Poet and author Ander Monson has seen the 1987 movie Predator, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger on the run from an alien in a Guatemalan jungle, 146 times. To explain why, he wrote Predator: A Memoir. Through a scene-by-scene exploration of the film, which he describes as “satire wrapped in gun pornography,” Monson reckons with his lifelong
Return to the Borderlands in the raucous New Tales from the Borderlands. The upcoming choice-based, narrative adventure developed by Gearbox Software is set to launch on October 21. This all new story brings fresh and familiar faces, new settings, and an original, captivating story while keeping the sci-fi aesthetic and irreverent humor that Borderlands fans
Amid the continuous noise about cryptocurrencies, it’s often hard to pick out what really matters. However this month, if all goes to plan, the energy-hungry digital sector will undergo its biggest shake-up in years. Ethereum, the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency, is tomorrow expected to start a technology changeover which, once complete, should cause its carbon emissions
Hello and welcome back to Max Q. Happy Labor Day! Due to the scheduling of the newsletter, I’ll have finished writing this by the time NASA makes the second launch attempt of the Artemis I mission. By now, you probably already know how it all went down anyway! In this issue: SpaceX lands more astronaut
Britney Spears is calling out her son Jayden James … accusing him of undermining her and wondering if he’s pissed the gravy train is about to run dry. Britney went on a long rant Monday on social media, and it was mostly a response to Jayden publicly talking about her challenges as a mom. Play
Mark Rosman‘s The House on Sorority Row (1982) and Stewart Hendler‘s Sorority Row (2009) feel shoved aside in their respective horror classes. Titles like Pieces, Black Christmas, and The Dorm That Dripped Blood get more frequent mentions when discussing pre-90s sorority or dormitory slashers. Remake debates rarely include Sorority Row in their reassessments of unfairly
We’ve been waiting a long time for the arrival of Indiana Jones 5, and as things currently stand, Harrison Ford’s reprisal of the fedora-wearing, whip-wielding adventuring archaeologist is a little under 10 months away from hitting theaters. However, during a recent concert at the Hollywood Bowl, John Williams debuted a new theme for the upcoming
The sacredness of a relationship between parents and children can’t be overstated. This sacredness reinforces the boundaries that exist or ought to exist within the confines of the relationship. But sometimes, the limits are crossed. And when this happens, these relationships become corrupt, perverted, manipulative, and downright wrong such that they end up being weird.
The first gameplay footage of Katana Zero‘s free DLC expansion has finally sliced its way onto the internet. Developer Askiisoft released a near-ten minute slice of the DLC’s first level over the weekend, showing off some of the ultraviolent delights we can expect to see when it eventually comes out. Have a watch of the
The company won a $540,000 small business contract known as a TACFI, or Tactical Funding Increase WASHINGTON — Saber Astronautics announced Sept. 5 the U.S. Space Force has extended the company’s contract to develop a space domain awareness tool designed for satellite operators. The company won a $540,000 small business contract known as a TACFI,
More games and more NFTs pose questions for the gaming industry Karan Bhasin 3 days There has been stiff backlash against NFTs in video games since they first started popping up. In general, both gamers as well as industry professionals have disapproved blockchain implementations in video games, mostly over concerns over the environmental impact that
Supermassive Games is diving once again into horror with its upcoming project, which will no doubt please fans of their recent efforts in The Quarry, and in the ongoing The Dark Pictures Anthology. Speaking with Video Games Chronicle, Supermassive Games studio director Will Byles stated that the team’s next horror project will be about the
News Emmys 2022: Tim Robinson Wins Best Actor in Short Form Series for I Think You Should Leave While the series lost to Carpool Karaoke, Robinson himself is now an Emmy-winning actor By Evan Minsker September 4, 2022 Facebook Twitter Tim Robinson in I Think You Should Leave (Kevin Estrada/NETFLIX) Facebook Twitter Tim Robinson is
Labor Day weekend saw blockbusters old and new buoyed by cheap tickets, as was a limited openings like Saloum with multiple sold out screenings at two theaters, including every showtime on Saturday. Over 3,000 theaters, including IFC Center and Alamo Drafthouse LA, where the French-Senegalese indie film began a qualifying run, offered $3 tickets for
Publisher 2K teased back in April that it was bringing back Telltale’s Tales from the Borderlands series but that this time, it would be developed in-house by Gearbox Software. Then, during Gamescom’s Opening Night Live event, Gearbox officially revealed the sequel, which is less a direct continuation of Telltale’s story and more a spiritual successor
Scientists working in the Andes Mountains in Patagonia have been presented with a puzzle: Mice from the same species are growing to larger sizes on the western side of the mountains compared to the eastern side. Now a new study suggests a solution to the mystery. It seems that thanks to the rain shadow effect
Indonesia’s credit bureaus currently have about 92 million credit records, but the founders of SkorLife say many people have trouble accessing their own data. That’s why they built the app, which not only lets people see their credit histories for free, but also gives personalized advice on how to improve data. The Jakarta-based startup announced
Supermassive Games is diving once again into horror with its upcoming project, which will no doubt please fans of their recent efforts in The Quarry, and in the ongoing The Dark Pictures Anthology. Speaking with Video Games Chronicle, Supermassive Games studio director Will Byles stated that the team’s next horror project will be about the
Marjorie Taylor Greene has a lot of people thinking she might’ve flexed her pipes on ‘American Idol’ once upon a time — based on a viral video — but the speculation is bogus. The Georgia Representative is getting talked about on Twitter right now, but not for the usual political reasons. This time it’s about
Most movie lovers are surely familiar with Robert Downey Jr., the man most famous for playing Marvel’s Tony Stark/Iron Man for over a decade. Of course, many cinephiles are probably also familiar with his famous filmmaker father, Robert Downey Sr., who passed away at the age of 85 last summer. (Shortly after, Downey Jr. paid
NECA has recently just revealed the Ultimate Dracula Accessory set which they showed off at San Diego Comi-Con earlier this year. Now NECA has released a gallery showcasing the accessory set and Dracula himself. The accessory set includes a coffin, armadillo, opossum, large spider, and cricket in a coffin. All the accessories look fantastic and
It’s as reliable as Labor Day itself … the Malibu Chili Cook-Off draws tons of celebs, and this year was no exception … even in exceptional heat. It’s part food, part carnival, part gawking at celebs who never fail to show. Mel Gibson was there with GF Rosalind Ross and son Lars. Madeline Banks from
If you have a spare cool mill laying around somewhere, and fancy upping your console collection, there’s an eBay listing you might want to check out. With the world of video games offering a fair number of rare collectibles due to limited prints of cartridges, or certain consoles and peripherals not doing well enough to
With the right physics, it’s possible to blast a box of circuits clear across the Solar System with pinpoint accuracy to come within a whisker of distant worlds. But stir a splash of milk in your tea and the best physicists can do is hazard a guess at the kinds of patterns you’ll see swirling
The U.K. could be gearing up to hit a handful of tech firms with enforcement orders (and potentially fines) related to a children’s online privacy and safety Code which has been in force for a year. “The ICO are currently looking into how over 50 different online services are conforming with the code, with four
Supermassive Games is diving once again into horror with its upcoming project, which will no doubt please fans of their recent efforts in The Quarry, and in the ongoing The Dark Pictures Anthology. Speaking with Video Games Chronicle, Supermassive Games studio director Will Byles stated that the team’s next horror project will be about the
News The Weeknd Loses Voice, Cancels L.A. Show Mid-Song “I don’t want to stop the show. But I can’t give you the concert that I want to give you right now,” the singer told the sold-out crowd at SoFi Stadium By Madison Bloom September 4, 2022 Facebook Twitter The Weeknd (Photo by Paras Griffin/Getty Images).
This was yet another soft weekend at the international box office with no major fresh titles and as summer fully closes out in Europe and beyond. On the positive side, the UK’s National Cinema Day helped buoy that market with ticket prices slashed to £3 at 643 participating theaters on Saturday. There were 1.6M admissions
Sonny was stabbed, and Leo’s everyone’s prime suspect, but did he do it, or is he being framed? Our TV Fanatics, Jack and Christine, are joined by Silvananoir from MyHourglass, a Days of Our Lives fan forum, to debate who attacked Sonny, Chloe lecturing Nicole, if Alex is flirty or creepy, and who is the
This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. A lot of press attention has been rightly focused on Intel’s long-awaited launch of its Arc discrete GPUs. As you are well aware, there have been many delays, and now that it’s September we still don’t have a firm launch