Monthly Archives: October 2017

Destiny 2 Updates Coming With Seasons

Bungie explained how seasons will affect the way the game is updated going forward, and what that means for players.

During a TwitchCon panel, Bungie promised players can expect at least one big event per season, with four season planned per year.

While there is no big event for the first season of Destiny 2, Bungie did tease some future events, like the return of The Dawning.

Players will see a winter theme, matching the upcoming weather season in the northern hemisphere. The Tower will be decked out in a winter theme and players will be able to do things like throw snowballs and play hockey. The snowballs will extend beyond just the tower, so you'll be able to pelt enemies with snowballs, as well.

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Ranking Every Simpsons Treehouse of Horror

On Sunday, October 22, The Simpsons will air the 28th installment of the "Treehouse of Horror" series. Since Season 2, FOX has run one of these Halloween-related stories each fall. Early on, these stories were more directly horror-centric, but since then "Treehouse of Horror" has become something of a clearinghouse for stuff the writers can't do during a "regular" episode. And we love it.

In honor of this Halloween tradition, we've ranked of every single "Treehouse of Horror" episode. Some of them are great. Others… well, it's hard to bat a thousand over almost three decades. Read on for our full list...

"The Diving Bell and the Butterball" is the single-worst "Treehouse of Horror" segment ever, and it's not particularly close. It's essentially one long, profoundly unfunny fart joke. The final segment is an Avatar parody that, like Avatar, has not aged well.

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Podcast: 2017 Has Been a Huge Year for Horror Movies

Welcome back to the IGN Movies Podcast!

This week, Jim Vejvoda and Tom Jorgensen share their SPOILER-FREE reactions to Thor: Ragnarok, their thoughts on the new trailers for The New Mutants, Black Panther, and Star Wars: The Last Jedi, and also chime in on the latest buzz about Solo: A Star Wars Story and Detective Pikachu: The Movie.

The bulk of the episode, though, is spent discussing how horror movies have been such a box office force this year, from Stephen King's IT to Annabelle: Creation to Happy Death Day. Tom and Jim also reveal their personal favorite horror movies.

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NVC: Switch’s September Success and System Update

Welcooooooome back to Nintendo Voice Chat! It's the calm before the storm: we're just a week away from Super Mario Odyssey, can you believe it?

In Episode 378, a wild Andrew Goldfarb appears to chat about his adventure trying to capture an elusive Pokemon in Texas, Nintendo's hardware sales in September 2017, and of course update 4.0.0. Andrew joins Zach "Mr. Moiré" Ryan, Brian Altano, and Peer Schneider to break down many of the new games hitting Switch and 3DS this week and Sony's interesting new foray into indie games publishing, which includes bringing Tiny Metal to Nintendo Switch.

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Why Avengers Towers Isn’t in The Marvel Netflix Series

The Avengers Tower is a massive landmark in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, but it has not been seen in any of Marvel's Netflix shows, which all take place in New York City. According to Jeph Loeb, a co-executive producer of Marvel TV, Marvel has a reason for that.

Loeb and fellow co-executive producer Jim Chory were interviewed by Inverse recently, in which the two discussed Marvel TV's relationship with New York City. Loeb specifically addressed why the Avengers Tower, a focal point of the Marvel movies, has never shown up in any of the Netflix series.

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Kurt Angle Replacing Roman Reigns at WWE TLC

There's some BIG news coming out of WWE today, just two days out from the company's annual TLC (Tables, Ladders and Chairs) PPV this Sunday, October 22nd.

Kurt Angle will be returning to action at the PPV - replacing Roman Reigns in the main event, teaming with Seth Rollins and Dean Ambrose against Kane, Braun Strowman, The Miz, Sheamus, and Cesaro in a TLC Match.

That's right, not only is Kurt Angle apparently medically cleared to return to a WWE ring for the first time since 2006, but he's going to be a part of a giant, dangerous Tables, Ladders and Chairs Match.

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Marvel TV Boss on Postponing the Release of The Punisher

Marvel TV boss Jeph Loeb has shed light on the decision to delay the release of its Netflix series The Punisher.

In an interview with Inverse, Loeb said the choice to postpone The Punisher was due to the recent tragic events in Las Vegas. "This was a decision that we made specifically because it was a week after a horrible, horrible incident," he explained.

Loeb then went on to emphasize that the circumstances surrounding The Punisher's delay have not resulted in the series being altered. "It hasn't changed the television series, the show is not predominantly about gun violence, and in fact it shows you the problems that occur in that world," he said.

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This New Batman Story Is an Instant Classic

Sound the alarm: we just got an instant classic Batman story. A comic book that joins the ranks of Frank Miller and David Mazzucchelli’s Year One, Alan Moore and Brian Bolland’s The Killing Joke, and Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale’s The Long Halloween as one of the best Batman stories ever told. “The War of Jokes and Riddles,” written by Tom King with artists Mikel Janin and Clay Mann, is timeless, gorgeous, and adds a game-changing twist to the the Dark Knight mythos.

Now I won’t spoil the best bits, but be warned that I will be going over some plot details to explain just why this story is so unbelievably good.

Art by Mikel Janin. (DC Comics) Art by Mikel Janin. (DC Comics)

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