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...newly-formed International Thriller Writers, Inc., an organization of over 400 writers that seeks to celebrate the genre while enhancing its prestige and profile. With the entertaining “Thriller,” the organization succeeds in advancing the merits of the thriller not simply as shoot-em-up escapism, but as a respectable form of fiction in its own right...
...couple of mollycoddles out there want to put the kibosh on that? Line 'em up, man. Line up pop culture from The Nigger of the Narcissus to The Birth of a Nation to To Kill a Mockingbird, right on through N.W.A. and "Niggas vs. Black People," and on to comedian Dave Chappelle playing a blind Ku Klux Klan member who ends up yelling "nigger" at himself...
...only exclusive Playstation 3 title I'm really excited about is Resistance: Fall of Man, which is a truly fun shoot'em up set in an alternative version of the 1950s. Aliens have invaded earth; your job is to put bullets in them. While doing so you prowl through some gloriously detailed, beautifully gloomy factories and labs and shattered cityscapes. The audio is gorgeous, the weapons copious and diverse, the levels huge and complex. In short, it's my idea of a good time...
...Gears of War,” started a revolution in gamer culture?Touted by many as the pivotal “killer application” of Microsoft’s Xbox 360 console leading into the Christmas rush—just as the wildly popular shoot-em-up “Halo” was the game that drove sales of the original Xbox—“Gears” is a violent tactical shooter, with photorealistic graphics and elegant gameplay.But you’d be hard-pressed to deduce any of this from watching the TV spot.The...
...South Central Los Angeles.In between long drives with his favorite homie and long make-out scenes with his Mexican girlfriend, Davis fires guns—lots of them.But at a roundtable interview this Monday, the British actor said he sees the film as more than just a shoot-em-up thriller.“I certainly have no interest in showing violence for the sake of violence. However, I see no point in ignoring it either,” he said. “Every child is taught, ‘don’t solve a problem with violence...