By the time titanfall 2 is out It will be Next Gen(well current by then) only unlike the first game, So I would think they will have enough time and power to figure out how to let me blow up buildings and whatever else i can see in front of me.
2. Customized Characters: I still dont understand how they left this out, I understand they gave us a few different pilot skins but only giving us 3 titans and no way to change the colors or anything just makes me wish we could tell one another apart more so in the game.
3. Offline/In-Depth Campaign: Titanfall is a multiplayer game only but at the same time it has a "campaign" that lasts about 2 hours, its nice that we have something but I just feel like the world is very limited in what it could truly be if we had more depth or an offline story to create these characters and the world they live in. I understand plenty of folks will bring this up, As they should.
4. Burn Card Options: I really have started to enjoy Burncards and they seem to have been the replacement to say Killstreaks, Some might disagree and some may want killstreaks add to the next game but I want them to build upon the burncard system one thing that stood out to me is the lack of selling or trading burncards among friends. Which leads me to...
5. No MicroTransactions: When i say sell burncards I do not mean with real money or having to pay EA for burncards or anything else for that matter and I dont want to see them add this to the next installment.
6. Bungie like site: I remember loving the bungie website for halo, Always seeing my stats and easily matching it up with friends or viewing the areas of the map i seen to die in the most or whatever other stat i could find. I believe this is more on EA's side of things i would guess but it would be very cool to see more stat systems installed.
7. Customized Maps: Its always fun to have a map creator right? No reason not to want them to add it in next time around, Add in being able to download and share them easy like LittleBigPlanet and a few other games.
8. Custom Loadouts: This might be cheating because it is already on its way via update some time down the line. But how could they not have had this ability in the game at launch? Cant wait to remember which loadout is what without looking at each.
9. SmartGlass: We know it will come sooner or later....But this might be what I was looking for in the Bungie like site, with the stat tracking and everything. But hopefully they find other good ways to take advantage of SmartGlass.
10. More Playlists: You know they will add new modes and I cant wait to see them, But it would be nice to see them allow the player to make and share game modes as well.

• Now dont get me wrong, So far I have been loving Titanfall, I had put in several hours into the beta and have already put multiple hours in since retail release. Ive hit level 35(I know plenty have already hit max and then some) Which says a lot for me, Typically a game doesn't get say 10 hours of my time and Titanfall has surpassed that and then some already. I just always think about the future and what I would like to see happen down the line. This Post was not suppose to bash the first titanfall or anything like that. It was just me having fun thinking of stuff that could make a great game(series?) even better.

Well that is ten things that jumped into my head as I typed, some of it was things i couldnt stop thinking about as i played Titanfall and others not until I tried to put this list together. What am I missing or what are you wanting in the next TitanFall?

One thing is for sure... I'm Looking forward to Titanfall 2 thats for sure.