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New ‘In the Heart of the Sea’ Trailer Online!

by Eric Francisco

Moby Dick is one of the greatest American novels I’m ashamed to say I barely remember. I was half-asleep that semester of sophomore English, and truth be told I was and still am a total idiot. At least now I have In the Heart of the Sea to look forward to!

Based on the book by Nathaniel Philbrick which in turn was based on the story that inspired Moby Dick and none of this is as convoluted as it sounds, In the Heart of the Sea is the newest biographical thriller (that’s a new one, thanks Wikipedia) from Oscar-winner Ron Howard. In the winter of 1820, the New England whaling ship the Essex was attacked by a big-ass whale. This event would later inspire Moby Dick, but In the Heart of the Sea follows the crew as they try to survive the aftermath. Shipwrecked, cold, hungry, and without wi-fi, they will be pushed to the limits and find out what it means to be human. Or something.

The film stars Chris Hemsworth, Benjamin Walker, Cillian Murphy, and Ben Whishaw as novelist Herman Melville, who if I had to guess might survive the ordeal.

The movie will be released in IMAX and theaters on March 13, 2015 from Warner Bros.

Is ‘Phantom Pain’ The Next Metal Gear Solid Game From Kojima?

by Shane O'Hare

During Spike’s VGAs there was a MYSTERIOUS trailer played for a new game called Phantom Pain, by a brand new and unheard of Moby Dick Studio. Well a few intrepid online sleuths have put the puzzle together and the evidence leads to it being the newest Metal Gear Solid game. Lets take a look at the trailer.

Pretty spooky. When I first watched it I pegged it for another horror shooter like F.E.A.R, but while doing some research I found some interesting clues. Someone pointed out online that the WhoIs lookup for the brand new and unknown Swedish game studio has its domain registered by a French woman living in Gibraltar. If you take a look at the WhoIs list you can see most of the registration is in French.

Another piece of the puzzle is that during the VGAs, Forbes reported that “Phantom Pain” isn’t even the right title and it is meant as a misdirection, and flat out say it is Kojima’s game. The CEO of Moby Dick Studio is named Joakim Mogren, if you pull a D’avinvi Code on that name, the first name spells out “Kojima”.

The internet is pretty much settled on this being Metal Gear Solid 5, and not Ground Zeroes, but a shot from the Ground Zeroes promotional images is an almost exact facial match.

But the real smoking gun is this image below. If you look at the Phantom Pain banner VERY closely you can see small faint letters and when you fill them out in MS-Paint you get this.