There are several supernatural/psychic abilities in Control but only 2 of them come from the main campaign. Here’s how to get the rest.
Month: August 2019
WoW Classic: Rogue Leveling Guide
Need help leveling up as a Rogue in World of Warcraft Classic? We’ve got tips, talent builds, strategies and more.
Marvel Comics #1000 Is for Hardcore Fans Only
Marvel Comics is celebrating its 80th anniversary in a number of ways in 2019, but the release of Marvel Comics #1000 easily ranks among the most ambitious. Each page of this 80-page special issue features a different creative team telling a story inspired by a particular year in Marvel’s history.
The launchpad for each story ranges from the debut of a major character to the appearance of a seminal storyline to the release of a landmark movie like Iron Man or Howard the Duck. The result is every bit as messy and disjointed as you’d expect from such an unusual undertaking, but still well worth reading for Marvel devotees.
Telling a complete, coherent story in a single page is an art form unto itself, and it goes without saying that some teams are more successful than others. The fundamental problem with Marvel Comics #1000 is that there isn’t really a cohesive theme or focus over the course of 80 pages, 80 teams, and 80 stories. Some stories follow a set theme, with heroes like Hulk, Thing, and Daredevil responding to a faceless interviewer asking about what motivates them. Others are basically bland origin story re-tellings. A great many others simply seek to tell a fun, quick story in the limited space available.
Cyberpunk 2077 Dev Explains Why There’s No Character Gender Option Anymore
CD Projekt Red is doing away with traditional character gender options in Cyberpunk 2077 to keep with the cyberpunk ethos of the genre. The developers confirmed the latest development in a new interview.
Metro caught up with CD Projekt Red senior concept artist Marthe Jonkers to talk more about the world building in Cyberpunk 2077, and how that manifests in the gameplay. Specifically, Metro asked about gender in Cyberpunk 2077, an area that CD Projekt Red received criticism for in the past.
Jonkers said the developers are working to make Cyberpunk 2077 “really inclusive.” This resulted in gameplay design choices like an expanded character customization menu.
Meet Every Character and Cast Member in Netflix’s Dark Crystal Prequel
Netflix’s The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance arguably has one of the most impressive voice casts ever assembled, including genre mainstays like Sigourney Weaver, Mark Hamill, and Simon Pegg; Game of Thrones alums Nathalie Emmanuel, Lena Headey, and Natalie Dormer; and Harry Potter stars like Jason Isaacs and Helena Bonham Carter.
The show is already drawing comparisons to Game of Thrones for its sprawling ensemble cast of warring clans, anchored by Emmanuel’s Deet, Taron Egerton’s Rian, and Anya Taylor-Joy’s Brea, and you’d be forgiven for being unable to tell which Skesis is which in the first episode, which throws you right into the middle of a tumultuous political power struggle taking place in the world of Thra.
Netflix’s New Mobster Movie From Martin Scorsese Has An Epic Runtime
Oscar-winning director Martin Scorsese’s new mobster movie, The Irishman, is a very long film. It’s been reported that the movie will run for a whopping 3 hours and 30 minutes.
That makes it Scorsese’s longest movie ever, according to IndieWire. At 210 minutes, The Irishman is longer than Wolf of Wall Street (180 minutes), Casino (178 minutes), Gangs of New York (167 minutes) and Goodfellas (147 minutes).
The runtime for The Irishman comes from the movie’s New York Film Festival page, which notes that the length is subject to change. Given the movie doesn’t officially release until the end of November, it is possible that the runtime may change. The movie premieres at the NYFF on September 27, before having a limited theatrical run starting on November 1. It then widely premieres on Netflix on November 27.
The Irishman is based on the Charles Brandt book “I Heard You Paint Houses.” The film stars Robert De Niro as Frank Sheeran, who returns from World War II and joins the mob as a hitman.
Al Pacino plays the union boss Jimmy Hoffa, who disappeared under mysterious circumstances. Joe Pesci, who along with De Niro starred in Scorsese’s Goodfellas and Casino, also appears in The Irishman.
Batman/Superman #1 Captures the Best of Both Worlds
When DC launched Superman/Batman back in 2003, the series’ appeal couldn’t be simpler. DC’s biggest creators working with the company’s two most iconic heroes, all on a series built around the widescreen action approach that was so popular at the time. For various reasons, that appeal never fully translated over to 2013’s Batman/Superman. But with the launch of a new volume of Batman/Superman, DC does a far better job of recapturing that old magic. Superstar creators plus iconic heroes plus a dastardly villain equals a strong debut issue.
Batman/Superman builds directly on the foundation of Dark Nights: Metal and The Batman Who Laughs, with the series pitting the Dark Knight and the Man of Steel against a nemesis who has all the most formidable traits of Batman and the Joker. And lest readers accuse the Batman Who Laughs of being well below Superman’s pay grade, this series also introduces “The Infected,” a group of DC heroes who have been secretly corrupted by this demented villain.
Industry Icon John Carmack Shares His Thoughts On The Current State Of Video Games
Famed video game designer John Carmack, one of the founders of Doom and Wolfenstein studio id Software, who now works at Facebook on the Oculus virtual reality platform, appeared on the Joe Rogan Experience podcast today–and he had a lot to say. One of the topics that came up was Carmack’s thoughts on the current state of games today. He said he’s generally optimistic, though he has some reservations as well.
In the past, some games had more of a “distinct flavor,” Carmack noted. That might have been because they weren’t subject to the level of focus-testing that sometimes exists in modern games, Carmack said. In fact, he said some modern games are “focus-grouped to death.”
That might be because games have become so expensive to make. Carmack said some AAA games have budgets that can run into the “hundreds of millions of dollars,” and as such, the publishers of those games focus-test them to ensure they appeal to a mass audience so they make their money back.
Here are Carmack’s full comments:
“One of the interesting things as we look at game design today versus the old days is a lot of people fall into a nostalgia trap about saying, ‘Well, the games I grew up with were the greatest games ever,’ and you see it with music and movies and everything,” Carmack said. “I tend to be more optimistic about the state of things today.”
“The amount of effort that goes into the modern games is extraordinary. The detail and all the quality on all the different levels. There is a little sense of, games are so expensive to make now, sometimes in the hundreds of millions of dollars, that they do have to be conservative. They have to be careful to make sure that they’ve got something that has a broad, mass appeal. And I think that is the upside of some of the older games where they might have a little bit more of a distinct flavor; they weren’t sort of focus-grouped to death in the way that some of the more modern games can be.”
Carmack is now the CTO of Oculus VR. The company’s latest product is Oculus Quest, which is a standalone virtual reality headset that does not require a computer.
Matthew McConaughey Is Now A College Professor, Will Teach Classes This Fall
Actor Matthew McConaughey is now a professor, and he will teach classes at an American university beginning this fall. The University of Texas appointed the Oscar-winner to the role of a professor in the school’s Moody College of Communication. He will teach classes in the Department of Radio-Television-Film.
The school said in a press release that it appointed McConaughey to professor “in recognition of his outstanding work as a teach and mentor” to the school’s students. The Dallas Buyers Club and True Detective actor has been a “visiting instructor” at UT since 2015. He started at the time co-teaching a film production class alongside faculty member Scott Rice. In that role, McConaughey created some of the course’s curriculum.
“It’s the class I wish I would have had when I was in film school. Working in the classroom with these students gives me a chance to prepare them,” McConaughey said in a statement. “Making movies, turning words on paper into film, is both a science and art–no matter the time or generation. The elements of truth and genuine joy for the process are timeless. That will always be our classroom focus.”
McConaughey himself graduated from UT back in 1993, so it’s a homecoming of sorts for the actor.
Looking ahead to the Fall 2019 semester, McConaughey’s class will see students studying his 2012 movie, Mud, along with the upcoming Guy Ritchie film The Gentlemen. Director Jeff Nichols, who directed McConaughey in Mud, is scheduled to appear in McConaughey’s class this year.
You can see a rundown of the highlights of McConaughey’s Script-to-Screen class below.
- Fall 2015
- Studied “Free State of Jones”
- Writer-director Gary Ross visited class along with producer Diana Alvarez
- Fall 2016
- Studied “Free State of Jones”
- Spring 2017
- Studied “White Boy Rick”
- Director Yann Demange visited class
- Spring 2018
- Studied “White Boy Rick” and “The Beach Bum”
- Writer-director Harmony Korine visited class
- Fall 2018
- Studied “White Boy Rick” and “The Beach Bum”
- Yann Demange called into class
- Spring 2019
- Studied “The Beach Bum” and “The Gentleman”
- Fall 2019
- Studying “The Gentlemen” and “Mud”
- Jeff Nichols scheduled to visit
New Leak Reveals Apex Legends May Get Crypto And An Anti-Titan Weapon In Season 3
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With the end of the limited-time Iron Crown event, the second season of Apex Legends has officially begun to wind down. Respawn has already confirmed every new season will bring with it a new Legend, weapon, and map change. Thanks to a leak, we may now know the first two. And new items have already started appearing in King’s Canyon that hint at the battle royale’s upcoming map change.
Reddit user Teves3D posted leaked images of Apex Legends Season 3’s new Legend and weapon–both supposedly revealed by EA at a GameStop managers meeting. As theorized based off hints from Apex Legends Season 2 reveal trailer, the new Legend is supposedly the hacker, Crypto. The new weapon is revealed to be the Charge Rifle.
According to Apex Legends dataminer That1MiningGuy and reported by Dexerto, Crypto’s rumored tactical skill summons a controllable drone that can remotely open doors, loot bins, and pick up teammates’ respawn banners. His passive skill supposedly allows him and his teammates to see and mark targets via the drone, and his ultimate sends out an EMP pulse from the drone that does shield damage and slows enemies–similar to Wattson’s Perimeter Security tactical.
The Charge Rifle is from both Titanfall and Titanfall 2. The powerful laser cannon is actually used for damaging Titans, making this the first anti-Titan weapon to be added to Apex Legends. In the Titanfall games, the Charge Rifle is slow to fire but it has the longest range of any anti-Titan weapon and it deals a tremendous amount of damage. Respawn hasn’t made drastic changes to any of the other Titanfall firearms that are also in Apex Legends, so it’s probable that the Charge Rifle will be the same–operating as a powerful sniper rifle-like gun.
Whether the Charge Rifle is added as a standard energy weapon, like the Havoc, or a Legendary supply crate weapon, like the L-Star, remains to be revealed. I’d assume the former, simply because a Legendary supply crate sniper, the Kraber, already exists and the Charge Rifle is distinct enough to have a different use from the energy ammo-using sniper Triple Take.
In terms of map changes, Reddit user FrozenFroh has noticed construction flags at the base camp in Shattered Forest, behind Hydro Dam. FrozenFroh believes these flags hint at Wraith’s Town Takeover–a datamined map change that will supposedly go live at the end of September and transform the designated area into an underground compound that fleshes out the interdimensional skirmisher’s lore and backstory. It’s supposedly a small change, like the Octane-themed adjustment to the settlement outside Thunderdome at the start of the Iron Crown event.
It’s worth bearing in mind that Respawn has not confirmed any of this. Perhaps Crypto and the Charge Rifle are coming to Apex Legends but at a later date instead of the start of Season 3. Wraith’s Town Takeover might not be the scheduled map change for Season 3 either, and simply be the last piece of new content before the end of Season 2. Regardless, we’ll find out soon enough as Season 3 is scheduled to begin at the start of October.
Apex Legends is available for Xbox One, PS4, and PC.