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The best part of any geek or pop culture convention is the amazing cosplay efforts of its talented attendees, and PAX Aus 2018 was no exception. In this gallery, you’ll find a small collection of the best costumes we were lucky enough to stumble across and capture.
Blizzard costumes continue to be ever-impressive and popular, with plenty of Diablo and Overwatch alternate costumes being represented. There were also a number of people turning out to represent Bowsette, the fan-favourite fictional Nintendo character, as well as Connor from Detroit: Become Human–we saw way more than we were able to photograph! And as always, Square Enix and Nintendo costumes continued to be crowd-pleasing staples.
Our personal favorites were the Kakariko Crew (pictured), who turned up to raise awareness of the campaign to include Waluigi in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, as well as a couple of great Hollow Knight cosplayers you’ll see later on.
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Every member of the Parr family has a distinctive ability tied specifically to their personality and role within the family, but that doesn’t mean they didn’t go through changes in pre-production.
In a recent conversation with IGN, Incredibles and Incredibles 2 director Brad Bird revealed that, at one point, everyone in the family except Bob had the ability to fly.
“Originally, in the early version of the Incredibles, all of
could fly except Bob,” he said, explaining that the gimmick was “it was always a hassle for them to do everything, because Bob couldn’t fly.”
As you can watch in the above interview, Bird and Incredibles 2 producer John Walker went on to describe a drawing made by Pixar artist Teddy Newton, in which the family was flying while Bob was beneath them driving a station wagon.
Two years ago, director Naoko Yamada released the emotionally powerful and beautiful movie, A Silent Voice, based off the critically acclaimed manga by Yoshitoki Oima. With A Silent Voice, Yamada deftly combined both the one-shot that led to the series, as well as the series itself, while also imbuing her own artistry and style. The result was a two and a half hour movie that explored the difficulty of communication and empathy in the messy and fraught time of adolescence.
I talk about A Silent Voice, because in many ways, Liz and the Blue Bird is similar. It’s also gorgeously animated by the talented studio, Kyoto Animation; it features many of Yamada’s signature directorial traits, like a focus on body expression over facial expression to display how a character really feels; it even has the same composer, Kensuke Ushio, who uses minimalist music to add flavor to quiet and yet intimate scenes. On paper, A Silent Voice and Liz and the Blue Bird mirror. But visually, and in terms of experience, you will find them drastically different.
Following the success of Stephen King’s IT, director Andy Muschietti will be directing a live action adaptation of Attack on Titan for Warner Bros., according to Variety.
Warner Bros. reportedly finalized the deal Monday with Japan-based publishing company, Kodansha.
Written and illustrated by Hajime Isayama, Attack on Titan is a best-selling manga series with over 76 million copies in print since its debut in 2009.
David Heyman, known for Harry Potter and the Fantastic Beasts films, will be producing the feature along with Masi Oka, known for Mega Man, and Muschietti’s sister Barbara Muschietti, from IT and Mama.
With Halloween out of the way, the next couple of months are set to be filled with seasonal releases as we head towards the holidays. First out of the gate is Disney’s The Nutcracker and the Four Realms, which continues the studio’s run of big budget live-action updates of classic fairy tales. This one isn’t perhaps an obvious hit in the same way that some of its family releases are–and it’s notable that the studio is keeping Mary Poppins Returns for nearer Christmas. But with an all-star cast and the wide family appeal of Disney, don’t count it out to do very well across the globe.
The recent success of A Star is Born has shown that there is a big market for music-led dramas, and there is plenty of interest in the Queen biopic Bohemian Rhapsody, which is already out in the UK and opens in the US this Friday. The reviews have been mixed, but Queen’s music remains hugely popular across several generations and there is continued fascination with frontman Freddie Mercury.
The week’s other releases include the rap battle satire Bodied in the US and the anime fantasy Mirai, which arrives in UK theaters, ahead of a US release later this month. And cinema buffs will want to make sure they check out The Other Side of the Wind, the legendary final movie from Orson Welles that has been completed after more than 40 years and makes its debut on Netflix. And of course, this being the start of the month, Netflix will also be packed with content that’s new to the service, so expect to find some older movie must-sees in there too. So here’s the week’s new releases in the both the US and UK, in both theaters and on streaming…
A big chunk of the experience of Red Dead Redemption 2 is crossing the wide-open spaces of the Wild West on horseback. The world is huge, and while there are a lot of things to do along the way no matter where you’re headed, getting anywhere is going to take time. That’s not always a bad thing; the world of RDR2 is beautiful, and it’s kind of nice to just sit on your horse and take it all in.
You can further lessen the tedium of travel in Red Dead Redemption 2 by letting your horse take the lead when you ride. The game includes a feature that lets you set your horse to automatically take you to a destination by sticking to trails and roadways. Your horse is pretty smart, and once you’ve given it the right instructions, it can be trusted to do the traveling–you just need to pay attention to any events happening on the side of the road that you might want to check out, and to watch for any bandits who might try to get the drop on you.
In order to set your horse to autopilot, you first need to define where you want the horse to go. Do that by pulling open your map and setting a waypoint marker at your destination. The game then lays out the route to your location by way of trails, like a GPS would. That’s the path your horse will follow to your destination.
When you mount up, start riding your horse like normal, and press the button to spur it (X on PlayStation, A on Xbox One) until you get up to the speed at which you want to travel. Once you’re going fast enough, hold down the spur button to maintain your horse’s speed, same as when you’re matching speed with a companion during a mission.
While you’re holding the spur button, press and hold the button to switch camera perspectives (the trackpad on PS4, View on Xbox). You’ll see a small meter filling in the corner of the screen marked Cinematic Camera. Once that activates, your horse will follow the trails to your final destination with no further input from you. In fact, you can lay the camera down and watch as the camera swings around to give you different perspectives on Arthur’s ride and the world around him.
Once you’re going, you can tap the spur button again in time with your horse’s gallop to speed it up, and touch the slow button (R1 on PS4, RB on Xbox) to reduce your horse’s speed without canceling its autopilot. Pressing in the right Analog Stick switches the camera to a new angle, should you not like the one the game picks for you. You can take back control just by touching the control sticks, and you can switch the camera back to normal by tapping the camera button again.
The Cinematic Camera trick is nice when you’ve got a long trip and you don’t want to bother steering your horse around every tiny curve in the trail, but it has some drawbacks. For one thing, you won’t be able to quickly see things on the side of the road until you turn off the Cinematic Camera, should you happen to ride past an optional activity. You’ll also be a bit vulnerable if you’re letting the horse do the driving, should bandits, outlaws, or lawmen attack you while you ride.
Generally, though, letting your horse take the reigns is a nice way to relax as you get around Red Dead Redemption 2 and enjoy the scenery. Just be sure to keep your revolver handy–just in case.
Check out our other Red Dead Redemption 2 guides for even more info, like everything you need to know about horses, where to find all the Legendary Animals, and how the Core system works.