Monthly Archives: April 2015
Daredevil’s Kingpin Wants to Kick Spidey’s Butt
Daredevil, the first Marvel/Netflix series, is hitting on April 10, and in advance of the show’s debut we sat down with the Kingpin of crime himself, Vincent D'Onofrio, to talk about this new aspect at the MCU.
We Won't See Daredevil in Captain America: Civil War
One fun item that came up during out chat with D'Onofrio was concerning Spider-Man, who recently joined the Marvel Cinematic Universe and therefore can now theoretically face off against Wilson Fisk, a.k.a. the Kingpin. A frequent enemy of both Daredevil’s and Spidey’s (Fisk’s first appearance was actually in The Amazing Spider-Man #50), Kingpin’s big-screen rights were previously held by Fox (which also had Daredevil before the rights reverted to Marvel in 2012). But now that Marvel can use Spidey as well as Kingpin, a match-up would seem to be inevitable.
Another Amiibo Goes Retailer Exclusive
Nintendo's Jigglypuff amiibo will be exclusive to Target's online store in North America.
According to a listing on the retailer's website, the NFC-enabled pink figurine can only be purchased through Target, and will not be sold in stores. You can put in your pre-order right now, with an expected ship date of "on or near" May 29.
During last night's Nintendo Direct, the company announced that the next wave of Super Smash Bros. amiibo is coming in May. This upcoming batch includes Robin, Lucina, Wario, Pac-Man, Charizard, and Ness, who we discovered will be exclusive to GameStop.
New, Quirky Indie Platformer Aims to Tackle Prejudice
Butcherlab has announced quirky indie platformer Theo and Lizzy.
Players take up the role of Theo, a young man who comes from a family of ground-dwellers. Unfortunately for Theo, the most important person in his life, Lizzy, doesn’t live on the ground, she lives on the ceiling.
“Lizzy
a young woman,” reads the presser, “whom, like all her friends and family, lives on the ceiling. This is how it has always been. That was until Theo found out he was able to do something very special indeed...”
In a nutshell, Theo and Lizzy is a story of love and prejudice: two starry-eyed lovers, each of whom come from different backgrounds on a quest to be together in spite of their family’s wishes. Think Romeo and Juliet mixed with elements of the novel Noughts & Crosses, only a platformer, with lots of running on ceilings.
NASA Finds Further Evidence That Ancient Mars Was Habitable for Life
NASA's Curiosity rover has found further evidence that ancient Mars was habitable for life with the first detection of a biologically friendly form of nitrogen on its surface.
The science team used Curiosity’s Sample Analysis at Mars (SAM) instrument suite to detect the release of nitrogen compounds and nitric oxide gas by heating up soil samples taken from various sites. These include "Rocknest," along with "John Klein" and "Cumberland" Yellowknife Bay drill sites in Gale Crater.
The discovery adds to previous evidence that the crater and potential former lake site, Yellowknife Bay, may have hosted an ancient habitable environment containing the building blocks needed for life: fresh water, carbon and energy sources.
Comic Book Reviews for April 1, 2015
It's another huge week of comics as DC launched the prologue to their bigger summer event, Convergence, and Marvel to Uncanny Inhumans.
On the indie side of things, we got the next, long-awaited chapter of Squarriors, another issue of Black Science, and the cap to the second arc of Southern Bastards, which earned a rare near-perfect score.
Check out our reviews, then let us know your thoughts in the comments.
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Dirt 3 Complete Edition Hits Steam; All Dirt 3 PC Owners Get Free Upgrade
Codemasters has announced that Dirt 3 is finally headed to Steamworks and that all current Dirt 3 PC owners will get a free upgrade to the Complete Edition, which comes with all the post-release DLC.
DiRT 3 Complete Edition is now available on Steam & all DiRT 3 PC owners get a free upgrade! http://t.co/OM8EHifSF1 http://t.co/01CpQdp5sd
— DiRT (@dirtgame) April 1, 2015
“First up I want to say sorry for just how long it has taken to move Dirt 3 to Steamworks,” wrote Codemasters community manager Lee Williams on Steam.
Poltergeist Reboot Director Reports Disturbing Occurrences on Set
The director of the upcoming Poltergeist reboot is keeping the infamous 'Poltergeist curse' alive and well.
During a Reddit AMA (on, er, April 1), Gil Kenan said he and his crew experienced strange phenomena during shooting.
"The location for the house, during shooting, I chose because it had a strange and unnecessary field that the houses of this particular community were built around", wrote Kenan. "And we found - throughout production - that we had persistent and repeatable equipment field only on that strange plot of land.
"For instance, lights that could turn on anywhere else in the neighborhood would blow out the second you'd try to light them on this plot."
Hot Toys Nails A Killer Iron Man Figure
Hot Toys has done it again, unveiling an incredibly detailed 20-inch Iron Man figure.
The intricate design is based on Tony Stark's Mark XLIII suit, which will be all over the screen in Avengers: Age of Ultron.
Bucking the usual 1/6th scale trend, Hot Toys has built this Iron Man collectible at 1/4th scale, meaning it stands at a hulking 20 inches (49 centimetres).
That's assuming you don't pose him in any number of available heroic stances, thanks to the 40 points of articulation.
The movie-accurate figure features LED lights on the armour, removable parts, a fallen Ultron Sentry diorama base, and an interchangeable head, for your choice of Robert Downey Jr. or stoic Iron Man face.
NXT: Sasha Banks on the Women’s Division’s Popularity
With the city filled with wrestling fans from across the world, in town for WrestleMania, over 5000 people packed the Event Center at San Jose University on Friday night to see a special NXT live show - and to say the response was positive would be a huge understatement. Despite the late hour (the show began at 10pm and ended at 1am), the crowd was incredibly excited and engaged through the entire event and one of many chants throughout the night was “Better than Mania!” But arguably the match with the best and most enthusiastic feedback was the one between NXT women’s champion Sasha Banks and her current rival, Charlotte, as the two delivered a terrific performance, filled with exciting and impressive spots.
Here’s When You Can See the BvS Trailer
Holding out to see the Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice trailer? Be sure to catch a screening of Mad Max: Fury Road.
Collider is reporting that the trailer will premiere before Warner Bros.' upcoming dystopian action flick, due to hit theaters May 15. According to the publication, Warner is looking to distance the trailer from Marvel's The Avengers: Age of Ultron, which will be dominating the conversation at the beginning of the month.
The Batman v Superman trailer will mark the first time general audiences get a proper look at Zack Snyder's next Superman movie, besides the shaky cam footage briefly uploaded after last year's Comic-Con.