This is The Rally Point, a regular column where the inimitable Sin Vega delves deep into strategy gaming. Kiev-based studio Starni Games have been knocking out the Strategic Mind series since 2019. From a slightly rocky start with The Pacific (rockier still if you count 2018’s Panzer Strategy) they’ve hit their stride with Fight For
Month: May 2021
What will you discover in paradise? Two brand new thrillers are on the way from M. Night Shyamalan and Universal, and the first one coming soon is titled Old. The film’s current theatrical date is July 23, 2021. The full trailer this morning heads once again into the Shyamalan Mystery Box, with Old taking a family to a remote
Dexter is returning to Showtime later this year, but one name has been ominously left out of all the casting details to date. Yvonne Strahovski played Hannah McKay on the original series, and the character was one of few to survive the show. With fans questioning her participation in the revival, we have some bad
While the rest of the world continues to tackle the global pandemic, in eastern Australia, waves of mice are flooding farms and towns. For months now, this plague has been wreaking havoc on crops, damaging electrical wires in buildings, and even biting hospital patients, leaving a stench of rodent urine and feces in its wake.
Wayflyer, a revenue-based financing platform for e-commerce merchants, has raised $76 million in a Series A funding round led by Left Lane Capital. “Partners” of DST Global, QED Investors, Speedinvest and Zinal Growth — the family office of Guillaume Pousaz (founder of Checkout.com) — also put money in the round. The raise comes just after
I’ve been working in books and publishing since 2004, I’ve been a sci-fi/fantasy fan since my mom read us The Hobbit, complete with voices and songs, and I still manage to mix up my Hugos with my Nebulas, fail to remember which formerly-known-as award is now called what, and lose track of newly-created awards. So,
“School of Rock” star Kevin Clark, who played the drummer, is dead after a motorist hit him while he was cycling around Chicago … TMZ has learned. The professional drummer — best known as Freddy Jones, aka Spazzy McGee — was riding his bicycle on the Northwest Side of Chicago early Wednesday morning when he
One of the major obstacles Shepard will face when trying to unite the galaxy against the Reapers in Mass Effect 3 is the escalating conflict between the geth and quarians. Long before the events of Mass Effect, the geth and quarians have been engaged in a sort of war that drove the quarians from their
Earlier today, we talked about how modders are doing what they did for the original Mass Effect trilogy for the remaster by restoring cut dialogue options that gave players more same-sex romance options. With some characters cut due to previous social pressure from outlets like Fox News, a lot of players that were hoping for
Technically part of the Conjuring Universe, 2019’s folklore-based The Curse of La Llorona paved the way for director Michael Chaves to take the reigns from James Wan for The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It, and now La Llorona is joining the Funko family. Announced tonight as part of Funko’s ongoing “Funkoween” celebration, two
Perovskite has a lot going for it in our search for a cheap, efficient way to harvest solar energy. With a dusting of organic molecules, these crystalline structures have been able to convert more than a quarter of the light falling onto them into electricity. Theoretically, perovskite crystals made with the right mix of materials
Instagram today announced it’s adding a new feature to help connect online shoppers to product drops through its app. Drops, which are a newer e-commerce trend, help sellers create buzz for forthcoming products in the days and weeks leading up to their availability. The products themselves are often only available in limited supplies or for
News Howard University Announces Chadwick A. Boseman College of Fine Arts The late Boseman graduated from Howard in 2000 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in directing By Madison Bloom May 26, 2021 Facebook Twitter Chadwick Boseman at Howard University in 2018 (Photo by Cheriss May/NurPhoto via Getty Images). Facebook Twitter Late actor Chadwick Boseman
Update: It appears the “God of War: Ragnarok” logo used in the official Sony Interactive Entertainment IR Day presentation is a fan logo pulled from Google. It’s unclear why it was used, but as a result, the information below is no longer accurate. Original: God of War: Ragnarokwas revealed less than a year ago, but
EXCLUSIVE: The first online teaser trailer for the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s third phase 4 movie Eternals has drawn an almighty 77 million global viewers in its first 24 hours since dropping Monday per social analytic sources. That’s the biggest online trailer drop for a Walt Disney and Marvel movie in the past 14 months of
By Elizabeth Henges26 May 2021 19:31 GMT The new Pokemon spin-off title Pokemon Legends: Arceus just got a release date announced, so you know it’s time to pre-order it! Ever since it was first revealed, Pokemon Legends: Arceus has been turning heads. The comparisons to Breath of the Wild have been plenty, but more likely
Warning: This essay contains spoilers for all Saw movies, including Spiral. Like most reviewing Saw when it was released in October 2004, critic David Edelstein found the film so disturbing that he questioned the morality of screenwriter Leigh Whannell and director James Wan. But unlike most, Edelstein, who would later coin the term “torture porn,”
The search for Ellen‘s successor didn’t take long, and doesn’t come as much of a surprise … “The Kelly Clarkson Show” will take over the slot currently held by “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” after her 19th season concludes. NBC made the announcement that Clarkson‘s show — currently in its second season and airing in all
On July 4, 2026, the United States will celebrate the 250th anniversary of its independence. America should commemorate this historical milestone in 2026 by landing humans on the moon for the first time since 1972. Sending humanity back to the moon in 2026 is not only technically feasible, but it also fits squarely in the
Another day, another mobility SPAC deal. This time, it’s Tritium, a Brisbane-based developer and producer of direct current fast EV chargers that is taking the SPAC path to the public market in a deal valuing the company at $1.2 billion. Tritium said Wednesday it will be heading to the Nasdaq via a merger with special
Here’s the first look at Ariana Grande‘s wedding dress … and it’s absolutely gorgeous. Waiting for your permission to load the Instagram Media. The “7 Rings” singer just shared a photo dump from her big day earlier this month, when she slid a wedding ring on her new husband, Dalton Gomez‘s finger. There were only
Blizzard went quiet about Overwatch 2 soon after it was revealed at the very rocky BlizzCon 2019, but finally lifted that silence with the Overwatch 2 Developer PVP Livestream. The stream didn’t offer a release date, but it did feature new abilities, locations, designs, and concept art for the sequel. You can watch the entire
Apparently, the experience of being able to be a female Mexican American actress in the position of a superhero was great enough to overcome her fear of closed spaces (or in the case, clothes). This makes even more sense when you see the outfit because, although there is a lot going on with it, she
This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. (Illustration by Rafael Henrique/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)Valve is reportedly working on a new device that would bring PC gaming to portable hardware running Linux. While a number of specifics are still unknown, there does appear to be a handheld
Deep Silver and developer inXile Entertainment are preparing you to re-enter the frozen wastes of post-apocalyptic Colorado with the upcoming expansion to Wasteland 3 entitled “The Battle of Steeltown”. The DLC is expected next month, and has a new trailer welcoming you to the eponymous town. The story goes that Steeltown is a factory complex
Did Isobel and Vargas take each other out? The murders of five prominent men at a trendy restaurant brought the truth the surface on FBI Season 3 Episode 15. As Maggie and OA worked together with Isobel, they found a surprising link to Vargas’ cartel, paving the way for the mother of all showdowns. Who did
From the waters we creatures of the land emerged. Some animals, like whales, returned to it. Others, like frogs, never truly let go of their watery origins, and even now we’re still discovering clever ways in which terrestrial creatures can find refuge within this soothing liquid medium. Case in point: air-breathing anoles have developed a
With more people than ever before going online to pay for things and pay each other, startups that are building the infrastructure that enables these actions continue to get a lot of attention. In the latest development, Paysend, a fintech that has built a mobile-based payments platform — which currently offers international money transfers, global
News Arrest Warrant for Marilyn Manson Issued in New Hampshire Manson is facing two counts of misdemeanor simple assault for allegedly spitting at a videographer during a 2019 concert By Madison Bloom May 25, 2021 Facebook Twitter Marilyn Manson (Photo by Stephen J. Cohen/Getty Images). Facebook Twitter An arrest warrant for Marilyn Manson has been
Over the weekend director Zack Snyder‘s new movie Army of the Dead premiered on Netflix platforms around the world and some viewers immediately noticed a major problem, that first seemed like a hardware issue with their televisions. Throughout the 2.5 hour zombie epic there are instances where “dead pixels” can be seen on the screen,
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