Yearly Archives: 2018
Watch Someone Beat Superhot in 18 Minutes
The time-bending first-person shooter Superhot takes the average player around 2 hours to complete. Speedrunner IsBullets can beat it a little faster than that. A year ago, IsBullets finished the game in just over 18 minutes, and has held the world record ever since.
We got a little bit of time to catch up with IsBullets to find out what he’s been up to, and what makes Superhot such a compelling game to speedrun. Here’s what he had to say.
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Get Out Wins Best Feature Film at Spirit Awards
Get Out was the big winner at the 33rd Film Independent Spirit Awards.
The critically-acclaimed thriller won Best Feature and Jordan Peele received the award for Best Director. In addition to being IGN's runner-up for 2017 Movie of the Year, Get Out received our award for Best Horror Movie of 2017.
Other notable winners include Call Me by Your Name, which received the awards for Best Male Lead and Best Cinematography, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, which won Best Female Lead and Best Supporting Male, and I, Tonya, which was awarded Best Supporting Female and Best Editing.
The Emoji Movie Wins Worst Picture at Razzies
The Emoji Movie was this year's big "winner" at the 38th annual Razzie Awards.
Sony Pictures' animated feature took home a total of four awards, including worst picture, worst director for Tony Leondis, worst screenplay, and worst screen combo. Fifty Shades Darker followed with two awards: worst sequel and worst supporting actress for Kim Basinger.
Check out the full list of "winners" at the 38th Razzie Awards below:
- Worst Picture: The Emoji Movie
- Worst Actress: Tyler Perry (BOO! 2: A Madea Halloween)
How Nintendo Won the Market With the Switch
It's no secret that the Nintendo Switch has been a massive success. In fact, it's sold more units in a shorter amount of time than any other console that's ever come before it. Which begs the question: how did Nintendo win back the market with the Switch?
Without the advantage of a holiday launch, Nintendo has sold over 4.8 million Switches in the United States, and over 14.8 million units globally - surpassing the previous sales record held by the Nintendo Wii and becoming the fastest selling console in U.S. history. While in Japan, Nintendo sold over 3.3 million units in approximately the same amount of time.
CinemaScores: What Audiences Think of Jennifer Lawrence Movies
Jennifer Lawrence made headlines last year when her psychological thriller mother! earned a rarely given, dreaded "F" CinemaScore, the letter grade domestic filmgoers assign to a movie in audience exit polling opening night. CinemaScores have been a barometer by which Hollywood has gauged how their movies will perform at the box office for many years now, but they have become, in the digital age, an even more talked about facet in how studios and the media respond to a movie's performance.
Well, the CinemaScore is now in for Lawrence's latest movie Red Sparrow, with audiences giving it a "B" grade. With that in mind -- and the stink of mother!'s "F" CinemaScore still hanging in the air -- let's look back at what audiences thought of JLaw's other films, including her turns in the X-Men and Hunger Games franchises.
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Subscribe to the New Prepare To Try YouTube Channel
Prepare To Try, a show about three idiot friends slowly losing their minds while playing challenging games, now has its own YouTube Channel.
Here's a little tease of what you can expect from the new channel...
It'll be the first place to see new episodes in our playthrough of The Ringed City, but it'll be home to much, much more. Expect more one-off Let's Plays, dropping every Wednesday, challenges, livestreams, and behind-the-scenes videos (basically us mucking about).
If you like the sound of any of that, visit the new Prepare To Try YouTube channel and subscribe (don't make us beg).
Logan’s Run Remake Hires Hunger Games Writer
Warner Bros. is reportedly moving forward with its long-in-development remake of Logan's Run with Peter Craig writing the script.
Deadline has heard the studio closed a deal this week to move forward on the project, which will be written by Craig and directed by Simon Kinberg (X-Men: Dark Phoenix).
Warner Bros. allegedly hopes the film will be able to generate the same level of excitement as the upcoming Ready Player One and find success similar to last year's Blade Runner 2049. A few years ago, Kinberg called Logan's Run "the granddaddy of Maze Runner and Hunger Games," and said Warner Bros. sees it as a "potentially really big franchise."
Oscars: Jennifer Lawrence and Jodie Foster to Present Best Actress
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is doing things a bit differently this year and will have two actresses present the award for best lead actress at the 90th Academy Awards.
While traditionally, the previous year's best lead actor winner would present the award for best lead actress, Variety reports Jennifer Lawrence and Jodie Foster will present the award this year instead.
Last year, Casey Affleck won the best lead actor award for his performance in Manchester by the Sea, so he would have been set to present the award. However, in January he withdrew as a presenter for best lead actress in the wake of sexual harassment allegations.