Pokemon X & Y. Giveaway.

I know that the game has been out for a couple of days and eveyone is enjoying it. But if you are one of the few that havent picked the game up yet we here at EGFG are holding a make us laugh contest. All you have to do is as per our other contests make my staff and I laugh. You can send your joke or jokes to EGFGBlog@gmail.com and in the subject put Pokemon X&Y giveaway the contest will run from now till Halloween and you will have your choice of ether version X or Y and you can also choose the digital version of the game or a hard copy of the game.

Until Next Time Geeks...

Just a tiny update.

So many things happened this weekend and among those amazing things were the release of the 7th generation Pokemon game and the 4 day extravaganza all us geeks know as New York Comic Con.

Stay tuned for a look at everything that went on at NYCC this year along with reviews of both of the new Pokemon games.


Until Next Time Geeks.

New TV on DVD for the week.

This week on TV on DVD I talk about 2 show that have season that came out this week. I know that the internet is ridden with GTA 5. I know my staff here is playing that game so hard that they are losing time on almost everything an I must say that I love it. But there is only so much GTA 5 that we can post so here is some TV on DVD.

Up first is The Mentalist Season 5. The Mentalist was a show created in 2008 it is the story of a man who consults for the FBI helping them with cases an things like that I am not very familiar with the show but this week the 5th season Arrived on DVD.

The set comes with all 22 episodes over the course of 5 discs. 

The set also comes with multiple bonus features.

• The Artistry of Action: From Script to Screen - Bruno Heller and Chris Long introduce the people planning and the prudence that goes into filming every stunt in the show.
• Arresting Excitement: Keeping it real with the CBI- Tim Kang and Owain Yeoman are put through their paces by stunt coordinator Kevin Derr. 

It is a great series and a great addition to anyones collection.


The next show that was released this week was a personal favorite of mine Arrow.

The show is based on the character Green Arrow an was a CW hit in Fall 2012 an I must say it is an amazing show. It follows the exploits of Oliver Queen and how he went from a being a billionaire playboy to being a Arrow shooting superhero.

  The first season of the series was released on blu-ray and Dvd. The Dvd ser has all 23 episodes over 5 discs and bonus footage. Unlike its DVD counter part the Blu-ray version of the set comes with 9 discs I know weird but that is cause it comes with the dvd version of the first season and a digital copy.

Both sets though come with multiple bonus features.

• Arrow Comes Alive: Is a small documentary about how the series was brought to fruition with nods to the DC character. 
• Arrow Fight School: From expertly choreographed fights to stunts that give feature films a run for their money. Arrow takes aim to present the best that television can offer.
• Arrow at Paley fest 2013: Highlights from the Paley Fest 2013 Panel. 
• Deleted scenes
• Gag Reel. 

 All in all both of these new seasons on DVD are a great buy for any fan that has missed or wants to rewatch old episodes of the shows.

Grand Theft Auto 5. Things you will need to know and or do.

The in game loading screens.

So it came it saw and for the holiday it is going to conquer. Grand Theft Auto 5 ok so the EGFG crew and I have had the game for a couple of hours and I have to say it is amazing it is going to give you geeks hours on top of hours of playtime.

If you are new to the series which I doubt that any of you are here are a few things that you should know about the game and things you should take into consideration as you play.



Buy a Non- Digital Version of the game. 
I know I know everyone is all lets get the digital copy so that we dont have to wait in line or we dont have to order the game from an online retailer. I understand that you may do it out of convenience or whatever but if you opt out for that version of the game you wont get the 2 sided map of Los Santos.


Make sure you have enough space for the 8gb install of the game. 
Whether you get the PS3 version of the game or the 360 version of the game you will need to install it into your system. The game on 360 comes on 2 discs and you will need to install disc 1 on to the HDD. The PS3 is one disc but you will still need an 8gb install.

Make sure that no one you dont want tarnished for their lives is near you when you play.
As in all GTA fashion Rockstar took so liberties with the game dialog and made it lets say very colorful. So when you are playing be mindful of who is around you and who is watching you play from your little cousins to your little sons or daughters. 


An last but not least play as you like.
Play as you like if you have a character that is your favorite play as that character no matter what. I understand that you can play as all 3 of them but really the game is open world if there is someone you like more then the others play as him.

Most importantly enjoy the game Rockstar has been working really hard on this game and you should enjoy their labor.


Until Next Time Geeks.... 

And here it finally is. Grand Theft Auto 5 the review.

GTA had such small beginnings until 2001. When GTA 3 was released that game changed the spectrum of how we play an looked at GTA. Fast forward 12 years and Rockstar is at it again. They are changing the way we look at the series and I must say that oh my gosh they have done it again.

In  GTA 5 we return to San Andres mainly a city called Los Santos. The game puts you in the role of and this is a first for the GTA series 3 main characters. The first is Micheal he is a retired criminal enjoying the life of leisure from his past jobs but at the same time getting bored with it.

The second is Franklin he is a wheelman and a repo-man Micheal takes him under his wing to bring him to bigger and better things. An the last is Trevor he is the psycho in the group an he is an old accomplice of Micheal's.

Together you use these 3 to setup giant heists to attain large sums of money. This GTA houses so much. There is so much to do in the game from playing tennis to racing. You can even dive for treasure in this game. Like all GTA games the world is open and the city is huge.

The controls are as amazing as ever an one of the biggest things is that no matter what you are doing you can switch between characters with an awesome and amazing satellite image of the city.

The game is amazing that is as much I want to say without ruining the game for you guys.

All in all like you are going to hear from multiple places the game is amazing. An it will give you hours on top of hours of amazing gameplay and fun in this open world environment.

Stay tuned for the review of the GTA 5 multiplayer.  Which is slated to come out on October  1st.

Until Next Time Geeks....

Let TV on Dvd begin..

It has been way to long geeks and for that I am so sorry. I have been away for the summer enjoying time with my family. I am back now so there is nothing to worry about. Over the next couple of weeks I promise to catch you up on some of the giant things that happened over the summer from SDCC to movie news to video game reviews.

To start off I am here to give you a review and a peek at the new season on DVD of Vampire Diaries Season 4 and Supernatural Season 8.

The front cover of the complete season 8.

Supernatural Season 8 is the spectacular season of Supernatural where the Leviathans are gone and Dean finds his way back from Purgatory. The season starts off on a small jog but after 3 episodes it is running to a spectacular finish.

The complete season 8 comes across 6 discs has all 23 1 hour episodes. Accompanying the episodes re a ton of special features. Just to name a few are

• Finding Supernatural - The challenging storytelling and production techniques.
• Angel Warrior Castiel - A look in the Angel that guides the Winchesters. 
• Commentaries 
• An a Gag Reel. 

 Included with the bluray version of the complete season 8 is a ultraviolet copy.
All in all the Supernatural Complete Season 8 is a great buy and it will give you hours of entertainment to prep you for the new season of Supernatural.  So look for it in stores on September 10th.   

The front cover of the compete season 4.

The complete 4th season of the show has been out since the 3rd but I am here to give a simple review on what you are getting if you decide to purchase this set.

The 4th season comes with all 23 episodes over the course of 5 discs. Accompanying the episodes us a slue of special features. Including but not limited to.

• The Evolution of Elan Gilbert
• Blood, Boys and Bad Behavior
• Fan Gallery
• And A Gag reel

Much like the Supernatural bluray set if you decide to buy this on bluray and not DVD you will be given all the episodes on DVd and bluray not to mention you will get all of them in Ultraviolet too.

All in all if you are a big fan of this show I would say purchase this set. It is a great buy and again it will prepare you for the next season of the show especially if you missed any episodes during the seasons run.

Until Next Time Geeks.

Poker Night 2 Review.

Early in April I got an email from Telltale Games the company behind the Walking Dead Episode game. They were excited to tell us here at EGFG that they were releasing a new game at the end of the month. An that game is call Poker Night 2 the game was released on the 23rd for the Xbox 360 and it comes out today across all other platforms.

 The game starts with the player walking into a high stakes game of poker with a full cast of extraordinary characters. From Brock Samson to Glados from portal she is actually your dealer. The game is pretty straight forward you can play two types of Holdem Texas and Omaha. Now those who are unfamiliar with Omaha it is five card stud played in the same fashion of Texas holdem. What really makes this game shine is the cast of characters that you play with they are all really cool and their scripted lines are hilarious. The game is much like any other arcade game on 360 with one simple thing the best being that you can earn unlocks for a bunch of games that are currently out on 360 like Borderlands 2 an on Steam and PS3 you get stuff also. I am not 100 percent sure what you get but I know for sure there are some unlocks. The game costs 800 Points on 360 but for Steam to Ps3 it is 5 dollars.
  

All the unlocks that you can get from the game while playing.

An stay tuned we still have some contests coming up in honor of our 250th post. 

Until Next time Geeks....

Digimon Season 2 a review.

The Mini Guied book that gives insight into the characters.

Back in late March Flat Iron Films was at it again. With the release of Digimon Season 2. The series takes a place a few years after the first series. T.K and Kari are now in 6th grade while the previous Digi-destined are now in high school. The digital world is again set in turmoil because someone called the Digi-emperor is capturing digimon and using them as his slaves he is also setting up spires so that the digimon cant digivolve.

Davis, T.K, Kari, and Yolei

 As featured in the pictures above and below the series again comes over the course of 8 discs. Each disc featuring a digi-destined and their digimon and the last 2 discs feature the original digi-destined.   

Like the season 1 release season 2 is accompanied with a guide book or like it says on the backof the dvd case an artbook. Below are a few pictures of the book.

Davis and Veemon.

Ken and Wormmon and his digivolution Stingmon.

2 forms of DNA Digivolve

 All in all the series finally continuing on Dvd is an amazing thing. I am happy that the cartoons that I used to watch as a child are coming back again so that I can one day maybe watch them with my little nephews and nieces. Or one day watch it with my kids. 

T.K and Patamon

The back of the book with the original Digi-destined.

Unitl Next Time Geeks...

Telltale Games' Poker Night 2

Poker Night 2 is coming later this month for Pc and Consoles. Along with the game containing multiple characters and such there will also be a multitude of unlocks for the game.

All the unlocks are pretty cool below are some of them. Alot of them are for both console and PC version but there are some that are steam only like the Team Fortress 2 stuff, The PS3 also gets special themes that are just for that consoles version. The game will be out later this month for consoles and steam so look for it. An look for our review.

Injusttice Gods Among Us a Review.

The Special Edition of the game.

In 2009 NetherRealm released Mortal Kombat a reboot to an amazing series that was always in my opinion Street Fighters rival. Fast forward 4 years and NetherRealms is at it again.  With Injustice Gods Among us.

The game follows the story of Justice League when Superman has his last straw broken because he is tricked into killing his wife and his unborn child by the Joker everything in their universe is turned to shit. A nuke goes off and their world is turned upside down. All the superheroes start picking sides and it is up to everyone to choose what side they want to take.

The game comes in multiple flavors. Your standard gen consoles but along with those comes the special edition of the game and the Joystick version of the game. Which is pictured below.

The fight stick version of Injustice it comes in both 360 and PS3 flavors.

The gameplay is pretty solid. The controls are nice but much like Mortal Kombat the game can be very unforgiving when it comes to its learning curve. There is practice mode and a mode called Star Labs where you can learn some basic moves but again it is pretty much one of those things that you have to teach yourself.

The graphics are pretty solid and the story once again is pretty amazing it in that great DC length it is another universe created by the game developers. That is one of the biggest reasons I love DC they have a way of explaining everything and it is awesome. All in all I have to say that Injustice is an amazing game it have its steep learning curve and the online maybe hickupy when playing on the ps3 but it is still a very playable game online and off. It is also a great rent if you are looking to play something over the weekend.

Last but not least if you want more of the store look for the DC comic that came out a couple weeks before the game release..

Until Next Time Geeks...

Unbelieveable Bioshock Cosplay.

As you can tell from the recent posts I am a huge Bioshock infinite fan. Someone sent me a link the other day and it was to this amazing cosplay by deviant Ormeli's checkout her other work it is amazing.

Until Next Time Geeks...

The Legend Of Zeld The Hyrule Historia. A Review.

The Hardcover of the historia. In the normal Zelda colors.

Back in 2011 The Legend of Zelda celebrated its 25th Anniversary. After the release of of Skyward Sword this marked a big year of surprises for one of Nintendo's biggest franchises. Fast forward 2 years and The latest in Nintendo's bag of trick for the franchise is out. An it is called The Hyrule Historia.

The book is a collective time line of all the Zelda games from the first to the latest and everything in between. It also at the end give a brief manga on Skyward sword. The book focuses on the biggest games in the franchise. First is the cult classic Ocarina of Time the book talks about the direction that the developers wanted to go with the game it also shows things like the execution of Ganondorf. To concept art for Link's Legendary steed Epona.

Concept art for Link from Twilight Princess.

Shortly after the book talks about Majoras mask the next in line of epic Zelda games. The books talks about concepts for everything that was featured in the game from the child that steals the mask to the
Fierce Deity Link that is used during boss battles an such.

More Link concept art including Wolf Link.

My favorite part of the book is the chapter on Twilight Princess. Featured in the pictures below are alot of the concept art for most of the main characters in the game. I dont want to ruin anymore of the book so I will say this the book is an amazing buy for anyone that is a huge and do I mean huge Legend Of Zelda fan. It will make a great addition to anyones collection.

Ganondorf and his sword.

You can pick up the book from Amazon.com at this link

Concepts of Princess Zelda and Shiek.

A closer view of the concept art for Twilight Princess, Princess Zelda.

Link and the famous quote from Legend of Zelda Link's Awakening.

 Until Next Time Geeks...

The Art of Bioshock Infinite a book review.

The Slip Cover for the Artbook.

Bioshock infinite has been out now for about 2 weeks it came out in late March an even before coming out it has won a lot of awards in the gaming industry. Much like others games coming out more recently it is following a trend of releasing an artbook along with the game. I usually get things like this for certain franchises but I have to say getting something like this is amazing. The Bioshock universe is notorious for having posters and propaganda all over the city and the game. I am happy to say that there is no shortage of this in the artbook.

Under the slip cover. Is a embossed version in gold of the Image. It is pretty amazing.

Art for the Devil's Kiss Vigor.

Propaganda Art for the Vigor possession.

The first couple of chapters are all the big characters and what they could have looked like. Along with those characters are some of the heavy hitting enemies that you meet in the first couple of hours of the game.

Concept Art for the Prophet statue.

This image is actually in the game.

The rest of the book is amazing scenery that you see everywhere in the game along with these pictures is the imagery. It is spectacular it is hard to believe how much thought goes into something like this but I understand cause not only is the game-play unbelievable but the story too is amazing.

SongBird Concept art.

Elizabeth Concept art.

Another Elizabeth.

Booker Concept art.

The last couple of chapters of the book are what makes the game special the Bioshock propaganda. An they are spectacular. All in all the book is amazing it is the  best $35 dollars you can spend on a coffee table book but if you get the book on Amazon.com it is like $25 dollars as long as you pay for the book get it anyway you want. 

PSA: For a link to the Amazon page click here.

Until Next Time Geeks...

Stay tuned for our review on 2 more books and our Aprils showers horror movie contest.

Coffee Table of the Dead. A first time furniture Review.

Now here at EGFG I dont usually post reviews for something like this but I just got this in the mail and I thought that I should since A: It is pure awseome. and B:The Walking Dead season finale just aired a week ago. 

Back in October I was at NYCC. An I stumbled upon a company calle Hero Complex Collectibles. They are a website based company that sells collectibles and other good. While at their NYCC booth something awesome caught my eye and it was this table. This custom table with a collage of The Walking Dead comics. 

Let me start by saying that this is a custom job all the way you can get it in any form that you want I choose to buy a small bedside table for my bedroom. An I have to say it came out better then I thought it would not that I expected it to come out bad but I didn't think that the pictures would engulf the whole table but they did. The table build is really sturdy you wont have to worry about it crumbling under the weight of whatever you put on it. 

Lets get to the table top from what Mr. Mike Ruddy told me. The process for making this is pretty cool as well he starts out by pooling old TPB (Trade Paperback) of The Walking Dead so that the table has a collage that goes together. Shortly after when everything is done setting A clear archrilic is put on it so that it is water proof and the images will not come off. 

All in all I am delighted with my purchase. An this is not their only flavor of table it also comes in DC and Marvel flavors. I am also looking into buying a Marvel table. If you are interested in picking up one of your own click on one of the pictures and it will link you to the site. 

Until Next Time Geeks...   

Bioshock Infinite the review.

Back in the early years of the Xbox 360. Irrational Games created a game, a game that would change the spectrum of how we play the first person shooters. That game was called Bioshock in this came you visited a city called Rapture it was an underwater garden of Eden that house some of the most intelligent people in the game universe. It all went to shit and turned into a fight for survival. Fast forward 5 years and Irrational Games has done it again with Bioshock Infinite.

In this game you play as Booker Dewitt an ex solider with a gambling problem. You are tasked by some unknown people to he to a city called Columbia. There you are told to find a woman named Elizabeth and take her to NYC to clear a debt. After arriving much like in Bioshock everything goes to shit. You are seen a false prophet. An then hunted down by everyone in the city.

The games controls are amazing everything is fluid and easy to learn and much like other first person games or for anyone that loves playing COD or Halo you can change the controller so that the buttons are mapped to the same style. The graphics to this game are amazing everything is crisp and clear the city is vast and there are never any hiccups with the game play. The story is magnificent an this game is a perfect example how a game that is supposed to be triple A game doesn't need a multiplayer aspect to be freaking awesome. 

All in all Bioshock Infinite is an amazing game. Bioshock was an amazing way for Irrational games to start a generations an following in the same way Bioshock Infinite is a great way for them to close out a generation.

Stay tuned because April is a big month for us here at EGFG we are hosting multiple give aways and in my next review I am going to be talking about an awesome table that I have bought.

Until Next Time Geeks...

BMO Rainbow Mimobot.

Adventure Time seriously who doesn't love that shoe. I am guessing people that dont have cable and people who are constantly under rocks lol. You know who does love Adventure Time our friends at Mimobot. Yep that's right our friends at Mimobot the character USB store has dont it again they are releasing a new limited edition BMO Mimobot.

Each BMO USB comes in flavors of 8, 16, 32, 64, and 128. They also like in the picture above feature wallpapers, images, avatars, and a episode of Adventure Time. I am not sure what the episode it is but I bet if you are a fan you will love it. The BMO Rainbow Mimobot is limited to 2000 pieces and we all know Mimobot when it is gone it is gone. So if you ae interested in one Click the first picture and head over to Mimobot to grab one. I already got mine.

This is what BMO looks like out of box and when you take it's cap off.

Until Next Time Geeks.

Tomb Raider the Review.

Have you ever seen or heard of a video game that you couldn't stop thinking about.  For me whenever I see or hear something that sparks my interest I feel that way. An the new game this month is Square Enix's Tomb Raider this is a revival of the 1996 classic that changed the way that we look at the third person adventure title.

Since 1996 Tomb Raider has always been about a buxom British beauty and the thrill she gets when searching for lost items. Fast forward 14 years and now in a world of where we have games like Uncharted Square and Crystal Dynamics felt that it is time to give the series a reboot. An let me tell you that it is such and amazing reboot.

The game starts off with Laura fresh out of finishing school or graduate school for those who are not British. Laura finds herself on the SS Endurance on a expedition through the Dragon's circle. The ship is destroyed due to a storm and Laura finds herself on a mysterious island that is a home base to a cult. I wont go into anymore detail because the best part is experiencing it yourself.

The controls are very sturdy for this game there was never a moment where I would find myself pressing something else instead of the shoot or action buttons. The game will not change the way you look at an adventure experience but it will certainly have you looking differently at Square and the Tomb Raider series. The visuals and the graphics are really amazing while you find yourself climbing the side a mountain. You will lose your breath as you look at all the scenery. 

The game comes in multiple platform flavors along with that it comes in a regular edition and a limited edition as seen in the picture at the top of the page I am looking into getting the special edition because I can not pass up the awesome Play Arts Kai figure that is bundled with that version of the game.

Stay tuned for our review of the multiplayer. I have yet to try it but I will and expect a review.

Until Next Time Geeks.

Adventure Time Cake and Fionna.

I know it has been a long time since I posted but rather then doing a catch up post I am going straight into my first post of the new year. I do hope though that everyone had an awesome time and that Santa brought you everything you wanted that and last but not least Happy New Year.

The front of the Press Kit.

So like the post is titled Cartoon Network is airing a new Special with Fionna and Cake entitled "Bad Little Boy" it is slated to air February 18th, 2013 at 7:30pm ET,PT. There are 2 reasons what I am telling you this 1. is that I am a huge Adventure Time fan and  2. Cartoon Network sent me this awesome and I do mean ridiculously awesome Press Kit to celebrate the release of the episode along with the release of Adventure Time Cake & Fionna on DVD slated to come out on February 19th the day after the episode airs.

The inside of the Pres Kit. 

Inside the kit as pictured above was a copy of the DVD that is going to be released on February 19th along with that it came bundled with a copy of the episode and a Jake Mimobot you can see them better in the pictures below. 

The Episode "Bad Little Boy" on dvd

The Jake mimobot that was full of all sorts of  goodies about the shows new episode.

And the Adventure Time Fionna and Cake DVD to be released on February 19th. 

 I haven't watched the episode yet but all in all it looks like it is going to be a spectacular episode My man NPH (Neil Patrick Harris) will be reprising his role as Prince Gum Ball. Joining him will be Donald Glover aka  Childish Gambino he will be voicing Marshall Lee the male counter part to Marceline The Vampire Queen. Again the episode airs on February 18th at 7:30 pm I hope that you call can catch it. 

Until Next Time Geeks..