Why Babu Frik “Encapsulates the Spirit of Star Wars”

When Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker hit theaters, a great debate began. Social media has been back and forth on who is cuter; Baby Yoda (yes, The Child, we know) or Babu Frik. The Anzellan droidsmith plays a pivotal role in The Rise of Skywalker. So, how did the littlest member of Zorii Bliss’ Kijimi crew come to life on the big screen? IGN got a chance to speak to the VFX team including creature effect supervisor Neal Scanlan and special effects supervisors Roger Guyett about what it took to make this tiny guy a reality.

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Why Babu Frik “Encapsulates the Spirit of Star Wars”

When Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker hit theaters, a great debate began. Social media has been back and forth on who is cuter; Baby Yoda (yes, The Child, we know) or Babu Frik. The Anzellan droidsmith plays a pivotal role in The Rise of Skywalker. So, how did the littlest member of Zorii Bliss’ Kijimi crew come to life on the big screen? IGN got a chance to speak to the VFX team including creature effect supervisor Neal Scanlan and special effects supervisors Roger Guyett about what it took to make this tiny guy a reality.

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ASUS Announces World’s First 360Hz Gaming Monitor

ASUS Republic of Gamers has announced the ROG Swift 360Hz, the "world's fastest and first NVIDIA G-SYNC gaming monitor with a 360Hz refresh rate."

The ROG Swift 360Hz is a 24.5-inch monitor with Full HD resolution that will be available later in 2020. No pricing has been given yet.

Alongside the ROG Swift 360Hz, ASUS has also unveiled the 32-inch ROG Swift PG32UQX with G-SYNC ULTIMATE technology, a new monitor that features mini-LED technology to deliver "stunning 4K HDR visuals."

The 16:9 display has a full-array local dimming backlight with 1152 mini-LED zones that can reach a brightness of 1400 nits. The mini-LED backlight can also be turned off automatically during darker scenes.

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ASUS Announces World’s First 360Hz Gaming Monitor

ASUS Republic of Gamers has announced the ROG Swift 360Hz, the "world's fastest and first NVIDIA G-SYNC gaming monitor with a 360Hz refresh rate."

The ROG Swift 360Hz is a 24.5-inch monitor with Full HD resolution that will be available later in 2020. No pricing has been given yet.

Alongside the ROG Swift 360Hz, ASUS has also unveiled the 32-inch ROG Swift PG32UQX with G-SYNC ULTIMATE technology, a new monitor that features mini-LED technology to deliver "stunning 4K HDR visuals."

The 16:9 display has a full-array local dimming backlight with 1152 mini-LED zones that can reach a brightness of 1400 nits. The mini-LED backlight can also be turned off automatically during darker scenes.

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Sony Reveals the PlayStation 5 Logo

PlayStation President and CEO Jim Ryan took the stage at CES 2020 today to finally unveil the long-awaited PlayStation 5...logo.

During the Sony CES keynote event, Ryan shared some notable milestones for the PlayStation 4 before talking up the company’s next-gen consoles. Other than confirming the previously known holiday 2020 release window, Ryan shared the logo for the PlayStation 5.

PS5 Logo

If you’re not familiar with it already, the PlayStation 5 logo is similar to that of the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4. Except with the five numeral in place of the three and four. Much like the name of the console, the logo is a natural progression of Sony’s console evolution.

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Sony Reveals the PlayStation 5 Logo

PlayStation President and CEO Jim Ryan took the stage at CES 2020 today to finally unveil the long-awaited PlayStation 5...logo.

During the Sony CES keynote event, Ryan shared some notable milestones for the PlayStation 4 before talking up the company’s next-gen consoles. Other than confirming the previously known holiday 2020 release window, Ryan shared the logo for the PlayStation 5.

PS5 Logo

If you’re not familiar with it already, the PlayStation 5 logo is similar to that of the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4. Except with the five numeral in place of the three and four. Much like the name of the console, the logo is a natural progression of Sony’s console evolution.

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The Batman: Every Confirmed Actor and Character So Far

UPDATED: The Batman director Matt Reeves has confirmed via Twitter that Colin Farrell has been cast as Penguin, a character he curiously refers to as "Oz" rather than Penguin or Oswald Cobblepot.

Our original article follows.

The Batman is set to come out on June 25, 2021. Matt Reeves, director of the last two Planet of the Apes movies, is behind this one. Ben Affleck is out as the Caped Crusader, and a whole new cast is in. But who are they and which iconic Batman character are they playing?

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Twitch Streamers Raise Over $200K for Australian Fire Relief

As fires rage across the Australian countryside, you might be thinking "what can I do to help?" This is exactly what a group of streamers were thinking last week, as the Australian fires continued to make headlines around the world. Two streamers in particular, Loserfruit and Fasffy, wanted to do something for their home nation. So they decided to do a 24-hour Twitch stream for charity. While their initial goal was around $15K AUD, they ended up raising roughly 20 times that amount.

Australian Fire Relief Charities

Loserfruit first announced the charity stream on Twitter:

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