See Harrison Ford and Chewie Reunite on Jimmy Kimmel
The latest episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live featured a hilarious skit involving Han Solo actor Harrison Ford and his Star Wars sidekick Chewbacca.
The clip depicts a feud between Ford and Chewie, with Kimmel attempting to talk Chewbacca out of jumping off a building. Meanwhile, Ford is egging him on. After a touching flashback scene to the tune of Adele's "Hello," Ford and Chewie reconcile.
See the entire skit, in all of its ridiculous hilarity, below.
Star Wars: The Force Awakens marks the big screen return of Han Solo and Chewbacca. The J.J. Abrams-directed film hits theaters on December 18 and is expected to earn a whopping $170M during opening weekend.
Kentucky Route Zero Act 4 Coming Soon
A fourth episode of developer Cardboard Computer's surreal adventure game Kentucky Route Zero will be available soon.
The announcement came via Twitter earlier today.
Act IV is almost done! Excited to share it soon.
— cardboard computer (@cardboardcompy) November 24, 2015
In addition to the announcement, Cardboard Computer also released an image teasing a glimpse at what can be expected from Act IV.
Composer Proposes With Help of Mobile Game Easter Egg
There's a lot of unique ways to pop the question, like livestreaming it on the Internet for example, but composer Barry Leitch found one particularly clever way: through the mobile game Horizon Chase.
The development team at Aquiris Game Studios was happy to help, and they concocted an easter egg to help Barry propose to his girlfriend Karen. They recorded the whole process in a short Twitter video, detailing the set-up and the team's concept.
Karen was to go to a local bakery, under the guise of a documentary being made about game development and the strain of long hours on the team's relationships. Cameras were set up, the stage was set, and Barry had her demo the game while they talked on Skype. He asked her to draw a heart shape on the screen, and when it did, the proposal popped up. The result?
Killing Floor 2 Developer Defends Microtransactions
Killing Floor 2 developer Tripwire Interactive has addressed concerns over its recent decision to add microtransactions to the first-person shooter that is in Steam Early Access.
The developer announced today that Killing Floor 2 would be getting a new online store called the Trading Floor. In the Trading Floor, you can buy in-game items with Steam Wallet funds. Weapons will be dropped in-game for free or, based on rarity, will drop as a crate or USB stick that need a purchasable decryption key to unlock and obtain the item.
Most of these weapon skins are player-made and their creators get a cut of the sale anytime their item is purchased. The rest of the money will help fund free content in the future, according to the Trading Floor's FAQ page.
The 12 Best Gifts for Mobile Phone Users
We're living in a world where technology has advanced beyond what people thought possible just thirty years ago. Back then, if you wanted to listen to hundreds of hours of music while you rode the bus to work, you'd need to pack along literally hundreds of cassette tapes. No more!
With so many choices in mobile accessories, it can be hard to pin down the perfect gift this holiday season, but we're hear to help you pick the best gifts to help accessorize your mobile lifestyle.
This Anker Astro 6700mAh Portable Battery is a great solution for charging mobile devices on the go. Its beastly capacity is capable of charging an iPad mini fully, or if you know someone rocking an iPhone 5S, this portable battery will charge it three times before it needs to be filled back up with electrons.
New to Netflix for December 2015
December's coming up quick and Netflix is ready to unleash a flood of new original programming - as if their November wasn't already filled with new high-profile shows.
Again, you can witness here the surplus of new original shows and the decline of the company's usual slate of blockbuster movies. Darkman, The Da Vinci Code, Ray, and - probably - Stir of Echoes are the biggest "known" movies coming in. The rest are standup specials, a Bill Murray holiday celebration, animated shows for the kids (like The Croods' new series), and comedian-driven shows and movies from the likes of Adam Sandler, Rob Schneider, and Bill Burr.
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The Force Awakens Predicted To Earn In $170M Opening Weekend
Star Wars fans are anxious to see the new film, and according to Variety, The Force Awakens is already projected to hit $170 million in its opening box office weekend.
With $50 million in advance ticket sales already, Episode VII already has a strong start. This number pales, however, compared to recent box office successes.
Jurassic World already holds the current opening weekend box office record with $208.8 million, closely followed by Marvel's 2012 blockbuster The Avengers at $207.4 million. At its projected rate, The Force Awakens won't beat Avengers sequel Age of Ultron, which opened to a $191.3 million weekend.
5 Hunger Games Stories Perfect for Comics
The The Hunger Games movie series has come to an end, and the books have been wrapped up for years, so that means we’re all out of Hunger Games. Instead of wallowing in sadness, we’ve whipped up a list of potential Hunger Games comics that could continue the franchise.
Comic books are less time-consuming than a novel and way cheaper than producing a TV show or spin-off movie, making them the perfect medium to deliver these other side stories we’d like to see. We’ve seen other properties we love like Firefly, Doctor Who, and Buffy the Vampire Slayer use comics to continue to tell their stories, and we’d love for Hunger Games to do the same.
As captivating and exciting as Suzanne Collins’s writing is, she sure does skimp on the details. This isn’t a slight against her writing -- in fact, we admire her for her lean and straight-forward storytelling -- but it does mean there’s a lot of gaps to fill in. She’s already told the complete story of Katniss, so these are stories of other characters, times, and places that we would love to read in a comic book.
Star Wars Battlefront’s Free New Mode Revealed
The Battle of Jakku DLC will introduce a new mode, known as Turning Point, which dramatises the events which took place on the planet shortly following the Battle of Endor. These are the same events that created the debris we've glimpsed in trailers for Star Wars: The Force Awakens.
The mode features a beleaguered Imperial army holding out against forces of the New Republic, buoyed by their recent victory at the Battle of Endor.
Here's how lead level designer Dennis Brannvall describes the mode: "At the edge of the map, the Empire has constructed a make-shift base as well as smaller fortifications strewn across the landscape. Following an emergency landing, the Rebels need to locate the enemy bases to attack and take control of them all.
Thief, Sacred 3 Headline November’s Games With Gold
Microsoft has revealed its lineup of free games coming to Xbox Live Gold subscribers in December.
All month long, Games with Gold will be offering Xbox One owners The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing free of charge. Additionally, Square Enix's Thief will be available from December 16 to January 15.
Xbox Wire has also revealed the lineup Xbox 360 games that are being featured in the promotion, with CastleStorm going free from December 1 to December 15. At that point it will be replaced by Sacred 3, which will be free until the end of the month. As an extra holiday bonus, Microsoft is also offering Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising as a free download from December 16 to December 31.