Monthly Archives: January 2016
Friends Cast Paying Tribute to TV Director James Burrows
NBC will pay tribute to TV director James Burrows with a special in February that features the entire Friends cast.
Entertainment Weekly notes that Burrows has directed 1,000 episodes of television, including installments of Friends, Taxi and Cheers. As such, Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, Matthew Perry and David Schwimmer are on board to honor Burrows in the NBC special.
That said, don't necessarily expect a full reunion of the Friends cast per se. While everyone is scheduled to appear, it's unlikely they'll do so together.
"I’m hoping all six
will be in same room at same time, I’m not sure we can logistically can pull it off," said NBC executive Robert Greenblatt at the 2016 winter Television Critics Association press tour.
If Hannibal Ever Returns, It’ll Have “Quite a Change in Tone”
Hugh Dancy will soon be seen in Hulu’s The Path, teaming him with Aaron Paul (Breaking Bad) and Michelle Monaghan (True Detective) and executive producers Jason Katims and Jessica Goldberg (Friday Night Lights). I recently sat down with Dancy to discuss that series at the TCA (Television Critics Association) press tour and while I’ll have plenty more on that series before it debuts on March 30th, our conversation also turned to Dancy’s last series, Hannibal.
Hannibal executive producer Bryan Fuller has spoken about his hope for the show, which NBC cancelled last year, to continue in some form down the line and noted he has a specific plan for where the story would go next, after that notable Season 3 finale. I asked Dancy what he felt the chances were of that happening, along with what it was like filming the final scenes of the show and his thoughts on what motivated Will Graham to do what he did…
Fan Recreates GoldenEye in Unreal Engine 4
Many still have fond memories of dorm room split-screen matches and big weekend LAN parties, all centered around the granddaddy of console shooters: GoldenEye 007 for the Nintendo 64.
One fan didn't want to leave those memories in a 64-bit processor, so he rebuilt one of his favorite multiplayer maps from the classic Rare game in Unreal Engine 4.
Jude Wilson, who posted the video to YouTube, remade the map as part of an assignment for his Master's Degree. He says that he "tried to get it as realistic as possible, using the films interiors, props and lighting but, remaining true to the original game at the same time."
It doesn't seem to be playable in any form, much less replete with remote mines and Golden Guns, but it certainly brings back some memories for GoldenEye fans. It's a game that's survived the test of time, even making IGN's list of the top 100 games of all time.
Funko Launches DC-Themed Subscription Box
Funko has just added a DC-themed service called Legion of Collectors to its line of subscription boxes.
The first box is Batman v Superman themed, and will be filled with DC Funko products, including an exclusive Armored Batman Pop! vinyl figure. It's available to pre-order now, but set to ship in March.
Legion of Collectors boxes will ship every two months for $25 in the US and Canada, but will have a total value of over $50 per box. There are also two member levels available for subscribers – a monthly plan (Sidekick), and an annual plan (Hero).
Daily Deals: Twilight Princess With Amiibo, 20% Off Pre-Orders, Fallout 4 Discount
20% Off Any Game Pre-order From Amazon
Amazon just announced that it's giving Prime members 20% off any video game pre-order. This is a new, permanent benefit for Prime members, so it's a better time than ever to sign up for an Amazon Prime free trial - you'll also get free two day shipping and lots of streaming video options.
Add the game to your cart and proceed to checkout to see the discount. This 20% off also applies to collector's editions.
- Uncharted 4
$60$48
Tune In to The Colony After Show on IGN
Are you excited for the premiere of USA's newest drama Colony? Then don't miss the exclusive Colony After Show on IGN!
The latest sci-fi series from the creative minds of Carlton Cuse and Ryan J. Condal, Colony is set in the near future in Los Angeles almost a year after an extraterrestrial invasion left the United States -- and likely the world -- under a military occupation that separates cities into "Blocs" divided by skyscraper-high walls.
Will (Josh Holloway) and his wife Katie (Sarah Wayne Callies) were separated from their son when the takeover happened, and now find themselves doing whatever it takes to try to reunite their family with him, even if it means ending up on different sides of the fight against their Hosts.
You Can Scan the Shovel Knight Amiibo Through the Box
There's no need to free your Shovel Knight amiibo from its packaging to unlock its features. The amiibo can be scanned directly through the plastic, while remaining on its card.
This is different from Nintendo amiibo, where collector's need to decide whether to keep the figure in its pristine, factory-fresh condition, or use it to unlock features in compatible games. Some collectors will buy two of their favorites: one to use and one to collect, but this can get pretty expensive pretty quickly.
Nintendo amiibo come packaged with a small piece of foil that blocks the NFC reader from talking to the chip inside the figure. The Shovel Knight amiibo is the first amiibo licensed out by Nintendo to a third-party. The NFC disparity might have to do with the manufacturing companies behind the figures.
New Mini Mario Game Launched Through Amiibo in Japan
Nintendo has announced (via Nintendo World Report) that a brand new game, Mini Mario & Friends: Amiibo Challenge, will be released through an amiibo promotion.
Starting Jan. 28, buying amiibo figurines from select Japanese outlets will also get you a free promotional code for Mini Mario & Friends: Amiibo Challenge.
The new game appears to be in the style of the Mario and Donkey Kong series, with clockwork versions of famous Nintendo characters working their way through various puzzles and challenges.
Fantastic 4, Jupiter Ascending Earn Razzie Noms
Ahead of tomorrow's announcement of the Academy Award nominations, the Golden Raspberry (Razzie) Awards announced their nominees citing the worst movies and performances of 2015, and genre flops Fantastic Four and Jupiter Ascending earned several spots on their list alongside blockbuster Fifty Shades of Grey and two films from Adam Sandler.
Fantastic Four earned five nominations: Worst Picture, Worst Remake/Ripoff/Sequel, Worst Screen Combo, Worst Director, and Worst Screenplay.
But Fox's reboot of Marvel's First Family can take some solace in knowing that Jupiter Ascending, Pixels, Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2, and Fifty Shades of Grey all outdid it with six nominations apiece.
Modder Recreates Floating Bioshock Infinite City in Fallout 4
Bringing together two anachronistic, dystopian worlds in one, a modder has recreated Bioshock Infinite's city of Columbia in Fallout 4.
The modder in question, Girlplaysgame, used a mixture of Fallout 4's own settlement creation tools and her own Bioshock paintings mod to complete the effect. What's there is by no means a perfect recreation of Irrational's last game world, but it's eerily close in the ways that count.
Evidently, 99 percent of the settlement, first spotted by Eurogamer, is made from bog-standard Fallout 4 objects and tools. It's a testament not just to the tenacity of the modder, but the power of the game's creation tools when they're working properly.