Upcoming Tekken Tag Tournament 2 Hidden Characters Leaked

This is old news, especially if you're looking forward to this game. Someone datamined TTT2 over the weekend and unearthed six characters. These characters were meant to be revealed at a later date but they're out there now.

Dr. Bosconovitch

Miharu

Sebastian

Slim Bob

Unknown

Violet

Longtime fans of the series already know who most of these characters are, but here's a quick description for those of you who don't:

• Dr. Bosconovitch - Alisa's "father". First playable in Tekken 3.
• Miharu - A friend of Ling Xiaoyu's who was a palette swap for her in Tekken 4.
• Sebastian - Lili's butler, who until now did not appear in playable form.
• Slim Bob - Bob, sans FAT.
• Unknown - First appeared in Tekken Tag Tournament 2, until now was only a rumored playable character.
• Violet - Lee Chaolan as he appeared in T4 before he was "revealed" to be Lee Chaolan.

Originally I wasn't going to post these screenshots, but they're all over the internet now and anyone who was even remotely a fan of the game has seen them. When the characters are made playable I'll be posting plenty of footage over on my YouTube® channel. You can find the link at the top of this page.

R.I.P. Michael Clarke Duncan

Just now heard that he died Monday morning. Completely unexpected. The news said he had a heart attack two months ago, but I can't say I ever read about it. His fiance/wife/girlfriend apparently saved his life when that happened.

R.I.P. Michael Clarke Duncan. You'll be missed.

Getting Ready for Tekken Tag Tournament 2

Tekken Tag Tournament 2 comes out in a few weeks, and I'm pretty rusty at Tekken, so I've started playing Tekken 6 again. Just uploaded a new video: Back to Basics - Rusty Player Matches Please stop by if you haven't seen it! Leave a comment and subscribe if you like the content, there's more on the way!

Yet Another Review of "The Dark Knight Rises"

Christopher Nolan is one of my favorite directors, so I went into The Dark Knight Rises with reasonably high expectations. Even with this being the third film of a trilogy I figured Nolan would be able to finish on a high note.

For the most part I think he did. TDKR is a very good film, but it does suffer some minor missteps here and there.

As other reviews have pointed out, it's a good idea to watch Batman Begins before seeing this film. Several elements of that film's plot come into play here(Ra's Al Ghul, The League of Shadows, and fear, to name a few). There are also some references to The Dark Knight, but not as many as there are to Begins.

The story begins eight years after the events of The Dark Knight. Bruce Wayne has retired as Batman and cut himself off from the world, his body broken down due to his days of crimefighting. Gotham City is threatened and Batman is needed once more.

Tom Hardy's performance as Bane is exceptional. His Bane is cold and calculating, completely ruthless and without mercy. A more than worthy adversary for Batman.

Anne Hathaway is damn near pitch perfect as Catwoman. She stole a good number of the scenes she was in and it had nothing to do with her looks.

Joseph Gordon-Levitt's John Blake is well played, which is exactly what you'd expect from Levitt.

Marion Cotillard is also very good as Miranda Tate.

All the key players from previous installments in the series(Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Morgan Freeman, Gary Oldman, et al) turn in great performances. There are also a few cameos that fans will get a kick out of.

Where the missteps come into play has to do with the pacing, and to some extent the plot. Whenever you're dealing with significant changes in time, there can be a lot of jumping around and it can confuse the viewer. To his credit Nolan did a pretty good job of keeping the confusion down, but there are still a few scene changes that I felt could have been handled better. Some reviews I've read complained about the film's two hour, forty plus minutes, but for the most part I didn't think it was a problem.

Overall I really enjoyed it, glad I watched it in IMAX. Can't wait for the Blu-Ray later this year!

Whitney Cummings' Twitter Hacked

Whitney Cummings' Twitter was hacked a few hours ago. She has(had?) over 600,000 followers, so I'm sure Twitter will shut it down soon if they haven't already. Screen captures provided.