In an interview with Ars Technica, Gilbert explained that the game was originally intended to be a sprawling, open-world role-playing game similar to The Legend of Zelda. He and a small team – an artist and a designer – worked on it for about a year before Gilbert concluded that the project wouldn’t come to fruition.
What makes Hawkeye special is how fully it embraces the Christmas season – unlike many superhero stories that just hint at it. It’s remarkable how quickly the show became a fan favorite, and it’s worth looking into why it was set up to be the ideal Christmas series and why it resonates so well with the holiday spirit.
Given Jim Carrey’s history of comedic roles, and the fact that The Truman Show was initially marketed as a comedy, many viewers expected a lighthearted and cheerful movie. However, that expectation is completely off base. The Truman Show centers on Truman Burbank, played by Jim Carrey, who is unknowingly the star of a continuous reality TV show. While the premise seems simple enough, the film takes a deeply unsettling and almost dystopian turn in its final act, leaving a lasting impression on audiences even after nearly thirty years.
Dedicated James Bond fans will recognize we’re discussing Casino Royale, the second film directed by Martin Campbell after his 1995 hit, GoldenEye. Released on November 17, 2006, Casino Royale was an immediate success, eventually grossing $616 million worldwide. Of that amount, $167 million came from domestic theaters, making it the highest-earning Bond film until Quantum of Solace surpassed it two years later.
The recent ver1.1.0 patch, which introduced the first set of downloadable content, caused some new bugs to appear. These issues are happening in the “The Savior of Earth” and “Light Cuts Through Darkness” stages, both found near the end of the game in Chapter 7.
Evan Peters and Rebecca Hall star as FBI agents investigating a series of deaths in the high-fashion world of Paris. Their investigation leads them to Ashton Kutcher, who plays a tech billionaire known only as “the Corporation.” He’s created a revolutionary drug called “the Beauty” and employs an assassin, played by Anthony Ramos, to safeguard his interests. Jeremy Pope joins the cast as an outsider caught up in the unfolding events. The show features a number of guest stars with famous families, including Ben Platt, Isabella Rossellini, Amelia Gray Hamlin, Nicola Peltz Beckham, and Lux Pascal. Ari Graynor, Billy Eichner, Jaquel Spivey, Jessica Alexander, Jon Jon Briones, John Carroll Lynch, Julie Halston, Meghan Trainor, Peter Gallagher, and Vincent D’Onofrio also appear. The Beauty premieres with three episodes on January 21st at 9 p.m. ET, and new episodes will air every Wednesday on FX and Hulu.
By the end of 2025, technology had advanced to the point where things once imagined only in science fiction were now reality. Self-driving cars from Waymo were widely available, Elon Musk’s Neuralink allowed paralyzed individuals to regain independence by feeding themselves, and AI had become integral to most jobs.
The Wii U unfortunately wasn’t very successful, which is disappointing considering it had some genuinely good games. Being a Nintendo console, it naturally had some strengths. Even though it didn’t have a huge number of blockbuster titles, it offered enough quality games with lasting appeal to make it worth playing regularly. You wanted to get your money’s worth out of it, after all!
The official Battlefield Comms account recently detailed the improvements coming in the 1.1.3.0 update for Battlefield (nicknamed Winter Offensive). While the changes aim to fix common issues like inaccurate shooting and connection problems, many players are still asking for a dedicated server browser outside of the Portal game mode. The demand for this feature has become so strong that players are sharing a specific image to highlight their request.
Netflix has a strong lineup of sci-fi shows, including popular titles like Love, Death & Robots, 3 Body Problem, Stranger Things, and now Black Mirror. However, many fans believe the streaming service reached its peak in the sci-fi genre eight years ago with a show that remains excellent today.