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The appearance of Minecraft on the big screen has apparently unbalanced the humors of the world's youths, whose ecstatic outbursts at screenings are showering audiences with popcorn and cries of "chicken jockey!" At least two incidents have even ended with police intervention.A chicken jockey is a baby zombie riding a chicken, a rare occurrence in Minecraft. Thanks to TikTok and whatever it is that compels humans to engage in weird...
We’re less than two months away from the grand opening of Epic Universe, the brand-new park at the Universal Orlando Resort. Originally announced in 2019, the park, which joins the existing Universal Studios, Islands of Adventure, and Volcano Bay and is estimated to have cost over $7 billion, has been highly anticipated by theme park nerds like myself. And, as it turns out, the name is incredibly fitting. During a...
Donkey Kong Bananza may have intriguing implications for the Donkey Kong timeline, based on a leak for the ape’s upcoming Nintendo Switch 2 game. A piece of artwork apparently leaked by Nintendo of Korea, and then spotted by a poster on Resetera, indicates that another well-known Donkey Kong character heretofore unannounced for the game may appear in Bananza. And her appearance could imply that Donkey Kong Bananza is a prequel...
Until the other day, what I knew about Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 was that: It's a French RPG with some Persona-inspired flairIt's got turn-based combat with real-time mechanicsIt's coming out in April Based on the screenshots of forlorn young adults, I also expected a melodramatic story about a quest to save the world, but I realized recently that I'd never actually read the game's premise.It's more bonkers than I expected....
You wouldn't know it by looking at Animalkind, a cozy and colorful town-builder where you play as a cute little corgi driving a mech, but it got its start in a different genre altogether. The game about building houses for a bunch of adorable forest animals was originally a hardcore survival game.I met with Steven Jian, CEO of Uncommon Games, at GDC in March because I was curious how the...
The Netflix boost is a phenomenon so predictable that it should qualify as legitimate economic theory. It follows a simple pattern: Netflix releases a videogame adaptation, and the people who watch it want an excuse to linger in that world, causing related game sales to spike shortly afterwards.We saw it when Henry Cavill's Geralt performance drove a 554% increase in people tossing coins to their Witchers. It drove increases in...
The first "proper update" for everyone's favorite drug-dealing simulator Schedule I is now available in a Steam beta branch, where it will stay for a day or two for testing before it goes into full release.The update comes as Schedule I faces potential trouble from Drug Dealer Simulator publisher Movie Games SA, which has launched an investigation into possible copyright infringement. No action beyond the investigation has been taken on...
Nintendo uses a bitterant called denatonium benzoate applied to its Nintendo Switch cartridges to dissuade people from putting cartridges in their mouths. It’s a substance that tastes absolutely foul, often used in similar situations — to keep people from consuming things they shouldn’t be, like antifreeze. While a Nintendo Switch cartridge might not be poisonous, you could choke on it. Children, especially, are at risk; they put all sorts of...
A long-hidden piece of film history trivia has finally been uncovered. On April 5, New York Times visual investigator Aric Toler announced on Bluesky that he and British academic Alasdair Spark found the original photo that was doctored for the ending of Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining. Despite the fact that this photo is one of the most famous images from any horror movie, its actual origins, and the real-world location...
For those of us who grew up in the 1990s or early 2000s, A Goofy Movie was everywhere. Substitute teachers showed it during the last lazy days before summer vacation. Disney Channel played it during prime cartoon-watching hours. And friends loaded up the VHS tape during sleepovers. The 1995 blockbuster disappointment deserves the cult classic status it eventually attained: It has great music, heartfelt scenes, and a poignant message about...