Could Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson become president of the United States of America one day? Honestly, at this point, anything seems possible. Currently, the WWE wrestler-turned-action movie icon stars on NBC’s Young Rock, which is about his childhood, though through the framing device of Johnson being interviewed while actually running for president. That’s fictional for now. However, WWE legend The Undertaker sounds like he wishes it were really happening.
In an interview with TMZ Sports, The Undertaker–who officially retired from the squared circle in late 2020–supported the idea of Johnson seeking the office of president. “That man works his tail off and he dives in wholeheartedly in everything that he does and if he gets his mindset that he wants to make a run at politics, ya know what? I think he’ll do it,” The Undertaker said.
What’s more, the former leader of the Ministry of Darkness and the self-proclaimed American Badass thinks Johnson would be a good fit for the job. “He’s so charming, he’s so witty, I think he can be the uniter that people are looking for,” The Undertaker continued, adding, “I don’t know man, there’s so many possibilities and if that’s what he chooses to do, I’ll support wholeheartedly in his efforts to do so.” That’s a nice thing for him to say, considering in the past The Rock–in the name of pro wrestling–told the Undertaker he had Mickey Mouse tattoos and a 33-pound head.
Would The Rock run, though? The actor has been asked the question many times, while he’s never committed one way or the other, he says he would “consider a presidential run in the future if that’s what the people wanted.” As always, The Rock is the People’s Champion. Now he just needs to enlist vice presidential candidate Mick Foley, so the Rock ‘n Sock Connection can stand tall one more time.
Alternatively, he can just keep making movies and documenting his over-the-top workout schedule and cheat meals on Instagram.
The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword is almost 10 years old, originally launching for Nintendo Wii in November 2011. The game was released five years after the last home console entry, The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, and we wouldn’t get the next home console release, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, for almost six years–though we did get some other Zelda games along the way like A Link Between Worlds, so it wasn’t completely empty.
The Wii is an SD console with games outputting at 480p, so despite the PS3 and Xbox 360 being around and HD being a thing in 2011, Skyward Sword was only ever seen in SD before now. You’ll also notice in this comparison video that the Switch version is running a lot more smoothly in comparison to the original Wii version. On Wii, Skyward Sword runs at 30fps while the Switch version looks to be running at 60fps.
The Wind Waker and Twilight Princess both got the HD treatment back on Wii U, so it was only a matter of time for Skyward Sword to get the same treatment. The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword HD releases on Nintendo Switch on July 16 with newly added button controls as the original version only had motion controls.
TV writers are usually working on the season that’s currently airing or, at most, the upcoming season. But Rick and Morty flouts convention left and right, and so, too, do its writers. The Rick and Morty writers’ room is now working on Season 7, before even Season 5 has debuted.
Writer Alex Reubens, who also put in time on Rick and Morty creator Dan Harmon’s NBC show Community, revealed the news with a cheeky post to Twitter asking, “Am I allowed to say we started writing Rick and Morty Season 7? (if not we didn’t and I’m not).”
Way back in October 2020, Dan Harmon confirmed at Paleyfest NY that the writing team was “more on schedule than we’ve ever been,” with the team “very late into the process of writing Season 6.” At the same time, Harmon said he was reviewing animatics for Season 5 episodes.
Am I allowed to say we started writing Rick and Morty Season 7? (If not we didn’t and I’m not)
“If we simply just keep writing in real time as fast as we can write…that puts us years ahead of the air date of the most recent episode. The last thing we’d want to do in an environment like that is have a plan. We are the plan because we are the future. We’re the guys who wrote the stuff that they’re now drawing, so we make a tremendous effort to stay in the moment and never box ourselves in,” Harmon said at the time. With the words for Rick and Morty Season 6 in the can, Harmon seems to be making good on this promise.
While the writers’ room is way ahead of schedule, neither Adult Swim nor Dan Harmon have revealed a premiere date for Rick and Morty Season 5 just yet. In the meantime, we can look forward to the new show Harmon has in the works for Fox, which will be set in ancient Greece.
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Streaming services give us access to thousands of hours of content, with only licensing agreements to act as curation. That’s tantalizing for us grown-ups, but it’s a far cry from the crafted experiences of specific television channels or a DVD collection. Parental controls are crucial to help make sure our kids–from toddler to teen–are able to watch the shows appropriate, and while Disney+ has lacked them since its launch in 2019, that’s no longer the case.
Disney+ added parental controls this week, which feature a variety of age ranges, as well as the ability to add a PIN to lock profiles that have access to mature content so that you can still watch the Muppet Show on your profile, but keep control over what your children see. By default, accounts are set to view TV-14 and PG-13 content and below, which encompasses everything currently on Disney+.
Age Profiles for the service are as follows:
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In addition to creating a PIN, you can also restrict profile creation, enable “Kid-Proof Exit” to keep the little ones from leaving their pre-set profile, or set up a Kid’s Profile, which drops the age restrictions and shows only content considered friendly for all viewers.
While Disney+ only features content only rated for TV-14 and below in American territories, the service just added Star, which brings in more mature content and is likely the reason behind these controls. In America, though, this might open the door for the service to bring in more of its Fox content, from mature superhero flicks like Logan and Deadpool, to Fox’s Alien franchise.
Razer has revealed a brand-new, high-end webcam that features an adaptive light sensor and a wide-angle lens. The adaptive light sensor compensates for darker and overexposed lighting environments, while the wide-angle allows for an adjustable image, letting users customize how much of their scene their audience can see. The Kiyo Pro webcam is $200 at Amazon right now.
The Razer Kiyo Pro webcam works well in low-light environments, features HDR support, and boasts an adjustable FOV. The basic 1080p and 60fps feed can be enhanced with HDR for a tradeoff of 30fps. This makes it an excellent choice for streamers looking to make their webcam pip look great.
The Razer Kiyo Pro improves on the existing Kiyo in a number of ways. It ups the resolution to 1080p from 720p and features HDR support. The low-light sensor also works better in low-light rooms than the Kiyo’s LED ring light. As for overexposed faces (thanks to that pesky sun peeking through our windows during meetings), the Kiyo Pro also works to fight against that–the Kiyo did not.
If you’re looking for more options, check out our guide to the best webcam. There are several options available, including 4K, stream-focused webcams, and more.
While all resources in Valheim take an investment of time and effort to uncover and use, Iron is particularly tough to come by. You’ll get to it about halfway through your quest through the game, but unlike Copper and Tin, which you’ll use to make Bronze for weapons and armor, Iron isn’t available to mine at first. Instead, you can only find Iron in specific places in the Swamp biome, and it’s impossible to unlock those locations without taking down the boss of the Black Forest, The Elder.
Here’s everything you need to know to harvest Iron, including where you can get it, what you need to do to earn it, and what you can turn it into once you have it.
What To Do First
Before you’re ready to start harvesting and using Iron, you need to make some serious strides through the Meadows and Black Forest biomes. Iron is located in the Swamp biome, which is home to some tough customers in Valheim’s mid-game. The Swamps have enemies that wield poison, like Blobs, plus tougher combatants such as Draugrs who can make quick work of you with their bows if you’re not paying attention.
To hang in the Swamp, you’re going to want to invest in Bronze armor. Once you’ve defeated Eikthyr, Valheim’s Meadows boss, you’ll gain the Hard Antler, which you can turn into a pickaxe. Use that to mine Tin (found near water) and Copper (found in the Black Forest), which you can combine at a Forge to make Bronze. Combined with leather, you can make Bronze clothing that will offer a lot more protection than the Leather and Troll armor you’ve probably been wearing. You’ll also want to invest in Bronze weapons and a Finewood bow.
Once you’ve got better gear, start searching for Swamps. These dark areas border the ocean and are marked by sparse trees and muddy areas that are tough to traverse. You don’t just want any Swamps, though–you’re searching for dungeon structures in the Swamp called Sunken Crypts. You won’t be able to enter these right away, but mark them on your map because they’re your focus when you go hunting for Iron.
The Elder holds a Swamp Key, which you’ll need to enter the locations where you can find Scrap Iron.
Defeat The Elder
Once you’ve got Bronze armor and a better bow, you’re ready to take on your second target in Valheim: the Elder, the Black Forest boss. You’ll need to locate its altar by interacting with rune tablets, which are usually located in underground Burial Chambers or near destroyed stone towers. Check out our full guide to killing the Elder for tips and strategies.
Destroying the Elder gets you a Swamp Key, which you’ll need to actually locate the Iron that’s hidden in any Swamp area. The Swamp Key can open the aforementioned Sunken Crypts, the only places where you can find Iron at this point in the game. You’ll also need the key to find and take down Bonemass, the Swamp biome boss and the next target on your hitlist.
You won’t find Iron anywhere else but in Sunken Crypts at this stage in the game. You’ll know these Swamp dungeons by their green torches.
Explore The Sunken Crypts
Hopefully you’ve marked some Sunken Crypt locations by now and can put your Swamp Key to work. Crypts are similar to Burial Chambers in that they sometimes contain enemies–in this case, Draugrs–so be careful as you open doors or clear pathways. Try to take out Draugrs from a distance if you see them whenever possible, since you don’t want to get stuck in a tight location where it’s tough to escape from trouble. Crypts are also fairly flooded, which can make it difficult to get around in the midst of a fight.
You’ll find Scrap Iron in two locations within Sunken Crypts–first, in the various chests that are scattered through these dungeons, and second, in Muddy Scrap Piles. The latter are big black piles of goo in Sunken Crypts, usually blocking doorways. You can smash through them with your pickaxe, although you’ll find that the Hard Antler Pickaxe will require fairly regular repairs as you go.
You’ll need a Smelter, a Kiln, and a Forge upgraded to Level 2 if you want to make Iron weapons and armor.
Smelt And Forge Your Iron
The last step for building Iron armor and weapons is to smelt it as you would Copper and Tin. You’ll need a Smelter in your base to do so, which will likely also require a Kiln, which can produce the Coal you need to run the Smelter.
If you’re employing portals in your adventures, you’ll also want to note that metals like Scrap Iron can’t be carried through them–you’ll have to walk or sail with your Iron haul to bring it to other locations. Because of this, it’s a good idea to try to find Swamps with several Sunken Crypts and build an outpost base near them where you can do your Iron forging. You can travel through portals with armor and weapons, but not with metals that haven’t been forged yet–so save yourself a lot of marching or sailing by making your gear near where you find your Iron and use portals to travel instead.
With Iron gear, you should be strong enough to take on Bonemass. Defeating it will earn you the Wishbone, which you can use to find buried Iron outside of Sunken Crypts. You’ll also need it to locate Silver, the next metal you’ll require to amplify your gear.
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The lineup for March’s Humble Choice has been revealed, and it’s a good one. The headliner is Control, which won IGN’s Game of the Year 2019. You also get a bunch of other games, including XCOM: Chimera Squad, WWE 2K Battlegrounds, and more. This bundle will be available on March 2.
New subscribers can take advantage of a limited-time deal for joining Humble Choice right now. New customers get 12 months for $12 per month (and you can cancel any time). Not a bad deal.
If you sign up now, you’ll also get February’s games (for $12), which include Onward, Valkyria Chronicles 4, Endless Space 2, Moving Out, Trine 4, and more. The games are yours to download and keep forever, even if you cancel your subscription. You can see the full list of February’s games here.
Or you can wait for March 2 to roll around if you just want to snag Control and the others.
Humble Choice – March 2021 Game Lineup
Here’s the full list of games that will be available to Humble Choice members starting March 2:
Control
XCOM: Chimera Squad
ELEX
WWE 2K Battlegrounds
Hotshot Racing
Peaky Blinders: Mastermind
Kingdom Two Crowns
Wildfire
Cyber Hook
Pesterquest
Boreal Blade
Ageless
Other benefits come along with a Humble Choice subscription as well. You get instant access to the “Trove,” a collection of over 90 games you can download and play anytime. You also get up to a 20% discount on games in the Humble Store. And 5% of your money goes to a charity each month.
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Stardew Valley developer Eric Barone has announced a new board game adaptation of the popular farm life game, and it’s available to order now for $55.
The result of a collaboration between Stardew Valley’s sole developer Barone (who often goes by the moniker ConcernedApe) and Cole Medeiros, ConcernedApe’s head of operations and business development, the project took a total of two years to design.
“In 2018 Eric Barone and Cole Medeiros, introduced online through their mutual friend Matt Griffin, played a co-op game of Stardew Valley and discussed the idea of making a Stardew Valley board game,” the announcement reads. “They didn’t know exactly what it would look like, but they knew Stardew had all the components of a great board game.”
After two years of refining and playtesting, all spent in between development time for the video game, the pair officially had a board game.
Much like the original video game, players work cooperatively to grow crops, raise animals, build out their farm, and gather resources from across the valley. Players can also befriend the familiar townspeople and earn hearts to reveal secret goals. To win, you’ll need to restore the Valley to its original greatness and keep Joja Mart from mucking it all up. The game can be played with 1 – 4 players, with an estimated 45 minutes of playtime per player.
To do all that, players need to achieve four “Granda Goals” and restore all of the community center rooms before a deck of season cards is exhausted.
The game, which retails for $55, comes with a board of Stardew Valley to play on, tiles (for items like crops, ore, buildings, animals, etc), numerous cards for things like events, epic items, and mine levels, gold tokens, and more.
ConcernedApe notes to fans that the board game is meant to evoke the lengthy nature of playing Stardew Valley, so while it’s designed to be easy to play, it will have a lot of complexity to it, so check out the official rulebook to see if it’s your jam.
ConcernedApe also says that once the first print run is sold out, future prints will depend on how much demand there still is.
“If there’s more demand for it, then we’ll definitely do more print runs, and maybe slowly expand… we’re kind of just testing the waters for now and see what the response is,” ConcernedApe wrote.
The Stardew Valley board game is almost certain to prove popular with fans of the original game. We here at IGN proclaimed it one of the best Nintendo Switch games, and the original video game has now sold more than 10 million copies across six platforms. ConcernedApe also has two new projects in the works, both of which will tie into Stardew Valley in different ways.
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Stardew Valley is available on pretty much every gaming platform at this point, but it’s now branching into an entirely new medium. Stardew Valley: The Board Game was announced today by developer ConcernedApe, and even better: It’s available to buy now. The official Stardew Valley board game costs $55, and you can get your copy through the Stardew Valley website. Unfortunately, orders ship only to the US for now.
According to the official website, Stardew Valley: The Board Game is a co-op game where you work together with other players to restore the Valley by building up your farm and growing crops, raising animals, and harvesting resources. Of course, a major part of Stardew Valley is also forming friendships with the local villagers, and that plays a role here as well–as you deepen your relationships, you’ll earn hearts that reveal hidden goals. The ultimate goal, of course, is to prevent Joja Corporation from taking over and preserve the thriving local community of Pelican Town.
The Stardew Valley board game is designed for one to four players, with each standard playthrough lasting roughly 45 minutes for each player participating (so about an hour and a half for a two-person game, for instance). There are rules that make the game harder or easier based on your preferences, but it’s emphasized that this isn’t a quick casual board game–rather, it was designed with some complexity and depth in mind. The rulebook PDF is available online, if you want to check that out before buying.
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In a reply to one follower on Twitter who asked if the board game will be an exclusive release or in constant production, ConcernedApe explained that the long-term plan for Stardew Valley: The Board Game will be based on the level of interest it garners. “If there’s more demand for it, then we’ll definitely do more print runs, and maybe slowly expand,” he wrote. “We’re kind of just testing the waters for now and [seeing] what the response is.”
The Stardew Valley board game has been in development for over two years and marks the first project that ConcernedApe (whose real name is Eric Barone) has been the publisher on from start to finish (the video game was published by Chucklefish until 2018).
“For more than two-and-a-half years I’ve been working together with board game designer Cole Medeiros to make a board game that captures the essence of Stardew Valley,” ConcernedApe wrote in the board game’s announcement post. “It has pretty much everything from the video game: villagers, crops, animals, fishing, foraging, mining, and more. We worked hard to make a board game we think is really fun to play and to look at. I hope you enjoy it!”
PlayStation has announced a State of Play will premiere later this week on Thursday, February 25 at 2 pm PT/5 PM ET. The new State of Play will feature updates and deep dives on games coming to both PS4 and PS5.
PlayStation published a new blog announcing the newest State of Play will premiere later this week and will “serve up updates and deep dives for 10 games coming to PS4 and PS5.” Along with updates on existing third-party and indie titles, there will also be new game announcements.
State of Play returns this Thursday! Tune in live at 2 PM PT/5 PM ET to see updates and deep dives for games coming to PS4 and PS5.
PlayStation says the show will be around “30 minutes or so, give or take” and that there will be no hardware or business-focused updates during the show. That means the full 30 minutes will be spent on games.
