In the eleven years since it started, The Venture Bros. has evolved from a parody of such adventure cartoons and comic books as, Scooby-Doo, Johnny Quest, and The Fantastic Four into a supremely surreal and skewed ’toon…which parodies such comic books and adventure cartoons as Scooby-Doo, Johnny Quest, and The Fantastic Four. The newest adventures of which are now available on the DVD and Blu-ray editions of The Venture Bros.: The Fifth Season.
Never let it be said that Les Claypool plays it safe. As if the skewed music he’s made with Primus, on his own, and with such side bands as Oysterhead, Colonel Claypool’s Bucket Of Bernie Brains, Les Claypool & The Rat Brigade, and Colonel Les Claypool’s Fearless Flying Frog Brigade didn’t prove this hypothesis already, now he’s recorded Four Foot Shack, a country-flavored acoustic collection with guitarist/back-up singer Bryan Kehoe (formerly of M.I.R.V.) and, on three tracks, Stiff Dead Cat’s Wylie Woods on mandolin and background vocals, under the name Les Claypool’s Duo De Twang.
But what if — like me — you’re a fan of Les Claypool but not country? Don’t worry, you’ll be okay.
Universal Music Enterprises have announced that they will reissue a limited edition vinyl edition of Rush’s eponymous 1974 debut on April 15th in honor of the album’s 40th anniversary.
At an event held at DC Comic’s offices in Burbank, California — fittingly, on a Wednesday — Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment announced that the upcoming free-to-play, superhero MOBA (multiplayer online battle arena game) Infinite Crisis — which is being made by Turbine — will start its open beta (a.k.a., soft launch) on May 14th, and that there will also be a corresponding comic book series and line of action figures.
After a handful of failed attempts, the good people at MercurySteam — with a little help from Metal Gear Solid mastermind Hideo Kojima — finally figured out how to successfully adapt the 2D side-scroller Castlevania series into a 3D game with 2010’s Castlevania: Lords Of Shadow. Now M.S., sans Kojima, are hoping to replicate that game’s fun factor with Castlevania: Lords Of Shadows 2 for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC. But while it does misfire way more than its predecessor, it’s still a solid action game.
Some people treat kids with kid gloves. But not Nick Cutter who, in his horror novel The Troop (paperback, Kindle, audiobook), subjects a bunch of scouts to an unspeakable horror you wouldn’t wish on someone twice their age. Though in talking to Cutter — whose real name is easily found online — it’s clear this Canadian writer actually likes children…well, when it comes to his books, at least.
Soundgarden have announced that they will release both a Deluxe and a Super Deluxe edition of their 1994 album Superunknown on June 3rd in honor of the album’s 20th anniversary.
Stealing is wrong. Whether you shoplift a candy bar from the corner store, nick a handful of quarters off your dad’s bureau, or download a pirated copy of a new video game, being a thief is not cool. And if you don’t believe me, just play Thief, a deeply flawed and ultimately dull first-person stealth action game for the Xbox 360, Xbox One, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, and PC in which you make your living by stealing anything that isn’t nailed down.
Gentle Giant have announced that they will release a mini bust of Kili from The Hobbit movies at the end of the year, around the time that the third and final movie, The Hobbit: There And Back Again, hits theaters.