“You know I’d gladly stand against the wall and be shot if it prevented a war.” So speaks Jeremy Irons’ Neville Chamberlain in an early but insightful scene during Netflix’s new pre-World War II thriller, Munich: The Edge of War. In the sequence, Irons’ British Prime Minister is doddering around a garden with his wife and new aide-de-camp, Hugh Legat (George MacKay). The doomed world leader appears both hopeful and hopelessly ineffectual....
A massive group of musicians has come together to create a wonderful big band medley of Mega Man 2’s boss battle music. It’s particularly special as Mega Man 2 has one of the best gaming soundtracks released. Matthew Gagliardo, primarily a trumpet player, arranged this medley, and it all came together splendidly. He blends the exciting pace of the soundtrack with a bombastic band to give the songs new energy. This medley was uploaded on his YouTube channel that features a lot of other video game covers for songs from Xenoblade Chronicles 2, The Legend of Zelda, and the Super Mario series....
Necromunda: Underhive Wars received a spotlight during this year’s Gamescom presentation with a trailer that revealed more detailed information about each of the factions and also confirmed the console release date. Although it was assumed to be the case, fans now know with certainty that the game will release on PC, PS4, and Xbox One on September 8th. Necromunda: Underhive Wars is a Warhammer 40K adjacent video game and markets itself as a tactical experience, and while that may be true the trailer sure makes it seem hectic....
EA files a trademark for Need for Speed Arena but while some fans hope for a new open-world racer, others have their fingers crossed for something completely different. When it was released back in 2015, Game Rant’s review of the Need for Speed reboot called it “a solid driving game,” but it’s also one that’s “non-essential.” Moreover, despite developer Ghost Games having created a title that would leave casual racing game fans “satisfied,” the Need for Speed reboot failed to “reinvent the wheel....
Move over Grinch, there is a new Christmas movie in town. Last month, Netflix released its original musical Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey after three years of production. Jingle Jangle was written and directed by David E. Talbert, a playwright, a novelist, and the director and producer behind two previous Christmas movies. His new musical is a definite standout, it unapologetically embraces the Christmas spirit, the nuances of emotional health, and the magic of childhood....
Now that Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 is official, hype for the much-anticipated video game can start building up. As is evident in the debut trailer for Black Ops 2, there are some major changes in store for the franchise that has often been criticized for being too cut-and-paste. The changes will not be exclusive to the single-player campaign, however, as gamers can expect Treyarch’s infamous Zombies mode to be back and better than ever this time around....
A strange new Apex Legends bug is launching players high into the sky on the new Olympus map. While some players found the glitch amusing at first, they quickly found out that falling back down to the map crashed the entire game. While Apex Legends was one of the most popular battle royal titles of the year, bugs in the game remain a common occurrence. This is especially true on Olympus, as recent bugs have ranged from players falling through the map to causing pathfinders to fly around like a boomerang....
Former Bungie composer Marty O’Donnell reveals new details on Bungie’s canceled mythical fantasy action game Gypsum including a playable Minotaur character and third person perspective. Bungie is a studio that is known for perfecting first person style games, having developed recognizable and successful franchises like Myst, Halo, and most recently Destiny. Prior to all the success with Microsoft and the Halo franchise, the studio prepared to go down a different road entirely, shifting focus to a third person action game set to combine fantasy and mythology....
Netflix’s list of new releases for March 2022 is packed with just about everything a streaming enthusiast might need. This month sees the usual arrival of Netflix original offerings. The big draw is undoubtedly the premiere of Bridgerton season 2 on March 25. Say what you will about the beloved period drama, but more corgis in the world is never a bad thing. Also arriving in March are He-Man and the Masters of the Universe season 2 (March 3), Big Mouth spinoff Human Resources (March 18), and Toni Collette mystery series Pieces of Her (March 9)....
Encountering bugs in a game can be pretty annoying, but bugs in multiplayer competitive games make things worse. However, having an opponent exploit those bugs to gain an unfair advantage in the competition is one of the most frustrating things for a gamer. That’s what certain Overwatch players have been facing of late. Reports have been coming in of a bug that has made the hero shooter almost unplayable due to certain players using it to annoy their opponents....
Street Fighter has teamed up with wrestling promotion AEW to release just 250 of what is a very cool, but very limited edition t-shirt. The crossover area on the Venn diagram between professional wrestling and video games is a big one. That’s despite WWE 2K20’s attempts to undo that relationship by what fans in both worlds consider to be one of the worst wrestling games in recent history. As for the positive side of that relationship, there are a number of wrestlers with gaming channels on Twitch and Mixer, including AJ Styles, Ember Moon, and Kenny Omega....
Video game pop culture has thrown us a ton of ninja warriors over the years, but only two stand head and shoulders above the rest as the most iconic - Ryu Hayabusa from the Ninja Gaiden series, and Joe Musashi from the Shinobi franchise! If these two stealth assassins ever bumped into one another, it’s a fair bet there would be some rivalry. In a showdown between both warriors, which one would win?...
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time is a critically-acclaimed adventure that the gaming community still swears by. From its unforgiving Water Temple - dubbed as the best dungeon - to its gift of baby Epona, Ocarina of Time is timeless. However, its progress through console generations was not without difficulty. When Nintendo was developing the game for the 3DS handheld, a few changes were made, differing from its Nintendo 64 counterpart....
Despite being nearly three years old, Splatoon 2 is about to receive a new update. More just a balance patch than anything, it’s still surprising to see Nintendo announce that players should keep an eye out for an incoming fix. You’d think the game would be as polished as possible ever since Nintendo stopped hosting Splatfests, but I suppose not. While the official patch notes haven’t been released in English, a rough translation (courtesy of Twitter user Diam) notes a bunch of tweaking to different weapon parameters....
Ever since its divisive release back in 2016, No Man’s Sky has spent years attempting to retool its experience into the ambitious vision it initially promised fans in the build-up to release. In turn, it’s managed to win over a significant and passionate playerbase, adding base building, cooperative play, VR support, a third-person perspective, and much more. Today, players can access a brand new update that adds another fresh feature to the game, that being the ability to adopt aliens and bring them on intergalactic adventures....
It’s only been out for less than a day, but No Man’s Sky is already building a ton of buzz as players explore its vast universe. However, with an open world unlike anything gamers have seen before – one in which there are a near-infinite number of planets to name, explore, and salvage – some players might be looking for a little guidance. As with most games, there are things in No Man’s Sky that don’t make sense at first, but will eventually become clear once players progress....
Feel as if you’ve been playing more video games in 2020? It’s a good bet you have been, and your increased gaming activities have not gone unnoticed. According to a recent report titled 2020 Evolution of Entertainment published by the worldwide market research group NPD, “four of every five U.S. consumers [have] played a video game in the past six months.” As you probably guessed, the primary reason for this across-the-board increase in video game playing is the COVID-19 pandemic....
Old PSP batteries are exploding, so if you still have one of Sony’s handheld consoles tucked away in your attic, you’d better go check that it’s not about to cause a house fire. The words “PSP Battery” started trending on Japanese Twitter last weekend. Kotaku reports that multiple users were taking to social media to alert other PSP owners that their batteries were swelling up, cracking cases, and in some cases, even exploding....
Sony has just closed a deal with the incomparable Olivia Wilde to have her helm their upcoming female-led Marvel movie. Olivia Wilde, actress, director, champion for women and all around goddess, made her directorial debut last year with the whip-smart and raucously funny Booksmart. While there is little information on this new Sony project (we don’t even have a confirmation on which fantastic female character this movie will focus on), one thing we do know so far—this feature is female....
As an actor, Ray Liotta could look into the eyes of the most coldblooded sociopath and find the glimmer of mirth needed to transmit a familiar character to the screen. Someone the audience can identify with, cheer on even as he does the most vile things, for the least redeemable reasons. Liotta will go down in motion picture history as one of the great character actors because he found fully realized people inside the most damaged goods....
