Opinion: Superman Doesn’t Have to Be Complicated
Spend any amount of time discussing Superman with superhero fans and you're bound to hear the same complaints. Superman is lame. He's too over-powered. He's not relatable. As far as many people are concerned, Superman is an outdated relic of a simpler and more sentimental time in comics. These criticisms speak more to an ignorance of the source material than anything wrong with the character himself. But at the same time, shouldn't DC be doing a better job of proving to its audience that Superman is still a relevant and vital character? Between the sorry state of the Superman comics over the past five years and the atrocious portrayal of the character in Man of Steel and Batman v Superman, it's no wonder people are finding it so difficult to connect with Superman. It really shouldn't be this hard to tell good Superman stories.
No Man’s Sky Official Soundtrack Revealed
Sheffield post-rock band, 65daysofstatic have announced their new double album, Music for an Infinite Universe - which happens to also be the official soundtrack to upcoming PS4 space explorer No Man's Sky.
The album will be released on June 17 and is available to pre-order now. You can listen to a first full track, Supermoon below:
Melissa McCarthy Returning to Gilmore Girls
Melissa McCarthy will once again be playing Sookie in the upcoming Gilmore Girls revival on Netflix.
According to TVLine, the news will become official on tonight's episode of Ellen. "Literally about an hour and a half ago we figured out that I'm gonna go back and do it, and I'm so excited," McCarthy tells Ellen.
Melissa McCarthy.
Sonic Boomed Is the Most Obnoxious Sonic Mod Ever
Ever wondered what the first Sonic The Hedgehog game would be like if someone included dialogue from Sonic Boom? You haven’t, obviously, but if you’re the least bit curious, read on.
Created by artist and modder VAdePEGA, the romhack sees Sonic don his iconic Nathan Drake cosplay scarf and Mumm-Ra bandages, and speaks whenever he collects a ring, runs, moves, or breathes. It really is quite the monstrosity.
One of Sonic’s latest outings was the mobile-only Sonic Dash 2: Sonic Boom for iOS and Android. The first Sonic Dash proved to be a massive hit for SEGA, having been downloaded over 140 million times.
BAFTA Games Awards 2016 Winners Revealed
At last night's BAFTA Games Awards, Fallout 4 took away the Best Game award.
Football-with-cars phenomenon, Rocket League cemented its legend with three prizes, including that for Best Sports game, beating FIFA 16 and Forza 6 in the process.
FMV-led detective mystery, Her Story took home Debut Game, Mobile & Handheld and Game Innovation.
Everybody's Gone to the Rapture went into the awards with 10 nominations, and took home three, for Audio Achievement, Music and Performer.
Doom co-creator and Oculus Rift developer, John Carmack was also given the Fellowship, the British Academy's highest honour, for his contributions to the medium.
The full list of winners follows:
Hearthstone: Every Old Gods Card Revealed So Far
Hearthstone's next expansion, Whispers of the Old Gods, will be out on April 26 in North America and April 27 in Europe, Asia and Australia, and is introducing 134 new cards to the game. Not only that, but the introduction of Whispers of the Old Gods will also see the cards from Curse of Naxxramas and Goblins vs Gnomes rotated out of the new Standard format, so this influx of cards will be very impactful.
You can read all about Whispers of the Old Gods here, the ten most powerful cards that will be leaving Hearthstone here, and our thoughts on the Legendary card we revealed - Ragnaros, Lightlord - here.
Vikings Really Did That Impressive Boat-Moving Sequence
Full spoilers for "Portage" continue below.
Ragnar's attack on Paris might be ill-advised, but his plan to strike at the city strategically is pretty sound. After suffering a defeat against Rollo in "The Profit and the Loss," the king of Kattegat quickly devised a new plan that, according to showrunner Michael Hirst, is firmly cemented in fact.
Ragnar addresses his followers in Vikings
Game of Thrones Premiere Synopsis Is up Front About That Death
Spoilers for Game of Thrones through the Season 5 finale continue below.
HBO released the Game of Thrones: Season 6 beat poetry synopsis for the upcoming premiere, "The Red Woman."
The tease for the April 24th episode reads: "Jon Snow is dead. Daenerys meets a strong man. Cersei sees her daughter again." "The Red Woman" is directed by Jeremy Podeswa and written by David Benioff and D.B. Weiss.
While that's all hugely vague, it at least does confirm that Jon Snow, Daenerys Targaryen and Cersei Lannister (and Myrcella, seemingly) will appear in the forthcoming episode.
HBO also released the synopsis for the full season, which is slightly more embellished (though similarly vague):
HTC Gives an Update on Delayed Vive Shipments
In an effort to provide clarity to consumers waiting on their Vive VR headsets to ship, HTC has answered several questions regarding shipping issues in a new blog post.
“We understand that multiple issues have arisen in the past two days and we are working hard to resolve them as quickly and efficiently as possible,” a representative of the Vive team wrote. “We appreciate your patience as we identify these issues and work to solve them.”
The company admitted a small number of its April orders were processed out of sequence. The team says they have corrected the situation and all future shipments will be sent in the order in which they were received.
Only 37 Percent of Gamers Aware of Virtual Reality
According to a recent Nielsen survey (via Gamesindustry.biz), only 37 percent of self-identified US gamers are aware of at least one AR or VR device.
2000 teens and adults were polled with an online survey, and the statistics showed Oculus coming out on top with 22 percent awareness, with PlayStation VR at 14 percent and the HTC Vive at six percent.
Those who were interested in virtual reality were generally young, with an average annual income of about $63,000 and tend to spend about $20 a month on video games. "Millenials" were the most likely to be interested in virtual reality at 47 percent, with adults 35 and older making up 38 percents and teens at 15 percent.