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We've gotten our first look at Nicolas Cage as John Madden in the upcoming movie Madden, and I'm stoked. Not for the story or subject: I don't care much about football, I honestly haven't played much of the Madden games, and I mostly only know John Madden himself from the TV commercials he did for athlete's foot sprays and hardware stores.But Nicolas Cage playing him? Oh, I'm in. Day one,...
Microsoft's Build conference interrupted by renewed protests over its ties with the Israeli military
Microsoft is facing more pushback over its dealings with the Israeli military, as The Verge reports that the company's Build developer conference has been interrupted twice by protesters.The first incident occurred shortly after the start of CEO Satya Nadella's keynote on May 19, when firmware engineer and No Azure for Apartheid organizer Joe Lopez interrupted Nadella's speech to demand he "show them how Microsoft is killing Palestinians," according to a...
There’s a boss fight near the midpoint of Onimusha 2: Samurai’s Destiny that I genuinely did not think I’d be able to get through. Not due to any intended challenge or a jarring difficulty spike, but due to its 2002-ass design: fixed camera angles suddenly switching and changing my directional input mid fight; a huge impassible environmental obstacle just short enough for enemy projectiles to pass over; getting stunlocked by...
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When the How Often Do You Think About the Roman Empire? meme went viral in 2023, it may have felt like a passing joke — until it became clear that people really do think about it all the time. Ubisoft Mainz has capitalized on that obsession with its next historical city builder, Anno 117: Pax Romana, finally giving fans of the franchise something they’ve longed for: a chance to turn obsessing...
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Sephiroth ranks very high on the “cool” scale, and a huge reason for that is his ōdachi, the extra-long katana he wields, called the Masamune. He’s not the first Final Fantasy character to wield a sword that has this particular name, but he’s probably the most notable, not least because of a very infamous murder he commits with this sword at a key moment in the original FF7 (and also...
In Doom: The Dark Ages, you have a long list of weapons at your disposal, each gun with its own flavor. But regardless of whether we are talking about the Combat Shotgun or the Chainshot, you will always need ammo upgrades for them. Right after your Health and Shield capacity, ammo is one of the most important resources in Doom: The Dark Ages. It’s also one of the scarcest. Since...
Maelle is one of the strongest damage-dealers in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 — if you spec out her build properly, that is. With all of the weapons and pictos to choose from in Expedition 33, every playable character can be molded to fit whatever playstyle you need for the moment. You could turn Sciel into a tank, Lune into a glass cannon, or Monoco into….all sorts of things. While these...
[Ed. note: This piece contains spoilers for Dragon Ball Daima — especially the best bits.] I don’t know why my parents let me watch Dragon Ball Z when I was 6 years old — have you seen how brutal some of them fights get? — but I’ll always be grateful. Dragon Ball was my first major fandom, before I even knew what that word meant. And now, many years later,...
Netflix is about to mega evolve with more Pokémon content in June — just in time for fans who want to prep for Pokémon Legends: Z-A. According to What’s On Netflix, Pokémon the Series: XY and Kalos Quest will return on June 1 alongside XYZ — marking the first time the 19th season has been on the streaming platform. Pokémon the Series: XY was the 17th season of the long-running...
After years of development, HBO has finally released a teaser for its prequel series, It: Welcome To Derry, which will debut this fall. The series is developed by It and It: Chapter Two director/screenwriter duo Andy Muschietti and Barbara Muschietti, with Andy set to direct multiple episodes of the series. “Set in the world of Stephen King’s ‘IT’ universe, IT: WELCOME TO DERRY is based on King’s ‘IT’ novel and...