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This The Magicians review contains spoilers. The Magicians Season 3 Episode 5 What show other than The Magicians could get away with showing an entire lifetime of existence catering to a specific “ship” in its fandom while still beautifully serving the overall story? The aptly named “A Life in the Day” not only lends the perfect amount of gravitas to the acquisition of the third key in the quest; it also manages to add depth to the ongoing evolution of its many and varied female characters while continuing to make good use of callbacks to successful elements from previous seasons....

When I first walked out of The Many Saints of Newark, my initial reaction was to call it a B-movie. What I didn’t say at the time, however, was how much I love B-movies. While I saw the flaws in the film and couldn’t wholly endorse it to cinemagoers spoiled by the perfection of The Godfather, Goodfellas, and New Jack City, I can wholeheartedly recommend it to people like me. Those who appreciate the low-budget gangster movies sometimes because of their warts....

It looks like Polish developer Bloober Team won’t be proceeding with any acquisitions or mergers in the near future, according to a recent press release. The studio has brought us some admirable horror games in the form of Layers of Fear, Blair Witch, Observer, and most recently, The Medium. Last June, it was confirmed that Bloober Team had entered the second phase of merger and acquisition negotiations with a bunch of companies from Poland, the UK, as well as the United States....

Bloober’s latest horror game takes inspiration from the best survival horror titles of the PS1-era, but it completely forgets that one key thing: ‘survival’ is what made them tense. Because it’s only interested in the horror element of its fixed-camera forebears, it has to rely on puzzles to keep you engaged. Most of the puzzles in The Medium are like those wooden shape-matching sets for toddlers. “Well done, little Timmy, put the square brick in the square hole....

Many people have resorted to working from home during the COVID-19 pandemic and some are realizing the trials and tribulations of interacting with people remotely. Companies have moved to meetings on Skype and Zoom and with a chatroom full of virtual people, weird and funny situations are bound to happen. The producers of The Office are currently working on a show about working from home conditions. Ben Silverman and Paul Lieberstein are teaming up to produce the new show....

Star Wars has been enrapturing fans for more than 40 years. The franchise is only getting bigger, too. After Disney acquired the property, there’s been a whole new trilogy of movies, and there’s lots of new Star Wars shows in development. It’s natural that fans want games that let them explore the Star Wars galaxy on their own terms. Thankfully, there’s TTRPGs to let players get immersed in settings like this....

Boba Fett has long been one of the most iconic and controversial characters in Star Wars. Thanks to a killer character design that launched a thousand cosplays, Boba Fett has long outlived the importance of his role–and unceremonious apparent death–in the Original Trilogy. But as most Star Wars fans know, those films are rarely the be all and end all of a Star Wars character’s story. The Legends continuity of Expanded Universe books and comics spent a lot of time exploring Boba Fett’s later adventures after Return of the Jedi, and while those stories are no longer canon, it’s clear that Disney has long wanted to follow suit on screen — originally with a live-action movie and now with The Mandalorian....

“Put Captain Solo in the cargo hold—of my, uh…starship?” Boba Fett’s signature Slave I ship has apparently lost its name in the official Star Wars canon, as indicated by Disney’s alleged recent request to the LEGO company regarding a new toy rendition of the ship. Intriguingly, with the direction of merchandising—specifically toys—sometimes proving to be a leading indicator for imminent onscreen developments, it’s quite feasible that the revocation of the ship’s name might be confirmed onscreen on the bounty hunter’s upcoming Disney+ series, The Book of Boba Fett....

Today, Blizzard Entertainment celebrates the ten-year anniversary of one of its most iconic games to date, StarCraft 2. The company was eager to express its gratitude to players who, over the years, collectively sunk millions of hours into its game, which is considered one of the hardest real-time strategy games available today. “To commemorate this decade of comradery in the Koprulu Sector,” Blizzard wrote, “we’re introducing some player-requested features to the game, along with a few extras we hope you’ll enjoy....

A little over a month ago, several leaked Starfield images started popping up on social media. According to the leaker, these were from early alpha builds of Bethesda’s upcoming single-player sci-fi odyssey. One appeared to be a screenshot of what the player might experience on the surface of some sort of moon, another was a rendering of what might have been a spaceship, and the third appeared to be some sort of logo or possibly even an element of the player’s HUD....

Spooky season has come and gone, unless you lump 2020 as a whole in as a year-long spooky season. No one would hold it against you, I’d wager. Festival and concert season, on the other hand, didn’t even happen at all this year due to the global lockdown. That’s where Strobophagia | Rave Horror - from developer and publisher Green Tile Digital - comes in. At least, that’s where the game attempts to come in....

A data mine of Super Mario 3D World on Switch appears to have revealed that Toadette was going to be a playabale character. Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury came to Nintendo Switch last week and has received quite the reception. Both the original game on Wii U and the port on Switch allow you to choose between five playable characters. Mario, Luigi, Peach, Toad, and Rosalina once she has been unlocked....

Super Mario 64 might very well be the most influential 3D game of all time, and Super Mario 3D All-Stars has given audiences everywhere to experience one of gaming’s most important classics on Nintendo Switch. For as influential as Super Mario 64 is, however, it’s only because Super Mario World had more or less refined 2D Mario to perfection. There was nothing left for the plumber to do than to transcend dimensions....

The survival genre is saturated now that many developers have attempted to recreate this popular game type. Survival games are characterized by minimal resources, unforgiving environments, and they might contain zombies. Rust came out in 2013, years before many of the survival games we play today. While games like ARK: Survival Evolved improved on much of what Rust built, others fall short in terms of content. You start as a primitive human, who could eventually be flying a helicopter or building bridges....

One of the hidden casualties of the global pandemic this summer was the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo this year. It was a lost opportunity for many sports outside the mainstream to seize the spotlight, but leave it to anime to fill that void. The end of the summer anime season signals the beginning of the blitz of anime announcements hyping up the crop of new show coming this fall and among the most intriguing of the bunch is a sports show about gymnastics....

Take-Two Interactive, the parent company of Grand Theft Auto developer Rockstar Games, has been accused of intentionally dismantling the Kerbal Space Program 2 development team. Last month, Kerbal Space Program 2 was officially delayed because of COVID-19, but nothing was said about the rumored staffing trouble. A new report from Bloomberg alleges that Take-Two engaged in underhanded tactics to ruin Kerbal Space Program 2 developer Star Theory Games and bring development of the game in-house....

The launch for Sony’s next-generation console, the PS5, is right around the corner and retailers are prepping for massive demand. Just yesterday, a viral video showing PS5’s in a warehouse showcased just how many consoles have been shipped in preparation for November 12. However, some fans are worried that they won’t be able to walk into these retail stores in-person and purchase a console. Now, Target has confirmed via its official Twitter account that PS5 consoles will be available in-store on launch day, but there’s a small catch that social media users caught on to....

Facial-recognition technology has come a very long way in the past decade. What was once unreliable tech is now mostly accurate, with Facebook able to recognize photos of people before it’s told who they are, and phones able to unlock by scanning the face of the user. However, facial-recognition technology is not perfect, and now Apple relying on it to try to catch an Apple Store thief is seeing the tech company sued for a jaw-dropping $1 billion....

Bandai Namco releases a new trailer for the upcoming fighting game Tekken 7, revealing that Tekken 6’s Miguel Caballero Rojo is joining the roster of fighters. The last time we heard any news about the upcoming console versions of the Japanese arcade hit Tekken 7 was about four months ago, when Bandai Namco announced an Xbox One port. Radio silence on Tekken 7 has now been broken, as Miguel Caballero Rojo, a character originally introduced in Tekken 6, has been confirmed for the game’s growing roster in an action-packed new trailer....

Bandai Namco this week announced Tekken 7 has crossed the seven million sales threshold. The studio then thanked fans for all their support over the years and to get ready for “the next battle.” The popular fighting game crossed the three million sales mark back in 2018 – pushing the entire franchise to over 47 million in total sales. Its success continued throughout the years, most recently hitting six million sales last September before skyrocketing to seven million this week....