Tag archive: Alice

American McGee's Alice is a PC game that came out in 2000 to mostly positive reviews. It was a little bit too straightforward in terms of its gameplay, but McGee's dark vision of Lewis Carroll's Wonderland was immediately captivating and ended up serving as an inspiration for thousands upon thousands of tattoo wearers. The game attracted a sizable number of die-hard fans who have been clamoring for a sequel ever since. That… Read More

Earlier this month you got to take a look at American McGee's upcoming Alice: Madness Returns in action with a gameplay trailer that showed off the nightmarish environments of the third-person action game's corrupted Wonderland. The latest trailer gives you some idea of how Alice's story fits into the defiled fairy tale realm. It also really, really wants to mess with your mind. There's not a lick of gameplay to be seen… Read More

The words “MySpace” and “genocide” don't often appear in the same sentence—usually it's just “stalking” or “school bomb threat”—but today social networking giant MySpace announced a partnership with humanitarian organization Oxfam and nearly two dozen bands to raise awareness of—and funds for—the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Sudan's Darfur region. The… Read More

In an aggressive new foray into bringing television content to broadband-enabled Internet users, America Online and Warner Brothers Domestic Cable Distribution have announced a free online video service which will offer thousands of episodes of older television programming via the Internet using a peer-to-peer file sharing network controlled by AOL. The new online offering, dubbed “In2TV,” will be available via AOL's… Read More

Akimbo's Internet-based video-on-demand service will be adding content from both Crown Media's Hallmark Channel library as well as the Outdoor Channel. Under the deal, family-friendly movies from Crown Media's basic-cable Hallmark Channel will be available to Akimbo subscribers, including titles like Alice in Wonderland and The 10th Kingdom. Akimbo CEO Joshua Goldman said “Long-time fans and first-time viewers alike… Read More

Quote from the HDTV guide: “ Buying a digital capable television is an exercise in frustration and anxiety. It's not unlike Alice's trip through the looking glass, surreal and inviting, with promises of digital nirvana and dead-end traps for the unwary consumer. This guide should help you cut through the confusing jargon and conflicting claims. What this guide is: A first step to understanding HDTV–as it is… Read More

Teaming up to offer the leading collection of digital music for kids, teens and families, Apple and Walt Disney Records today announced that the catalog of Walt Disney Records, including soundtracks from Disney's classic animated films and Disney/Pixar's computer-animated films, is now available exclusively on the iTunes Music Store through September 30th. A new "Disney" genre page within the iTunes Music Store will feature… Read More