Helldivers 2 has spent the last several months on fire. On one hand, it’s easily one of the most popular games of the year, and folks have loved jumping into the exciting co-op shooter and keeping up with its galactic war story. Players log on for a few hours at a time, fighting off bugs or robots and propelling one… Read more…
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Based on “Hit Man”, a Texas Monthly article by Skip Hollandsworth and written by Oscar-nominated director Richard Linklater and Glen Powell, Netflix’s Hit Man follows an undercover police officer who poses as a reliable hitman, while he tries to save a woman in need. Powell portrays mild-mannered college professor Gary Johnson, who moonlights as a fake hitman for the New Orleans Police Department. As a talented actor, he channels different personalities to catch would-be criminals who hire one of Gary’s characters to do the dirty deed. Gary finds himself in a mirky territory as one of those potential criminals, Madison…
Director Zack Snyder, known for his work on the now-defunct DC Extended Universe (DCEU), revealed in an interview with the Happy Sad Confused podcast that he had discussions with Leonardo DiCaprio about portraying the iconic villain Lex Luthor. Snyder disclosed that DiCaprio, who is on the record as having a rule against starring in superhero movies, engaged in thoughtful conversations about the role but ultimately opted to not pursue it. “Leonardo DiCaprio, I talked to him about it,” Snyder said. “I think DiCaprio, he had a lot of great ideas actually just in the meeting. I think in the end…
Swedish actress Rebecca Ferguson had her breakthrough role in 2015 opposite Tom Cruise in Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation. As Ilsa Faust, Ferguson gave Cruise’s Ethan Hunt all he could handle right up until her death in 2023’s Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning. Now, Ferguson is opening up about her decision to walk away from the franchise. “Ilsa was becoming a team player,” explained Ferguson while appearing on The Wrap’s Unwrapped podcast. “And we all can want different things, but for me, Ilsa was rogue. Ilsa was naughty. Ilsa was unpredictable. There was a lot of characters coming in, not…
Four years ago, Borderlands 3 players were given the opportunity to do some science and have fun at the same time. Through a block-shifting puzzle mini-game, players could help scientists map and compare microbes, doing the work that even supercomputers struggled with. Developed in conjunction with McGill University, Massively Multiplayer Online Science, and The Microsetta Initiative, a study based on the data gathered from that game has been published and revealed that 4.5 million players took part. If you were one of them, this makes you a scientific contributor. Published earlier this month in the peer-reviewed scientific journal Nature, the…
Baldur Gate 3’s next patch will add more evil endings to the game. Even players who did not take the murderous Dark Urge origin can expect new options for their most diabolical characters. You can see some previews of these endings, including a new musical track, in Larian’s community update post, but spoilers abound, so be warned. Additionally, the patch will fix several reported bugs. These include Jaheira’s unwillingness to follow the group, Wyll’s unromantic greetings, and some disappearing narrator lines. It will also start to add official modding tools to the game. This mod support will be coming to…
Big news today in the world of Netflix’s The Witcher series, as the company announced that production has begun on Season 4 and that the show has been renewed for a fifth and final season. Seasons 4 and 5 are being filmed back-to-back and will wrap up the show. Season 4 marks a big shift for the show, as Liam Hemsworth joins the cast as Geralt, taking over for Henry Cavill. “We’re thrilled to be able to bring Andrzej Sapkowski’s books to an epic and satisfying conclusion. It wouldn’t be our show if we didn’t push our family of characters…
Over at Walmart, you can pick up a pair of popular Sony Bluetooth earbuds at a steep discount. Available for $59 (normally $100), the Sony WF-C500 earbuds offer impressive audio quality and a solid design for the price. Sony WF-C500 See Sony earbuds at Walmart This is great value for money, as the WF-C500 offers great audio, a comfortable fit, and they’re moisture-resistant so they can work nicely as a jogging or gym headset. For battery life, there’s up to 10 hours from a full charge, and you can quick-charge these for around 10 minutes to get an hour of…
Larian aren’t just not making Baldur’s Gate 4 – they’re treating Baldur’s Gate 3’s success as an opportunity to develop their own intellectual properties, with two new games in the works. These games will build on the “sensibilities” of Baldur’s Gate 3 in being “immersive experiences shaped by your choices”, but by the sounds of things, they won’t be adaptations of anybody else’s narrative or setting. Divinity: Original Sin 3? It’s the obvious call, but come now, free your mind. How about a kart racing game, Larian, or a banging old school mascot platformer? When are you going to make…
The Anniversary Edition of Braid was originally announced almost four years ago, and originally meant to be out sometime in 2021. As such, the latest delay to Jonathan Blow’s time-rewinding puzzle-platformer – which sees its date pushed back two weeks into the middle of next month – feels like a relative drop in the hourglass. Read more