Monthly Archives: August 2017
How Does Marvel’s Hydra Cap Story End?
Marvel's Secret Empire crossover wrapped up today as the Avengers made their final stand against Hydra Supreme Steve Rogers.
Warning: this article contains spoilers for Secret Empire #10!
While Steve Rogers was drastically outnumbered as the final battle began in this issue, his Cosmic Cube-powered armor more than evened the odds. Steve quickly triumphed over his foes and used his near-limitless power to remake reality, creating a new world where Hydra remained in power throughout the 20th Century.
Game of Thrones: How the Cast Supported One Another in the Dragonpit
Warning: Spoilers for the Game of Thrones: Season 7 finale, "The Dragon and the Wolf."
Game of Thrones' Season 7 finale was the longest episode of the show to date, mostly because of an extended sequence that brought a dozen major characters to King's Landing for an attempt at truce in the city's old Dragonpit.
Powerful players like Daenerys (who entered on Drogon), Jon Snow, Cersei, Jaime, The Hound, Brienne, Euron, and many more gathered for a reunion of friends, enemies, and frenemies in shoot that director Jeremy Podeswa described to us as "very very challenging."
Cex: Customer Data Stolen in Online Breach
Second-hand games and gadget retailer Cex has reported that a breach of their online security has resulted in customer data being stolen, potentially affecting up to two million customers.
As reported by the BBC, Cex is calling it a "sophisticated breach" stressing that this affects online account holders, while clarifying that in-store data has not been affected. Compromised data includes names, address, email addresses, phone numbers and some credit card information, although credit card data has not been stored since 2009, meaning that most of these cards will have expired by now.
The Walking Dead: Our World is Pokemon Go, With Zombies
In addition to Robert Kirkman's original much-loved comic book series, two TV shows, and a well-received episodic video game adaptation courtesy of Telltale Games, it appears that the world of The Walking Dead will soon be expanding in something of an unexpected direction with the introduction of a new augmented-reality game for iOS and Android.
Details are still hazy, other than an announcement video which you can see below:
Although the trailer doesn't showcase any gameplay details and should be considered a concept more than anything, it does appear that The Walking Dead: Our World will share Pokemon Go's reliance on location-based gameplay. During the trailer Rick, Daryl and Michonne - fan-favourites from the AMC TV show - appear to provide assistance although it isn't made clear how this might be implemented in the game.
Marvel’s Inhumans Has a Unique Way for Black Bolt to Speak
If there's one thing you need to know about Inhumans King Black Bolt heading into the series premiere of Marvel's Inhumans, it's that his voice is his superpower in the worst way possible. One word from Black Bolt can level a city, destroy an army or, worse, kill someone close to him. That's why it is his superhero burden to never, ever speak.
Black Bolt's inability to speak due to his power creates great dramatic tension in comic books when the audience can live inside of the character's mind, but is a bit more challenging to convey on a TV show. As the leader of the Inhuman Royal Family that lives in the city of Attilan on the dark side of the moon, TV show Black Bolt needs to be able to communicate with more than just strong eye contact. Anson Mount took on the role of the leader of the Royal Family knowing he would never speak a word as his character, but the series did have a different approach to allowing him to communicate.
PS Plus Games Announced for September 2017
Update: Sony has released a revised list of free games coming to PS Plus next month, removing Monster Jam Battlegrounds, Hustle Kings, Hue, and Sky Force Anniversary from the list.
Four more games have been added in their places, viewable in the list below:
Original story follows:
September 2017's list of free PlayStation Plus games has been revealed, with Infamous: Second Son and Strike Vector Ex headlining the list.
Check out the full list of free games, via PlayStation Blog, along with what platforms they are available on below:
Wrestling Wrap Up: John Cena Just Owned Roman Reigns
You all saw that, right? The heated shoot-style segment on RAW wherein John Cena, with all his veteran superhero promos skillz, ferociously tucked Roman Reigns into bed and gave him a savage pat on the forehead, wishing him good dreams and a peaceful rest?
Now, word has it that, as loosey goosey and off-the-cuff as it felt - oh, and there were moments of improv for sure - it was all scripted to feel real and organic. It was basically a "controlled burn." Not to say that there were parts that didn't come from real, genuine places, but in the end it all came from a script.
17 Games Highlighted in Today’s Switch Showcase
Nintendo’s latest Switch Nindies Showcase featured 20 games announced, dated, or detailed for the Switch throughout the rest of 2017 and into early 2018.
IGN has already highlighted the reveals of Shovel Knight: King of Cards, Kentucky Route Zero: TV Edition, and No More Heroes: Travis Strikes Again.
No More Heroes for Switch Officially Revealed
After teasing the project earlier this year, Nintendo and Suda51 have officially revealed Travis Strikes Again, the latest No More Heroes entry coming to the Nintendo Switch exclusively in 2018.
Unveiled as part of today's Switch Nindies Showcase, Travis Strikes Again features the No More Heroes star being confronted in his trailer by TKTK, only to be pulled into the game he was playing — Hotline Miami.
A partnership between developer Grasshopper Manufacture and various indie developers will delve into six different games and beat their respective bosses.
Suda51 teased Travis' return — as wel las the game's subtitle — during the Switch reveal event earlier this year.
Terry Pratchett’s Unfinished Works Destroyed By Steamroller
All remaining unfinished novels by the late author Terry Pratchett have been destroyed by steamroller - at his specific request.
Pratchett, diagnosed with Alzheimer's in 2007, continued to write, increasingly with assistance from other writers, up until his death in 2015. He made a specific request, as relayed by his friend and fellow author Neil Gaiman, that anything he was working on at the time of his death should be "put in the middle of the road . . . and
a steamroller to steamroll over them all".
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