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Caroll Spinney, Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch actor, Dead at 85

Caroll Spinney, the longtime puppeteer and voice actor for Sesame Street’s Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch, has died at the age of 85, according to a press release from the Sesame Workshop.

Spinney was a staple of Sesame Street from the show’s inception in 1969, where he inhabited the roles of the 8’2’’ Big Bird in a full-body costume and the curmudgeonly Oscar the Grouch for nearly half a century.

Spinney died at his home in Woodstock, Connecticut following complications from a history of dystonia, a common muscular condition which causes contractions.

Daily Deals: Buy a Switch and Get $30 Credit, Xbox One X Deals, Pikachu Plushie and More

Today’s spotlight deal is for fried chicken lovers only. And not just any chicken, but Colonel Sanders’ finger lickin’ good chicken. You should also check out the one-day Amazon board game sale with titles that usually don’t show up in these sales, as well as a steal on the most popular Arcade1Up video game cabinets.

Buy a Nintendo Switch, get $30 in Credit at Amazon

If you missed out on the Black Friday deals for a Switch, then look no further. You can get a V2 Switch (the extended battery one), plus a $30 credit, thanks to this awesome deal at Amazon.

Free Guy: Ryan Reynolds’ New NPC Adventure is Basically GTA: The Movie

In Free Guy, Ryan Reynolds stars as an unassuming NPC in a chaotic open-world video game who becomes self-aware and sees himself as a hero fit to thwart all the rampant crime — which sounds a lot like if you were to make GTA: The Movie.

Not only does the footage remind folks of other “break the system from within” flicks like The Matrix, Wreck-It Ralph, Tron, and even The LEGO Movie, but its virtual world seems to be heavily influenced by a mega game franchise – Grand Theft Auto. In fact, the film’s composer, Christophe Beck, told SYFY WIRE that the movie was a “cross between Grand Theft Auto and The Truman Show.” Watch the trailer again below if you haven’t seen it yet:

Save $150 Off an Xbox One X Bundle, Up to $50 Off Xbox One S Bundle

Walmart is having a huge sale on a bunch of Xbox console bundles, as well as a handful of popular Xbox One games. You can get an Xbox One X bundle for $150 off, or an Xbox One S bundle for up to $50 off. We’ve gone ahead and gathered up the best deals so you don’t have to dig through the bargain bin. Walmart says these Xbox deals last until December 28, but make sure to get them before Christmas so they arrive in time.

$150 Off Xbox One X Console Bundles

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Best Comic Book Writer of 2019

Best Nintendo Gifts 2019

From Nintendo Switch and Switch Lite consoles to games, accessories, merch, and everything in between, these are the best Nintendo gifts of 2019.

Best Comic Book TV Series of 2019

Best Board Game, Table Top and D&D Gifts 2019

From Dungeons & Dragons kits and merch to incredible party, board, and strategy games, these are the best tabletop and board game gifts of 2019.

Apple TV+: Truth Be Told Review

Note: this is a spoiler-free review of the first three episodes of Truth Be Told, which are available to stream now on Apple TV+. Check out our review of Apple TV Plus’ See premiere here, our premiere review of Apple TV Plus’ For All Mankind, and our review of the Dickinson premiere, along with our review of Apple TV+ as a platform.

The Biggest Xbox One Games Of 2020 And Beyond

Watch Dogs Legion

Following the light-hearted tone of Watch Dogs 2, which focused on young hackers in the San Francisco Bay Area, Watch Dogs Legion fully embraces the series’ wacky side. It skips across the globe to a fictional version of London, which is notorious for its far-reaching surveillance systems and is now overrun with killer robots. Of course, anywhere tech resides is prime hunting grounds for the hackers at the heart of Watch Dogs’ stories. Legion leans into this, ditching the concept of a single protagonist in favor of a large, diverse cast of playable characters.

And based on the E3 2019 trailer, Ubisoft is going to make the most of London’s populace. Numerous people out and about in London are able to be recruited to the DedSec hacker group, and it seems like everyone has something to offer the resistance–who can forget the kindly old woman in the trailer, who’s actually a deadly retired assassin? While we haven’t seen the full extent of the personalities in the game, it’s safe to say that Legion is being designed with a tongue-in-cheek approach meant to inspire fun above all else. Legion doesn’t have a firm release date, but we could see it arrive in the latter half of 2020 on PC, PS4, and Xbox One, and later in the year on PS5 and Microsoft’s next-gen Xbox, codenamed Project Scarlett.

Platforms: PS4, Xbox One, PC | Release Date: Fiscal year 2021 (April 2020 – March 2021)