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The Egotastic! E3 Extravaganza: Metal Gear Solid V Red Band Trailer Wins ‘Goriest, Most Man-tastic Clip in Show’ Award (VIDEO)

E3 2013 Metal Gear Solid V Trailer
The man. The legend. The ill-advised ponytail.

Well, no, that isn’t a thing. But it should be, because there are several simultaneous kinds of holy shit going on right here.

Mr. Metal Gear, Hideo Kojima, has always been one for balls-out theatrics. His stark, uncompromising vision (which, memorably, once brought us that muscular dude-ass shimmying up a ladder for far too damn long as operatic music warbled on moment) is certainly present and correct for the new title, Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain.

This extended director’s cut of the E3 2013 trailer is rated BTCSGU for bloody torture, child soldiers and general unpleasantness, but don’t let that put you off taking a first glimpse at something spectacular in the making. Can you resist checking out ‘a new breed of stealth,’ which seems to involve hiding behind a horse’s ass like a big girl? Of course you can’t.

Mexican Cat Runs For Mayor

¡Viva Morris El Gato!

Literally anyone can be a politician in Mexico. A kitty named Morris is running for mayor of the Mexican town of Xalapa, (don't ask me how to pronounce it). His main campaign promise is to rid the city of rats. I've been to those small Mexican towns and I can tell you that one little cat can't do that a lone. He's going to need an army of cat ninjas to kill the legions of rats that scurry around the cities south of the border. It's a stunt by a couple of students to protest what they see as the ineffectual nature of the Mexican government. One of the students, Jair Cuevas, said:

"Candidates here almost never fulfill their promises. Our candidate promises to sleep, eat, yawn and play in the dirt and that is what he will do if he wins the election."

An interesting point. I know our government isn't perfect but it runs like a damn Swiss clock compared to Mexico. Maybe it's time that they hand over the reins of power to a cute and fuzzy leader with a no nonsense approach to napping? The only problem is that he would be easily susceptible to bribery. Give him some string or some Whisker Lickins and he'll do whatever you want.

‘This is the End’ List of Supplies Might Make the Apocalypse Bearable (VIDEO)

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This Is the End opens tomorrow and we're pretty stoked. We've seen some pretty awesome stuff so far: Emma Watson shamelessly robs booze, Satan shows up, and Michael Cera gets turned into a one-man kabob. Yep, things are looking pretty sweet.

In the most recent spate of clips from the upcoming comedy/bromance, we get a sense that the apocalypse may not be so terrible after all, at least at first. Seth Rogen lists what five guys hunkered down for endtimes have to share. He reads off:  beer, liquor, ecstasy pills, weed, a porno mag,  and a revolver, among other things. Oh, and water. And steak. That should be fine, right?  Sounds like what most of us bring on an average camping trip.

‘The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug’ Trailer Is All Kinds of Badass (VIDEO)

How's About Some Dragon?

Well, we know where we'll be in December: freezing our asses off in line for the next Middle Earth installment, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug. Warner Brothers dropped the official trailer today and it looks all kinds of badass.

It begins with that question we've all been dying to ask Peter Jackson, 'Where does your journey end?' (The answer: Two freaking Christmases from now when the final installment hits theaters.)  No matter, in the meantime we get to see some Dwarves riding in barrels, a pissed-off Legolas, and -- holy crap, a dragon -- yeah, a dragon. While we're probably not going to see this dragon get his due this year, we're definitely going to see old Smaug fly and shoot flames and all of that stuff that inspires man-childlike wonderment.

This trailer gets bonus points for showing us a little more of that lady-warrior elf, Tauriel, played by Evangeline Lilly. Since she's not in the books, we have absolutely no idea whether or not we'll be cringing through her scenes or cheering her on. We get the hint that it will be mostly cheering, if for no other reason than she's the only female character in the movie.

The Egotastic! E3 Extravaganza: Halo 5 Teaser Trailer is as Awesome as it is… Sandy (VIDEO)

E3 2013 Halo 5 Trailer
Who really thought he'd miss the Xbox One party?

First and foremost, there’s nary a whiff of gameplay to be seen here. It’s a simple slice of cinematic goodness, serving mainly to remind us of the wallet-plundering power of Halo.

It’s a series with such cachet (and when you have enough cachet to warrant the use of terms like 'cachet' and/or other pompous prick-ery, you’ve got a whole lot of cachet right there) that we were treated to the special scene above, and E3-attendee excitement ensued.

An unknown dude dicks about in a cloak in a sandstorm, only for a spacecraft’s ‘tailwind’ to blow back his hood and reveal Master Chief’s iconic helmet --not in a ‘penis' sense, that's not where they were going with this at all-- in dramatic fashion. As a glorious chorus plays in the background, like he was some sort of messiah or the pizza guy or someone else of divine importance.

The Egotastic! E3 Extravaganza: Beating on Criminals and Cops Alike in the Latest Trailer from ‘Watch Dogs’ (VIDEO)

E3 2013 Watch Dogs Trailer
Another dispute about ownership of a crap scarf turns nasty.

The more we see of Ubisoft’s much-ballyhooed Watch Dogs, the more Batman-esque the whole affair seems. As we’ve seen previously, Aiden Pearce has his own itinerary and methods of pursuing his unique brand of high-velocity-ballistics-to-the-manplums justice in the city. With his unprecedented access and hacking abilities, and his reckless lack of regard for anyone else’s personal property and/or personal space, he’s as much of a menace to the authorities as to the bad dudes. Whether he’s pummeling your face right in the face or checking out your porntacular internet history (“Horses? Really? What the shit?”), nobody is safe when Aiden’s about.

That gray area between sun shines out of my buttcrack, apprehend that human trafficker good guy and homicidal crazy bastard is always a pleasing middle ground to occupy. On the anniversary of its first appearance (the game was unveiled at E3 2012), then, Watch Dogs brings us that very thing with its latest theatrical trailer. Behold!

We Didn’t Start The Viral: A Look at Videos That Went Viral in the Last 8 Years (VIDEO)

Some of This is Pure Crap

It all starts with someone telling their friends, family, and anyone who'll listen about how awesome or hot or disgusting a video is. The people told tell their respective networks, and before they know it, the whole thing explodes all over the world and the video has a million and one views (and counting) by the end of the hour.

That's the power of going viral, folks, and it's not something you can force or easily predict.

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