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Season 8 of Fortnite is only a few days away, making this your last chance to mop up any remaining Season 7 challenges. To help you do just that, developer Epic is holding another double XP weekend in the battle royale game right now on PS4, Xbox One, PC, Switch, and mobile.

Through February 24, you’ll earn twice the usual amount of XP by playing Fortnite, allowing you to level your Battle Pass up much quicker than normal. You have until the season ends next week on February 28 to unlock Season 7’s Battle Pass rewards, so you’ll want to take advantage of this bonus while you can.

This marks the second double XP weekend Epic has held in as many weeks; the previous one ran from February 15-17. Both are part of the ongoing Share the Love event, which also encompasses a slew of new Overtime challenges that unlock special Valentine’s Day-themed rewards, such as new styles of the Trog, Powder, and Onesie skins.

Epic is giving players an additional incentive to complete Overtime challenges; if you finish all of them before the season ends, you’ll receive Season 8’s Battle Pass for free. Each of these passes typically costs 950 V-Bucks, which works out to just under $10, so this is a good opportunity to get one without shelling out any money.

If you need help finishing up any remaining challenges from this season, you can find tips and guides for the trickier ones in our complete Season 7 challenges roundup. This is also your last chance to unlock the Prisoner skin variants; you can see how to unlock them here.

The MCU may not be known as the most romantic shared universe in film history, but there are still some truly heartwarming love stories to be found beyond the glitz and glamor of heroes punching villains and saving the world–and Captain Marvel is no different. But the love story that pans out for Carol Danvers might not be the one you expect.

The connection between Carol and her airforce comrade Maria Rambeau (Lashana Lynch) is what Brie Larson calls “the great love of the movie.” She continued at the Captain Marvel press junket in Beverly Hills, “Without being too showboating about it, theirs is the love lost and this is the love found again. This is the reason to continue fighting and to go to the ends of the Earth. [For Carol] that’s her best friend and her best friend’s daughter.”

“I’ve seen the movie with some friends and there’s that moment, they left the theater like, ‘Oh, Maria’s the love,’ and I’m always like ‘Yeah!'” Larson continued, “It’s not something that we made a big deal about, but we didn’t need to–that love is just so strong. […] It’s like the movie totally shifts when Lashana is on screen. There’s a level of power that she commands in [her performance.]”

So where does that connection stem from? Lasha Lynch pointed out the importance of Carol and Maria’s shared experience and history together, which has been teased in the trailers. “They’re both military, they both come from these male dominated worlds. There’s that energy between them that draws them together. They also have the same sarcasm,” Lynch laughed. “That’s the best thing about Brie’s representation of Carol, she’s just this normal person. She’s sarcastic, she’s dry, she’s funny.”

Larson was quick to pick up that even without their shared military history, Carol and Maria would have likely wound up being friends–but the ability to lean on each other and support each other is key. “Going through what they went through together, going through military training, being the only women, being able to lean on each other and support one another was so important. The recognition of their experiences–it’s really special.”

This specific brand of deeply resonant friendship viewed as a type of “love story” isn’t exactly new for the MCU–the connection between Maria and Carol has echoes of the relationship between fan favorites Steve Rogers and Bucky Barnes, but Carol doesn’t have a Peggy Carter to juggle in the mix. But whether or not Maria and Carol will ignite with a fan following similar to the “Stucky” enthusiasts remains to be seen. “Mariol” or “Caria” certainly has a nice ring to it.

There’s certainly the possibility for Maria to have a presence in future MCU films–or the possibility for her daughter, Monica, to return. Both Maria and Monica have some comics history as heroes in their own right, and as an adult Monica even held the Captain Marvel mantle for a while in the comics. The time jump between Captain Marvel’s 1995 setting and the modern MCU has plenty of room for exploration built in–so there’s always a chance.

Captain Marvel hits theaters on March 8th and is the final entry into the MCU before Avengers: Endgame on April 26th.

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Captain Marvel isn’t just another entry into the Marvel Cinematic Universe. It’s the second movie in the company’s history taking place decades in the past. The upcoming movie centers around the Earth during a very important decade, the 1990s.

Aside from the super rad ’90s-inspired website the movie got, the cast and crew came together to lament the past at a Captain Marvel junket recently. They were asked what they missed about the ’90s. Director Ryan Fleck said he missed VHS tapes, while Samuel L. Jackson simply said, “Laserdiscs.”

Director Anna Boden remembers a world where we were less connected as she talked about one thing she greatly missed: “Pay phones because then I wouldn’t have to check my email all the time,” she explained. One thing Brie Larson mentioned was butterfly clips, while Jude Law missed the band The Verve, who had a hit with their song “Freshman.”

“I wish MTV had videos again,” explained Clark Gregg. “I mean not just ’90s MC Hammer, which were awesome. But just videos, music videos.”

Since Captain Marvel takes place during this time period, you can expect a lot of references to the ’90s, but will the movie have the courage to discuss the greatest game of the decade, pogs? Or maybe there will be a scene of Nick Fury playing with some Gak. More than likely, there will be a bit of nostalgia in the film.

Take a trip back in time, which is something Jackson revealed Carol Danvers can do, when Captain Marvel hits theaters on March 8, and check out the cast’s problem of working with a cat and what people’s first impressions of the movie are.

Niantic has announced the first details for next month’s Pokemon Go Community Day. The event is scheduled to take place on Saturday, March 23, and as usual it’ll only run for three hours. This time, however, Niantic is doing things a little differently with the event hours.

Up until now, the time that each previous Community Day took place was designated for an entire region; for instance, North America’s events would run from 11 AM – 2 PM PT. March’s event, however, will run everywhere from 3-6 PM local time. This should make it much easier to remember when the event is happening, as you won’t need to convert the event hours to your time zone as you previously had to.

Niantic has also revealed the featured Pokemon for March’s Community Day. This time, it’ll be the Gen 3 Grass-type starter Treecko. Throughout the event, Treecko will spawn more frequently in the wild than it normally does. Based on past Community Days, players will presumably also have a chance of finding a Shiny Treecko.

Moreover, if you manage to fully evolve Treecko into its final form, Sceptile, up to an hour after the Community Day ends, it’ll know a special event-exclusive move it wouldn’t be able to learn in Go otherwise. Niantic hasn’t confirmed what this move will be, but previous Grass Pokemon that have been featured during Community Days all learned Frenzy Plant.

In the meantime, Niantic has a lot of other events lined up for Pokemon Go. First, the Legendary Pokemon Latias has returned to the game for a special Raid event from February 22 to March 1. On top of that, the developer is hosting a new Limited Research event on February 23 that will give players their first chance to capture Clamperl. Niantic is also introducing a new Team Medallion item to the game next week that will let players switch teams–but only once a year.

Captain Marvel is still a couple weeks away from flying into theaters as the first Marvel Cinematic Universe movie of 2019, but we’re learning a few things about what it was like to work on the set. More specifically, what it was like to work with Reggie, the cat who plays Goose in the upcoming film.

During a press junket for Captain Marvel, the cast revealed that their lovable, furry castmate wasn’t the best to work with for the two human stars of the movie. “No, I am not a cat person,” Samuel L. Jackson explained. “But I’m also not a dog person or a fish person either… Reggie is like most animals that people bring to the set that have been trained to do this, that, or the other. He’s snack orientated. He shows off. You give him something to eat, you talk softly and nice to him, give him something to eat again. There were actually four cats, but Reggie did the majority of the heavy lifting, most of the time.”

While Jackson put aside his animal bias to be a professional on set, the other star of Captain Marvel had severe troubles working with Reggie and the three other cats who played Goose. Jackson explained that Brie Larson had more problems with the cat than he did. “Not personally,” Larson explained. “I’m severely allergic. It’s not sort of like ‘diva,’ we couldn’t work together.”

Luckily, Jackson didn’t reveal anything big this time around. Back in January, he let it slip that Captain Marvel can time travel. We’ll learn more about that and Goose’s role in the film when Captain Marvel hits theaters on March 8, but check out the first reactions to the movie on Twitter.

Only a few days remain in Season 7 of Fortnite, which means time is running out to complete any outstanding challenges from this season. If you’ve managed to finish at least 60 weekly challenges, you’ll receive the Legendary Prisoner skin, but it also has a few different variants that you can unlock by completing an additional set of hidden tasks.

As with other Season 7 content, you’ll need to complete these Prisoner challenges before the season ends next week on February 28 to unlock the different variants. The game isn’t clear as to what these tasks actually are, but they’re fairly straightforward once you know where to look.

As you can see in the image above, there are three additional variants for the Prisoner skin on top of its base look, and they must be unlocked in a specific order. The game doesn’t outright tell you where to go or what to do to unlock them, but it involves equipping the skin then visiting specific areas of the island and interacting with certain objects.

To unlock the second stage of the Prisoner skin, you’ll need to go to the castle atop Polar Peak. Land there at the beginning of a match and make your way inside to the top floor, where you’ll find a room furnished with bookcases, tables, and a fireplace. On the far table will be a key; interact with it and you’ll unlock the second stage.

To get the third stage, make your way to the desert on the other side of the island. Atop the mountain north of Paradise Palms will be a campfire (just as pictured in the week 10 Snowfall challenge loading screen). Light it and you’ll unlock the third Prisoner variant. We recommend doing this step at the start of a match, as if another player lights the campfire before you arrive, you won’t be able to use it again that round.

For the fourth and final stage, you’ll need to go to the northeastern corner of the map, to the mountain north of Wailing Woods. There you’ll find a stone pedestal of sorts ringed by a circle of torches. After you’ve unlocked stages 2 and 3, step in the center of the ring and the torches will automatically ignite, thus unlocking the final variant.

You can see exactly where you need to go to complete each stage of the Prisoner challenge on the map below.

As previously mentioned, Season 7 of Fortnite officially ends on February 28, so you have until then to complete any remaining challenges. If you need a helping hand, you can find tips and guides in our complete Season 7 challenges roundup. You’ll also want to complete all of the game’s Overtime challenges before the season ends; doing so will allow you to get the Season 8 Battle Pass for free.