Monthly Archives: July 2015
Star Trek Beyond: Fast 6 Actor Reportedly Joins Cast
Joe Taslim is reportedly joining the cast of Star Trek Beyond.
According to THR, the actor and martial artist, who played a police officer in The Raid and a bad guy in Fast & Furious 6, will have a "key part" in Beyond. In fact, sources have told the outlet that his role will be opposite Idris Elba, who has been cast to play the film's villain.
Joe Taslim in The Raid
Chrysler Recalls 1.4 Million Vehicles Vulnerable to Remote Hacking
Chrysler has decided to recall nearly 1.4 million vehicles, following the news that many installed with the Uconnect feature are subject to remote hacking. Anyone that could gain access to the vehicle would be able to disable the breaks, cut the transmission, or take control of the steering.
The initial hack was developed by a couple of security researchers, who also helped the carmaker develop a patch, but Chrysler is now taking larger steps to ensure more car owners get the fix as soon as possible.
Puzzler Infinifactory Headed to PS4
Developer Zachtronics has announced that Infinifactory is coming to PlayStation 4 soon.
Infinifactory, a puzzle game about building factories, previously released on Early Access on Steam earlier this year, and saw a full PC release on June 30.
It is an open ended puzzle game where the elegance of your solution is just as important as actually solving the puzzle.
Sony's PLAY Summer Event is running at the moment, so keep an eye out for more games coming to PS4 soon.
Fans Riled Up Over Apocalypse and Space Jam 2
Download Keepin' it Reel, Episode 294!
Welcome back to Keepin' It Reel! In this week's podcast, Jim Vejvoda and Chris Carle bring you the latest in genre movie news.
This week's topics include our thoughts on X-Men: Apocalypse, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Suicide Squad, Star Wars: Episode VIII, Marvel's Spider-Man reboot, Ant-Man, SPECTRE, Space Jam 2, Minecraft, Pacific Rim 2, Captain America: Civil War, Thor: Ragnarok, and more.
Japanese Rice Farmers Create Star Wars Mural in Paddy
Rice farmers in Japan recently found a unique way to express their love of Star Wars.
Located in Inkadate Village in Japan's Aomori prefecture, a design team used computer software to map out a mural featuring BB-8, C-3PO, and R2D2 made entirely out of rice plants.
Once they had finalized the field's design, specially-marked reeds mapping out individual lines were placed in the paddy. Mental Floss reports that later, planters began sowing different types of rice plants to get the varied color effect that comprises the design.
Game of Thrones: What We Know About Season 6
Spoilers for all of HBO's Game of Thrones as well as some slight spoilers/speculations about Season 6...
Usually by this point in the summer, we know a lot more about the upcoming Game of Thrones season than we do right now. Firstly, we've always had the books to go by for story beats and big deaths. That's no longer the case. Also, we've usually gotten some for casting news and all we have right now are character listings. Plus, we've occasionally had, by this point, confirmation from executive producers D.B. Weiss and David Benioff about something regarding the new season. New locations, new characters, etc.
But Game of Thrones: Season 6 is truly proving to be uncharted territory. We even wrote up our first ever "What We Want from a Game of Thrones Season" feature for Season 6 because the story ahead is now a mystery to both book readers and non-book readers alike. The playing field has been leveled. We have no idea even if Game of Thrones will end with Season 7 (which Weiss and Benioff both seem to want) or with an extra Season 8 (as it seems HBO hopes). So there's really no telling when or how the story will begin wrapping up.
Black Sails’ Zach McGowan Joins The 100
Zach McGowan is joining the cast of The 100: Season 3 as a recurring character.
According to TheWrap, the Black Sails star will play opposite Eliza Taylor ("Clarke") as a rogue Grounder warrior name Roan. Aside from the fact that he "will stop at nothing to get what he wants," little else is known about the character.
Zach McGowan in Black Sails.
Fallout 4 Players Can Romance Companions
New Fallout 4 details were revealed at a Quakecon-exclusive demo today.
Up to 12 companions will be available to join players in the post-apocalyptic RPG.
Players will also be able romance those companions, regardless of gender.
Strangely, the dozen companions include Dogmeat and Codsworth, a canine and a Mr. Handy robot, respectively. Howard did not specify if players could actually romance the two non-human companions but it can be assumed that might not be the case.
IGN is interviewing Bethesda at Quakecon and we’ll be asking more about Fallout 4’s romance details.
In the meantime, check out our Fallout 4 live blog for more details from the demo, which will not be shown anywhere else.
Odin Sphere Leifthrasir Announced for North America
Odin Sphere Leifthrasir, a high definition remake of Vanillaware's PS2 classic action role-playing game, is coming to North America.
Altus announced the game earlier this week, confirming a release for Japan this coming January. We have since received confirmation that it will also be coming to the Americas in 2016.
Leifthrasir will feature redrawn art and enhanced graphics, as well as an upgraded combat system and improved role-playing mechanics. The game will be getting both a digital and physical release for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, and PlayStation Vita.
Madden 16’s Top Offensive Players Revealed
EA Sports has revealed the best offensive players in Madden NFL 16, announced the top five quarterbacks, running backs and wide receivers in regard to ratings.
Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers is the best quarterback in Madden NFL 16 with a 99 overall rating, followed by Tom Brady with a 97 and Drew Brees with a 95. Rounding out the top five is Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger with a 95 rating and Andrew Luck of the Indianapolis Colts with a 94.
In the backfield, Seattle Seahawks running back Marshawn Lynch tops the list in Madden NFL 16 with a 96 overall rating, while Adrian Peterson comes in second place with a 95. Jamaal Charles, DeMarco Murray and Le'Veon Bell basically tied for third place, as all three backs have a 94 rating.