Sources: Polygon, Kotaku
But before Christopher Nolan signed on as the director of Interstellar, the director was none other than Steven Spielberg, who developed the story with Nolan’s screenwriter brother, Jonathan Nolan. Spielberg had been on the project for about a year when he moved his production…
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Stanley Kubrick marks a before-and-after in the history of cinema. Few directors have received as much acclaim in life and death, admired by peers and audiences alike. Kubrick might be the ultimate gateway filmmaker for cinephiles, a step beyond the delightful and accessible…
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Baldur’s Gate 3 will absolutely let you be a monster, if you’re so inclined. Slaughter a village, betray every companion, ascend as a vampire tyrant: Do those things, and the game will serve up plenty of deliciously unhinged dialogue options to match. But if you’re a dedicated…
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It was always going to be a strange year. There was a presumptive winner before the year even began: Grand Theft Auto 6. That remains the case, although, given Rockstar's apparent reticence to let anybody play it, we may be waiting until the eleventh hour for its assumed…
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Sometimes, a secondary character’s death might have a lasting impact on the story, or a main character might sacrifice themselves for a glorious cause. In almost every instance, major anime character deaths have a way of either dividing fanbases or bringing them together.…
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The way Rebel Wolves promoted The Blood of Dawnwalker and its myriad choices got me thinking: What does it really mean for your choices to matter in a video game? Typically, we think it's a good use of branching narratives when you have a properly big, dramatic effect on how…
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If that sounds like a gaming sin, know that I’m a product of my generation. Back in the 2000s, when GTA was on a PlayStation 2 hot streak, cheat codes were very much part of the experience. I didn’t know a single person growing up who played through a GTA story as intended.…
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Everybody loves a twisty paranoid thriller. The ‘70s embraced gritty conspiracy stories like Three Days of the Condor(1975) and Soylent Green (1973), while contemporary movies like Watcher (2022) and Coherence (2013) bring intriguing new ideas to the genre. Although the bulk of…
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Gothic stories have a long shelf life. First published hundreds of years ago and tackling numerous topics, the earliest gothic books and novellas are often packed with ambiance: old and creaky manors, moody weather, hauntings, romantic twists, and longing amid the stress of a…
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Created by Chris Carter, The X-Files was a 1990s series about two FBI agents named Fox Mulder (David Duchovny) and Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson) who investigate cases involving paranormal phenomena. In the season 4 episode “Home,” they are called to the small town of Home,…
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Fire Emblem loves looking back. Fire Emblem Awakening, the Nintendo 3DS title that rescued the franchise from permanent retirement, is packed with references to the series’ history: one character adopts the name Marth, another shouts the names of previous Fire Emblem games on…
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World War II epics tend to emphasize the overwhelming scale of the conflict. Allied forces storm the beaches of Normandy, tanks rumble across Europe, and in some cases, soldiers are just trying to get Matt Damon home. Naturally, Quentin Tarantino doesn’t take a conventional…
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Many people I know have played The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild; shockingly few have actually finished it. Every time I talk to a friend about it, I hear the same story: “I could take on Calamity Ganon whenever I want, but I’m not ready to be done with it.” Like a lot of…
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Firaxis Games and 2K announced the first expansion for Sid Meier's Civilization 7 during a PAX West panel. Titled Earthrise, the expansion will focus on the space race and civil engineering to combat natural disasters. Before then, free updates will add a whole new Age and more…
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Under investigation since 2019, Andrew ‘Mod Jed’ Lakeman could face three years in prison after crypto laundering half a million worth of in-game loot
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Usually playing the cheerleader for artificial intelligence, the Epic CEO seems to have cooled on the trend and regrets humoring NFTs
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Great action movies also have stakes that feel real. They break genre conventions, use fights to flesh out characters, and balance out frenetic action with quieter moments. With these factors in mind, here are seven R-rated action movies that are 10 out of 10.
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HBO’s Lanterns has proven to be one of the best new additions to James Gunn’s DC Universe. The series brings together Hal Jordan (Kyle Chandler) and John Stewart (Aaron Pierre) and drops them into a decade-hopping murder mystery set in a small rural town where nothing seems…
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