Monday mini-movies: Real Transformer edition

I jumped on the youtubes hoping to find some really cool costume ideas, not for myself so much as my love to see just how far folks’ imaginations will run.

While I came across loads of hilarious ideas, creative outfits and intricate designs, this functioning Transformers Bumblebee getup pretty much stole the show.

I knew they were real…I knew it.

This week in Joystick Division

No reviews this week, but oodles of random bits of gaming news. Dig in!

Oct. 10-16
Make Mad Millions on Facebook
Get blown away by there Minecraft creations
Fan makes Flower in Little Big Planet 2 beta
Lord of the Rings Online free-to-play pays off
Pokemon giving away free Mew
Five PlayStation RPGs we'd like to see on PSN
Dreamcast's Crazy Taxi soon to be downloadable
Gran Turismo 5 delayed...again
Atari classics for your DS
Free movies with Midnight Madness on PSN
Netflix nixes the disc on PS3
Sesame Street gear for Wii and DS

UFC 120: Bisping vs. Akiyama- Ryan calls it

It’s another week, so it should come as no surprise there’s another MMA fight card ready for your viewing pleasure.

This Saturday, UFC 120 is set to take place in jolly old London town and it’s a pretty safe bet fans of fists meeting faces are in for a solid night of entertainment.

The bouts listed below are accurate. The predictions for their outcomes, however, are anyone’s guess.

No they aren’t, actually. They are “my” guesses. “Anyone” can get their own guesses.

So be sure to click after the break for MY guesses.

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Review: Let Me In and The Social Network

Two of the best films so far this year came out on the same day: The Social Network and Let Me In. While TSN continues to rake in millions, sadly, Let Me In already appears to have dropped completely off the radar, not even finishing in the top 10 in its second week in theaters.

But I’m not here to complain about injustices, even considering that Let Me In is likely the best suspense/horror film to hit the silver screen in a couple years and, you know, it’s freaking Halloween.

In all fairness, my initial reaction to both of these films was to make a loud, rude noise with my mouth. I had already seen and fallen in love with Let the Right One In, the two-year-old Swedish film Let Me In is based on. I’m a firm believer that Americans should learn to read and watch a film at the same time, so these types of remakes rub me the wrong way.

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Monday mini-movies: Super creepy edition

Halloween is just around the corner and that means it's time to start scaring the hell out of one another.

Scouring youtube for creepy videos and groaning at 99 percent of what I found, this was the first video to actually make me break out in goosebumps.

I love to be scared and, by George, this clip managed to do it in a matter of seconds. Bravo.

This week in Joystick Division

Here's this week's batch of posts from Joystick Division covering everything from super fun superhero games to the all-time greatest gamer freakouts. Enjoy!

Oct. 3-9
Five best gamer freakouts of all time
Zombie Racers coming to iPhone and iPad
Castlevania: Harmony of Despiar gets first DLC
Design a t-shirt, win BlazBlue: Continuum Shift
Get psyched for World of Warcraft: Cataclysm
Zen Pinball and Sports Champions get Halloween DLC
Five superhero games to play while waiting for DC Universe Online
Captain America Game coming next summer
Super Mario Bros. sheet music

Games to get in October

If you happen to be a millionaire with a lot of time on your hands, then October is shaping up to be perfect for you. If you live video games, that is.

I really shouldn't complain about having an abundance of titles I'm genuinely interested in hitting the store shelf. I've also probably harped more than enough on how ridiculous it is to cram all of these games into the holiday window.

Suffice it to say yet another Christmas shopping season is upon us and, once again, some of the biggest games of the year are here to beg for your shopping dollars.

There are loads of (hopefully) great titles to pick from this month, spanning just about every genre imaginable, as well as every console.

Be sure to jump after the break to discover which games I believe will be most worth your time and attention in the next 30 days.

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Monday mini-movies: Big Bang Big Boom edition

Thanks go out to Abyss for turning me on to this radical piece of art. These folks used stop animation photography, a few real-world objects and buckets upon buckets of paint to create the most outrageous living art imaginable.

This thing spans what looks to be an entire city block with the art covering just about every surface imaginable.

The planning and execution had to take months, resulting in just an eight minute video.

Bravo. You have far more patience and creativity than I will ever be able to muster...And for that, I hate you.

This week in Joystick Division

Yet another busy week in the world of video games. Over the past seven days I've written up a review for Batman: The Brave and the Bold for the Wii as well as posts on a Super Mario Bros. burlesque show, the Red Dead Redemption Zombie Nightmare DLC and more.

Check out the posts below and, of course, visit Joystick Division throughout the day for oodles of gaming updates.

Sept. 26--Oct. 2
Batman: The Brave and the Bold Wii review
Check out the latest on Explodemon
Medal of Honor PC beta begins
God of War: Ghost of Sparta demo available for PSP
Terra Militaris enters English beta
Boobs and Goombas: A Super Mario Bros. Bulesque
Seven titles become PlayStation greatest hits
Remix OK Go to win Rockband 3
Red Dead Redemption has a Zombie Nightmare
Check out the Castlevania: Lords of Shadow walk-through trailer
Nintendo confirms Wii Remote Plus
About a Blob benefits from Sony's Pub Fund
Scott Pilgrim vs. The World: The Game receives first DLC
FEAR 3 releases "Almaverse" trailer

Movies to miss in October

Like every Halloween season, I have trouble actually calling out the hordes of horror movies set to hit the silver screen leading up to the big night.

Being the one genre where sucking is usually forgivable, it’s especially difficult to knock a film where psychopaths and massive bloodletting are the primary focus, geared at tickling your terror bone rather than reaching for high entertainment.

Still, I gotta do what I gotta do.

Chain Letter
Writers have officially run out of things to try to frighten us. Back in the day, machete-wielding goalies kept the youth away from sex, drugs and rock’n’roll. Since then, babysitting, deep water and even falling asleep have been the targets for such terror.

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