Resident Evil 2 entirely changed my perception of video games. I’ve been playing video games for as long as I can remember. At one point, I had an entire gym sack full of NES cartridges, and no, they were not all Super Mario Bros 2. I had everything ranging from rage-inducing slogs like The Immortal, to other rage-inducing slogs like Contra, but at least that one had the illusion of being fun. Also, it had that cool cheat code. Those games were entertaining and maybe a little stressful, but none of them ever made me feel anything close to a deep emotion like fear or dread.
Apex Legends is something of a phenomenon, currently being played by everybody and their mothers. It's a fun, fast paced battle royale games that controls more smoothly than any of it's predecessors, and it contains many unique ideas that other games are trying (and failing) to match. The one thing Apex Legends has in common with its contemporaries, however, is cheaters. Unfortunately, cheaters exist in every online game. Unlike other companies who don't seem to care about their player base, *cough* Rockstar *cough*, Respawn Entertainment, creators of Apex Legends, are fervently tracking down hackers and banning them with no remorse.
Did you guys know they were making a World War Z video game? It has been in the back of my mind for a while, because Left 4 Dead 3 ain't coming out anytime soon, and I've already beaten Resident Evil 2 four times. There really hasn't been a ton of press about this upcoming game based on a semi-to-maybe-not-to-very successful film from six (!!!) years ago. Apparently, the game comes out...let me check my notes...oh, wow, next week, April 16! That's a real under the radar approach. In one last push, Focus Home Interactive released a short gameplay video chock-full of information.
Imagine a world where, in 1983, David Lynch directed a Star Wars film. What would the opening line have been? "He's alive, wrapped in carbonite?" In another universe, perhaps this may have actually happened. But, in our reality, Lynch turned down the opportunity, and George Lucas brought on director Richard Marquand who delivered, well, a very commercial Star Wars film in Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi. We can only dream of the surrealist elements Lynch may have brought to a galaxy far, far away, but why did he turn down the opportunity, anyway?
Solo: A Star Wars Story isn't the most fondly remembered Star Wars entry. Darth Maul, however, is fondly remembered as one of the - if maybe THE only - good parts of Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace. He had a badass double-bladed lightsaber, something which had not been seen in a Star Wars film to that point. He was also a Zabrak, a new, menacing-looking alien race. Plus, he killed the guy who, these days, is most well known for having a certain set of skills which include finding you and killing you. Yeah, Darth Maul killed THAT guy.
Batman was my hero growing up, literally and figuratively. I had toys of the Batplane and Batmobile from Batman '89 and Batman Returns, and I even had the garish, be-finned Batmobile from Batman Forever. The six Batmen I had, all with different costumes, had one thing in common: I gnawed the ears off of them all, due to anxiety...or just being one of those "weird" kids.
Sure, Avengers: Endgame is fast approaching, but wow, that Avengers: Infinity War, left audiences on quite the cliffhanger. What, with half the universe's living organisms turned to dust and all. Even some of our favorite heroes couldn't withstand the power of those darn infinity stones. Those few left are scattered, scared, and scarred. How will the remaining defenders of Earth defeat Thanos and his mangled torso in Avengers: Endgame? According to the internet, a certain insect-like man could use his power to defeat the Mad Titan with one, swift grow. How?
Star Wars fans always dream of becoming master lightsaber duelists. I do, anyway. Still, to this day, as a fully-grown (?) adult, I have a foam and PVC pipe laser sword leaning against my desk, ready for use at a moment's notice. It's also great for shutting off the smoke detector when I'm cooking! Well, some fencing enthusiasts took that dream to an extreme and planned an insanely elaborate routine and, on top of memorizing the amazing choreography, performed it live, without a hitch, in front of a packed auditorium.
