KFC’s New VR Training Is Job Simulator Meets Saw
Would you like to play a game? How about a game that doubles as a way to learn the ins-and-outs of working in the kitchen of a KFC? One that teaches you to pick out only the choicest cuts of chicken, bread them, fry them, and then live another day, finding a new appreciation for simple pleasures, like the laughter of a child?
If so, you should definitely check out the training game KFC has developed to teach employees to never again take for granted the feel of the warm April sun on their faces.
It's equal parts BioShock, Saw, and alt-comedy absurdity. It definitely makes frying chicken seem like a life or death struggle, but it doesn't look like there's any way to unlock the secret of the 11 original herbs and spices. Maybe they're holding that for the sequel, KFC VR Training 2: Flesh & Blood.
Comedy Central to Air 254-Episode South Park Marathon
An eight-day, 254-episode South Park marathon will air on Comedy Central beginning September 6.
With the exception of The Daily Show with Trevor Noah, which will continue to air weekdays at 11 p.m. ET/10 p.m. CT, the 127-hour marathon will run uninterrupted leading up to the series' Season 21 premiere on September 13, according to Comedy Central's announcement.
The new season of South Park premieres Wednesday, September 13, at 10 p.m. ET/PT. While you wait, check out IGN's South Park: Season 20 review, or read how the long-running series changed the way one IGN editor thought about cartoons.
The Batman Director Said His Film Isn’t Part of the DCEU
Comments made by The Batman director Matt Reeves in July have resurfaced where he said Warner Bros. informed him at the time he was joining the project that The Batman "isn’t part of the [DC} extended universe."
Reeves told journalist Kim Masters of this on her July 17th podcast The Business, but reddit users have only just discovered his comments and helped spread them online. It should be noted this podcast was recorded prior to Warner Bros.' San Diego Comic-Con presentation where they officially announced (most) of their upcoming DC films slate, including The Batman, and obviously well before yesterday's news that a separate DC Films imprint is in the works for standalone DC movies.
9 One-Off DC Movies We’re Dying to See
The word on the street is that Joker is getting his own live-action DC movie, one that won't take place in the DC Extended Universe or feature Jared Leto's Clown Prince of Crime. Even more intriguing is the fact that the Joker movie is reportedly the first in a new series of standalone, one-off DC movies that will tackle characters in new and unexpected ways.
There's a lot of potential in a continuity-light imprint of DC movies, one that focuses on telling great stories that don't necessarily fit into the larger DCEU. And naturally, there are plenty of existing DC stories that would make great fodder for the one-off treatment. Here are nine DC movies we'd love to see after Joker kicks off this new imprint.
Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle Preorder Guide
Carcassonne Purchasing Guide
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The much-loved Carcassonne has been a feature of hobbyists’ collections and family homes for almost 20 years. The sheer amount of expansions, mini-expansions and stand-alone games can take over your shelves just as easily as the game takes over your table.
An attempt was made in 2014 to tidy up the product line when new publisher Z-Man Games released a new edition of Carcassonne with updated artwork. This tidy up is still ongoing, and as a result it has made the product line a bit of a mess thanks to a mismatch of artwork between various editions. Expansions are slowly being re-released back into the world, so ultimately Carcassonne will feature variety of easy-to-track, numbered expansions. But in the meantime, it can be hard to keep up with what's new, what's old, and that's been re-released. To simplify matters, here’s a guide to everything that you can buy at the moment:
New to Netflix for September
September is coming and Netflix has a big month awaiting us all. And not one just filled with endless Netflix Originals like usual. No, September actually also has a bunch of top-line movies to choose from — which hasn't always been the case ever since the site decided to end its exclusive deal with Epix back in 2015.
But as Autumn kicks off, you'll be able to watch films like Jaws, Gangs of New York, Gone Baby Gone, Pulp Fiction, Dead Poets Society, Requiem for a Dream, The Secret Garden, and The Squid and the Whale. You know, actual quality movies that you've heard of!
And over on the TV front there's the most current seasons of The Walking Dead, The Blacklist, Gotham, Portlandia - and even more episodes of Fuller House.
Here’s What’s Leaving Netflix in September
School's back in and the days of summertime laze are behind us, but that doesn't mean streaming and binging are now things of the past so here's your big "Last Call" list for September. Here are all the movies and TV shows that will be expiring from Netflix throughout the month — including horror flicks like Scream, A Nightmare on Elm Street, The Omen, Sweeney Todd, and (the underrated) Frailty.
Kids will have to do without Lilo & Stitch, The Emperor's New Groove and a couple of LEGO Ninjago movies while TV shows like CSI: Miami, Wilfred, Army Wives, and Last Man Standing will all bite the dust as well.
Dissidia NT Is More than Just Final Fantasy Smash Bros
As a longtime Final Fantasy fan, there’s something surreal and undeniably cool about seeing worlds collide in Dissidia NT. Even at my most cynical, I have to admit I get a bit of a chill when I see beautiful, HD versions of Final Fantasy IV’s Cecil and VI’s Terra squaring off against Cloud from Final Fantasy VII or Lightning from XIII.
But while Dissidia NT features plenty of those moments, it’s more than just a mashup of characters. Square Enix and Team Ninja have instead built an incredibly robust fighting game that incorporates a lot of smart pieces of previous Final Fantasy games.
Combat includes two types of attacks: HP and Bravery. As you’d imagine, HP attacks take away a chunk of an enemy’s HP. But aside from HP, players also have a Bravery meter that fills up as you fight. The higher your Bravery, the more damage you’ll inflict when you use an HP attack. If you use a Bravery attack, you’ll only be filling up your meter rather than doing any harm to your opponent. In other words, you probably can’t win if you’re only using one or the other, so you need to fight with a careful balance of both.
Overwatch Season 6 Changes Detailed
Blizzard released a new Overwatch ‘Developer Update’ with Game Director Jeff Kaplan detailing all the changes for its upcoming sixth competitive season.
You can watch the full update here:
The biggest change is that this season will only be two months long instead of the usual three. Kaplan said that “engagement is a lot higher at the beginning of the season,” and they wanted to make that early season excitement more frequent.
End of season rewards will be reduced to balance for the fact that players will be getting them more often, but Kaplan said the overall amount should be roughly the same over the course of a year. You’ll also start earning more points for each win in season 6.