Monthly Archives: July 2016
Tragedy Strikes in Civil War II #3
The battles lines are drawn in the latest chapter of Marvel's Civil War II.
Warning: this article contains spoilers for Civil War II #3!
Issue #2 ended with the new Inhuman Ulysses having a vision of a terrible future where a rampaging Hulk killed the Avengers. In this follow-up, the Avengers, X-Men and Inhumans united to confront Bruce Banner and bring him into custody before disaster could strike. And even though Banner claimed to finally be free of his Hulk transformations, one Avenger decided not to take any chances. Believing Banner to be on verge of another Hulk-out, Hawkeye shot him dead with a gamma-tipped arrow.
New Hearthstone Hero Requires Friends to Unlock It
Hearthstone's new shaman hero is Morgl the Oracle, a cute little murloc. However you'll need to enlist the help of a friend to get him.
Blizzard has implemented a new Recruit a Friend scheme, and if you invite a friend to play Hearthstone and they reach 20 combined levels across all classes, Morgl will be unlocked.
Hearthstone's newest hero, Morgl
Plus, every player you recruit (up to four) will earn you a Classic card pack, and all your recruits will get one too.
Previous new heroes have had you level up a World of Warcraft character to unlock them, so this one is quite simple by comparison.
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JK Rowling Explains Why the Dursleys Hated Harry
JK Rowling has explained why the Dursleys hated Harry so much.
In a post over on Pottermore, Rowling explains that it all started when Vernon and Petunia were introduced to Lily’s boyfriend James Potter. At the time, Vernon was still digesting that Petunia’s sister was a “freak” witch, and Vernon struggled to accept that such people existed in his world of order and the mundane.
“James was amused by Vernon, and made the mistake of showing it,” writes Rowling.
After an argument erupted, "James (a little ashamed of himself) promised to make things up with Vernon at the earliest opportunity.”
Why We Love New Netflix Show Stranger Things
A new TV show that combines pretty much everything I love is hitting Netflix very soon, so I felt like it was my duty to urge you all to watch Stranger Things on July 15.
I’m a child of the 80s, and the show – from the minds of brothers Matt and Ross Duffer – takes much of what made the movies and TV of that era so great and creates something fresh, imaginative, and downright awesome.
Our full review can be read here, but if you want more of a teaser, here are five reasons why Stranger Things might just become your next Netflix obsession…
Set in 1983 in a small Indiana town, Stranger Things criss-crosses genres to combine horror, science-fiction and coming-of-age drama, with a few laughs thrown in for good measure. Following an intense game of Dungeons & Dragons with friends, a young boy disappears on his way home. At much the same time, a mysterious girl with a shaved head arrives in town. The two incidents appear to be linked, but the adults don’t have much success solving the mystery at the heart of the show, so it’s left to the kids to figure out what’s going on. To say more would be to spoil the show’s many surprises, but there are conspiracies, supernatural horrors, and twists and turns that pack a genuine emotional punch. Seriously – if you don’t cry when Peter Gabriel’s cover of Heroes plays mid-way through proceedings, there’s something wrong with you.
Forza 6 Gets Giant Truck, Tiny Microcar in New DLC
The latest DLC pack for Forza Motorsport 6, available now, brings with it two of the zaniest vehicles to hit the series to date: an enormous German racing truck and a tiny BMW bubble car.
As with previous months the July Turn 10 Select car pack features seven vehicles, all new to the Forza series, and will set us back $7 USD / GBP 5.59 / $9.35 AUD.
The new 1,080-horsepower, 5,500 kilogram 2015 Mercedes-Benz #24 Tankpool24 Racing Truck comes alongside a pocket-sized 1957 BMW Isetta 300 Export (this German-built version of the Italian microcar packs a 298cc, single-cylinder engine that boasts a walloping 13-horsepower).
Also included is the Indy 500-winning 1969 Ford Brawner Hawk III, a 2015 McLaren 570S Coupé, a 1980 Fiat 124 Sport Spider, the 2014 Chevrolet #4 ROAL Motorsport RML Cruze TC1 WTCC, and the 2014 Jaguar #14 Emil Frey GT3 Jaguar XK.
Olympics-Themed Retro Games Party Sprints Into Melbourne
Melbourne’s Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI) will play host to a special evening of Olympics-themed retro videogames on Saturday, July 23.
Dubbed RETROLYMPIAD the event will transform ACMI’s ‘Lightwell’ and ‘Cube’ spaces into a pop-up arcade boasting food, drinks, and retro sports video games from the '80s through to the 2000 Sydney Olympics. Games due to appear at the evening include the Epyx classic California Games, U.S. Gold’s Olympic Gold and Olympic Summer Games, Konami’s Track and Field II U.S. and International Track and Field, and even Dynamix’s Caveman Games.
Comedians Andy Matthews and Al Tremblay Birchall will be on hand to provide the evening’s opening ceremony and there’ll also be a live DJ set by the Midnight Juggernauts.
Pokemon Go May Become a Movie
Thanks to the incredible success of Pokemon Go (that has seen Nintendo's shares rise by 10 percent), Hollywood has renewed its interest in a live action Pokemon film.
Deadline reports that Legendary Pictures - the company behind The Dark Knight Trilogy and Warcraft - is close to securing a deal to land the rights, but nothing has been finalized yet.
We've known that Legendary has been chasing the franchise for some time, although Sony and Warner Bros. were also reportedly in the running back in April.
Pokemon Go iOS Update Causes Trainer Club Login Issues
Though Pokemon Go received its first update today on the iOS App Store, the changes to the game have also reportedly brought about a new bug preventing players from playing.
As noted by Motherboard, multiple Pokemon Go players in the game's Reddit community have begun posting that when they attempt to log in via their Trainer Club membership, Go is now locking them out of the app. Some users have noticed that the reported issue appears to stem from within the app rather than Go sending out an HTTP request and then failing to connect.
Marvel and Fox Team for X-Men TV Series
Fox and Marvel Television are teaming up for a new untitled X-Men TV project, and Burn Notice creator Matt Nix is on board to write the script.
The network has made a put pilot commitment for the new Marvel series, which indicates Fox is heavily invested in the project and means the show has a high chance of at least airing as a special if it does not go to series. Otherwise, Fox would pay a heavy penalty for not moving forward with the show. This new show appears to be replacing the previously announced Hellfire series — after the project lost its writers — as Variety has heard that project has been canceled.