The votes are in, and Gary Busey is officially the “winner” of the Choose Your Hit contest (opens in new tab) – meaning you can take your one shot at hunting him down as of today. In Hitman (opens in new tab), I mean. Don’t try to kill him in …
Read More »Tomb Raider movie will be based on 2013 game reboot, says Alicia Vikander
Hollywood hasn’t had the best luck when it comes to video game movies, but one of the few times they got it right was with 2001’s Lara Croft: Tomb Raider. The combination of the games’ popularity and the casting of Angelina Jolie – who was just coming into her own …
Read More »How comedy in games succeeds and brutally, tragically fails
Comedy is a tough gig. Ask any touring comedian or comedy writer, even the wildly successful ones, and you’ll hear the same refrain: it’s hard to be funny on demand. It’s even tougher in games, in a lot of ways, because it’s not a medium that lends itself easily to …
Read More »What Carl Jung and Sigmund Freud would (probably) say about Pokemon Go
Gotta catch ‘em all! The chipper tag line has never felt more true as millions of people roam their towns playing Pokemon Go (opens in new tab). This particular game has some traits that explain how its moment of zeitgeist came to be. The new spin on a beloved franchise. …
Read More »Game of Thrones leads Emmy awards list with 23 nominations
The nominations for the 68th Primetime Emmy Awards were announced yesterday, and just like last year they were dominated by Game of Thrones (opens in new tab). The popular HBO show picked up an epic 23 nominations – just one shy of the record it set in 2015 – and …
Read More »Heres what happened in the new Star Wars: Rogue One trailer (if you want to know)
The Rogue One (opens in new tab) panel at Star Wars Celebration Europe revealed a whole host of exciting new details about the franchise’s first standalone movie, but the main thing everyone was waiting for was the new trailer. Unless you were lucky enough to be in the talk at …
Read More »Nintendo Classic Mini is a “standalone” system and wont get more games
That adorably tiny NES that comes with 30 games (opens in new tab) will remain with those 30 games for the rest of time, Nintendo has confirmed. the NES Classic Edition system will not be able to connect to the internet to download more games in the future, Virtual Console-style. …
Read More »Heres what its like to explore No Mans Sky
No Man’s Sky (opens in new tab) definitely looks cool, but the recurring question remains: “what do you actually do?” Sony and developer Hello Games have begun publishing a series of videos to lay out the complicated answer to that simple query, each focusing on one of the game’s four …
Read More »Another X-Men TV series is happening over at Fox
Plans for a small screen X-Men universe started last year when Fox and FX announced (opens in new tab) a double-whammy of mutant series in the works. Despite some enthusiastic comments (opens in new tab) from executive producer Bryan Singer, Hellfire has since been canned. The other show, Legion, stars …
Read More »Suicide Squad director on why he prefers villains to heroes: “They’re not bound by the normal rules”
One of the many reasons Suicide Squad (opens in new tab) is arguably 2016’s most intriguing comic book movie is the idea of heroic criminals. Guardians of the Galaxy didn’t really take that concept as far as they could – Rocket, Groot and co did the right thing for the …
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