Revisiting God of War 3’s Epic Poseidon Battle – Live Now!
It's one of the most memorable multi-phased boss battles of the entire God of War series, and I'm live playing through it right now! Come hang out with me as I play through the first two hours of God of War 3, covering the entirety of the Poseidon Boss battle in all of its gory eye gouging greatness. Join the action now over on YouTube or Twitch.
The Breakout Star of Solo Also Created Our Favorite New Show
Solo: A Star Wars Story features plenty of memorable performances, but perhaps the most valuable new addition to Star Wars canon is L3-37, a spunky new female droid voiced by Fleabag creator and star Phoebe Waller-Bridge. While her storyline has a few unexpected twists, L3 stands out as much because of her personality as because of the plot - she's a much more informal (and rebellious) droid than the likes of 3PO or Rogue One's K-2, as well as being the sidekick of undisputed Solo MVP Lando Calrissian (Donald Glover).
The painfully funny (and sometimes just plain painful) Fleabag became a breakout hit for Amazon and the BBC in 2016, but 2018 promises to be an even bigger year for Waller-Bridge, between the the multihyphenate's Solo outing and her critically-acclaimed new BBC America thriller Killing Eve, which ends its freshman season run on May 27.
Bumblebee Writer Takes Over Scripting Batgirl Movie
DC and Warner Bros.' Batgirl movie has found a new writer in Christina Hodson.
THR reports Hodson, who penned the upcoming Transformers spin-off Bumblebee, will now be taking over scripting duties on the project. This comes two months after writer-director Joss Whedon exited the film because he couldn't come with a story after reportedly spending a year trying.
"Batgirl is such an exciting project, and Warners/DC
such collaborative and supportive partners, that it took me months to realize I really didn't have a story," Whedon said at the time.
DC Comics to Reveal the Secret of the Three Jokers
One of the biggest twists to come out of the DC Rebirth relaunch in 2016 is the reveal that there are actually three Jokers in the DC Universe. And nearly two years later, we finally have an inkling of how DC will follow up on that reveal.
At a Batman-themed C2E2 panel this past weekend, newly promoted Batman group editor Jamie S. Rich confirmed that writer Geoff Johns is indeed working on a new story to follow up on the Three Jokers reveal. Rich didn't give a title for the series or a potential release date, but he did reveal that artist Jason Fabok is currently drawing pages for the book. Fabok and Johns previously collaborated on Justice League: The Darkseid War in 2015.
The Undertaker’s WrestleMania Return Was Awesome…But Now He Needs to Retire for Real
A bit of business up front: If you haven't already, check out my full WrestleMania 34 live blog, results, and reaction piece-o-rama right here!
For people looking for more of an overall review statement, I thought 'Mania 34 was quite amazing. One of the most entertaining 'Manias in a while. I have severely mixed feelings about Asuka losing, but I'd much prefer it this way than her losing to Rousey. Or
Carmella, which I wouldn't put past them. The fact that it was a stellar match, maybe the best of the night, helped a great deal.
But I'm not here to mark out over Asuka though. I'm here to prattle off some feelings about the Undertaker's big return. Back in the first week of January, I wrote about why I felt Undertaker vs. Cena needed to happen. I needed closure. I wanted to have us all know, ahead of time, that we'd be seeing the Deadman's final appearance. He couldn't just lose to Roman and then hang up, or neatly set down, his garb and surprise us with a final bow.
Magic Meets the Mob in First Look Inside Mark Millar and Olivier Coipel’s The Magic Order
The first look at Mark Miller and Olivier Coipel's The Magic Order offers a sneak peak at the five mob families of magicians.
Per SyFy, the cover art and some of the pages for the issue tease what the five magical families will be going up against. The series is described as "magic meets the mob," and follows the five families consisting of sorcerers, magicians and wizards who are sworn to protect our world for generations.
LawBreakers Dev Responds to Pay-to-Win Concerns Around New Battle Royale Game
Update: Boss Key has confirmed to IGN that the Radical Heights Founder's Pack has been updated to no longer include the $10,000 of cash originally offered. The story has been updated to reflect this.
LawBreakers developer Boss Key Productions has responded to early pay-to-win concerns starting to grow around its newly announced free-to-play battle royale game, Radical Heights.
“All matches start as a blank slate for all players with $0 in their in-game cash wallet,” Boss Key told IGN. “It's up to players to see if they want to risk grabbing cash from their ‘Offshore Bank’ or just look for weapons and gear can be found naturally in the world like other Battle Royale games.”
Star Trek: Discovery Season 2 Casts a Familiar Character
Warning! SPOILERS follow for Season 1 of Star Trek: Discovery.
There's a new captain in town for Star Trek: Discovery Season 2 in the form of Inhumans and Hell on Wheels star Anson Mount.
In a report from Variety, the popular CBS All Acess series cast Mount in the role of Captain Pike of the USS Enterprise. In the final moments of the Season 1 finale, the crew of Discovery receives a distress call from Enterprise, showing the two ships together for the first time. In the 2009 JJ Abrams-directed reboot, Star Trek, Pike was played by Bruce Greenwood.
The Simpsons Made Its Apu Problem Even Worse
At nearly 30 years old, The Simpsons has been a pop culture institution for longer than many people reading this have probably been alive. And it goes without saying that the series has courted its fair share of controversy in that time. However, thanks to the most recent episode, "No Good Read Goes Unpunished," the series has managed to take an already delicate situation and make it even worse. And it's all thanks to everybody's favorite Kwik-E Mart owner, Apu Nahasapeemapetilon.
The problem arose as the series finally acknowledged the 2017 documentary The Problem With Apu. That film traces the pop culture impact of the character, noting that while Apu shattered critical barriers when it comes to representing characters of South Asian descent on TV, it arguably did more harm than good. Apu is a character who reinforces negative stereotypes about Indian Americans. The film features interviews with celebrities like Aziz Ansari, Kal Penn and Maulik Pancholy, all of whom relate stories about being bullied and teased by people for whom Apu was their only point of reference for how South Asian people speak and behave.
Everything Sucks! Cast and Fans Campaign Netflix After Cancellation
Netflix has canceled teen comedy Everything Sucks! after just one season, and the show's cast and fans are not taking the news lightly.
Per Deadline, the streaming giant decided to axe the 1990s-set series, from writers Ben York Jones (Like Crazy) and Michael Mohan (Save the Date), late last week. Since then, fans and cast members, including Peyton Kennedy and Jahi Di'Allo Winston, have been letting Netflix know on social media just how much they want the show to return for another season.