The existential dread that comes as part of the package deal with someone like Rick is largely missing. There’s no God-like character struggling to justify his increasingly meaningless existence on earth. Terry and Korvo are basic fools on earth who manufacture their own conflicts by constantly finding something new to obsess over. In one episode
Month: May 2020
Daedalic Entertainment has confirmed they are actively working on a next-gen title known as The Lord of the Rings: Gollum. First off, it sounds like the team plans on designing Gollum as a stealth-based action title. While they stop short of detailing the title’s gameplay, the basic idea is that you’ll sneak around various Middle-Earth locales
IMAGE: Experiments with a single-atom device help researchers understand what quantum effects come into play when machinery shrinks to the atomic scale. view more Credit: Aki Honda / Centre for Quantum Technologies, National University of Singapore Here’s a new chapter in the story of the miniaturisation of machines: researchers in a laboratory in Singapore have shown
IMAGE: Artist interpretation of a molecular machine. view more Credit: Mikkel Larris, University of Southern Denmark Molecules are some of life’s most basic building blocks. When they work together in the right way, they become molecular machines that can solve the most amazing tasks. They are essential for all organisms by, for example, maintaining a wide
What Was Dolores’s Plan? In the end it turns out that Dolores wanted to redeem humanity rather than destroy it. As has been previously established, Dolores has every reason to hate humanity. Her creators have certainly not been kind of her, gifting her consciousness only to then throw to a band of rich wolves intent
But Ahsoka and Rex are still trapped on a Republic ship full of mind-controlled soldiers trying to kill them. According to the synopsis for “Victory and Death,” their escape from Order 66 will be the major focus of the episode: “Ahsoka and Rex must use their wit and skills to survive the turbulent end of
THQ Nordic promised to share some surprises ahead of E3 2019, and they certainly made good on that promise with the reveal of the long-awaited Destroy All Humans! remake. Like many of the recent THQ Nordic announcements, understanding the appeal of this particular project requires a bit of history. First released in 2005, Destroy All Humans!
-We are also introduced to Queen Latifah as Hattie McDaniel… and she’s in a three way with a man and woman?! This is based on speculation and rumors that she was part of the alleged Hollywood Sewing Circle where stars in “lavender marriages” (married to gay men) secretly had lesbian and/or bisexual trysts. McDaniel was
Reports from Venturebeat and Eurogamer indicate that Nintendo will delay its previously planned June Nintendo Direct stream which was originally scheduled to serve as the company’s E3 2020 presentation. Those reports indicate that Nintendo is experiencing some first-party development delays related to the spread of COVID-19. Like so many others during this time, the company
Disney+ hit 50 million subscribers globally in early April, shortly after it finally launched in the UK and other regions, and while the platform has still got a way to go until it gets close to Netflix’s 167 million-strong base, it’s not a bad result so far for a streaming service that only originally got
That’s an interesting deviation from what we saw in Assassin’s Creed Odyssey. That game also lets you choose a female or male protagonist, but there, the character you didn’t choose ended up playing a different role in the game. Odyssey attempted to be vague about which character was the canonical one, but it was later
Looking for the UK Amazon Prime new releases? Click here instead! It’s been awhile since the world has seen a new comedy from Greg Daniels, co-creator of The Office (U.S.) and Parks and Recreation. That all changes this month with Amazon Prime’s new releases for May 2020. That’s right, leading the pack of Amazon originals
Jim Lee, the legendary comic artist turned publisher turned DC Comics executive, has spent most of his social distancing putting up huge for local comic shops. He’s been furiously sketching some awesome characters, then auctioning them off on eBay. The BINC Foundation, the charity that supports book stores in times of crisis, has seen an
The success of Star Wars Battlefront 2 cast some doubt regarding when DICE would return to the Battlefield series and if they had any interest in essentially replacing Battlefield with Battlefront in the long-term. While the prospect of them abandoning Battlefield entirely has always been a long-shot, Battlefield 5‘s sales struggles did cast some reasonable
IMAGE: The researchers’ H-cell setup used in developing their hydrogen peroxide production method. view more Credit: Zheng Chen Lab A team of researchers has developed a portable, more environmentally friendly method to produce hydrogen peroxide. It could enable hospitals to make their own supply of the disinfectant on demand and at lower cost. The work, a
IMAGE: The cellulose nanofiber-derived bulk CNFP structural material and its characterization. (a) Photograph of large-sized CNFP with a volume of 320 × 220 × 27 mm3. (b) The robust 3D nanofiber… view more Credit: Shu-Hong Yu Plastic is a kind of widely used artificial material. The invention of plastic gives us a lightweight, strong and inexpensive
IMAGE: Bose-Einstein condensate comagnetometer, formed by two distinct atomic internal states of 87Rb which are contained in the same spatial wavefunction. view more Credit: ICFO/ P. Gomez & M. Mitchell Scientists have been able to observe the universe and determine that about 80% of the its mass appears to be “dark matter,” which exerts a gravitational
IMAGE: Researchers from Drexel University have discovered a way to grow hollow crystal spheres, and pause they’re symmetrical growth so they form with holes — a significant advance for their use… view more Credit: Drexel University The new development, recently reported in the scientific journal Nature Communications, was led by Christopher Li, PhD, a professor in
Both Legends continuity and the Disney canon feature Jedi who, one way or another, survived past the end of the Clone Wars. Major Jedi characters like Yoda and Obi-Wan Kenobi went into exile until the Original Trilogy, in which they tried to keep the traditions of the Jedi alive by training Luke Skywalker. Revenge of
More than six weeks after comics ceased shipping because of COVID-19 disruptions to production and distribution, Diamond Distributors, the former monopoly that once distributed all single issues to shops around the country, has announced that they’re back. May 20th sees the return of new single issue comics from Image, BOOM!, Marvel, Dark Horse and others
EA and developer Respawn Entertainment have revealed the first details about Apex Legends Season 5 – Fortune’s Favor. As before, this season will feature a combination of new characters, items, and gameplay alterations. It will also see the return of the recently introduced “Splits” ranked play system. Essentially, that system sees players compete to improve
IMAGE: Nanostimulators bind to the surface of stem cells, delivering agents that spur the cells to release factors that promote blood vessel growth and modulate inflammation in damaged muscle. view more Credit: Image by Janet Sinn-Hanlon, Veterinary Medicine at Illinois CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — In regenerative medicine, an ideal treatment for patients whose muscles are damaged from
IMAGE: Researchers at The University of Tokyo and Yokohama City University create elastic fluorescent crystals that reversibly change color when bent or deformed. This work may lead to the development of… view more Credit: Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo Tokyo, Japan – Researchers at the Institute of Industrial Science, part of The University
IMAGE: The twist angle between the layers governs the crystal symmetry and can lead to a variety of interesting physical behaviours, such as unconventional superconductivity, tunnelling conductance, nonlinear optics and structural… view more Credit: Luojun Du et al. Aalto University Two-dimensional (2D) materials, which consist of a single layer of atoms, have attracted a lot of
We collectively yearn for the distraction of a Met Gala, or of any socialization really, so in a way the show’s countless scenes of live music, shopping and bar-hopping feel like pandemic porn. Katy Keene has truly become the escapist saga it has always yearned to be…albeit due to tragic real world events that have
Stream your Star Wars favorites on Disney+ with a FREE TRIAL, on us! As we say goodbye once again to one of Star Wars‘ greatest villains, let’s take a look back at the former Sith’s best moments from The Clone Wars, Rebels, the comics, and beyond. Duel of the Fates The Phantom Menace is not
Finally… the playoffs are set to begin. Those are words all sports fans, particularly basketball and hockey fans, would love to hear right now. For baseball fans following MLB The Show’s Players League, a taste of playoff action is on the way and it can’t come soon enough. On Friday, May 1, the eight-team playoff
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