Monthly Archives: April 2019
Shazam! End Credits Scene Explained
If you finally saw Shazam! -- now in its third weekend in release -- chances are you were wondering what the one after credits scene is all about. Read below for our first explainer!
FULL SPOILERS ahead for the post credits scene of Shazam! For more on Shazam!, check out our review and our explainer on the movie’s version of the Marvel family.
That final scene featuring Superman isn't the only DC character cameo at the end of Shazam!. The mid-end credits scene pays off an Easter egg planted earlier in the film by introducing viewers to Mister Mind, who is truly one of the strangest (and silliest) DC Comics supervillains ever. You might find yourself asking: Who was the caterpillar in Shazam?
Super Mario Odyssey and Breath of the Wild to Get Nintendo Labo VR Support
Super Mario Odyssey and The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild will both be getting free updates that will allow these titles to be played with Nintendo Labo VR.
Announced by Nintendo, these software updates will arrive on April 25, just a couple weeks after the launch of the Nintendo Labo VR Kit on April 12.
Experience 2 beloved games in new ways with the Toy-Con VR Goggles from the #NintendoLabo: VR Kit! https://t.co/be8xudP2PKpic.twitter.com/M0C6w59lIT
Dungeons & Dragons Announces D&D Live 2019: The Descent
The Dungeons & Dragons team at Wizards of the Coast have announced their 2019 reveal event, a follow-up to last year's Stream of Many Eyes, entitled D&D Live: The Descent.
The event, running from May 17-19, 2019, is centered around revealing the next adventure module for D&D 5th edition, as well as showcasing community creations and previewing additional D&D content. The entire event will be streamed on the official Dungeons & Dragons Twitch channel.
In addition to live gameplay sessions previewing the upcoming adventure, the weekend-long stream will feature appearances from guests such as actor (and huge D&D fan) Matthew Lillard, fantasy author Patrick Rothfuss, musical performances produced by The Decemberists' Chris Funk, and the casts of several popular D&D-themed podcasts and shows. Badges can be purchased starting April 9th, 2019, though they run in short supply and cost $300 USD. From the official announcement:
God of War Wins Best Game at BAFTA Game Awards 2019
The winners of the 2019 British Academy Game Awards have been announced, with God of War taking home Best Game, Music, Narrative and more.
The BAFTA event was hosted by Dara O’Briain at London’s Queen Elizabeth Hall. Other award winners include Return of the Obra Dinn for Artistic Achievement and Game Design, Fortnite for Evolving Game and more.
See the full list of winners below. Winners are marked in red.
Best Game
- Assassin's Creed Odyssey
Sarah Connor Says ‘I’ll Be Back’ in Terminator: Dark Fate
Paramount screened the first footage from Terminator: Dark Fate at CinemaCon on Thursday, revealing the return of Arnold Schwarzenegger as the T-800 and Linda Hamilton as Sarah Connor, as well as the first look at the movie’s new crop of heroes and villains in action. Dark Fate is a direct sequel to the first two James Cameron-directed Terminator films and ignores all subsequent sequels/reboots. (Cameron is a producer on Terminator: Dark Fate.)
During his introduction, director Tim Miller revealed that in Dark Fate, the Terminator’s new trick is that he can split in two so that he can be twice as deadly. The footage showed the film’s new bad guy T-1000 played by Gabriel Luna as well as the new good Terminator, played by Mackenzie Davis.
Netflix Can’t Kill Bear Grylls in New Choose Your Own Adventure Series
You vs. Wild is supported on many newer devices, including smart TVs, streaming media players, game consoles, and iOS devices running the latest version of the Netflix app. You vs. Wild will be available to binge on Netflix on Wednesday, April 10
Black Mirror: Bandersnatch - Netflix's first adult-oriented, live-action choose your own adventure movie - proved that interactive narratives could be effectively utilized for franchises outside of children's entertainment. Before Charlie Brooker's Black Mirror experiment came along, Netflix had successfully developed interactive family programming with titles like Puss in Books, Stretch Armstrong, and Buddy Thunderstruck. Now, wilderness guru Bear Grylls joins the streaming giant with his own unique take on the medium, called You vs. Wild.
Conker: Why Nintendo’s Most Controversial Game Is Still One of Its Greatest
Have you met Conker? Rare’s binge drinking and foul-mouthed anthropomorphic squirrel? He’s a handful and loves a skin full. Before Conker’s Bad Fur Day has even started, we watch Conker casually take a chainsaw to the N64 logo. It’s a sure sign of things to come. Conker’s Bad Fur Day may look like your typical cutesy platformer at first glance, but your typical platformers don’t usually contain graphic violence, sexual innuendos, drug abuse and LOADS of toilet humour. How many platformers have you played where the vast majority of problems are solved by urinating on things?
Conker’s Bad Fur Day is certainly not a game you would associate with Nintendo’s family-friendly image, but its unique charm, quality, and humor have cemented its reputation as a cult classic. Conker’s Bad Fur Day bares all the quality hallmarks of a AAA Nintendo game whilst also being one of the most quintessentially British video games ever released.
Stars of Game of Thrones and Press React to the Season 8 World Premiere
Last night, at New York's Radio City Music Hall, current and previous cast members of HBO's Game of Thrones gathered for the world premiere of the eighth and final season of the worldwide phenomenon.
While the first episode will not air until April 14, these lucky few who were in attendance were able to see the beginning of the end of Game of Thrones and share their initial, spoiler-free thoughts.
We thought it would be a great idea to gather a few to give you an inside look into the final premiere event for the series that began all the way back in 2011.
Emilia Clarke, Daenerys Targaryen herself, shared a few images from the premiere alongside a little message for her fans.
We’ve Seen Some of the Sonic the Hedgehog Movie
Paramount showed the first footage from the upcoming live-action Sonic the Hedgehog movie at CinemaCon today, revealing that the movie appears largely set in our world and not the futuristic world of the games and animated series.
Not only did the footage show the CG-animated Sonic in action and interacting with humans, it also revealed Jim Carrey as Doctor Robotnik -- yes, the movie seems to mostly refer to him as that rather than Doctor Eggman -- who doesn’t look as much like his game/cartoon counterpart as fans might expect. He's not particularly egg-shaped and he isn't bald (at least not in most of the footage shown, more on that below).
There were two pieces of footage shown, the first devoted mostly to Sonic and the other to Robotnik, with the latter sizzle reel cut as if it were Robotnik’s movie and not Sonic’s. The Sonic footage opened on a country road as James Marsden’s small town cop, Tom Wachowski, sits parked, his radar gun waiting to catch speeders. And that’s when -- whoosh! -- a blue streak zooms past. Tom can’t believe his eyes.
Ben Schwartz Really, Really Wants to Play DC’s Plastic Man
Ben Schwartz, known for playing Jean-Ralphio Saperstein in Parks and Rec and voicing Sonic the Hedgehog in the upcoming live-action film, would very much like to play DC’s Plastic Man.
In a Late Late Short associated with The Late Late Show with James Corden, Schwartz went through fan art, much of which depicted him as Plastic Man. He made it clear during this short that he’d like nothing more than to play the stretchy superhero.
The World Wide Web has a lot of Plastic Man fan art of me and it makes my heart smile. Also @TheRyanMcKee clearly didn’t look through the art beforehand. https://t.co/yOXESCz9TI