This Universe Sim Makes Anything a Playable Character
David O'Reilly, a Los Angeles-based artist known for "god simulator" Mountain and the video game sequences in the film Her, announced an upcoming universe exploration game for PlayStation 4 called Everything.
In Everything, anything you see is a playable character. You can become an animal, an inanimate object, or even a star.
If you're having trouble visualizing this, take a look at the trailer below.
According to O'Reilly's post on the PlayStation blog, Everything has been in development for several years because of the constraints of most game engines, which treat many elements as non-interactive. Everything aims to do the opposite. "If you can see it, you can be it," writes O'Reilly.
The Mummy: Jurassic World, Annabelle Stars Cast
Universal's monster movie The Mummy has two reported cast additions—Jurassic World actor Jake Johnson and Annabelle lead Annabelle Wallis.
Tom Cruise and Sofia Boutella (Kingsman: The Secret Service) are already confirmed to star in the film.
Wallis is in talks to play an archaeologist in the film, TheWrap reported. Johnson will play "a member of the military."
The Dark Knight 3 Outsells Star Wars
Diamond Comics has released their sales figures for February 2016, and The Dark Knight III: The Master Race #3 proved to be the best-selling comic of the month with an estimated 146,044 copies sold. That issue helped DC regain some of their lost market share from Marvel, which outsold DC two-to-one in January.
DC had two other books in the top ten - Batman #49 and Justice League #48. The remaining seven spots were claimed by Marvel, with books like Star Wars #16, Spider-Man #1 and Deadpool & The Mercs for Money all performing well.
BvS: Henry Cavill on Superman’s Weakness
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice star Henry Cavill recently shed light on what fans can expect from the Man of Steel in director Zack Snyder's upcoming film, offering new insight into Kal-El's true weakness and the challenges that await the hero.
"For me, when it came on to Superman’s weakness, it’s inside him," Cavill told EW. "It’s the fact that he does really love humans."
Ultimately, according to Cavill, the Man of Steel's true weakness is "that he doesn’t want to hurt anyone. He doesn’t want to scare anyone, and in that you can take advantage of him." In fact, the actor went so far as to call Superman "a complete amateur" who's "facing up against someone who is very well versed in the arts of war."
Wrestling Wrap Up: Shane McMahon Fights Off Security
You guys, it'd be so awesome if Dean beat Triple H. So awesome. So damn awesome.
So.
Awesome.
But he'll lose.
And, in the end, I'm okay with that mostly because - basically - the world is Dean's oyster after WrestleMania. Maybe even as soon as the post-Mania RAW. Like, that quickly. This guy is about to explode all over the joint. Sure, he could win and they could last-minute rejigger 'Mania with him as the champ, but it's unlikely. More likely that they'll just utilize Dean's bulletproof-ness. Wherein he can get his ass thrashed and still remain the top pop in the company. So Dean can lose to Hunter at Roadblock. And also lose to Brock at 'Mania. He'll still be the biggest babyface.
Daily Deals: Xbox One With Six Games, Garden Warfare 2, Nintendo Selects
Plants vs Zombies Garden Warfare 2 Is Surprisingly Great, And It's Surprisingly Cheap Today
I was as skeptical as you when the mobile tower defense game Plants vs Zombies became a team-based, third-person shooter, and it was actually good. Now the sequel is here (we gave it an 8.2) and today only Amazon is selling it for $20 off. This includes the deluxe edition, which normally goes for $70. If you want a game with class-based action and a weird sense of humor, this is a steal.
Half-Life 2 Modders Reveal New Sci-Fi Action Roguelike
Beacon is an upcoming top-down sci-fi shooter headed to Windows, Mac, and Xbox One. You play as a clone of the recently deceased pilot Freja, crash-landed on a hostile alien world and tasked with collecting the materials necessary for crafting a distress beacon. Unlike most games in the roguelike vein, Beacon handles permadeath a bit differently – thanks to the cloning bay onboard your crashed ship, every time you die is an opportunity to recreate yourself in newer, better ways.
You do this by collecting DNA from fallen enemies and then merging it with your own DNA on death, generating an alternate version of yourself. This could mean new stats on your next run, or even "gameplay-altering physical mutations," according to Beacon's official website.
New Cast Additions to Tangled Animated Series
Tangled: Before Ever After -- Disney Channel's upcoming animated series, based on the feature film -- has added more cast members.
Joining the returning Mandy Moore as Rapunzel and Zachary Levi as Flynn Rider in the 2017 series are Ashley Judd (Divergent), playing Rapunzel's mother Queen Ariana; Eden Espinosa (Wicked on Broadway) as Rapunzel's handmaiden and confidant Cassandra; Jeff Ross (The Wedding Ringer) as Hook Hand's brother Hook Foot; and Richard Kind (Inside Out) as Uncle Monty.
Tangled: Before Ever After
Jeffrey Tambor (Transparent) and Paul F. Thompkins (Anchorman) will reprise their feature fim roles as Big Nose and Shorty from the Snuggly Duckling Pub Thugs, while M.C. Gainey (Lost) will continue on as Captain of the Guards.
Lumberjanes and Gotham Academy Are Crossing Over
DC Comics and BOOM! Studios are teaming up for an unusual new comic book crossover that will unite the casts of Gotham Academy and Lumberjanes.
This surprising new project was revealed by The Village Voice today. Lumberjanes/Gotham Academy be a self-contained, six-issue mini-series (rather than taking place in the core Lumberjanes or Gotham Academy comics) and will be written by Chynna Clugston-Flores (Blue Monday) and drawn by Lumberjanes artist Rosemary Valero-O'Connell.
Check out Mingjue Chen's cover to the first issue below:
Civil War: Black Panther Doesn’t Easily Take a Side
In the midst of the superhero showdown in Captain America: Civil War, audiences will get their first exposure to a longtime Marvel hero who’s never been seen in live-action before, as Black Panther makes his debut.
Played by Chadwick Boseman (42, Get On Up), T’Challa/Black Panther will get his own movie in 2018, directed by Ryan Coogler (Creed). But as for his introduction in Civil War, Boseman, discussing the character while on the set of the Captain America sequel, noted, “It's definitely not an origin story, no…. You meet me as the Prince of Wakanda. You meet me as a politician/monarch, not as a superhero.” However, he added, when we meet him in Civil War, “I am already a Black Panther,” with his emphasis on "A" seemingly referencing the lineage of the title Black Panther.