Pat’s Picks

If Blackhawk Down with aliens is a mash-up you’d like to see, then get your tickets now for Battle: Los Angeles.  Too often, studios try to make a popcorn, sci-fi actioner, only to blow it completely in spite of a giant effects budget (Skyline managed to piss off even easy-to-please genre fans).  But Battle: LA knows its wheelhouse and goes all out to deliver in that arena.  Shaky-cam firefights with extra-terrestrials on a convincing, battle-torn streetscape is money in my book, and I got all I could handle.  Aaron Eckhart does a nice job of anchoring the cast with his role as a square-jawed, veteran Staff Sergeant.  His chops as an actor come in handy when he sells a few...

Some good friends of mine invited me to do the voice of FDR in a trailer for their upcoming shooter, Dino D-Day, which will be released this March through Steam.  I love the faithful attention they put into the media and propaganda of the WWII era.  The conceit of the game is best encapsulated in two words: Nazi dinosaurs.  In this inspired alternate reality, Nazis have revived extinct raptors, T-Rexes, and other nasties, and trained and equipped them for battle.  I was able to play-test an early version of the game and loved the rush of trying to bring down a charging triceratops by pumping rounds into it with my Garand.  Look for Dino D-Day next month… the guys...