Kotaku: Samuel L. Jackson

Namco Bandai Editor's Day: Out For Revenge with Afro Samurai

fdemarco — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 18:02:00 MDT

Fans of Afro Samurai have a treat headed their way in the form of a game based on the show about a renegade African american Samurai seeking revenge on the killers of his father. Armed with his father's trusty katana, he goes forth to slice and dice the evil doers.

In the build that I saw, the slicing and dicing was really the focus du jour. The game utilizes a dynamic cutting system that does away with the pre rendered cutting animations of past games. Wherever you cut your enemy, that's exactly where the body part gets lopped off. And there were plenty of body parts flying around believe you me.

The game itself was gorgeous to look at. The art style was an amazing homage to dark anime and manga. The textures were gorgeous and at times looked almost photographic with the exception of the tight, thin lines outlining every object and character. Close up looks at the characters showed a beautiful texturing that mimics the scratchy pen and ink line style of many mangas. The character's skin also had a texture applied that almost made them look like they were carved from a fine grain wood. Sometimes during certain scenes, the image would go split screen, showing approaching enemies and Afro Samurai at the same time in separate sections, adding to the overall anime/manga style of the graphics

Seeing as we just watched the fellow roam through a few of the levels laying waste to the many enemies, it was hard to get a real handle on the gameplay or running story. If the ending gameplay and story matches up to the beauty of the graphic treatment, Afro Samurai will be a game both fans and non-fans of the show will really enjoy when it hits sometime this fall.

Jack Thompson Agrees to Debate Fake Samuel L. Jackson, Then Chickens Out

Brian Ashcraft — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 07:00:34 MST

Remember when Jack Thompson read a News Groper post about him written by the fake Samuel L. Jackson, thought it was the real Samuel L. Jackson, challenged that fake Samuel L. Jackson to a debate, flattered the fake Samuel L. Jackson, sent us a "press release" that Samuel L. Jackson had blogged about him and then finally realized that that Samuel L. Jackson was actually the fake Samuel L. Jackson? We sure do! Here's the fake Samuel L. Jackson's reply to Thompson's debate dare:

Dare? Hell yeah, you dare Sam Jack and you damn well better expect a response. NewsGroper took him up on that shit. We spent all day emailing him, responding to his emails, working out a system to get this debate on the road. And at the last minute-I bullshit you like I'd bullshit Christ Almighty-the motherfucker bailed like Bowser at the end of level three of Super Mario.
He emailed us this: you know, some people have died because of jerkballs like jackson and his spike tv vga award mentality, so I'll take a pass. grow up

First of all, what the fuck? Why dare me to debate, spend all day organizing that debate, then insult me and pull out like the Purple fucking Pie-Man coming up against Strawberry Shortcake?

And then you call me a jerkball? What the fuck is a got-damn jerkball? Is that like a tribble with Parkinsons?

The fake Samuel L. Jackson pinged us last night, bringing word that News Groper had actually spent the entire day trying to set up that debate. You know, the one that Jack Thompson proposed to obviously the totally fake Samuel L. Jackson. To save face, Thompson at one point during the day yesterday actually agreed to "play along" and debate the fake Samuel L. Jackson. A format was established, and then Thompson suddenly declined, saying that the real Samuel L. Jackson was just as responsible for gun deaths as video games. Once again, Jack Thompson's logic astounds! What we do know: Fake Samuel L. Jackson would've so kicked his motherfucking ass in a debate.
Fake Samuel L. Jackson's Blog [News Groper]

Jack Thompson Challenges Fake Samuel L. Jackson to Debate

Brian Ashcraft — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 22:00:53 MST

Samuel L. Jackson isn't only a fine actor, but a gamer. He's one of us. What does he think of NIU tragedy? No clue. But what does FAKE Sam Jackson think about it? He's a pissed off motherfucker. Over on News Groper, which clearly states "These Blogs Are Not Real," the phony Samuel L. Jackson blogs:

And I was also fucking amazed when I read about Christian conservative attorney Jack Thompson blaming all this shooting shit on video games again, like there ain't no other possible got-damn reason on God's green earth for a motherfucker to go batshit and blow away another person. Jack Thompson's letter to the Northern Illinois University president is a laugh-riot. I'm assuming Jack Thompson isn't related to Eric "Don't Call Me Lance Bass" Thompson, but both these Thompsons sure got a family resemblance of idiotic statements.

Now imagine Sam Jackson saying it. And picture Jack Thompson getting upset by this. And then imagine Jack Thompson getting mad at the real Sam Jackson for something the fake Sam Jackson blogged. Hit the jump for Thompson's comment on the News Groper post:

Mr. Jackson, I enjoyed your post about NIU and about me. Unfortunately, you could fit what you know about school shootings and their causes in a sleeve of Titleist golf balls. I'm a six handicap, and would love to play you a match anywhere anytime.
More importantly, Mr. Jackson, I saw you and the Jack Thompson spoof at the Spike TV Video Game Awards Show. Very funny, really.

Here's a proposal: Why don't you debate me on this issue of whether violent video games cause real world violence. I'll do it anywhere, anytime. You name it.

I dare you.

Jack Thompson, 305-666-4366, amendmentone@comcast.net

PS: Saw you in Black Snake Moan this weekend. I thought you deserved an Oscar for your performance. Brilliant.

And in his fury, Thompson even posted his phone number on the internet so he and Sam could talk Black Snake Moan! Keep this in mind: Jack Thompson sent us this story, along with his debate proposal. The subject line of that email? "Jack Thompson is winning and you are not." He must've felt pretty important that even Samuel L. Jackson was hatin' on him! Well, until he realized it was a TOTALLY FAKE Samuel L. Jackson. Thompson posted this second comment:

Although your "badass" post was not real, mine is.
Jack Thompson

All this would be pretty funny if it wasn't so damn sad.

Student Hunting Season [News Groper]

Spike VGA Tickets, First Come, First Served

Michael McWhertor — Fri, 01 Dec 2006 17:40:16 MST

If you live in Southern California and like seeing Samuel L. Jackson do just about anything for money, you might want to keep your calendar clear next Friday, December 8th. The Spike TV Video Game Awards will be filming at 9 PM at the USC Galen Center and tickets are free. Yeah, free!

Featuring appearances by 50 Cent, Tony Hawk, Method Man, Seth Green, Tenacious D, AFI, plus more B and C level celebs and musical acts pretending to care about video games, the night will probably be a blast and/or unintentionally funny. I'll be there, so if you're attending, keep an eye peeled. Michael McWhertor

Spike TV Video Game Awards Tickets

Clips: Making a Samuel L Jackson Mii

Brian Crecente — Thu, 14 Sep 2006 16:25:40 MDT

Check out this video showing how easy it is to create a Mii avatar on the Wii. This one is of Samuel L. Jackson. Brian Crecente

Snakes on a Plane: The Video Game

Brian Crecente — Fri, 18 Aug 2006 17:00:26 MDT

In the past 24 hours I've had an inordinate amount of people ask me if they're making a video game based on the movie Snakes on a Plane.

Near as I can tell, they're not. But why not?

If good movies become bad games, shouldn't bad movies become good games? It's got lots of snakes, it's got a plane, they could even include Samuel L. Jackson's voice in it. They could make it so that a button press has him say Mother Fucker.

So here's my proposal EA, THQ, Take-Two, Ubisoft, Microsoft, Sony and yes, even Nintendo: Make Snakes on a Plane: The Mother-Fucking Video Game. Brian Crecente