Currently over in the Marvel comics universe, Wolverine is dead. Of course everybody knows that this is just a temporary situation, because unless they’re named “Uncle Ben”, nobody in comics really ever stay dead. And besides this is Wolverine we’re talking about here, the Canuk with the almost immortality granting healing factor! But while that may be the case in …
Kervyn’s list of Top 10 Video Game Movies got me thinking: while video-game-to-movie adaptations aren’t easy, there have been some that are part-way decent. And, God bless Hollywood, they’re going to keep trying until they eventually get it right. In terms of upcoming video game movies, we have Agent 47 hitting our screens in September, and Assassin’s Creed and Warcraft …
We sat down with Hamilton Chu, the Executive Producer of Hearthstone, at Gamescom. He gave us some insight into the upcoming expansio, The Grand Tournament.
Last year, during Walt Disney Africa’s Annual Showcase event, Nick and I got treated to the first look at The Lion Guard, Disney’s upcoming direct-to-TV sequel movie/TV series to its seminal 1994 classic The Lion King. While the sequel is clearly aimed more at kids and seemed to lack the maturity and depth of its Oscar winning, $987 million grossing …
Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein; or, the Modern Prometheus” is undoubtedly one of my top 10 favourite novels of all time. Not only is it an incredible Gothic parable of ambition, redemption and just plain ol’ humanity, but it is considered by some to be the first true science fiction novel. So of course Hollywood turned it into a lumbering monster story. …
Nobody was taking a gamble with Straight Outta Compton, the biopic about groundbreaking rap group NWA. Made for less than $30 million, a lot of people hoped it would be good. Nobody, though, expected it to be a big hit. Even its studio played down expectations, predicting that just maybe it might make its money back in the first week. …
At Gamescom, we caught up with Dustin Browder and Kaeo Milker to talk Heroes of the Storm. We chatted about the new heroes, the new battleground, and what Blizzard are aiming to bring to their MOBA next!
These articles were originally posted on Lazygamer. But we’re reposting them here as well, because the two are kind of linked. Also, my laziness is over 9000 right now. It’s a new age for Dragon Ball Z. One that is filled with actual new material, thanks to last year’s Battle of Gods which kickstarted a whole new universe for the …
A spooky European village. Properly scary castle mania. Vampires. Werewolves! The only thing more frightening, is a glimpse at your empty bank account when it comes to deciding whether or not you can grab Resident Evil Village this month. Capcom's successor to its long-running survival-horror franchise is finally out, and if you've read our review then you know the game is a winner on multiple levels.
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