Everybody and their blogging dog, it would seem, stopped by the set of Ruben Fleischer’s upcoming pizza delivery comedy, 30 Minutes or Less , and came back with the same flavour of comments on his in-the-works Zombieland sequel. Here’s the Reader’s Digest version of their findings: There’s a draft of the script. It’s “amazing” but “needs work”. It’s early days yet and Fleischer may well direct another film first, though he’d be excited to move straight back to Zombieland . Because of the next film’s structure, and the way voice over is used, there’s space for a lot of flashbacks to bring out more backstory for the characters. He even dropped some hints about flash forwards, for some mysterious reason. The surviving principals of the first film will return. Fleischer will make the film in 3D and wants this to be native, in-camera 3D and not post-production stuff. You can mine for all of this stuff yourself at Shock , MTV , Cinema Blend , Movieweb et al.

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bgweber writes “There’s been a lot of discussion about whether games should adapt to the skills of players. However, most current techniques limit adaptation to parameter adjustment. But if the parameter adaptation is applied to procedural content generation, then new levels can be generated on-line in response to a player’s skill. In this adaptation of Infinite Mario (with source [.JAR]), new levels are generated based on the performance of the player. What other gameplay mechanics are open for adaptation when games adapt to the skills of specific players?”

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The other day, the BBC ran a TV cut of the Doctor Who At The Proms 2010. The Proms are a series of popular classical musical concerts that run during the summer, that air on BBC Radio and TV. Two years ago, they did a Doctor Who special, The Music Of The Spheres , with David Tennant on a prerecorded insert, and plenty of monsters on stage mucking about to the music. This year, Matt Smith did it in person. The performance also follows the tradition of the British pantomime, full of overblown performances, “I can’t hear you” shout outs and dragging audience members out from the crowd to participate. As he did in the scene below… Except this time, faced with eight year old Ellis, Matt Smith had to improvise heavily as Ellis was ahead of Smith much of the way. And gave him the kind of stare that would cause most to collapse in fear and dread. Do enjoy, it is very silly, very juvenile but absolutely hilarious. The show also starred Karen Gillen and Arthur Darvill, betten known as Amy and Rory Pond from the TV show. And a bnch of Daleks, Cybermen, Venice Vampires, Silurians and Judoon,

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I rather liked Going the Distance – but more on that later in the week, just ahead of its release this Friday, September 10th. For now, a contest by which you can win some rather nice themed bits and bobs: Three winners will get the Soundtrack, Flight Dopp Kit, Mens’ Moustache T Shirt, Ladie’s Map T Shirt, Mens’ San Fran Bound T Shirt, Ladies’ NY Bound T Shirt, Caps, Laundry Bag, Motion Pen, Man Tissues, Tattos and Coasters. One uberwinner will also get a ”Long distance romance Kit”, Dart Board Game and Weekend Bag. Just to make this postman-straining competition even more like The Gadget Show , here’s a picture of all of those prizes scattered across a white backdrop: Lots of prizes. So here’s the question Warner Bros. want to test you with: Going the Distance is directed by an Academy Award® -nominated documentary filmmaker, who makes her film directorial debut. Name the director. Send the answer to me via e-mail and include your address. The film is out this Friday, 10th September. I want to remind you of one  previous Bleeding Cool story that mentioned the film . Not that there’s an answer in there or anything. Nor on the film’s official Facebook page … Ahem. Going the Distance is © 2010 Warner Bros. Entertainment. All Rights Reserved

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