Monthly Archives: April 2018
Pokemon: New Mythical Monster Zeraora Revealed
Excitement may be running high for Pokemon's forthcoming arrival on Switch, but the days of the 3DS iteration are not quite over yet, thanks to the announcement of a brand new mythical Pokemon for Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon - Zeraora, the Thunderclap Pokemon.
Originally announced on the Japanese Pokemon show Oha Suta, Zeraora is a pure Electric-type Pokemon, able to emit a powerful magnetic field from the pads on its hands and feet. Unlike other Electric types, it doesn't have an organ which generates electricity; rather it feeds on the electricity around it, storing it for future use.
Lucasfilm Unveils Solo: A Star Wars Story Product Line
The merchandise line for Solo: A Star Wars story has been revealed, and pre-orders for several items open today.
After revealing the first action figures based on the film in February, we now have a rundown of what will be available ahead of the film's release on May 25.
There's a gallery below, and lists of the available products - and their release dates - following that:
Available for pre-order from today:
- Solo: A Star Wars Story 3.75-inch Kessel Run Millennium Falcon vehicle by Hasbro ($99.99)
Solo Trailer Breakdown – Details You Might Have Missed
Han, Chewie and Lando are back alongside a larger focus on new faces in the latest trailer for Solo: A Star Wars Story, so IGN got a ragtag crew together to break down all the details frame by frame.
There’s a lot to get excited about, so watch the full breakdown in the video above or scroll through the slideshow below for our personal highlights.
That’s everything we found in the new Solo trailer. But there's more where that came from...
Where will Solo debut? At Cannes! Solo's major reshoots reportedly used the same script! And finally, here's why Donald Glover thinks Solo is like a "fun, Summer film!"
Revisiting Night in the Woods as an Allegory for the Millennial Condition
It's not often that you stare into the deep well of video games and find your own reflection staring back at you, but the first time I played Night in the Woods, I saw myself in Mae Borowski's nightmare eyes. From her snarky cynicism to her steadfast rejection of the world, I saw flaws in Mae that mirrored my own, but on a much larger scale, mirrored the overall sense of nihilism and defeat that characterises the millennial worldview. Mae, to me, became a representation of a generation of silenced voices, and of uncertain futures.
Ostensibly, Night in the Woods is a game about the intriguingly odd Mae Borowski returning to her hometown of Possum Springs after dropping out of college, but beneath its charming surface, it represents all the horrors of the postmodern millennial condition. It is a game unafraid of exploring the context of the world in which it takes place, drawing parallels between Mae's circumstances, and the financial and emotional struggles of the current generation of young people.
New Solo Poster Strikes a Familiar Pose
LucasFilm has unleashed a new theatrical poster for Solo: A Star Wars Story, in tandem with the latest Solo trailer.
The poster features star Alden Ehrenreich in a pose that should be extremely familiar to Star Wars fans, flanked by Solo’s high-profile supporting cast, including Donald Glover, Emilia Clarke, and Woody Harrelson.
The new Solo poster.
This artwork of Ehrenreich as Han Solo was previously glimpsed as part of a set of one-sheets based on several Solo characters. Those posters, however, were hit with plagiarism claims early last month. According to Disney those posters were created by “an outside vendor” and it was investigating the issue.
WrestleMania 34 Live Blog: Lock it in Here for Match Results and Reaction
You funfans ready for WrestleMania 34?
Keep it locked in here all night for the latest match results and reactions as Brock fights Roman, AJ battles Shinsuke, Asuka takes on Charlotte, Ronda Rousey debuts, and Daniel Bryan makes his triumphant return to the ring!
I'll be live-bloggin' all the action here (so bookmark, por favor) as well as live-tweeting over at @TheMattFowler (so follow, pretty please), keeping everyone up to date on all the hot happenings - for the next seven hours (sweet fancy moses).
Make sure to check out my WrestleMania 34 predictions piece here, as well as my recent chats with AJ Styles, The New Day, Nia Jax, and Baron Corbin.
Rick and Morty Meets Dungeons & Dragons This Summer
There's a new Rick and Morty comic in the works, and it features a crossover with one of the biggest fantasy franchise in the world. Oni Press and IDW Publishing are joining forces for a new miniseries that thrusts the Smith family into the world of Dungeons & Dragons.
Rick and Morty vs. Dungeons & Dragons will be co-written by fantasy novelist Patrick Rothfuss (The Name of the Wind) and D&D comic veteran Jim Zub and drawn by Troy Little (Hunter S. Thompson's Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas). The series will debut in August 2018.
Rick and Morty vs. Dungeons & Dragons art by Troy Little. (IDW Publishing/Oni Press)
Game of Thrones S8 Features Battle That Took 55 Nights to Shoot
The final season of Game of Thrones will feature a battle the likes of which TV has never seen before. Sure, there's been the Battle of the Bastards and the Loot Train Ambush, but all of those sequences will pale in comparison to what awaits fans when Season 8 premieres in 2019.
According to Watchers on the Wall, the cast and crew just wrapped a 55 consecutive night shoot of a massive battle. That length of time more than doubles the amount of time it took to film their previous large-scale action scenes.
A Quiet Place Has 2nd Biggest Domestic Opening of 2018
A Quiet Place had a fantastic opening weekend at the domestic box office, surpassing expectations with an estimated $50 million debut.
The critically-acclaimed horror film, directed by John Krasinski, not only placed first at the North American box office this weekend, it had the second biggest domestic debut of 2018. Black Panther is this year's current leader with $202 million.
A Quiet Place, which stars Krasinski and Emily Blunt, received a B+ CinemaScore from moviegoers. Given the film's reported $17 million production budget, Paramount is undoubtedly pleased with how the film has performs thus far.
PUBG Miramar Map Gets Release Month for Xbox One
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds' desert map Miramar make its way to Xbox One in May.
PUBG director Brendan Greene shared the news during a panel at PAX East, Polygon reports.
The popular battle royale shooter is currently in Xbox Game Preview and garnered over three million Xbox One players in less than a month after its launch this past December. By the end of January, PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds reached 4 million players on Xbox One.