Oh Link, you’ve met with a terrible fate. You might not be a Deku Scrub, but you are absolutely lost in the uncanny valley thanks to Nintendo’s The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake. Link’s younger self stands out among all the other re-modeled characters for many of the wrong reasons. His chubby, babyface […]
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Thor director Kenneth Branagh says Marvel wanted to “horizontalize” the movie’s Dutch angles, but it was too expensive

Thor was one of the first movies in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and really set the tone for Chris Hemsworth’s God of Thunder. Directed by Kenneth Branagh, the visual style of the movie was extremely distinctive, relying heavily on canted angles (or Dutch angles) throughout. These are shots where the camera is slanted to create […]
2019After 28 seasons and 338 episodes, South Park has officially changed its name

South Park is officially getting a new name ahead of the upcoming season 29, though we don’t yet know if the satirical rebranding will be permanent. In a statement on Twitter, Trey Parker and Matt Stone, co-creators of the show formerly known as South Park, unveiled the new show name: South America. “Inspired by the […]
2019Valve’s Steam Hardware Survey suggests the Radeon RX 9070 XT is now AMD’s most popular GPU

Valve just published Steam Hardware Survey results for August, and the Radeon RX 9070 XT is now the favored AMD GPU. It ranks above its cheaper non-XT counterpart, last-gen Radeon models, and even the RTX 3080 in terms of popularity, but GeForce graphics cards are still dominating the sample machines. Track down an RX 9070 […]
2019We’re less than 100 days out from Avengers: Doomsday and it’s already made $40 million

We still have over three months to wait until Avengers: Doomsday hits the big screen, but the MCU movie has already broken a major record in ticket resales. According to Global Box Office, Doomsday has already crossed $40 million in domestic pre-sales in the US. This makes the Marvel movie the first film in history […]
2019Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time Remake pre-orders are live, here’s where to buy both editions

The Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time pre-orders have landed across the web, with both the physical and digital edition now available in the US and some early listings popping up in the UK as well. The remake was shown off in Nintendo’s dedicated Zelda 40th Anniversary Direct, where we also learned of the title’s […]
2019Kingdom Hearts 4, Persona 6, and various “unannounced” games allegedly see their achievements go public as part of massive Steam leak

Various new games – and I mean various – have reportedly suffered countless spoilers thanks to a Steam leak that’s seen their achievements go entirely public. From Kingdom Hearts 4 to Persona 6 to Silent Hill: Townfall to… well, you name it, there’s a downright plethora of titles seemingly affected by the massive leak on […]
2019Avengers: Secret Wars gets its best tease yet as Kevin Feige reveals it will tell a “new story” inspired by the comics, featuring moments fans have “always dreamed of”

Marvel boss Kevin Feige has shared some new teases for Avengers: Secret Wars. Marvel Comics recently rereleased Jonathan Hickman’s acclaimed Secret Wars comic storyline from 2015 with a new foreword from Feige containing some intriguing tidbits about the MCU adaptation. Per The Direct, in his introduction, he meditated on how the comic reinvented the Marvel […]
2019Upcoming DCU show The People v. Gorilla Grodd has started filming at a US university just weeks after it was announced

The DCU is full steam ahead, as just over two weeks after James Gunn officially announced that The People v. Gorilla Grodd had been greenlit, the series has already started filming at a university in the US. The upcoming Jimmy Olsen show has started filming at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, and thanks […]
2019Nintendo Direct September 2026 live coverage – all the leaks and rumors on the build-up to the showcase

The latest Nintendo Direct is nearly here, so we’re firing up the old live blog to cover all the leaks and rumors ahead of the event itself, where we’ll see what actually sticks during the showcase itself. Mind you, the fact we’re having a Nintendo Direct today feels a bit odd. It was only yesterday, […]
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