As huge fans of Johnny Cage and all of his action films, we were thrilled yesterday when we got a mysterious package with a DVD of Cage’s latest movie, Uncaged Fury. Little did we know that Cage himself went missing … Continue reading The ‘Mortal Kombat II’ Trailer Replaces Cole for Cage
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Developed over the course of seven years, Whalestork’s The Night is Grey uses non-traditional point and click mechanics and complex puzzles to grapple with serious themes.
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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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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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Y’lan Noel portrays Ferdie in Lady in the Lake, which is based on the 2019 novel by Laura Lippman. The seven-part limited series will make its global debut on Apple TV+ with the first two episodes on Friday, July 19.
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The story isn’t over yet folks! Inspired by The Last of Us Part II, Max is moving forward with the second season of last year’s epic blockbuster hit series, The Last of Us. We reported a bit earlier this year that Kaitlyn Dever had joined the cast as Abby. But today, we got our first official looks at Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey returning as Joel and Ellie for Season 2!
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We welcome back Jasmin and Isa to discuss the latest from Ubisoft’s Assassin’s Creed franchise that takes us to the heart of Abbasid Baghdad!
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Dominic has thoughts about the discourse surrounding the recent release of Rocksteady Games’ Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League video game. He explains to Keith why he thinks it’s one of the best games ever made, despite the negative reviews it’s received.
If you’ve ever played The Last of Us Part II, you know you’re in for a huge shock! And part of that is courtesy of a character named Abby! As soon as The Last of Us show became a hit, speculation around whether or not they’d move forward with adapting Part II became rampant, and chief among that was who was going to portray Abby. Today, we officially got that answer!
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Today, Sunblink and Sanrio launch Hello Kitty Island Adventure, a narrative-driven life simulation game embracing friendship and positivity starring Hello Kitty and Friends, exclusively on Apple Arcade!
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I wanted to play Wanted: Dead because there’s a woman protagonist speaking English in a Swiss accent, and that’s unusual in this space, and it’s a real cool accent, whether or not I know what a Swiss accent actually is.
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If yesterday, you were to tell me the best video game adaptation ever put to any screen was Sonic the Hedgehog 2, the truth of the matter would sadly be that you’d likely be accurate. The subgenre has been suffering ever since the first Super Mario Bros movie from 1993 caused Nintendo to embargo any film rights to their games for at least three decades.
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When you’re Gabriel Luna, and you’ve already been a Terminator and a Spirit of Vengeance, what’s the next logical phase in your life? How about surviving a hostile post-apocalyptic wasteland of zombies, cannibals, and marauders! Luna plays Tommy Miller in the new HBO adaptation of the Naught Dog masterpiece video game The Last of Us. And we were fortunate enough to speak with him about the series and his role as Tommy.
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