Monthly Archives: September 2019
New Batman Creative Team on the Challenge of ‘Rebuilding’ Gotham City
DC Comics celebrated Batman Day by revealing the new creative team taking over the flagship Batman comic in January 2020. We had a chance to chat on the phone with new writer James Tynion IV and artist Tony Daniel and learn more about how a new year will bring new challenges for the Dark Knight and begin the difficult process of rebuilding Gotham City.
From how the fallout of "City of Bane" impacts Bruce Wayne and Gotham City to the possibility of a new costume, read on to find out what we learned from Tynion and Daniel.
Returning to the Batman Franchise
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PlayStation 5 Will Include Power Saving Feature to Tackle Climate Change
The PlayStation 5 will have an optional setting to slash the amount of power the next-generation console consumes in standby mode.
In a blog post, Sony announced it's working with the United Nations as part of its "Playing For The Planet" initiative, which aims to mobilise gamers to take an active role in combating climate change. Part of this effort involves partnered companies like PlayStation examining ways they can reduce their carbon footprint, and Sony is committing to working sustainable features into its new console's design.
"The next generation PlayStation console will include the possibility to suspend gameplay with much lower power consumption than PS4 (which we estimate can be achieved at around 0.5 W),” writes Jim Ryan, President and CEO of Sony Interactive Entertainment. “If just one million users enable this feature, it would save equivalent to the average electricity use of 1,000 US homes.”
PlayStation 5 Will Include Power Saving Feature to Tackle Climate Change
The PlayStation 5 will have an optional setting to slash the amount of power the next-generation console consumes in standby mode.
In a blog post, Sony announced it's working with the United Nations as part of its "Playing For The Planet" initiative, which aims to mobilise gamers to take an active role in combating climate change. Part of this effort involves partnered companies like PlayStation examining ways they can reduce their carbon footprint, and Sony is committing to working sustainable features into its new console's design.
"The next generation PlayStation console will include the possibility to suspend gameplay with much lower power consumption than PS4 (which we estimate can be achieved at around 0.5 W),” writes Jim Ryan, President and CEO of Sony Interactive Entertainment. “If just one million users enable this feature, it would save equivalent to the average electricity use of 1,000 US homes.”
Game of Thrones Wins Best Drama Emmy Award for Season 8
And now our watch has ended: Game of Thrones has won its final Emmy Award, taking home the prize for Best Drama at the 2019 Primetime Emmys ceremony, airing live from the Microsoft Theater in Downtown Los Angeles.
Game of Thrones led the 2019 Emmys race with a record-breaking 32 nominations, and had already won 10 Creative Arts Emmys leading into the Primetime Emmys ceremony, dominating below-the-line categories including casting, costumes, main title design, makeup, score, editing, sound editing, sound mixing, special visual effects, and stunt coordination.
Earlier in the night, Peter Dinklage won the Emmy for best supporting actor for his role as Tyrion Lannister, beating his castmates Nikolaj Coster-Waldau and Alfie Allen in the category. Supporting actress went to Ozark's Julia Garner, who beat GOT's Gwendoline Christie, Lena Headey, Sophie Turner, Maisie Williams, and Killing Eve's Fiona Shaw. Kit Harington lost out in the Lead Actor category to Pose's Billy Porter, while Emilia Clarke lost out on Lead Actress to Killing Eve's Jodie Comer.
Game of Thrones Wins Best Drama Emmy Award for Season 8
And now our watch has ended: Game of Thrones has won its final Emmy Award, taking home the prize for Best Drama at the 2019 Primetime Emmys ceremony, airing live from the Microsoft Theater in Downtown Los Angeles.
Game of Thrones led the 2019 Emmys race with a record-breaking 32 nominations, and had already won 10 Creative Arts Emmys leading into the Primetime Emmys ceremony, dominating below-the-line categories including casting, costumes, main title design, makeup, score, editing, sound editing, sound mixing, special visual effects, and stunt coordination.
Earlier in the night, Peter Dinklage won the Emmy for best supporting actor for his role as Tyrion Lannister, beating his castmates Nikolaj Coster-Waldau and Alfie Allen in the category. Supporting actress went to Ozark's Julia Garner, who beat GOT's Gwendoline Christie, Lena Headey, Sophie Turner, Maisie Williams, and Killing Eve's Fiona Shaw. Kit Harington lost out in the Lead Actor category to Pose's Billy Porter, while Emilia Clarke lost out on Lead Actress to Killing Eve's Jodie Comer.
Emmy Awards 2019: Full List of Winners
Despite a polarizing final season, HBO's Game of Thrones took home the award for Outstanding Drama Series at the 71st Primetime Emmy Awards. Star Peter Dinklage also grabbed a prize, his fourth win for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series. Which is not only a record for that category, but it still makes him the only Thrones star to win an Emmy acting award for the series.
The night's other big winner was Phoebe Waller-Bridge, who nabbed Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series and Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series for her acclaimed Amazon series Fleabag. Jodie Comer, of the Phoebe Waller-Bridge-produced series Killing Eve, won for Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series.
Emmy Awards 2019: Full List of Winners
Despite a polarizing final season, HBO's Game of Thrones took home the award for Outstanding Drama Series at the 71st Primetime Emmy Awards. Star Peter Dinklage also grabbed a prize, his fourth win for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series. Which is not only a record for that category, but it still makes him the only Thrones star to win an Emmy acting award for the series.
The night's other big winner was Phoebe Waller-Bridge, who nabbed Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series and Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series for her acclaimed Amazon series Fleabag. Jodie Comer, of the Phoebe Waller-Bridge-produced series Killing Eve, won for Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series.
Arkham Origins Dev, Comics Author Tease Cryptic Messages on Batman Day
Update:
Longtime Batman comics writer Scott Snyder tweeted out Sunday afternoon a notably less cryptic message than his counterparts at WB Montreal.
"Wait for it: #bewarethecourtofowls," Snyder's tweet read, quote-tweeting WB Montreal's original video tweet. Snyder's tweet has since been deleted.
Snyder is the author of such modern Batman arcs as the Court of Owls, City of Owls, Death in the Family, and many others. His Court of Owls arc is where Batman readers were first introduced to the shadowy group that seemingly runs all of Gotham City. His tweet seems to indicate that whatever project is coming from WB Montreal, it may involve the Court of Owls, though there has been no such confirmation from Snyder or WB Montreal at this time.