Posts Tagged ‘PotC’

Monday again. Yayyyyy. Let’s see what interested me…

Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands are battling for Captain Morgan. The Virgin Islands “promised nearly $3 billion in tax subsidies to the owner of Captain Morgan if it moves the rum-making operation to St. Croix” and on top of that, apparently this is also a race issue. Via The Washington Post

The Northern California Pirate Festival was over the weekend. They estimated 40,000 attendees, a good number of whom attempted to set the world record for the largest gathering of pirates. Via SFGate

Disney put out a press release for Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides. No more guessing about plots and whatnot. And the best news, Gibbs is back! WOOHOO! Via Live For Films

There’s a Pirates of the Burning Sea expansion coming out in August. For those of you who know this game ever existed, I was also totally thinking “Wow, that shit’s still alive?”. For those who never heard of it, it’s a Pirate themed MMORPG that went live when it should have stayed waaaaay beta. Maybe I’ll have to give it another shot. Via MMO Reviews

Under The Black Flag put out two articles on historical locations that played major roles in the Golden Age of Piracy. One article is about Nassau and the other is about the Bahamas. Both are interesting reads. Via Under The Black Flag here and here

The former USS Dexter was scuttled in Lake Michigan on Friday. The USS Dexter was that ship that sank the Canadian rum-runner I’m Alone back in 1929. Via The Vancouver Sun

The awesome photo in this post is by shapeshift.

First off, here’s a trailer for Armada of the Damned

And then, when you’ve finished watching that, you should read this article at Destructoid about the gameplay preview with added screenshots.

LiveForFilms has a number of pictures of the Queen Anne’s Revenge that will be featured in Pirates of the Caribbean 4: On Stranger Tides. The Queen Anne’s Revenge is the ship that Blackbeard Captained and then grounded off the coast of North Carolina. Head over to LiveForFilms for more images.

Sailor Jerry Day was Saturday. There’s screenings of Hori Smoku in Portland, Austin, and Los Angeles. If you’re in San Francisco you’re out of luck, the showings already passed for you. Via SailorJerry.com

Saturday was also International Cachaça Day. Celebrating the day that the Portuguese crown essentially banned Cachaça in Brazil. Obviously the ban didn’t work out so well. Via A Mountain Of Crushed Ice

Pirates of the Caribbean: Armada of the Damned is due out later this year. There’s a trailer for it that looks pretty cool actually. Kind of like Sid Meier’s Pirates! only more modern and based in the PotC universe. Good times. The cinematics look pretty sweet. Via GameTrailers.com

Hector Barbossa is back. Geoffrey Rush is coming back for a 4th time in Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides. Via Variety

Gemma Ward is also joining the Stranger Tides cast. She’s playing a mermaid apparently… which brings me back to that question of how sex works with merfolk. Some say the tail splits allowing for relations. Like the Starbucks logo. Via CourrierMail.com.au

Pirates of the Caribbean beds are being recalled. Apparently a 4 year old got his head stuck in what is, essentially, a toy chest built onto the bed and now the beds are being recalled because it’s an entrapment hazard. When did the parents of this country turn into giant cry-babies? If my head had gotten trapped in my toy chest as a child I would’ve been told to stop crying and be more careful. Via CPSC.gov