House of Cards: Season 3 Poster
*Spoiler warning for those who haven't watched Season 2*
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Feast your eyes on the new poster - and motion poster - for House of Cards: Season 3, which premieres February 27th on Netflix.
Hopefully you've seen all of Season 2 or else you're in for a bit of a spoiler here as the poster reveals the new POTUS and FLOTUS, Frank and Claire Underwood (Kevin Spacey and Robin Wright), exiting Air Force One. Let the butchery begin. Again.
The Original Plot For Game of Thrones Has Been Revealed
A three-page letter sent from George R.R. Martin to his publisher in 1993 has revealed the original plot for Game of Thrones, and possibly hinted at what's to come.
Book retailer Waterstones originally took the snaps of the letter and, though they've since been deleted, the evidence is still floating about for those keen to find it.
There's heaps of information in the outline and, though some of it has already been diverged from, there are a number of hints at what the future may hold including a list of five characters Martin originally intended to survive the books.
Atlus Releases New Persona 5 Gameplay Trailer
Atlus has released an all-new gameplay trailer for Persona 5.
It's less than three minutes long, but the trailer gives a sneaky peek at the leading characters and in-game action. It also confirms that the game will be directed by Katsura Hashino with characters designed by Persona stalwart Shigenori Soejima.
Persona 5 - the follow-up to smash-hit Persona 4 that we loved on PlayStation 2 and even more so as Persona 4: Golden on PS Vita - was originally confirmed in November 2013 and is expected to release on the PlayStation 3 and 4.
Nintendo Struggles With Demand For Beta Creators Program
A week after rolling out the new beta Creators Program, Nintendo is struggling with the demand for the affiliate program.
"Due to your enthusiasm for the program, we’re receiving a higher volume of applications to register channels & videos than expected," says Nintendo in a statement. "It is taking longer than we anticipated to confirm the applications. We appreciate your patience as we work through them as quickly as possible."
To expedite matters, Nintendo has shared a selection of tips for would-be affiliates. Nintendo is "not able" to register channels and videos that are not in line with its Terms of Service, and can only register videos and channels that contain game titles "specified on the list of supported games".
Twitter CEO Admits ‘We Suck at Dealing With Abuse’
The CEO of Twitter has accepted personal responsibility for the platform's continuing poor performance when it comes to dealing with abuse.
The Verge obtained comments made by Dick Costolo on an internal forum for employees of the micro-blogging platform, where he acknowledges ongoing issues with trolls are causing a huge number of people to stop using it.
"We suck at dealing with abuse and trolls on the platform and we've sucked at it for years," he wrote in response to a colleague asking if anything could be done to improve the situation. "It's no secret and the rest of the world talks about it every day. We lose core user after core user by not addressing simple trolling issues that they face every day.
Comic Book Reviews for February 4, 2015
Superman stole all the headlines this week with his fancy new super power and costume redesign. And to further cement that this is Superman's week, we also got the third volume of Superman: Earth One. He's already got all the best superhero powers -- isn't that enough?!
Marvel kicked off the first chapter of Guardians of the Galaxy & X-Men: The Black Vortex, another precious issue of Hawkeye, and the second chapter of Star Wars.
On the inside scene, we got the debuts of Rat God, Imperium, Cluster, and Stray Bullets: Sunshine and Roses. But the biggest book on that front is, hands down, Spawn #250. Congrats to Todd McFarlane and company for reaching that milestone, a feat seen far too rarely these days.
Saved by the Bell Cast Reunites on Jimmy Fallon
Back when he was hosting Late Night, Jimmy Fallon tried to reunite the cast of Saved by the Bell. It never quite worked out, though Mark-Paul Gosselaar did show up as Zack Morris one night, but on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Wednesday night, Fallon's dream came true.
As part of a special week of The Tonight Show episodes filming in Los Angeles -- as opposed to Fallon's usual New York home -- Fallon did a sketch where he was a student at Bayside High and he was joined by Gosselaar as Zack, Mario Lopez as Slater, Elizabeth Berkley as Jesse, Dennis Haskins as Mr. Belding and Tiffani Thiessen as Kelly. Okay, it wasn't a full cast reunion, as Dustin Diamond and Lark Voorhies weren't present, but it was still a pretty notable gathering of the original SBTB crew (and considering Diamond's strained relations with his former castmates in recent years, his absence isn't a shock).
Furious 7 Unleashes a 2nd Trailer
"This time it ain't just about being fast." So it's about being … furious?
Universal Pictures has rolled out the second full trailer for Furious 7, the long-awaited next installment in the Fast and the Furious franchise. The new trailer (seen below) is an extended version of the Super Bowl spot aired last weekend:
Furious 7 zooms into theaters stateside April 3.
Android 5.1 Lollipop Appears on Android One Devices
Android 5.1 Lollipop will roll out to select devices by the end of February 2015, sources tell Android Pit, with it appearing out of the box this week on select Android One devices.
The first builds of the update are installed on Android One devices reportedly shipping out Indonesia this week. According to Android Pit, the official Android.com Indonesia page displayed the three devices - Evercoos One X, Mito Impact and Nexian Journey - with Android 5.1 Lollipop specified as the OS. At the time of writing, the devices descriptions now states “Android™ Lollipop (and gets the new version soon after it’s released).”
Riot Launches First League of Legends Oceanic eSports League
Riot Games is launching the first ever Oceanic Pro League for League of Legends tonight, a weekly league that involves eight teams competing over the course of a 7-week split for $64,000.
Each split offers the opportunity to win $32,000 and players will receive an additional $100 'match fee' for each game played. The top five finishers will keep their spots for the next split, while the bottom three will have to defend their OPL membership in the Challenger Series.
“We have some amazing talent in this region and they are only going to get better in a professional league,” said Daniel Ringland, eSports manager, Riot Games Oceania in prepared statement.