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Most games make it pretty clear how to be good and how to be evil. There are some recent examples, however, of games that make morality and decision-making far more complicated.

How? With one clever addition: kids.

In a new video feature, Jess McDonell examines how games like the recent adventure-stealth title A Plague Tale: Innocence and others like God of War, The Last of Us, and The Walking Dead use children as a sort of moral guidepost.

Having a child by your side can change how you play, and perhaps more significantly it can change how you feel about your decisions in games. You might want to be a murderous, bloodthirsty action hero playing solo, but with a child by your side you may want to think twice about rampaging through your foes.

Be sure to watch the full video above for our thoughts.

GameSpot’s A Plague Tale review scored the game an 8/10. Reviewer Khee Hoon Chan said the game tells an “emotive story of resilience against harrowing odds.”

Fortnite Season 9 is now in its third week and, like clockwork, a new batch of challenges is available. If you’re trying get some of the cosmetic customization options included in the Battle Pass, you’ll need to complete these challenges and earn the Battle Stars awarded for doing so. These will level up your Battle Pass and make those unlocks available.

As always, there are two sets of challenges, one for everyone to complete and then a second set exclusive to those that have spent V-Bucks to purchase a premium pass. Free challenges this week include pulling off tricks with the Driftboard, searching chests, and dishing out damage after hopping out of the Slipstream.

Premium Battle Pass owners will also need to visit a bunch of specific locations as part of a multi-stage challenge, play with the Flying Disc toy, take out enemies with explosive eliminations, and deal damage with numerous weapons in one match. We’ve put a detailed list of the Week 3 challenges below.

Free

• Stage 1: Land a trick with a Driftboard (1) — 2 Battle Star
• Search chests at Lonely Lodge or Polar Peak (7) — 5 Battle Stars
• Deal damage to an opponent within 10s after using a Slipstream (200) — 10 Battle Stars

Premium

• Stage 1: Visit Happy Hamlet and Shifty Shafts in a single match (2) — 1 Battle Star
• Throw the Flying Disc toy and catch it before it lands (1) — 5 Battle Stars
• Explosive weapon eliminations (3) — 10 Battle Stars
• Deal damage with different weapons in a single match (5) — 10 Battle Stars

Fortnite’s 9.10 update was released on May 22 and developer Epic Games published the full patch notes alongside it. Among the new additions was Hot Spots, which are areas on the map that will have better loot, as well as a new limited-time mode that ties in with the Michael Jordan brand.

The first trailer for Terminator: Dark Fate is here. The movie is the latest film in the long-running sci-fi action series, and its sees the return of original stars Linda Hamilton and Arnold Schwarzenegger.

The trailer shows a teenage girl (Natalia Reyes) being relentlessly chased by a Terminator, played by Gabriel Luna (Agents of SHIELD). She’s also got a cyborg protector in the shape of Blade Runner 2049’s Mackenzie Davis, and soon they are joined by gun-toting Sarah Connor (Hamilton). The promo doesn’t really give any plot details away beyond that, but Schwarzenegger appears as an aged, bearded Terminator, and the action certainly looks impressive. Check it out above.

This trailer follows the striking first poster, which was released earlier this week. The movie is directed by Deadpool’s Tim Miller and produced by James Cameron, who created the franchise and helmed the first two movies. It releases on November 1.

The series kicked off in 1984 with Cameron’s classic The Terminator, while the groundbreaking T2: Judgement Day followed in 1991. Dark Fate is the first movie in the series since 2015’s Terminator: Genisys, which was a critical and commercial disappointment.

Disney’s latest live-action remake of one of its classic animated movies, Aladdin, hits theatres this weekend in time for the Memorial Day long weekend in the United States.

Directed by Guy Ritchie (Sherlock Holmes, Snatch), the film features Mena Massoud as Aladdin, Naomi Scott as Jasmine, and Will Smith as the Genie in a role that mixes CG and live-action shots.

The film follows the same basic story of the acclaimed 1992 film where the “street rat” Aladdin finds a lamp containing the Genie who grants him wishes. The new movie features a number of songs from the original, including classics like “A Whole New World” and “Prince Ali.”

Ahead of Aladdin’s release, reviews for the film have started to appear online. We’re collecting excerpts here to help you get an idea for if the movie is worth your time and money. For more on the critical reaction to the film, head to GameSpot sister site Metacritic.

Aladdin

• Directed By: Guy Ritchie
• Written By: John August, Guy Ritchie
• Starring: Mena Massoud, Naomi Scott, Will Smith, Marwan Kenzari.
• Release Date: May 24 (United States)
• Runtime: 128 minutes

GameSpot

“Aladdin is good. It’s not perfect, but it’s a big, extravagant musical that’s filled with fun performances, bright colors, and some exciting moments. Will Smith’s turn as Genie isn’t better than what Robin Williams brought to the character, but it’s different enough that it stands on its own merit. And, if you’re into this sort of thing–and you should be–Smith has a new rap over the end credits that is themed to the movie.” — Chris Hayner [Full review]

The Seattle Times

“It’s got a flying carpet. It’s got an enchanted lamp. It’s got a shape-shifting genie. But alas, Aladdin lacks real magic. Instead, Disney’s misconceived live-action remake of the studio’s 1992 animated classic offers the audience overstuffed musical-production numbers that look like they’ve been edited with a meat ax. Chop, chop, choppy.” — Soren Andersen [Full review]

The Guardian

“It still holds up as a tale whose central couple’s deceptions and entrapments and self-discoverings have a pleasing symmetry to them, and whose ‘it’s what inside that counts’ morals are in the right place. That’s really all anyone wanted out of a new Aladdin: not a whole new world, just a slightly updated old one.” — Steve Rose [Full review]

Slant Magazine

Certainly there was a lot of room to bring a contemporary perspective to this material—to counter the original’s problematic representation of its Middle-Eastern milieu and deepen its characters. Instead, the film settles for telling you a joke you’ve already heard and botching the delivery. — Jake Cole [Full review]

San Francisco Chronicle

“Aladdin, the live-action remake of the 1992 Disney animation, is more than a pleasant surprise. It’s a complete delight that stands on its own and is, in many ways, an improvement on the original.” — Mick LaSalle [Full review]

Screen Crush

“There’s still noting that this Aladdin does better–or as well–as the original. Even the parts pulled directly from the 1992 Aladdinby Ron Clements and John Musker, like the songs, have lost something in translation. (The whole new world of ‘A Whole New World’ now looks like a generic CGI city.) The nicest thing I can say about 2019’s Aladdin is in its best moments it reminded me of a movie I liked a lot as a kid.” — Matt Singer [Full review]

USA Today

“Ritchie’s Aladdin doesn’t sing or soar like the 27-year-old cartoon still does, and headier themes might bypass little moviegoers, but it’s nonetheless quite a cool and nostalgic magic carpet ride.” — Brian Truitt [Full review]

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A new handheld video game system has been announced, and it’s anything but traditional. The system, called Playdate, features an actual hand crank that can be used to play games (or not).

The system is yellow and it is small enough to fit in your pocket. It features a black and white screen, and it plays all kinds of games. It’s being made by the software developer Panic, which has been in business for more than two decades. Recently, it started a publishing business and some of its marquee titles have included Firewatch and the soon-to-release Untitled Goose Game.

Panic wanted to do even more, and that led to an idea to make a handheld game system. “What if we could push ourselves even further? What if we could build something? A real something that you could hold?” Panic said. “It was harder than we thought, but it’s here.”

Panic worked with independent game designers Keita Takahashi, Zach Gage, Bennett Foddy, and Shaun Inman to create the Playdate console. “We showed them Playdate and asked, “Want to make a game for it?” Then we lost our minds when they said “Yeah!” Playdate said.

In terms of game releases, the Playdate will get 12 “brand-new games,” one released each week. Panic is keeping them a secret now so their release comes as a surprise. “Some are short, some long, some are experimental, some traditional. All are fun,” Panic said.

As for the Playdate’s most unique feature, the hand crank, the rotating analog controller flips out from the side of the system. Some titles will use the crank exclusively, but others won’t use it at all. The console also has traditional A and B buttons, along with a D-Pad. The system also has Wi-Fi and Bluetooth support, as well as USB-C and a headphone jack.

The Playdate console launches in 2020, priced at $150 USD. All 12 of the games in Season One are included for that cost. Presumably further seasons of games will follow if the system succeeds.

You can read this detailed FAQ to learn more about the Playdate console.

James Bond actor Daniel Craig sustained an ankle injury while filming Bond 25 in Jamaica, the film’s producers have confirmed. Related to the injury, Craig is undergoing “minor ankle surgery.”

While Craig will be out of commission while he recovers over a period of two weeks after the surgery, Bond 25 is not going to be delayed. The film “remains on track” for its previously scheduled release date in April 2020. However, the producers did not say when the injury was sustained or when the surgery will take place. They also did not share what specific kind of injury Craig had.

Craig is known to do his own stunts, even if he gets injured sometimes. “He gets his hands very dirty,” Casino Royale and Quantum of Solace’s chief stunt coordinator Gary Powell told The Guardian in 2008. “Daniel puts the work in, even if it’s something he’s not keen on.”

Some of the other injuries Craig has sustained over the years while filming Bond movies include losing his two front teeth while filming a fight scene for Casino Royale and an injury filming Quantum of Solace where he lost the tip of one of his fingers. “I was bleeding a lot. I had to get it cauterized,” Craig recalled. “Filming stopped and everybody went, ‘Oh my God! He sliced the end of his finger off!’ They went looking for it, but couldn’t find it.”

Esquire has a roundup of the injuries that Craig has sustained over the years filming Bond movies.

Daniel Craig, Ralph Fiennes, Naomie Harris, and Lea Seydoux will all reprise their roles in what is still only known as Bond 25. Jeffrey Wright and Ben Whishaw also return. This is the final 007 movie featuring Craig as the super-spy.

Actors new to the series for Bond 25 include Rami Malek (Bohemian Rhapsody), Billy Magnussen (Game Night), Ana De Armas (Blade Runner 2049), David Dencik (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo; Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy), Lashana Lynch (Captain Marvel), and Dali Benssalah. Malek will seemingly play the film’s villain, as he stated his excitement to be a part of the film before promising to make sure “Bond does not have an easy ride.”

Bond 25’s story begins with Bond no longer on active service but instead enjoying himself in Jamaica. “His peace is short-lived when his old friend Felix Leiter from the CIA turns up asking for help. The mission to rescue a kidnapped scientist turns out to be far more treacherous than expected, leading Bond onto the trail of a mysterious villain armed with dangerous new technology.”

The movie was initially going to be directed by Danny Boyle, but he left due to “creative differences.” True Detective’s Cary Fukunaga replaced Boyle before the film was delayed first from October 2019 to February 2020 and then again to April 3, 2020.