We got a preview of the DC Universe subscription streaming service at Comic-Con, so here’s everything you need to know.
Month: July 2018
The 100 Best Movie Moments: Day 1
What are the 100 Greatest Movie Moments ever filmed? We put together a list of our favorites, and will be unveiling them throughout the week. Today, our first 20!
Pokemon Go Adds “Lucky Pokemon” In New Update
Niantic is rolling out another new update for Pokemon Go. The update is available now for both iOS and Android devices, and along with a handful of bug fixes and performance improvements, it introduces another new feature to the mobile game: Lucky Pokemon.
According to Niantic, some Pokemon will now become “Lucky Pokemon” when traded to another player. These special monsters will be denoted by a sparkling background, and what makes them particularly desirable is that they require less Stardust to power up, meaning players can raise the Pokemon’s Combat Power much faster than normal.
It’s unclear what other variables factor into whether or not a Pokemon you receive in a trade will become a Lucky one. However, Niantic notes that the longer a Pokemon has been sitting in a player’s storage, the higher its likelihood is of becoming a Lucky Pokemon.
In addition to Lucky Pokemon, the latest Pokemon Go update adds another incentive to send Gifts. Now, players who send Gifts to their friends will be rewarded with XP. The Gifts themselves also now have a chance of containing Stardust, in addition to their usual assortment of items (including special Eggs that hatch into Alolan forms of certain Pokemon).
Trading and Gifting were first introduced in Pokemon Go earlier this summer, along with the much-requested friends system. Players can now register each other as friends by exchanging numerical friend codes. Once registered, they can then send Gifts to other trainers on their friends list. Players can also trade Pokemon with friends, but that can only be done in-person.
A new Legendary Pokemon, Registeel, recently began appearing in Pokemon Go. Players will be able to encounter the Legendary Steel-type in Raid Battles until August 21. Niantic also recently shared details for the game’s next Community Day event, which this time takes place on two days–August 11 and 12–and features Eevee.
Backblaze Review
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Backblaze is one of the most popular cloud backup services around right now, and it’s easy to see why. It costs only $5 a month per PC or Mac with unlimited storage, making it one of the most affordable services available, and it takes almost no time to set up (See pricing details on the Backblaze site). In just a few clicks, all your important files will be protected not only from hard drive crashes, but theft, fire, and other disasters.
Fortnite Weapons List and Stats for Every Battle Royale Weapon
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Best Cheap TVs for Gaming
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Out This Week: No Man’s Sky Next, Ready Player One, Mega Man X Legacy Collection 1 + 2
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Darksiders 3 Lead Actor’s Audition Was 4 Words Long
Cissy Jones is no stranger to tough auditions. As a voice actor for games like Firewatch, Telltale’s The Walking Dead, and now Darksiders 3, she’s put in some heavy duty hours. Many times, she doesn’t even know what she’s necessarily auditioning for.
Darksiders 3 was no exception, but on the bright side, her recording was written to be only four words long. Jones sat down with IGN’s Ryan McCaffrey to discuss her Darksiders 3 audition on this month’s IGN Unfiltered.
Like many of Jones’ gigs, the developers behind the project kept her in the dark on what the specific project was, but did tell her that the character she was portraying was a “badass woman, one of the seven deadly sins personified.”
Guardians of the Galaxy Stars React to James Gunn, Fans Sign Petition to Disney
Just days after controversial tweets resurfaced from Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 director James Gunn, resulting in the visionary immediately being fired – fans and actors of the films have come out in Gunn’s defense.
A petition on change.org has over 185,000 signatures as of Monday morning and continues to climb drastically. The petition calls for Disney to rehire Gunn and “to realize the mistake they made and not do it again in the future.”
Stars of the Guardians of the Galaxy films have come forward on Twitter with their reactions to Disney’s decision, most recently Zoe Saldana, Chris Pratt, Karen Gillan, and Michael Rooker.