Yearly Archives: 2018
Portal 2 Writer Rejoins Valve
Portal 2, Team Fortress 2, and Left 4 Dead series writer Jay Pinkerton is back at Valve after leaving in June last year for undisclosed reasons.
Pinkerton was the fourth Valve writer to leave the studio in two years, following the departure of Eric Wolpaw and Chet Faliszek earlier in 2017, and Half-Life writer Marc Laidlaw in January 2016.
Portal 2 Writer Rejoins Valve
Portal 2, Team Fortress 2, and Left 4 Dead series writer Jay Pinkerton is back at Valve after leaving in June last year for undisclosed reasons.
Pinkerton was the fourth Valve writer to leave the studio in two years, following the departure of Eric Wolpaw and Chet Faliszek earlier in 2017, and Half-Life writer Marc Laidlaw in January 2016.
WarioWare Gold Has an Incredible Amiibo Feature
Amiibo have been used for many things over the years, from levelling up fighters to summoning meat rain, but WarioWare Gold is up there for the best Amiibo interaction yet invented.
As per Mon Amiibo, WarioWare Gold allows you to plonk three Amiibo down per day, earning you a varying number of coins to use in the in-ghame capsule machine. But there's another benefit - Wario will "sketch" you a picture of whichever character's Amiibo you used. He seems... untalented.
WarioWare Gold Has an Incredible Amiibo Feature
Amiibo have been used for many things over the years, from levelling up fighters to summoning meat rain, but WarioWare Gold is up there for the best Amiibo interaction yet invented.
As per Mon Amiibo, WarioWare Gold allows you to plonk three Amiibo down per day, earning you a varying number of coins to use in the in-ghame capsule machine. But there's another benefit - Wario will "sketch" you a picture of whichever character's Amiibo you used. He seems... untalented.
Netflix Picks Up Madam C.J. Walker Series from Octavia Spencer and LeBron James
Netflix has picked up a new limited series, Madam C.J. Walker, starring Octavia Spencer, and co-executive produced by Spencer and LeBron James.
As announced at Netflix's TCA panel, Spencer will star as black hair care pioneer and mogul C.J. Walker, and tell the story of "how she overcame hostile turn-of-the-century America, epic rivalries, tumultuous marriages and some trifling family to become America’s first black, self-made female millionaire."
The eight-episode series is based on the book on Her Own Ground by A'Lelia Bundles.
In more TCA news, Netflix announced a release date for its spooky Sabrina series, and the premiere date for the Emma Stone and Jonah hill series Maniac.
Netflix Picks Up Madam C.J. Walker Series from Octavia Spencer and LeBron James
Netflix has picked up a new limited series, Madam C.J. Walker, starring Octavia Spencer, and co-executive produced by Spencer and LeBron James.
As announced at Netflix's TCA panel, Spencer will star as black hair care pioneer and mogul C.J. Walker, and tell the story of "how she overcame hostile turn-of-the-century America, epic rivalries, tumultuous marriages and some trifling family to become America’s first black, self-made female millionaire."
The eight-episode series is based on the book on Her Own Ground by A'Lelia Bundles.
In more TCA news, Netflix announced a release date for its spooky Sabrina series, and the premiere date for the Emma Stone and Jonah hill series Maniac.
CBS Films President Responds to Sexual Harassment Allegations Against CBS Chief Leslie Moonves
President of CBS Films (Winchester, American Assassin) Terry Press has addressed the recent allegations of sexual harassment against CBS chief Leslie Moonves.
The allegations against Moonves, who joined CBS in July 1995, came to light in a story written by Ronan Farrow in The New Yorker, where six women went on-the-record to claim the media executive sexually harassed them between the 1980s and the late aughts.
On her personal Facebook page, Press said that Farrow's piece "generates as many questions and answers," and wondered if it was fair to "examine the industry as it existed decades before through the lens of 2018."
CBS Films President Responds to Sexual Harassment Allegations Against CBS Chief Leslie Moonves
President of CBS Films (Winchester, American Assassin) Terry Press has addressed the recent allegations of sexual harassment against CBS chief Leslie Moonves.
The allegations against Moonves, who joined CBS in July 1995, came to light in a story written by Ronan Farrow in The New Yorker, where six women went on-the-record to claim the media executive sexually harassed them between the 1980s and the late aughts.
On her personal Facebook page, Press said that Farrow's piece "generates as many questions and answers," and wondered if it was fair to "examine the industry as it existed decades before through the lens of 2018."
IGN’s Boomsday Reveal: Is This The Most Insane New Hearthstone Card So Far?
Hearthstone’s newest set, The Boomsday Project, is shaping up to be one of the most exciting in the game’s history. It’s out on August 7, and every day new cards are being revealed showing off interesting, powerful and new concepts, and today is no exception. I present to you, IGN’s Boomsday card reveal, Mecha’thun!
Part Eldritch abomination, part machine.
Disenchantment Has the DNA of Futurama and The Simpsons
At the 2018 Television Critics Association summer press tour, Netflix released four new character sizzle reels for their upcoming animated series, Disenchantment, which premieres on the streaming provider on August 17.
Disenchantment comes from the creative minds of Simpsons creator Matt Groening, and Futurama writer/co-executive producer Josh Weinstein. The story is set in the medieval world of Dreamland, where three unlikely companions encounter all manner of fantastical creatures like ogres, sprites, and trolls.
The odd trio includes Princess Bean (Abbi Jacobson), a demon named Luci (Eric Andre), and Elfo (Nat Faxon), an adventurous elf who leaves his optimistic land behind in search of some real-world experiences. You can check out the footage below.