Monthly Archives: September 2015
Candy Company Katjes Unveils 3D Printed Gummies
German candy company Katjes has revealed its new 3D printer for gummies.
Named the Magic Candy Factory, the 3D printer is located at the Cafe Grün-Ohr in Berlin; Katjes claims that it is the first 3D printer for food available to the public.
According to 3dprint.com, the printer prints out strings of candy which, when layered, can create 3D shapes. Each 10-gram piece of candy takes around five minutes to print. Using an iPad interface to customise their candy, customers will be able to choose between 10 flavours and seven colours, with more coming soon.
Supergirl: Salem Actor Cast as Red Tornado
Salem and Peaky Blinders actor Iddo Goldberg has been cast as DC Comics' Red Tornado in Supergirl.
According to ComicBook.com, Goldberg will portray both Dr. T.O. Morrow, who creates the advanced android Red Tornado, and Red Tornado himself. While Red Tornado is designed as a U.S. Army super weapon, the robot becomes sentient and dangerous, with National City at risk.
Iddo Goldberg in Salem.
Pokemon Shuffle Now Available For iOS and Android
The Pokemon Company has launched Pokemon Shuffle Mobile on the iOS App Store and Google Play.
The match-three puzzle game is free on both platforms with in-game purchases available.
In Pokemon Shuffle, players deal damage against wild Pokemon by matching three or more Pokemon in a row. Players will clear stages by using Mega-Evolved Pokemon, levelling up their own Pokemon, and matching types with wild Pokemon; any wild Pokemon that are defeated can be caught. There are currently over 150 Pokemon available.
Microsoft Provides Free Copy of PCmover Express to Aid File Transfers
Moving from an older PC to a newer one can be a hassle, but Microsoft has taken steps to make the file transferring process easier for those moving to Windows 10.
The company is teaming up with Laplink Software, Inc. to offer a free download of Laplink's file transfer software, PCmover Express, to PC owners that are upgrading to a Windows 8.1 or Windows 10 machine that also want to bring their old files with them. The two companies have worked together in the past for a similar cause, but now support has been added for Microsoft's increasingly popular operating system.
Bourne 5 Has Found Its Villain
The next installment in the Bourne franchise has found its villain, as Vincent Cassel has been cast to play the antagonist who stirs up trouble for Matt Damon's Jason Bourne.
According to Variety, Cassel, who played Thomas Leroy in the critically-acclaimed Black Swan, will join Matt Damon's Jason Bourne as well as Alicia Vikander, Tommy Lee Jones and Julia Stiles, who returns to the series for another go.
Cassel in Black Swan
Amazon Will Not Take Pre-Orders on Next Wave of Amiibo
Online retailer Amazon is maintaining its release approach with the upcoming wave of Nintendo's Amiibo figurines.
In keeping with the system they've been working with, Amazon will not be taking pre-orders and will instead release them on launch day.
"We're going to be putting them up the day they launch (9/11/15). They'll go up during normal business hours," an Amazon representative clarified on Reddit (via My Nintendo News). "We've been pretty successful doing it this way for wave 4 and Palutena, so no reason to change what's working for us."
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Star Wars Rebels Season 1 Just Dropped $10
Star Wars Rebels is great (we gave it an 8.5), and the perfect thing to hold you over until The Force Awakens hits theaters. It's normally $40, but you can grab it for $30, a new low price.
Nintendo Voice Chat: Celebrating Super Mario Bros.
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IGN's Nintendo show is supercharged to suit your podcast needs. Art by Pandamusk.
IGN's Nintendo show returns with a special guest! Last week, USGamer's Editor-in-Chief Jeremy Parish joined host Jose Otero, Peer Schneider, and Kallie Plagge to discuss making stages in Super Mario Maker and the 30 year history behind Nintendo's biggest mascot. The crew also discusses the big news from PAX, including the announcement of a Shovel Knight amiibo and what that could mean for the future.
Penny Dreadful: Season 3 Adds Dr. Jekyll
Showtime's horror series Penny Dreadful will add Dr Henry Jekyll to its lineup of literary characters in Season 3.
Shazad Latif (Spooks, The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel) will play the famed character from Robert Louis Stevenson's book The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde.
Shazad Latif as Tariq Masood in BBC's Spooks.
Meanwhile, Patti LuPone, who last season guest-starred as Joan Clayton, the Cut-Wife who helped Vanessa along on her path in a flashback episode, will return as a series regular in the new role of Dr Seward, a therapist who treats Vanessa with an unconventional new approach. For now, it remains to be seen if LuPone is truly playing a completely different role or if, as seems likely, there will be a connection revealed between Seward and the Cut Wife.
App Store Update: September 1
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.
Age of Cavemen – (Freemium)
Multiplayer strategy battling taking place back in the era of Cro-Magnon men: