Dropsy Is a Clown-Hugging Adventure Game. Yes, Really
Dropsy is an unfortunate-looking clown who likes everyone and wants everyone to like him. He goes through life solving problems and attempting to hug people, but things don’t always go as planned. It’s up to players to guide this sensitive, carefree-but-resolute clown’s dilemmas in a new point-and-click “hugventure” spawned from a choose-your-own-adventure forum post on a long-running comedy website called Something Awful.
Like the early point-and-click adventures that came before it, Dropsy’s goal is to explore the world, solve puzzles, and hopefully win people over with hugs. His biggest obstacle comes from peoples’ aversion to him, with some outright hating him for one reason or another. He shrugs through it all as he happily trudges on despite his own tragic origin, which would give him the right to be a nasty, spiteful clown if it were in him. See, Dropsy used to be a circus clown. A fire destroyed his family’s livelihood and took his mother, leaving him with very little beyond his ailing father, his clown-face-painted dog, and the nightmares of the events that haunt him each time he goes to sleep.
First Look: Star Trek Beyond’s New Aliens and Costumes
Revealing new images and video from the Vancouver set of Star Trek Beyond have found their way online.
ScreenCrush scored the footage seen below of exterior filming in Vancouver. It reveals Captain Kirk's away team outfit (somewhat reminiscent of the away team outfits worn in the original Star Trek pilot, "The Cage"). Chekov is garbed similarly, while Scotty wears a variation on his more traditional red shirt duds.
More importantly, the footage reveals the distinctive look of Sofia Boutella's unidentified alien character, a species we apparently have never seen in Trek before. (But she does bear a bit of a resemblance to DC Comics villainess Silver Banshee!) Is Boutella's character that rumored Starfleet ship's captain "set up as Kirk’s match"?
Microsoft Rumored to Reveal New Hardware at October Event
Microsoft is gearing up to unveil several new hardware devices this fall, according to new rumors.
Chinese site WPDang was among the first to publish the rumors, but The Verge has since reached out to its own sources to confirm the rumblings, which state that Microsoft will reveal the Surface Pro 4 tablet, two new Lumia phones and the Microsoft Band 2 fitness smart watch.
A few other things are expected to appear at the event, such as a slimmer Xbox One and another Surface model, but other reports have been unable to support these particular claims. It could be a Surface 4 tablet to accompany the Surface Pro 4, much like the Surface 3.
Cuphead Artist Shares Hand-Drawn Animations
Over the past month, Cuphead artist Jake Clark has shared a collection of hand-drawn animations from the run-and-gun platforming game.
Clark has showcased the pencil animations on his Tumblr blog, giving the public a behind-the-scenes look at the bosses and enemies from Cuphead. Below are a couple of examples of his collection, with a look at the game's mermaid boss as well as miniboss Jelly.
Hannibal Director May Helm Fifty Shades Sequel
Glengarry Glen Ross and Hannibal TV show director James Foley may helm Fifty Shades Darker.
According to Deadline, Foley is the frontrunner for the Fifty Shades of Grey sequel. In fact, it appears Universal might hire the helmer for the third film in the trilogy as well, which is called Fifty Shades Freed.
Other filmmakers in contention to direct Fifty Shades Darker include Electrick Children's Rebecca Thomas, Mark Pellington (known for helming Cold Case episodes) and Hysteria's Tanya Wexler.
Fifty Shades Darker will see Jamie Dornan and Dakota Johnson reprise their roles as Christian Grey and Anastasia Steele. Niall Leonard, who's the husband of Fifty Shades book author E.L. James, is penning the script.
Wonder Woman’s New Ability: Officiating Gay Weddings
She can fly, deflect bullets and lasso a confession out of crooks, but now Wonder Woman has a new ability: officiating same-sex marriages. In this week’s digital-first comic Sensation Comics Featuring Wonder Woman Chapter 48, the Amazonian warrior wed Elizabeth and Katie in a beautiful garden ceremony.
"I saw this Wonder Woman story as an incredible opportunity to have one of the most recognizable, iconic characters in the world to be among the first to step forward and officially endorse this new law," writer/artist Jason Badower told Huffington Post, referring to the U.S. Supreme Court's June 26 ruling that legalized same-sex marriage throughout the nation.
Pokken Tournament Trademark Mentions NFC Figurines
The Pokemon Company has filed a trademark for Pokken Tournament in Europe, and according to the trademark's description, it looks like Bandai Namco's arcade fighter may feature NFC support.
The trademark specifically mentions "near field communication (NFC) technology-enabled devices, namely, key chain tags, key chains, key fobs, key tags, key rings and key holders, and figurines, to facilitate the transmission and recording and exchange of video game content."
While this could very well be a hint that amiibo support is in the works for Pokken Tournament, Nintendo has yet to make any official announcement one way or the other.
Google’s Project Ara Delayed
Google's Project Ara has hit some delays - reportedly because the phone keeps falling apart.
Designed as a modular smartphone from Google's Advanced Technologies and Projects group, Project Ara will allow users to swap out components such as storage and cameras on the fly. However, the Project Ara team has revealed on Twitter that the "electropermanent magnets" that hold the modules in place are not strong enough, alongside the telling hashtag #FailedTheDropTest.
App Store Update: August 20
Every day hundreds of new apps make their debut on the App Store, and hundreds more are updated or reduced in price. We have sifted through the noise and highlighted those select few that might be worth your attention.
Note: The prices and deals compiled below are accurate at the time we published this story, but all are subject to change.
Final Fantasy VII – ($15.99)
As the promise of the long-awaited remake looms, Square Enix is taking advantage of the renewed interest in this classic to sell new ports of the original version. This fresh iOS port adds in some of the amenities of the PC version from years past and has a variety of control options to help you make your way back through Cloud's quest.
Netflix Teases Daredevil Season 2
Netflix tweeted a tease yesterday for Season 2 of Marvel's Daredevil, which is currently in production in New York City.
The streaming service captioned the image below: "The suit makes the man."
The suit makes the man. #Daredevil pic.twitter.com/9QgMzxgXTa
— Daredevil (@Daredevil) August 20, 2015But the image that has had fans talking online is actually the one below, which many outlets claim shows the Man Without Fear's new outfit (one that, according to who you ask, purportedly has more black in it).