Yearly Archives: 2018
Spider-Man PS4 Easter Egg Hidden in Into the Spider-Verse’s New Trailer
It looks like the upcoming Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse animated film has a (very) subtle tie-in to Insomniac Games' Spider-Man for PlayStation 4.
As pointed out by Marvel Games Executive Creative Director Bill Rosemann, the Into the Spider-Verse trailer features a blink-and-you'll-miss-it shot of the primary Spider-Man suit from Insomniac's game. Watch the new trailer below:
In the trailer you'll notice a portion of the suit with its signature white Spider-Man logo can be seen inside of a display case in the background of the shot pictured below, just to the right of Peter.
The Last Jedi: Study Blames Russian Trolls for ‘Weaponizing’ Social Media Hate
Regardless of personal opinions on Star Wars: The Last Jedi, it appears that Russian trolls used latent fan disagreements around the film to propagate and weaponize a “narrative of widespread discord and dysfunction in American society,” at least according to a recent study.
Via Mashable, the study in question was done by Morten Bay, a research fellow at the USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism. It compares the social media reaction that happened in the 2016 US Presidential Election to the social media climate that existed (and still exists) around The Last Jedi.
The Last Jedi: Study Blames Russian Trolls for ‘Weaponizing’ Social Media Hate
Regardless of personal opinions on Star Wars: The Last Jedi, it appears that Russian trolls used latent fan disagreements around the film to propagate and weaponize a “narrative of widespread discord and dysfunction in American society,” at least according to a recent study.
Via Mashable, the study in question was done by Morten Bay, a research fellow at the USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism. It compares the social media reaction that happened in the 2016 US Presidential Election to the social media climate that existed (and still exists) around The Last Jedi.
The Most Important Doctor Who Stories to Watch Before the New Season
With a new season of Doctor Who about to premiere, and with it begin another whole new era in the show’s 50+ year history of adventures in space and time, and with more focus than ever on the series’ vast backlog of stories in the wake of events like the recent Twitch Classic Who marathon that had a generation of young fans enjoying and embracing – and meme-ing – the past, we offer here a quick list of 25 essential Doctor Who stories that provide a good grounding in the show and its many delights as we prepare to welcome Jodie Whittaker as the thirteenth incarnation of the time-traveling Time Lord known as the Doctor.
A bit of explanation: These are not all necessarily the “best” stories, or the most important to continuity. We’ve picked 25 adventures – at least one for every official television Doctor – that give newcomers a solid sense of the shifting tones and styles of the series as it’s navigated its way through a half-century of history and popular culture. Also, we’ve skipped including any of the plethora of audio, comics, prose, and other stories that have helped to make Doctor Who one of the most vital and varied fictional universes in history.
The Most Important Doctor Who Stories to Watch Before the New Season
With a new season of Doctor Who about to premiere, and with it begin another whole new era in the show’s 50+ year history of adventures in space and time, and with more focus than ever on the series’ vast backlog of stories in the wake of events like the recent Twitch Classic Who marathon that had a generation of young fans enjoying and embracing – and meme-ing – the past, we offer here a quick list of 25 essential Doctor Who stories that provide a good grounding in the show and its many delights as we prepare to welcome Jodie Whittaker as the thirteenth incarnation of the time-traveling Time Lord known as the Doctor.
A bit of explanation: These are not all necessarily the “best” stories, or the most important to continuity. We’ve picked 25 adventures – at least one for every official television Doctor – that give newcomers a solid sense of the shifting tones and styles of the series as it’s navigated its way through a half-century of history and popular culture. Also, we’ve skipped including any of the plethora of audio, comics, prose, and other stories that have helped to make Doctor Who one of the most vital and varied fictional universes in history.
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Creator of American Gods Neil Gaiman Signs Overall Deal With Amazon Studios
Creator of Good Omens and American Gods, Neil Gaiman has signed an exclusive deal with Amazon Studios for future TV projects.
The news was announced Tuesday in London at the Amazon Prime Video Presents showcase, Reported by THR. Footage from Gaiman's latest project of the adaptation of his 1990 novel, Good Omens was featured, starring David Tennant, Michael Sheen, and Frances McDormand.
The decision to sign with Amazon Studios comes after Gaiman's TV deal with Fremantle, who is behind American Gods, expired earlier this year.
Creator of American Gods Neil Gaiman Signs Overall Deal With Amazon Studios
Creator of Good Omens and American Gods, Neil Gaiman has signed an exclusive deal with Amazon Studios for future TV projects.
The news was announced Tuesday in London at the Amazon Prime Video Presents showcase, Reported by THR. Footage from Gaiman's latest project of the adaptation of his 1990 novel, Good Omens was featured, starring David Tennant, Michael Sheen, and Frances McDormand.
The decision to sign with Amazon Studios comes after Gaiman's TV deal with Fremantle, who is behind American Gods, expired earlier this year.
Red Dead Redemption 2 Rewrites the Open-World Rules
It’s been five years since Rockstar’s last magnum opus, the Hall-of-Fame-worthy Grand Theft Auto 5 released in 2013, and eight since it made the video game Western viable again with 2010’s Red Dead Redemption. On October 26, Rockstar will make you wait a tad longer to see its next attempt at pushing the open-world genre forward by rolling the opening credits on Red Dead Redemption 2 against a backdrop of a hellish high-mountain snowstorm.
“Nobody’s following us through a storm like this one!” bellows Dutch, the leader of the 20-odd-person Van der Linde gang as they take shelter in a mountaintop camp, evading the pursuers who’ve run them out of the prosperous American West in 1899 following a disastrous job in Blackwater. And so it falls to Dutch and your own Arthur Morgan to venture out into the Grizzly Mountain wilds to find food for the physically and mentally run-down group. “Get yourselves warm,” Dutch tells them. Stay strong. Stay with me. We ain’t done yet!”
Red Dead Redemption 2 Rewrites the Open-World Rules
It’s been five years since Rockstar’s last magnum opus, the Hall-of-Fame-worthy Grand Theft Auto 5 released in 2013, and eight since it made the video game Western viable again with 2010’s Red Dead Redemption. On October 26, Rockstar will make you wait a tad longer to see its next attempt at pushing the open-world genre forward by rolling the opening credits on Red Dead Redemption 2 against a backdrop of a hellish high-mountain snowstorm.
“Nobody’s following us through a storm like this one!” bellows Dutch, the leader of the 20-odd-person Van der Linde gang as they take shelter in a mountaintop camp, evading the pursuers who’ve run them out of the prosperous American West in 1899 following a disastrous job in Blackwater. And so it falls to Dutch and your own Arthur Morgan to venture out into the Grizzly Mountain wilds to find food for the physically and mentally run-down group. “Get yourselves warm,” Dutch tells them. Stay strong. Stay with me. We ain’t done yet!”