WilliamHPerkins
Will Perkins
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Will Perkins is a film and game journalist and marketing professional based in Toronto, Ontario. He co-founded ThatShelf.com with Jeff Brown and Lucas Rizoli in 2009. He has contributed to such outlets as Yahoo Movies, Design Bureau, Kill Screen, Maxim and Steel Bananas – work that has afforded him the opportunity to interview some of the world’s most acclaimed filmmakers, actors, and game designers. Will is the former co-owner of Art of the Title.Email - [email protected]
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July 8, 2009
District 9 Theatrical TrailerYahoo Movies has posted the full theatrical trailer for Neill Blomkamp‘s feature film debut District 9. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ift3dAPQn_w[/youtube] The unorthodox alien invasion film was produced by Peter Jackson, who hired the director to helm the live-action Halo movie which fell through. District 9 is based on Blomkamp’s short film Alive in Joburg. District 9 will be […]
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July 6, 2009
Exclusive: Avatar Footage to Debut at Comic ConDork Shelf has received some interesting information from a reliable source regarding the San Diego Comic Con and James Cameron‘s new film Avatar. Apparently the huge 65,000 square foot H hall at the San Diego Convention Center is being converted into a massive 3D theatre for the event. This means that not only will Cameron […]
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July 6, 2009
Batman: Number OneFunnyOrDie presents Batman: Number One, a hilarious short film in which we discover that having dead parents isn’t the only issue the Dark Knight has. Thanks to richpee for the link
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July 6, 2009
Ubisoft to Open Toronto StudioFrench developer Ubisoft announced plans to open a major game development studio in Toronto. Ubisoft Montreal CEO Yannis Mallat; who will head the new Toronto studio, held a press conference earlier today with Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty to make the announcement. The provincial government is set to invest $263 million over 10 years with Ubisoft […]
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July 6, 2009
Fallout 2 Live Action Role-Playing in RussiaAn abandoned air base outside of Leningrad, Russia played host to more than 300 Russian Fallout fans last month. The live-action role players recreated post-apocalyptic world of the 1998 Black Isle video game Fallout 2, complete with Brotherhood of Steel Knights, ghouls and even an issue of Cat’s Paw Magazine. The time and effort these […]
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July 6, 2009
Faux Grindhouse 2012 TrailerVimeo user Garrison Dean has created a hilarious 1970’s grindhouse style trailer for Roland Emmerich‘s upcoming disaster-porn movie 2012. The video really illustrates how ridiculous Emmerich’s epic disaster movie is going to be, but we’ll all go to see the insane spectacle anyways. Kudos to the maker of the video for using music from Incredible […]
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June 30, 2009
Inglourious Basterds International TrailerA new trailer for Quentin Tarantino‘s new film Inglourious Basterds has hit the web. In the trailer we get a much better look at what the main storyline of the film will be, and our first look at Mike Myers as British General Ed Fenech. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6WMesq4MXU[/youtube] Inglourious Basterds looks like a lot of fun; Not […]
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June 26, 2009
What if Street Fighter II was Real?Most people have played the arcade/Super Nintendo classic Street Fighter II at some point in their life. Do you remember that weird bonus stage where the player was given a time limit to basically beat the crap out of car? I always thought it was really weird; but Japanese games have always been weird so […]
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June 26, 2009
George Lucas: Maker of FilmsThe Binary Bansai has unearthed a rare hour long interview with Star Wars creator George Lucas from 1971. Filmed hot on the heels of his first feature film THX 1138, the piece entitled George Lucas: Maker of Films features a 27 year old Lucas discussing the movie industry, film theory and his hopes for the […]
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June 24, 2009
Top 10 Reasons the Original Quake RuledOur friend Joel over at local video game site Controller Punch! posted a list of the top 10 reasons the original Quake game ruled. He sold me with the idea that Jesus would be a skilled Quake player. 6. General use of rusty nails as weapons. We’ve got disturbing games out there now like Manhunt […]
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June 24, 2009
id Software Bought by ZeniMaxKotaku just broke the news that legendary First Person Shooter developer id Software will be purchased by ZeniMax, parent company of RPG developer Bethesda Softworks. The merger of id Software; the company that created the likes of Doom and Wolfenstein, and Bethesda Softworks; the studio behind Fallout 3 and the Elder Scrolls games, is huge […]
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June 24, 2009
Doubt: The Video GameMovie tie-in games are a dime a dozen: They are often quickly and cheaply produced, which more often than not results in a terrible finished product. Perhaps if more developers were willing to take a chance and create games based on Oscar nominated films like Doubt, movie tie-in titles wouldn’t have such a bad reputation. […]
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June 23, 2009
Video Game Inspired PaintingsArtist James Barnett has created a series of oil paintings based on popular video games, what he calls Fauxvism. The paintings feature virtual locales from Half-Life 2, Team Fortress 2 and Fallout 3 to name a few, amazingly interpreted in the style of Les Fauves. Barnett navigates the game world as an artist would in […]
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June 18, 2009
Trailer for Park Chan-wook’s ThirstWe briefly discussed Korean director Park Chan-wook‘s latest film Thirst, in our most recent podcast. Park, the director of 2003’s twisted and amazing Oldboy debuted his new film at the Cannes film festival a few weeks ago. Thirst secured a North American release at the festival, and an English trailer for the film hit the […]
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June 14, 2009
The Ten Most Annoying Video Game Baddies of All TimeI spent a great deal of my childhood playing video games; some would say that too much of my childhood was devoted to games, but that’s another discussion entirely. I played what was available to me, mostly Nintendo, Super Nintendo, Sega Genesis and PC games. Like any avid gamer, I often ran out of lives, […]
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