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GTA 5 Has Made More Money Than Any Film, Book or Game, Says Analyst

Industry analyst Doug Creutz says Grand Theft Auto 5 has made money than any other form of media in history, with over 90 million units sold and $6 billion in revenue.

Creutz, managing director and senior research analyst covering the media and entertainment sector at Cowen, told MarketWatch that the game has made more than blockbuster movies like Star Wars, and Gone With The Wind, which both brought in around $3 billion in theaters when adjusted for inflation. Creutz estimates that even with home entertainment sales, which he puts in the ballpark of $1 billion, the films don’t come close to Rockstar’s 2013 title.

Revisiting Night in the Woods as an Allegory for the Millennial Condition

It’s not often that you stare into the deep well of video games and find your own reflection staring back at you, but the first time I played Night in the Woods, I saw myself in Mae Borowski’s nightmare eyes. From her snarky cynicism to her steadfast rejection of the world, I saw flaws in Mae that mirrored my own, but on a much larger scale, mirrored the overall sense of nihilism and defeat that characterises the millennial worldview. Mae, to me, became a representation of a generation of silenced voices, and of uncertain futures.

Ostensibly, Night in the Woods is a game about the intriguingly odd Mae Borowski returning to her hometown of Possum Springs after dropping out of college, but beneath its charming surface, it represents all the horrors of the postmodern millennial condition. It is a game unafraid of exploring the context of the world in which it takes place, drawing parallels between Mae’s circumstances, and the financial and emotional struggles of the current generation of young people.

The Best GeForce GTX 1080 Ti

The good news is you can’t really buy a ‘bad’ GeForce GTX 1080 Ti. The even better news is we’ve picked our favorite from the six we’ve reviewed.

Solo Trailer Breakdown – Details You Might Have Missed

Han, Chewie and Lando are back alongside a larger focus on new faces in the latest trailer for Solo: A Star Wars Story, so IGN got a ragtag crew together to break down all the details frame by frame.

There’s a lot to get excited about, so watch the full breakdown in the video above or scroll through the slideshow below for our personal highlights.

That’s everything we found in the new Solo trailer. But there’s more where that came from…

Where will Solo debut? At Cannes! Solo’s major reshoots reportedly used the same script! And finally, here’s why Donald Glover thinks Solo is like a “fun, Summer film!”

WrestleMania 34: Braun Strowman’s Mystery Parter was Literally a Child

Results updated with the winners of Asuka vs. Charlotte, Rousey’s first match, Undertaker vs. Cena, Daniel Bryan’s return, and AJ vs. Shinsuke.

Top 25 Animated Series for Adults

From Rick and Morty to Batman to BoJack Horseman and beyond, here are the top animated TV shows to enjoy as a grown up.

Fortnite Vending Machine Locations Map

How to find the new Vending Machines in Battle Royale.

Lord Of The Rings TV Show: Sense8 Creator Wants To Work On It

Amazon’s Lord of the Rings TV show is one of the most buzzed-about upcoming shows on streaming or network TV, in part for the $1 billion that the company is reportedly spending to produce it. It’s going to be a prequel to The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, but that’s almost all we know about it. While we wait for more details, a prominent Hollywood writer has come forward to say he’d like to work on it.

J. Michael Straczynski–who created or co-created the shows Babylon 5, Crusade, Jeremiah, and Sense8–says he would “give a lung” to be its showrunner. It’s 2018, so this all happened on Twitter, where Straczynski accidentally tagged Netflix in his post instead of the show’s actual network, Amazon. Whatever the case, he’s clearly passionate about The Lord of the Rings, saying he reads the books every two years and has seen all the Lord of the Rings movies “dozens of times.” Not only that, but he also wrote a term paper in college completely in Elvish. Yeah, I’d say he knows his stuff.

Straczynski also thinks Sean Astin, who played Sam in the Peter Jackson Lord of the Rings movies, would think Straczynski would make a good showrunner. Astin chimed in as well to say Straczynski’s take on The Lord of the Rings “would have passion and integrity.”

Here are the relevant tweets:

I just want to say, as someone who rereads Lord of the Rings every two years, has seen all the films dozens of times, and once wrote a college term paper in Elvish, I would give a lung to run this show. Maybe even one of mine. @Netflix https://t.co/umKFr96jXE

— J. Michael Straczynski (@straczynski) April 8, 2018

Straczynski’s tweets were in response to him being named on The Lord of the Rings fansite The One Ring’s list of people they would like to see serve as the showrunner. Amazon has yet to make any announcements about the talent in front of or behind the camera for the show. Given that the show needs to be in production in the next two years, we expect more details to come relatively soon.

Straczynski also wrote the Clint Eastwood-directed movie Changeling, which was nominated for three Academy Awards.

While no new Lord of the Rings films have been announced, a movie about Tolkien’s relationship with with his wife Edith Bratt and his time in World War I is in the pipeline. Another film will explore the author’s relationship with Narnia writer C.S. Lewis and how he helped convert Lewis to Christianity. In other news, Universal might be working on a Lord of the Rings amusement park in Florida.

New Solo Poster Strikes a Familiar Pose

LucasFilm has unleashed a new theatrical poster for Solo: A Star Wars Story, in tandem with the latest Solo trailer.

The poster features star Alden Ehrenreich in a pose that should be extremely familiar to Star Wars fans, flanked by Solo’s high-profile supporting cast, including Donald Glover, Emilia Clarke, and Woody Harrelson.

The new Solo poster.

This artwork of Ehrenreich as Han Solo was previously glimpsed as part of a set of one-sheets based on several Solo characters. Those posters, however, were hit with plagiarism claims early last month. According to Disney those posters were created by “an outside vendor” and it was investigating the issue.

Walking Dead: Negan Went Nuts Right Before Season 8’s Endgame

Warning: Full spoilers for the episode follow…

First things freakin’ first: How awful is Eugene now?

I mean, he’s always been a chore, and the show’s constant teasing of him possibly being on a crawl to redemption, which has lasted two seasons now, has only worked to make him more of a menace. Not just because we spent so much tedious time with him teetering back and forth, in and out of a cloud of ethics, but because we’ve spent so much tedious time with him period. Just a lot of time. Eugene can certainly chew up a scene and eat up a lot of air time and Season 8 has been more than willing to use him to pad things out.

But this week? In Season 8’s penultimate chapter, “Worth,” he not only fully back-flopped into heel territory, but he goddamn barfed all over Rosita. Just to add a gross cowardly insult to injury. Was there a specific reason he did that? Was the garlic in his special mac and cheese supposed to attract walkers or was it just a way to distract her for a few crucial seconds so he could split? And why have Daryl and Rosita nab him just so he could get away and return back to the bullet factory five minutes later? Is it because they’re saving his final redemptive act for the finale? Something involving the Saviors’ bullets backfiring? Ugh. That’s certainly possible. But do we care at this point?