Monthly Archives: October 2018
Netflix Has Cancelled Luke Cage
One week after Netflix pulled the plug on Marvel's Iron Fist, the streaming network has cancelled Luke Cage, IGN has confirmed.
"Unfortunately, Marvel’s Luke Cage will not return for a third season,” Netflix and Marvel said in a joint statement Friday. “Everyone at Marvel Television and Netflix is grateful to the dedicated showrunner, writers, cast and crew who brought Harlem’s Hero to life for the past two seasons, and to all the fans who have supported the series.”
The news comes the same day Netflix premiered Season 3 of Marvel's Daredevil, which has been earning rave reviews from critics. Luke Cage Season 2 didn't fare quite so well when it debuted back in June, with IGN noting that the season "never quite finds its footing over the course of its 13 episode run."
Netflix Has Cancelled Luke Cage
One week after Netflix pulled the plug on Marvel's Iron Fist, the streaming network has cancelled Luke Cage, IGN has confirmed.
"Unfortunately, Marvel’s Luke Cage will not return for a third season,” Netflix and Marvel said in a joint statement Friday. “Everyone at Marvel Television and Netflix is grateful to the dedicated showrunner, writers, cast and crew who brought Harlem’s Hero to life for the past two seasons, and to all the fans who have supported the series.”
The news comes the same day Netflix premiered Season 3 of Marvel's Daredevil, which has been earning rave reviews from critics. Luke Cage Season 2 didn't fare quite so well, with IGN noting that the series "never quite finds its footing over the course of its 13 episode run" when it premiered back in June.
Daredevil Season 3, Episode 9: “Revelations” Review
Warning: The following contains spoilers for Daredevil Season 3, Episode 9. If you need a refresher on where we left off, check out our review of Season 3, episode 8.
"You chose to hide the one thing that could have changed everything for me."
Once again, I have to say, I'm very pleasantly surprised at how increasingly great these middle chapters are. Even Season 1, the last season with full-tilt Fisk, didn't have the strongest midsection. These episodes are increasingly great, in fact. As in, Episode 8 is better than 7. Now Episode 9 stands taller than 8. Sure, it wraps up with the most cliffhanger-y ending so far, and that deflates the tires a touch, but "Revelations" is still really powerful all the way through. Most importantly, it makes me care about Nadeem.
In Wake of Red Dead 2 Crunch Discussion, Rockstar Office Now Explicitly Told Overtime Is Optional
Surrounding the controversy of Rockstar employees working mandatory 100-hour work weeks during the development of Red Dead Redemption 2, a UK-based office, Rockstar Lincoln, has decided to switch their system of mandatory overtime to voluntary, according to Kotaku.
Kotaku originally heard from six sources and was told differently from Rockstar's head of Publishing, Jenn Kolbe, that overtime was never mandatory, but was part of a system that involved requesting and scheduling overtime by bosses – but that employees could always say no.
In Wake of Red Dead 2 Crunch Discussion, Rockstar Office Now Explicitly Told Overtime Is Optional
Surrounding the controversy of Rockstar employees working mandatory 100-hour work weeks during the development of Red Dead Redemption 2, a UK-based office, Rockstar Lincoln, has decided to switch their system of mandatory overtime to voluntary, according to Kotaku.
Kotaku originally heard from six sources and was told differently from Rockstar's head of Publishing, Jenn Kolbe, that overtime was never mandatory, but was part of a system that involved requesting and scheduling overtime by bosses – but that employees could always say no.
10 Awesome Switch Games For Under $10
It’s payday and you just got paid! You’ve got a Nintendo Switch, and now it’s time to spend that money. You buy groceries, pay your phone bill, pay your rent, pay your internet bill, and now it’s time to ball out and buy some Switch games... with whatever money you got left.
Ten dollars. That’s... not a lot of money. But don’t worry! We’re gonna make it work. Here are the best 10 Nintendo Switch games you can buy for under ten bucks.
10. Bombing Busters
10 Awesome Switch Games For Under $10
It’s payday and you just got paid! You’ve got a Nintendo Switch, and now it’s time to spend that money. You buy groceries, pay your phone bill, pay your rent, pay your internet bill, and now it’s time to ball out and buy some Switch games... with whatever money you got left.
Ten dollars. That’s... not a lot of money. But don’t worry! We’re gonna make it work. Here are the best 10 Nintendo Switch games you can buy for under ten bucks.
10. Bombing Busters
EVE FPS Project Nova Is Shooting for the Stars, But It’s Not There Yet
Project Nova is more of a sequel to the doomed Dust-514 than I’d expected. The last EVE FPS was an insanely ambitious shooter that intertwined platforms, meaningfully shared a universe and, well, didn’t quite work. Laudably, even having to prematurely shut down that particular experiment hasn’t dissuaded developer CCP from trying again.
Even more laudably, the developer really wants to get that crossover appeal right, not just make a simple spin-off. Project Nova not only picks up on Dust’s story (it tells an ongoing tale of the elite clone troopers we were introduced to in the PS4 game), but aims, once again, to integrate with the always-fascinating EVE Online. Just not quite yet.
EVE FPS Project Nova Is Shooting for the Stars, But It’s Not There Yet
Project Nova is more of a sequel to the doomed Dust-514 than I’d expected. The last EVE FPS was an insanely ambitious shooter that intertwined platforms, meaningfully shared a universe and, well, didn’t quite work. Laudably, even having to prematurely shut down that particular experiment hasn’t dissuaded developer CCP from trying again.
Even more laudably, the developer really wants to get that crossover appeal right, not just make a simple spin-off. Project Nova not only picks up on Dust’s story (it tells an ongoing tale of the elite clone troopers we were introduced to in the PS4 game), but aims, once again, to integrate with the always-fascinating EVE Online. Just not quite yet.
Daredevil: Season 3 Finale Review
Warning: The following contains spoilers for Daredevil Season 3, Episode 13. If you need a refresher on where we left off, check out our review of Season 3, episode 12.
"Today was the happiest day of my life."
Well this is certainly a crazed, charged blaze of glory!
Daredevil vs. Bullseye vs. Kingpin? Are you kidding me?
All while Poindexter's trying to kill Vanessa and Matt keeps stopping him? This is pure malicious magic.
And bloody magic too. In fact, funny to note, as soon as you see both Fisk and Vanessa wearing sheer white (with that trademark rose as a final touch) you can almost smell that things are going to get messy. It seemed like either Vanessa was going to get killed, spilling her blood all over Fisk while she dies in his arms, or Fisk was going to kill someone else and get that sinister splatter all over him. Hell, he could've even spilled celebratory nuptial meatballs all over himself, but somehow that garb was going to get ruined. Fisk, at his most powerful, at the happiest he's ever been, was going to face tragedy.