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How South Park Made Its Brand of Production Hell Work for The Fractured But Whole
Last-minute deadlines have never stopped South Park creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker from getting things done, even when their own bodies won’t cooperate.
TV show executive producer Frank C. Agnone II told me the story of being nearly finished with The Fractured but Whole, the sequel to 2014’s outstanding South Park RPG The Stick of Truth, but the TV team’s usual last-second process left Parker with 10,000 lines of dialogue to record just one week ahead of a big deadline. As if that wasn’t a tall enough task on its own, Parker then got very sick and ended up having emergency surgery to remove his gallbladder. Following the operation, Parker somehow convinced his doctor to let him temporarily leave the hospital to go get the dialogue laid down, and on the way back to the hospital, an exhausted Parker said to Agnone, “I just want this game to be sweet.”
Yoshi Was Originally Going to be a Horse
Mario's reptile mount Yoshi was initially supposed to be a horse.
The dinosaur's origins were revealed in an interview with the developers of Super Mario World and Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island.
The interview was conducted as part of the Nintendo Classic Mini: SNES developer series, looking behind the scenes at some of the classic titles available on the retro console.
Super Mario World director Takashi Tezuka disclosed the details surrounding his creation. "Shigeru Miyamoto said he wanted Mario to ride a horse! When we were making Super Mario Bros. 3, he had drawn a picture of Mario on a horse and hung it on a wall near where he used to sit. I would look at that and think, "I think he wants Mario to ride something.
IGN Happy Hour: Wolfenstein 2: The New Colossus Special
IGN's Tristan Ogilvie and Luke Reilly sat down with Jens Matthies, Creative Director on Wolfenstein 2: The New Colossus, to get an insight into the development of the upcoming Nazi-slaying shooter sequel. Additionally, Jens spoke at length about his time at Starbreeze, the chaotic development of seminal shooter Chronicles of Riddick: Escape From Butcher Bay, working with Faith No More's Mike Patton on The Darkness, and how keen he'd be to make a game based on the Robocop license. Download it now!
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PUBG Just Hit 2 Million Concurrent Users on Steam
The massive success of PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds has pushed the game to the top of Steam's current player listings, and now the game has broken the 2 million mark.
It's the first Steam game to do so, and sits atop its mighty throne looking down on other Steam heavyweights like Dota 2, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, and Team Fortress 2.
Two years ago, Dota 2 was the first game to break 1 million users on Steam, a milestone reached by PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds earlier this year.
Venom Heads to Space With X-Men Blue
Spinning out of Marvel Comics' Venomverse event, Venom will team up with the X-Men Blue team and head into space to fight the symbiote-consuming Poisons in a storyline called "Poison X."
This six-part crossover will kick off in January's X-Men Blue Annual #1 by Venomverse writer Cullen Bunn and artist Edgar Delgado with cover art by Nick Bradshaw.
Art by Nick Bradshaw. (Marvel Comics)
The Best Board Games for Beginners
Board games are making a comeback, which is great, because board games are awesome. But the sheer number of games now on shelves can make it hard to spot the gateway games ideal for newbies.
Don’t sweat. We’ve compiled a list of awesome games to ease you into the ever-growing world of tabletop awesomeness. Don’t think “beginner” means these are games that a veteran board gamer wouldn’t play. These are all games respected and loved across the hobby. They also happen to be easier to learn and introduce mechanics that more complex board games will assume you already have experience with.
All you need to enjoy any of these polished, ultra-fun, and lightweight board games are a few people to play with. If your friends aren't up for it, it should be easy to find a local group. Search to see if there's a local board game store, and they'll be able to advise you. Otherwise try Meetup.com or BoardGameGeek.com for groups near you.
Shatner Says ‘Money’ Would Get Him on Discovery
Star Trek legend William Shatner is going strong at age 86, filling his time with his new animated movie Batman vs. Two-Face (he voices Two-Face!) releasing this month, the reality show Better Late Than Never heading into a second season in 2018, what seems like constant convention appearances, and much more. So why not bring him back for another round as Captain Kirk in Star Trek too? His late colleague Leonard Nimoy had roles in two of the J.J. Abrams-verse films, after all, and there is a new Star Trek show, Discovery, currently airing.
Never mind that his version of Kirk died in Star Trek: Generations. That's easy to get around in the world of sci-fi! So when I spoke with Mr. Shatner at New York Comic Con last weekend, I asked him what it would take to get the icon to appear on Star Trek: Discovery.
Pennywise Actor: Sequel Could Be ‘Psychedelic Trip’
Bill Skarsgard has become the "It" dude of Stephen King projects lately. Not only did he bring the supernatural clown Pennywise to life in last month's hit film adaptation of King's IT, but the actor is also set to co-star in Castle Rock, the upcoming Hulu original series inspired by the horror icon's work.
I spoke to Skarsgard about Castle Rock at New York Comic Con over the weekend (look for that story soon), but the topic of Stephen King's IT: Chapter 2 of course also came up. The actor discussed his high hopes that the sequel will delve into the cosmological craziness of Pennywise and his back story. Full spoilers follow for the novel and potential spoilers follow for IT: Chapter 2.
Third Party Switch Dock Designed for Portability
Part of the allure of the Nintendo Switch is the ability to take it with you, wherever you go, while at the same time having the option to drop it into its dock and play on the big screen. Those two things have almost been mutually exclusive, until now.
Peripheral maker Nyko introduced a portable docking kit that folds up neatly, includes an HDMI cable and an AC adapter, and has a really small footprint when compared to the Nintendo dock.
Not only is it smaller than the official dock, it's about half the price, too, coming in at $49 USD. It also includes two USB 2.0 and one USB 3.0 port, so you can charge stuff like your Pro Controller, for example.
Nintendo Switch has been a hit for the company, with Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime saying the company "over delivered" on initial Switch shipments of 2 million units. That number exceeded the predictions of analysts.