‘Wolverine’ PS5 Game Trailer: Snikt, Snikt, Boom

A new trailer for the much-anticipated Wolverine game from Insomniac Games debuted at Playstation’s State of Play showcase. Many X-Nerds were gratified to see that Omega Red, Mystique, and a big ol’ Sentinel are glimpsed, along with ultra-violent gameplay:

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‘The Waterfront’ and ‘Ginny & Georgia’ Star Humberly González is Just Getting Started

To say that Humberly González is busy these days would be an understatement. Fresh off the success of Star Wars Outlaws, in which she voices protagonist Kay Vess (nominated for “Best Performance” at the 2024 Game Awards), the 33-year-old Venezuelan actress currently has not one, but two Netflix shows in the Top 10.

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138 Awesome Things About ‘Assassin’s Creed Shadows’

Because, honestly, I think this game is pretty awesome. Also, it’s a vast sprawling open-world experience. Story SPOILERS follow.

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‘The Last of Us’ Recap: Vengeance and Violence Everlasting

We are at the finale of an incredibly (intentionally) short season of The Last of Us. For those who have played the game, it should make sense why they are stopping here. And for those who haven’t, strap in and prepare for the unexpected!

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‘The Last of Us’ Recap: I Hope You Do a Little Better Than Me

Oh my goodness. I can’t imagine there being a dry eye in the house after this emotional, beautiful episode of The Last of Us.

It’s good to see Joel again and get more about him despite his untimely demise early this season. We even get to see Pedro Pascal’s name and his silhouette at the end of the opening credits. If you were a fan of the games, you knew where this episode was going. However, surprise, surprise, we get some really great stuff that was exclusive for the show.

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‘The Last of Us’ Just Featured a Pearl Jam Song, Time Paradox Ensues

It’s been well documented on this site that I’m not much of a gamer. It’s is also well documented that I am a huge and unabashed Pearl Jam fan. Those two facts about me collided during last night’s viewing of the most recent episode of The Last of Us on HBO.

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‘The Last of Us’ Recap: An Airborne Nightmare

Seattle: Day Two has begun, and The Last of Us Season 2 is progressing at an even faster pace than I could have imagined from the game. Dina and Ellie are one step closer to finding Abby; however, Ellie finds herself one step closer to losing her soul. All this and more on this week’s The Last of Us.

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‘The Last of Us’ Recap: Take On Me

Ellie and Dina have officially reached Seattle. However, almost insurmountable challenges in Ellie’s quest for vengeance present themselves, as the WLFs have taken over the city. Chief among them, a new threat (in the form of a familiar fan-favorite actor) emerges. All this, plus a very emotional and soulful callback, and more in this week’s The Last of Us.

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‘The Last of Us’ Recap: The Aftermath of Tragedy Looms on Jackson

At the time of writing this, a large portion of the world has bonded over the collective trauma of seeing the first two harrowing episodes of The Last of Us Season 2. The train has officially left the station, and there’s no going back. Which means by now, everyone on it already knows that zero punches are getting pulled, and every blow is about to land right in the gut.

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Director Jared Hess and Younger Cast Say ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Plays on All Generations

Mojang Studios first released Minecraft in 2011, at the cusp of Generations Z and Alpha. By the Spring of 2012, over four million Minecraft videos had been uploaded to YouTube, sparking Minecraft Mania.

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Between Vengeance and Love at ‘The Last of Us’ Season 2 Press Conference

Nothing in the video game space has broken my heart nearly as much as The Last of Us Parts I and II. The story of Ellie and Joel is one of the most beautiful and profoundly tragic tales I’ve ever played through, and seeing the first part come to life so gorgeously in the first season of The Last of Us was such a wonderful experience.

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Secrets Are Revealed in ‘The Last of Us’ Season 2 Trailer

This weekend, The Last of Us took SXSW by storm, as Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey visited the annual festival to unveil the latest trailer for the upcoming second season on Max. The explosive trailer, which shortly debuted online after, showcased a ton of scenes that will appear incredibly familiar to those who have played The Last of Us Part II. As such, get ready to feel your heart break folks!

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New Trailer for ‘The Last of Us’ Season 2 and Why We Need This Now

Last night, HBO and Naughty Dog dropped the latest trailer and release date information for the next season of its Emmy-nominated series adaptation of The Last Of Us. And frankly, the timing couldn’t be better. Here’s why we need this season of the show now more than ever.

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Chatting with the Director and Stars of ‘Sonic the Hedgehog 3’

Today is the day: Sonic the Hedgehog 3 is officially in theaters! To celebrate, I had the chance to interview director/executive producer Jeff Fowler along with cast members Ben Schwartz, Keanu Reeves, Jim Carrey, James Marsden, Tika Sumpter, Colleen O’Shaughnessey, and Krysten Ritter.

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The ‘Suicide Squad’ Game Declares its Premature End With Deathstroke

Rocksteady Studios’ Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League, the teamup shooter video game with the title that describes exactly what happens, announced recently that it will be ending its content updates in January of 2025.

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12 Songs to Play the ‘Suicide Squad’ Game With as You Un-Kill the Justice League

As Harley Quinn (as voiced by Tara Strong) says at some point in the video game Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League, “Hear that? That’s the empowering feminist anthem of my internal soundtrack starting.” Begging the question, what anthem is she referring to? Compulsive pop-song-playlist-maker that I am, I have needledropping thoughts.

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‘Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League’ Adds Deadshot’s Daughter, Arkham Environs

Rocksteady Studios’ Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League (a.k.a. SSKTJL) recently began a new season of content for the DC Comics-themed squad-shooter game. Season 3: “Season of Lawless” starts with Episode 5: Thieves, introducing the titular new character Lawless and adding familiar but fancied-up environments to its main map and its Incursion side missions.

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Natasha Ofili of ‘Miles Morales’ and ‘Spider-Man 2’ on Working as a Deaf Black Actor

Natasha Ofili is a deaf Black actor who portrays Hailey Cooper in the Miles Morales and Spider-Man 2 video games from Insomniac Games. My talk with Natasha and ASL interpreter Gabriel is up at the NOC YouTube channel now.

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Trailer for ‘The Last of Us’ Season 2 Teases the Series’ “Future Days”

On September 26, 2013, the Cordyceps outbreak reached critical mass, resulting in a catastrophic pandemic that destroyed the world (fictionally). That is how The Last of Us began. To commemorate the day that kicked off one of the best video game stories of the past decade, HBO has released a teaser for season 2 of one of the best video game adaptations ever, with a new trailer for the second season of The Last of Us.

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‘Star Wars Outlaws’ is More Than IX, Less Than V

Ubisoft’s Star Wars Outlaws occurs between Star Wars Episodes V and VI, which is to say, in the period after Empire Strikes Back and before Return of the Jedi, when Han is in Carbonite, Luke is processing his parentage, Leia is working with an Easy Ubese Phrase Book, and the Empire is generally winning.

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‘Star Wars Outlaws’ Early Impressions: Revenge of Canto Bight

Long time ago, far far away….

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Watch the Official Trailer for ‘Sonic the Hedgehog 3’

Paramount Pictures has finally dropped the trailer for Sonic the Hedgehog 3, directed by Jeff Fowler. The all-star cast features Jim Carrey, Ben Schwartz, James Marsden, Tika Sumpter, Idris Elba, Keanu Reeve, Colleen O’Shaughnessey, Natasha Rothwell, Shemar Moore, Adam Pally, Lee Majdoub, Alyla Browne, Krysten Ritter, and James Wolk.

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