100 units earlier this month Like most reasonable people I figured I’d give the Xbox One some time in Japan. After all, the original Xbox and the 360 didn’t dothisbad — but time has only made things worse for the console. According to 4Gamer, as of June 8 through June 14, the Xbox One sold 100 units in Japan — total, as in, 100 Xbox Ones were sold. Compare that to the PS3 an almost nine year old console, which sold 2,633 units....
Warning! Minor spoilers ahead for Fantastic Four: First Steps! Stan Leeinvented the modernMarvelUniverse, but in the decades since,the publisher has arguably lost sight of what made Lee’s characters, and his stories, so distinct, something encapsulated by the character of Franklin Richards,from theFantastic Fourfranchise. Now, the second-generation character’s MCU introduction inFirst Stepshas reignited debates about his role in Marvel lore. In a 2011 interview published inAlter Ego#104, Stan Lee discussed the milestone introduction of Sue and Reed Richards' child in a 1968Fantastic Fourissue....
The day before Children’s Day is celebrated in China, NetEase, a Chinese app publisher, released a game entitledTom and Jerry: Joyful Interactionfor mobile platforms. The strange part is that the game plays in a way that might feel oddly familiar to fans ofthe survival horror gameDead by Daylight. LikeDead by Daylight,Joyful Interaction, which is unfortunately only available for download in China, is aone versus four asymmetrical survival game, in which one powerful player is pitted in battle against four weaker players, all of whom must work together to defeat their stronger opponent....
When an author has been writing for as long as Stephen King and has been so prolific, it’s inevitable that their readers will debate which decade of their career has been the best. For some writers, that’s an easy task, but for King, who has been writing for well over half a century and whose career spans six decades with no signs of slowing down, it’s a little more challenging – but still a heck of a lot of fun to tackle, as all things involving aStephen King book rankingshould be....
Warning: The following article contains spoilers for You season 5.Penn Badgley’s Joe Goldberg may be back forYouseason 5, but Jenna Ortega’s Ellie missed out on returning for the hit show’s final season. Originally joining the cast for 2019’s season 2,Ortega played Ellie Alves, an aspiring filmmaker and Joe’s teenage neighbor, whose proximity to Badgley’s character ultimately saw her caught up in the trail of death and destruction that follows him wherever he goes....
Paul Thomas Anderson has releasedsome of the best movies of the last four decades, but one of his lesser-appreciated films remains much better than a movie some call his masterpiece.Anderson has worked with several actorsmore than once and one of these men is Joaquin Phoenix, who he directed in bothInherent ViceandThe Master. Of the two movies, most critics labeledThe Masteras one of the director’s masterpieces.The film, starring Philip Seymour Hoffman and Joaquin Phoenix, has an 82% Rotten Tomatoes score, but it also has a much-lower 62% audience score....
There are now 97 games available forXbox Series X|Sowners to play at 60fps or in some cases 120fps using the FPS Boost feature on the next-gen consoles. The innovation of the FPS Boost feature allows for older Xbox games to be played at higher frame rates with no additional developer work, and it seems this feature is a big hit with Xbox fans. Microsoft has previously enabledfive popular Bethesda games with an FPS Boostand several others for a total of 23, but the company’s latest swath of enabled games is a much larger number of 74....
Halo Infinite’s campaign is finally out in the wild, withMaster Chief’s latest adventure receiving tons of praise and good reviews. For some, the best part is that it’s out onXbox Game Passand can be played absolutely free. Game Pass could have taken it easy for the rest of the month, and it would have been just fine. However, Xbox Game Pass is not one to rest on its laurels. Xbox Game Pass has announced a selection of 10 games arriving on the service on December 16, with a total of five games set to leave at the end of the month....
Xbox Game Passusers have been patiently waiting for the first wave announcement for December 2022, as it looked a little barebone with only three games confirmed, but it made sure it was kicking off the month right.Xbox Game Passnot only shadow-dropped three new games with its announcement, but it also confirmed five more joining the three previously announced titles. Prior to this announcement, there were three day-oneXbox Game Pass titles confirmed for December 2022:Hello Neighbor 2, Chained Echoes, andHigh on Life....
Today is another drop ofXbox Game Passtitles. It added a new game with rave reviews yesterday and already has 4 games announced for early June. Not to mention, theXbox and Bethesda Games Showcase is set to have some major Game Pass announcements. All in all, it’s looking like a good couple of months. BecauseGame Passusers technically get a total of 15 games today, spread across two specific titles. The PC Version of Game Pass is getting Cricket 22 (as it’s already available via Cloud and Console), while Pac-Man Museum+ is a collection of 14 games....
The Far Sideis a historic part of 20th century popular culture, and part of its appeal over the years were the ways that creatorGary Larson routinely made fun of incidents and imagery from real-world history, from the ancient world to the modern, including many classic jokes about American historyin particular. While many of Larson’s cartoons are considered timeless, in retrospect,The Far Sidewas also frequently a product of capturing the zeitgeist as the author understood it....
This article contains potential SPOILERS for Dune: Part Three. Director Denis Villeneuve’s upcoming film,Dune: Part Three, will introduce several intriguing characters to the film franchise. Adapting Frank Herbert’s novel,Dune Messiah, theplot forDune: Part Threeis expected to take place 12 years after Paul (Timothée Chalamet) became Emperor of the Known Universe, following Paul as he struggles to maintain power as he faces a plot to usurp his throne. Given the events of Herbert’s novel,Dune: Part Threewill introduce a handful of new allies and enemiesto Emperor Paul Atreides as it bringsthe story ofDune Messiahto film....
TheMarvel Cinematic Universe (MCU)is a machine with literally hundreds of hours' worth of watch time, but in the middle of all that, there have been a few stories that got lost along the way that should be revisited withAvengers: DoomsdayandAvengers: Secret Wars. The fact is, as the MCU continues to expand, it becomes a bigger challenge to tie everything together. As a mega franchise, it features dozens of heroes, and numerous villains for each to interact with....
