Monthly Archives: July 2019
HBO’s His Dark Materials: What You Need to Know
HBO's His Dark Materials has hit San Diego Comic-Con this weekend to get fans excited for the upcoming adaptation, so what better time to catch up on everything you need to know before diving into the highly anticipated series?
His Dark Materials is technically a fantasy series, sure, if you need to file it neatly on a shelf sorted by genre. But it’s also many other things: a coming of age story, a political epic, a cautionary tale about the failings of religion, and a dimension-hopping sci-fi adventure.
But most of all, it’s complex. Not in a convoluted plot or too many characters to remember sort of way, but in an emotional one. Fitting, one might argue, for a story that’s about to become HBO’s latest adaptation of a best-selling series of novels.
A Zelda: Wind Waker Village Has Been Found in Breath of the Wild
A player has discovered an area in The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild that’s an almost exact replication of an entire village from The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker.
As detailed by John from GameXplain (via Kotaku), the Lurelin Village location, which can be found in the south-east corner of Breath of the Wild’s world map, is a facsimile of Outset Island, the starting location in Wind Waker.
While the layout and style of the buildings would make it obvious to detail-obsessed Zelda fans, it is the very tall ladder that leads to a lookout platform that gives the game away.
Get the Best Virtual Reality Experience With These Headsets
Virtual Reality games have come a long way from being simply a collection of activities and tech demos. Nowadays VR titles include full-on games like Vader Immortal and Trover Saves the Universe. Of course, VR headsets have also improved over the years and we're fully into the second generation of virtual reality at this point.
The latest and greatest VR headsets make immersive, room-scale gaming is better (and more affordable) than ever. Better yet, there are plenty of fantastic options to go completely wireless. At this point you don't necessarily need a powerful gaming PC or PS4 to enjoy high-res, motion tracking VR anymore either. If you’re ready to dip your toe into the digital world, here are the best VR headsets you should buy.
Team Rocket for Pokemon Go Teased Again by Niantic
Pokemon Go developer Niantic has teased that Team Rocket may soon arrive in the mobile monster catching game via a hot air balloon.
Pokemon Go Fest is currently underway in Dortmund, Germany, and Eurogamer reports that a black hot air balloon - sporting a huge red R logo - was flown above the event.
Team Rocket has long been associated with hot air balloons, most notably in the Pokemon anime, where they frequently fly around in a Meowth-shaped balloon.
Alongside the balloon sightings, pictures taken at the Dortmund event with Pokemon Go’s AR mode show members of Team Rocket leaning into the picture. The same effect happened at last month’s Pokemon Go Fest event in Chicago.
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New Akira Anime Series Announced with New Movie from Akira Creator
Katsuhiro Otomo, the creator of the iconic manga and animated film, Akira, is set to produce a new anime series adaptation of the story.
Sunrise Inc. announced the project during a panel at the Los Angeles Anime Expo and, in addition to the new Akira animated series adaptation, a new film and an Otomo anthology were announced.
"Orbital Era," Otomo's newly-announced sci-fi action-adventure film, is set in the near future and will tell the story of a group of young boys who live on a space colony which is still being constructed. The plot revolves around their lives and their environment as they are "tossed around by fate." Orbital Era is currently in production, and Otomo is responsible for the original concept, screenplay, as well as design works and direction, with animation production by Sunrise Inc.
New Animated Pokemon Movie Revealed for 2020
At the end of the Pokemon: Mewtwo Strikes Back - Evolution premiere at Anime Expo 2019, a short post-credits teaser revealed that a new animated Pokemon movie is on the way in 2020.
The teaser showcased Pikachu in a forest in what looked like an animation style similar to Pokemon the Series: Sun & Moon with the 2020 reveal at the end. It was only a super short teaser though, so the actual movie’s animation could be in a different style. At the very least, we know the 2020 Pokemon movie won’t be done in CG like Pokemon: Mewtwo Strikes Back - Evolution. No other specific details were given.
Pokemon: Mewtwo Strikes Back - Evolution premieres in Japan on July 12. You can see how the change to CG transforms the first Pokemon movie in the video above. For more on Pokemon, be sure to check out the 22 things we learned about Pokemon Sword and Shield at E3 2019.
Let’s Talk About Nick Fury in Spider-Man: Far From Home
Warning: This article contains full spoilers for Spider-Man: Far From Home!
For even more on Spider-Man: Far From Home and the end credits scenes, check out our ending explained, ponder the many WTF questions we have about the film, dig into the movie's Easter eggs and cameos, and get the lowdown on Tom Holland's Marvel contract and just how many movies he has left as Spidey.
MAD Magazine To Stop Creating Monthly Original Content
MAD Magazine, the monthly satire published by DC Entertainment, will stop being sold on newsstands after this August, and new content for the magazine is being cancelled entirely. Future issues will be collections of previously published material.
The news comes after rumours of MAD Magazine being closed down entirely, but sources tell The Hollywood Reporter that the magazine will still continue, but only as a best-of collection of previously published material, rather than all-new issues each month. There will, however, be end-of-year specials that will be all-new material.
Stranger Things Season 3: Ending Explained
Warning: this article contains full spoilers for Stranger Things: Season 3! For more on Stranger Thing's ending, here's what happened to Hopper as well as our thoughts on who The American could be.
Another season of Stranger Things has arrived on Netflix. And needless to say, Season 3 shakes up the status quo in Hawkins, Indiana quite a bit, as the town's glitzy new shopping mall becomes ground zero in another battle between the real world and the monsters of the Upside Down.