Monthly Archives: August 2015
Stephen Colbert Talks Dropping His Character for Late Show
"I will do my best to answer your questions in ways that do not destroy the jokes on my show," new Late Show host Stephen Colbert said at the top of a Q&A panel for the TCA Press Tour. Colbert, there to promote his debut as the new face of CBS late night on September 8th, then began to discuss the act of dropping his ultra-right wing Colbert Report parody character for his new high profile gig as David Letterman's successor.
"I promise you, if you're wondering who the real Stephen Colbert is, there's a supercut online of me laughing, me breaking character the entire time," Colbert remarked. "That's me. I'm laughing at our jokes. What I do with the show is we do the show for each other all day, and it's my job and my privilege and my responsibility to translate to you, the audience at home, what we already did for each other. That guy who can't stop laughing? That's the real Stephen Colbert. I can't wait for him to be the only guy you see."
App Store Update: August 11
Every day hundreds of new apps make their debut on the App Store, and hundreds more are updated or reduced in price. We have sifted through the noise and highlighted those select few that might be worth your attention.
Note: The prices and deals compiled below are accurate at the time we published this story, but all are subject to change.
Tap Sports Football – (Freemium)
Glu Games' Tap Sports brand gets applied to the NFL for the first time, and not a moment too soon! The new season's getting under way, after all.
Firefox Version 40 Adds Windows 10 Support, Improves Security
Mozilla has released a new version of Firefox that plays nice with Windows 10.
There's plenty to read up on in Firefox version 40.0's release notes, but the most notable implementations include Windows 10 support, as well as a few design changes to reflect the OS' own look and a way to preserve your search engine of choice, regardless of whether Firefox or Microsoft Edge is the default browser.
Other changes in the update improve upon the overall security, which includes the updates made to Firefox 39 that added more file protection.
WWE 2K16 Gallery Shows Off the Squared Circle of Life
New gameplay details for 2K's upcoming WWE 2K16 came out of Gamescom last week, including the news that the WWE 2K16's roster will top out at over 120 unique playable characters.
Among the playable characters are two versions of the T-800, the cybernetic organism played by Arnold Schwarzenegger in the 1984 Terminator and 1991 sequel Terminator 2: Judgment Day. The option to play as the Terminator in WWE 2K16 will be open for gamers who pre-order a copy before its October 27 release date.
Podcast: The Digigods get serious with discussions on Kurt Cobain and brownies
From their secluded home-theater compound, film critics Wade Major and Mark Keizer mix insightful commentary with irreverent banter, covering the latest DVD and Blu-ray news and new releases of the week, including studio, independent, television and special-interest titles.
Digigods Podcast, 08/11/15 (MP3) -- 32.6 MB
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Grow Home is Coming to PS4 Soon
Ubisoft has confirmed that Grow Home will soon be coming to PlayStation 4.
The game had been revealed in the leaked PS4 Vote to Play video, and last week Grow Home was listed on a Taiwanese games rating board for PS4, sparking rumors that it would soon be coming to Sony's system.
As part of the Vote to Play feautre, users will be able to vote for the game between August 13 and August 24 at 8:30 am PDT. Whichever game wins will be free for the whole of September.
Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture Has a Run Button
It turns out that Everybody's Gone to the Rapture does actually have a sprint button.
There have been complaints that the walking speed is too slow in The Chinese Room's latest game. However the company has confirmed that holding down the R2 button builds up to sprint speed over a couple of seconds.
A blog post from Dan Pinchbeck entitled "A few bumps on landing" on The Chinese Room's website details the reasons behind this.
Just a couple of weeks before the game went to final, there was an auto-sprint function where you would gradually ramp up speed if you kept moving. "The problem was, playtesters wanted to be able to trigger it themselves," writes Pinchbeck.
The Rising Thunder Alpha is Now Open to All
The Rising Thunder alpha is now open to everyone.
Here’s the tweet in case anyone thinks we’re making it up:
Network test success! As a result, Rising Thunder Alpha is now open to all. Sign up at http://t.co/20AiuuvbbJ +play immediately--no waiting!
— Rising Thunder (@RisingThunder) August 10, 2015
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The Walking Dead’s 25 Best Characters
Two things set The Walking Dead apart from most other zombie franchises - the large ensemble cast and the years-long, slowly unfolding storyline. At this point the Walking Dead cast is large enough to rival Game of Thrones, and just as prone to dying in tragic and horrific ways. Look for that trend to continue as AMC debuts the spinoff series Fear the Walking Dead later this month.
To celebrate that upcoming series, we've compiled a list of the 25 greatest Walking Dead characters - heroes and villains, living and dead. This list covers both the comic book and TV series, so beware of spoilers for both.
This is When the iPhone 6S Event is Likely to Be
Apple is expected to be hosting its fall media event on September 9, which will focus on the company's next iPhones.
This news is according to a Buzzfeed source, who says that the company is intending to hold the week during the week of September 7, with Wednesday September 9 being the most likely day.
Force Touch on iPhone 6S has recently been revealed, and we should expect shortcuts and faster actions across iOS. According to 9to5Mac, Force Touch on the iPhone is different to the function on the Apple Watch. It is designed to "skip existing lists of options or button presses."