Netflix Can’t Kill Bear Grylls in New Choose Your Own Adventure Series
You vs. Wild is supported on many newer devices, including smart TVs, streaming media players, game consoles, and iOS devices running the latest version of the Netflix app. You vs. Wild will be available to binge on Netflix on Wednesday, April 10
Black Mirror: Bandersnatch - Netflix's first adult-oriented, live-action choose your own adventure movie - proved that interactive narratives could be effectively utilized for franchises outside of children's entertainment. Before Charlie Brooker's Black Mirror experiment came along, Netflix had successfully developed interactive family programming with titles like Puss in Books, Stretch Armstrong, and Buddy Thunderstruck. Now, wilderness guru Bear Grylls joins the streaming giant with his own unique take on the medium, called You vs. Wild.
Conker: Why Nintendo’s Most Controversial Game Is Still One of Its Greatest
Have you met Conker? Rare’s binge drinking and foul-mouthed anthropomorphic squirrel? He’s a handful and loves a skin full. Before Conker’s Bad Fur Day has even started, we watch Conker casually take a chainsaw to the N64 logo. It’s a sure sign of things to come. Conker’s Bad Fur Day may look like your typical cutesy platformer at first glance, but your typical platformers don’t usually contain graphic violence, sexual innuendos, drug abuse and LOADS of toilet humour. How many platformers have you played where the vast majority of problems are solved by urinating on things?
Conker’s Bad Fur Day is certainly not a game you would associate with Nintendo’s family-friendly image, but its unique charm, quality, and humor have cemented its reputation as a cult classic. Conker’s Bad Fur Day bares all the quality hallmarks of a AAA Nintendo game whilst also being one of the most quintessentially British video games ever released.
Stars of Game of Thrones and Press React to the Season 8 World Premiere
Last night, at New York's Radio City Music Hall, current and previous cast members of HBO's Game of Thrones gathered for the world premiere of the eighth and final season of the worldwide phenomenon.
While the first episode will not air until April 14, these lucky few who were in attendance were able to see the beginning of the end of Game of Thrones and share their initial, spoiler-free thoughts.
We thought it would be a great idea to gather a few to give you an inside look into the final premiere event for the series that began all the way back in 2011.
Emilia Clarke, Daenerys Targaryen herself, shared a few images from the premiere alongside a little message for her fans.
We’ve Seen Some of the Sonic the Hedgehog Movie
Paramount showed the first footage from the upcoming live-action Sonic the Hedgehog movie at CinemaCon today, revealing that the movie appears largely set in our world and not the futuristic world of the games and animated series.
Not only did the footage show the CG-animated Sonic in action and interacting with humans, it also revealed Jim Carrey as Doctor Robotnik -- yes, the movie seems to mostly refer to him as that rather than Doctor Eggman -- who doesn’t look as much like his game/cartoon counterpart as fans might expect. He's not particularly egg-shaped and he isn't bald (at least not in most of the footage shown, more on that below).
There were two pieces of footage shown, the first devoted mostly to Sonic and the other to Robotnik, with the latter sizzle reel cut as if it were Robotnik’s movie and not Sonic’s. The Sonic footage opened on a country road as James Marsden’s small town cop, Tom Wachowski, sits parked, his radar gun waiting to catch speeders. And that’s when -- whoosh! -- a blue streak zooms past. Tom can’t believe his eyes.
Ben Schwartz Really, Really Wants to Play DC’s Plastic Man
Ben Schwartz, known for playing Jean-Ralphio Saperstein in Parks and Rec and voicing Sonic the Hedgehog in the upcoming live-action film, would very much like to play DC’s Plastic Man.
In a Late Late Short associated with The Late Late Show with James Corden, Schwartz went through fan art, much of which depicted him as Plastic Man. He made it clear during this short that he’d like nothing more than to play the stretchy superhero.
The World Wide Web has a lot of Plastic Man fan art of me and it makes my heart smile. Also @TheRyanMcKee clearly didn’t look through the art beforehand. https://t.co/yOXESCz9TI
Snapchat Announces Snap Games with In-App Play
Snap Inc., the company behind Snapchat, has announced its own gaming platform that will bring games onto Snapchat with a big focus on social gaming.
Revealed during the Snap Partner Summit, Snap Games are "mobile games, made for friends," and will work inside Snapchat right from the Chat bar.
The goal of Snap Games is to allow friends to instantly chat and play games together, with no installs required, and it hopes to make players feel "like you’re sitting shoulder to shoulder, playing on the same screen."
The first Snap Game, Bitmoji Party, is a collection of mini-games where players control Bitmojis they create and compete against their friends.
Luke Muscat, creative director of Snap's new game studio and designer of such titles as Fruit Ninja and Jetpack Joyride, has worked with his team to create Bitmoji Party for Snapchat.
The Division 2’s Major Tidal Basin Update Drops Tomorrow, Here’s What It Includes
The first update for Tom Clancy’s The Division 2 drops on Friday, April 5 and is called Tidal Basin – part of the Invasion: Battle for D.C. post-launch content.
Players will find new challenges in Tidal Basin, including a new stronghold that's supported by the Black Tusk Faction. Advances to World Tier 5 will unlock higher, more rewarding gear, despite activities being more challenging.
Two new exotic weapons will be released in the update – the Pestilence and Nemesis, along with three new gear sets that include, True Patriot, Hardwired and Ongoing Directive. The new PVP map, Fort McNair will also be released for all players.
An Invasion Apparel Event will be accessible April 5-25, where players will be able to collect enemy faction-inspired outfits, along with new masks and weapon skins. Event Keys will also be available to earn through various in-game play and experiences.
How I Successfully Avoided Bioshock’s Biggest Spoiler for 12 Years
SPOILER WARNING: We are going to be talking big spoilers for BioShock (and a teeny tiny bit for BioShock Infinite). If you don't already know what's coming – like I didn't – turn back now!
One Week Ago – Before Beating BioShock:
I have a confession: I never beat BioShock. I played a fair amount of it, but my gaming PC in 2007 tragically died before I managed to make it to the credits. As anyone who has lost save files can understand, the prospect of replaying everything seemed too daunting, so it fell into my backlog of regret for more than a decade – until now.
Super Meat Boy Forever Has Been Delayed
Super Meat Boy Forever, the sequel to 2010’s punishing platforming modern classic, has been delayed past its planned April 2019 release window.
Announced by Team Meat on Twitter, the news came in the form of a note, reading “We’ve been knocking out the last bits of Super Meat Boy Forever at record speeds while keeping a healthy and sustainable pace. We are going to keep that pace which means we will not hit our April 2019 release. Sorry about that."
“We could have sacrificed our minds, bodies and social lives to make April 2019, but that’s stupid,” the note continues. “Team Meat isn’t some studio owned by an Evil Asshat corporation that has say over what we do and how we do it. We are fortunate enough to have control over how we work and we choose not to run ourselves into the ground."
Thor, Hulk and Cyclops Have a Bad Week
Another new comic book day has come and gone. If you want to know what the biggest and most noteworthy comics of the week were, you've come to the right place.
Scroll down to hear about some of our favorite plot twists and new debuts, and to read our new reviews and editorials. And as always, be sure to let us know your favorite books in the comments below.
Warning: this article contains spoilers for War of the Realms #1, Immortal Hulk #16 and Uncanny X-Men #15!
Marvel's War of the Realms Has a Violent Debut
War of the Realms #1 gatefold cover by Russell Dauterman. (Image Credit: Marvel Comics)