The Lie That Helped Build Nintendo
In 1981, a young Swede called Owe Bergsten strolled through Singapore to pass the time before his flight home. It had been something of a busman’s holiday - after a busy Christmas running his electronics shop, he and his business partners had travelled to the Far East, idly looking for the products they could import before the next Christmas. Passing a camera shop, he spotted a two-button LCD game called ‘Fire RC-04’ in the window. An acquaintance had told him not long before that LCD games were the future, far better than the simple LED handhelds people had been playing recently. Owe bought it on a whim.
Sitting down for the flight, he turned it on. Firemen holding a sheet blinked across the bottom of the display, catching figures falling from a burning building and bouncing them across to safety. Bergsten got hooked. He played Fire for the entirety of the return flight, playing pass-the-pad with his seat neighbour. When that flight was unexpectedly diverted due to fog, he played it on the 3 hour bus ride he was then forced to take back home to Gothenburg. As he travelled, always playing or waiting to play, he started to wonder who’d made this compulsive little rectangle, and if he could sell them too.
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Images Show How Nintendo Made the Breath of the Wild 2 Trailer
Nintendo has shared some images that reveal how it made The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild 2 announcement trailer.
Nintendo’s Japanese recruitment website (via VGC) has shared a behind-the-scenes look at the Breath of the Wild 2 trailer that debuted at E3 2019.
The images are part of a document that outlines Nintendo’s artistic production process to upcoming students and potential employees. The importance of character development, animation, and stage setting are all detailed, as well as Nintendo’s own way of tackling these disciplines.
Baby Yoda Urges Mississippi Drivers to Buckle Up
Baby Yoda is being used to urge drivers to buckle up by the Mississippi Department of Transportation.
CNet reports the department is banking on the world's current love for The Child from the Disney+ Star Wars series The Mandalorian to help keep people safe on the roads. The Mississippi Department of Transportation Twitter account posted an image of an LED road sign with the words "Baby Yoda uses the force but still needs a carseat" with a caption instructing drivers to buckle up.
Watchmen: Episode 8 Post-Credits Scene Explained
Warning: The following contains spoilers for Watchmen episode 8, "A God Walks into Abar."
Not that your head isn't already spinning from this week's penultimate episode, but Watchmen's latest chapter also offered up a cool post-credits scene featuring Jeremy Iron's Adrian Veidt being punished and imprisoned for his crimes on Europa.
And right at the end, we got a huge payoff for one of the pilot episode's puzzling peculiarities!
Veidt Volunteered
Veidt appeared in the actual episode, "A God Walks into Abar," as well - in a flashback (though that's not how Doctor Manhattan would describe it).
Every Cameo from the Arrowverse Crossover Crisis on Infinite Earths
The biggest Arrowverse crossover has begun!
Crisis on Infinite Earths kicked off this week and we are living for these DC cameos! As the first episode got underway, it was clear that this crossover was not only going to feature heroes from The CW Arrowverse, but also a plethora of cameos from the wider DC movie and television universe.
Let's jump into the cameos from "Crisis on Infinite Earths Part One:"
Robert Wuhl
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine’s René Auberjonois Dies at 79
René Auberjonois, the actor who played Odo on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, has died at age 79.
The Hollywood Reporter states the actor's son, Remy Auberjonois, said his father passed away at his home in Los Angeles on Sunday due to metastatic lung cancer.
Auberjonois was a prolific actor with a storied career. He was perhaps most famously known for his role as Odo the shape-shifter in Deep Space Nine but other fans might recognize him for his turn as Paul Lewiston on Boston Legal or as Father John Mulcahy in Robert Altman's film M*A*S*H*.
6 Underground Footage at Brazil Comic Con Showcases Full Bayhem
In addition to showcasing The Witcher, Netflix’s panel at Brazil Comic-Con on Sunday also presented fans with brand new footage from Michael Bay’s 6 Underground, starring Ryan Reynolds. While the footage wasn’t released online, IGN Brazil was there to describe what was shown.
As the official synopsis reveals, 6 Underground follows “six individuals from all around the globe, each the very best at what they do,
have been chosen not only for their skill, but for a unique desire to delete their pasts to change the future. The team is brought together by an enigmatic leader (Ryan Reynolds), whose sole mission in life is to ensure that, while he and his fellow operatives will never be remembered, their actions damn sure will.”
The Witcher: We Break Down Three Scenes From the Netflix Series
Three scenes from The Witcher were shown during Sunday’s Netflix panel at Brazil Comic-Con 2019, depicting a conflict between Geralt and Calanthe, as well as scenes featuring Ciri and Yennefer. While the footage won’t be released online, IGN Brazil was there to break down what was shown.
In the scene -- a snippet of which was posted to Netflix’s Twitter last week -- Geralt (Henry Cavill) is in the royal court of Cintra fighting soldiers. The Witcher is helping a beastly creature with a spiky head. Queen Calanthe (Jodhi May) orders them both executed.
Armed with a sword but without his armor, Geralt keeps beating the soldiers. Calanthe then takes a sword from the ground to fight the Witcher herself. When they cross swords, she asks to stop the fight.
Wonder Woman 1984: First Look at Kristen Wiig as Cheetah
The first official character posters for the upcoming sequel Wonder Woman 1984 are here and they look rad. Announced via the official Twitter account, the posters are colorful and stylish, just like the era it takes place in.
Along with the first trailer, the posters give us our first look at Wonder Woman's antagonist the Cheetah, played by Kristen Wiig, and Pedro Pascal (currently dazzling us as The Mandalorian) who plays Maxwell Lord.