Month: April 2018

There are a lot of WWE rumors, especially around Wrestlemania each year. It’s good to keep fans a little off-balance and a little curious. Not knowing the how, why, and what allows fans to suspend their disbelief about the onscreen action. Rumors elevate their subjects and make men into superheroes and otherworldly monsters.

Here are some of the most persistent urban legends in professional wrestling. Some of them are false, which is a relief. And some of them are true, which is terrifying.

If you’re looking for more WWE awesomeness, make sure to check in with our Wrestlemania coverage, including rumors leading up to the event. We have a full match card for your to check out as well as our predictions for the upcoming event. And come back on Sunday, April 8 for live coverage of Wrestlemania 34.

One of the most memorable moments from The Simpsons comes from Season 7, Episode 21 back in 1996. During the episode titled “22 Short Films About Springfield,” one story follows Principal Skinner who invited Superintendent Chalmers over for lunch. The meal goes awry and Skinner ends up serving Krusty Burgers which he hastily calls “steamed hams.” It is one of the most satisfying bits in the 29 seasons of the series, and what could be better than watching it all over again? Well, what if Jeff Goldblum was in it?

While promoting the upcoming game Jurassic World Evolution, Jeff Goldblum–who recently played Grandmaster in Thor: Ragnarok–took the time to do a masterful reading of the classic Simpsons bit, which you can see in the video above. Goldblum read Skinner’s lines, normally played by Harry Shearer.

Goldblum returns to the Jurassic Park franchise this summer, reprising his role as Dr. Ian Malcolm for the first time since 1997’s The Lost World, and he seems excited to return as Malcolm. “I’ll try to contribute something to the plate of dino-entertainment,” he said. “I like my character. I think my character is a saucy, sassy man of some integrity and deep thinking. And of course, that whole world continues to be popular, slam-bang, top entertainment.”

In addition, Goldblum will also be playing Malcolm in Jurassic World Evolution. The upcoming game will be released digitally on June 12 for PS4, Xbox One, and PC and physically on July 3 for Xbox One and PS4. It’s a sandbox-style park management game, much like Rollercoaster Tycoon with giant dinosaurs, which is fitting as it’s by Frontier Developments, the minds behind the previously mentioned series. You can learn more about specifics of the game in our interview with Evolution’s game director, Michael Brookes, and lead designer, Andy Fletcher.

The next film in the franchise, Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, hits theaters on June 22 and features Bryce Dallas Howard and Chris Pratt reprising their roles alongside Goldblum. The latest trailer for the movie was released during the Super Bowl, and once again, the movie will contain people running from dinosaurs.

Video game hardware often serves as a hurdle for developers to overcome. Whether it’s running out of memory or figuring out how to translate a player’s interactions with a controller into a dynamic 3D world meant to emulate real life, just getting things to work smoothly is an accomplishment in and of itself. But with some games, developers take things further, and the end result can be better off for it.

There have been countless memorable moments in games, whether it’s a well-designed boss fight, an unexpected character death, or an awe-inspiring view. But many of the best moments stem from the way games use hardware in unique ways to deliver something unforgettable. In other cases, special hardware or accessories are used to deliver an experience that otherwise wouldn’t be possible with a typical controller or keyboard and mouse.

We’ve rounded up some of our favorite examples of the best uses of gaming hardware, one that saw fans use technology to turn an existing game into something very different, and a few others that were certainly original, if not very good. Be sure to share those that stick out in your memory with us in the comments below.