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Former Obsidian owner Chris Avellone didn’t hold back after discovering that Microsoft had just acquired Obsidian Entertainment in a blockbuster deal, beseeching the powerful tech company to gut the leadership that still worked there. Avellone famously fell out with Obsidian and publicly criticized the management roles afterward, suggesting that the company had only its profits in mind while behaving unprofessionally, even immediately cancelling Avellone’s health insurance after letting him go....

The 1990s and early 2000s sitcom Friends has gone down in history as one of the best ensemble sitcoms of all time. Of course, it was about friendship, following the lives of six people in their twenties living in New York. As they tried to find themselves, including where they wanted to head in their careers, in love, and in life in general, they were always there for one another through thick and thin....

WARNING: Spoilers for Season 1 of Future Man Eliza Coupe’s character Tiger in season 2 of Hulu’s Future Man will play multiple versions of herself. After failing to save the future at the end of season 1, Future Man’s main trio will square off against brand new future-based threats - all of which are a result of their misguided actions. In season 2 of Future Man, Josh (Josh Hutcherson), Tiger, and Wolf (Derek Wilson) are introduced to a wholly unfamiliar future....

Game Of Thrones season 5 was shocking for a variety of reasons, including the deviations from its source novels’ storylines and of course, the inevitable, controversial brutality of certain scenes. In addition, the award winning HBO series wound up excluding certain characters altogether this year, with the promise that we will catch up with them in season 6 instead. One of these absent characters was Bran Stark (Isaac Hempstead-Wright) whose story thread on the show had caught up to where he’s at in the currently published A Song of Ice and Fire books by the end of season 4....

Something big is coming to Gears of War 5 as The Coalition gives fans an up-close and personal look at the game’s brand new enemy. Since 2006, players have got to grips with Drones, Boomers, and Bucketheads, but now it’s time to take on an even bigger challenge. With Gears of War branching out into a new era with three titles announced at Xbox’s E3 2018 presentation, the upcoming “main series” sequel also has the abridged title of Gears 5....

Director Paul Feig’s Ghostbusters is a “hard reboot” (read: complete fresh start) for the 1980s-born supernatural horror/comedy franchise, though you would be forgiven for thinking it’s a “soft reboot” or semi-sequel (a la such recent movies as Jurassic World and Creed) to the previous Ghostbusters films. Marketing for the new Ghostbusters hasn’t been clear on this point, having banked too heavily on callbacks to previous installments in the series - including, Ray Parker Jr....

While mostly a standalone adventure, Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy did help to deliver more information on big baddie Thanos (Josh Brolin) and the Infinity Stones. Though writer/director James Gunn has made statements about Thanos not playing a large part in the sequel before, many assumed that we would at least catch a glimpse of the Mad Titan in the upcoming Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2. It seems that the fans were mistaken, however, as Thanos reportedly will not appear in the sequel at all....

Broly is without a doubt one of the most awesome characters to come out of the Dragon Ball Z franchise. Take one look at him and you know you’re dealing with a seriously cool villain. This guy has some serious power, and when he gets angry, even the strongest characters know to get out of the way. He attacks people in a violent and intimidating way, and never gives his opponents a minute to catch their breath....

A DuckDuckGo Email Protection service was last year launched as a limited beta, with a waiting list for those wanting to use it. The waitlist is now gone, and anyone can get access to it right away. The privacy-focused email forwarding service strips out trackers, and offers the ability to create disposable email addresses, all without changing your email provider – similar to Apple’s Hide My Email feature … Background Despite the proliferation of messaging services available today, email has retained its dominant position as the primary way to contact people....

Loot Boxes in video games are increasingly becoming a major problem since most major triple-A aames hitting the market in 2017 include some form of it. Games like Overwatch, Destiny 2, Forza Mortorsport 7 and now Middle-Earth: Shadow of War all use them to some degree and upcoming Star Wars: Battlefront II, Call of Duty: WWII and more will feature this controversial microtransaction system later this year as well. Gamers have taken to calling the practice a form of gambling, and now the ESRB is finally weighing in after being asked directly about it....

The PC Gaming Show at E3 2019 started off with the trailer for a much-wanted sequel. Rebellion kicked off the event with a cinematic trailer for Evil Genius 2, the sequel to the world domination sim that released all the way back in 2004. Rebellion has had a varied history as a game developer. The studio has covered everything from Alien vs. Predator through to the Sniper Elite series, grabbing plenty of fans along the way....

In an exclusive interview with Screen Rant, director Jacob Johnston breaks down his Kickstarter-funded horror short, Kadence. Beginning his Hollywood career in set production and design for short films, Johnston’s work as a visual development producer and coordinator has helped bring the fantastical worlds of the Marvel Cinematic Universe to life, including Thor: Ragnarok, Spider-Man: Homecoming, and Netflix’s Daredevil series. Johnston went on to make his directorial debut in 2016 with two short films, Ticket Like a Man and Kadence....

Facebook has been thinking of new ways to keep its users engaged with the platform. This time, the social network owned by Mark Zuckerberg announced that it will soon let users have multiple profiles linked to the same account. But is this really necessary? In a press statement (via TechCrunch), Facebook revealed that the new feature will allow people to have different profiles dedicated to different groups of people. For example, the same person will be able to have a profile for personal friends, another for people at work, and another one for family....

After acknowledging that Fallout 76 has seen its share of issues, Bethesda Softworks is attempting to make good with players of the game by adding a new expansion pack with human NPCs, as well as a battle royale mode. Since its release in 2018, Fallout 76 has been plagued with a series of problems, including a series of bugs and an in-game economy that angered its players. The title never seemed to live up to the promise that Bethesda made when they initially announced that Fallout 76 would be an online survival RPG....

Its been 15 years since the first movie in the Harry Potter franchise was released, and after eight films following the rise of the young wizard, the series is going all the way back to 1926 to tell the story of a young Newt Scamander (Eddie Redmayne). Despite not having the Harry Potter branding in the title, fans of the lore and the films are anxiously waiting to see Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them this weekend....

Spider-Man: Far From Home director Jon Watts reveals the villain he’d like to see in the next Spider-Man sequel. After directing movies like Clown and Cop Car, Watts was hired to direct the Spider-Man solo film Spider-Man: Homecoming. He was then hired once again to direct the sequel, which is currently in theaters. Fans have seen a lot of Spidey villains hit the screen ever since Sam Raimi released his Spider-Man movie back in 2002....

Final Fantasy 7 Remake has answered one of the burning questions long-time fans had about the reimagined take on one of Square Enix’s most popular games ever, and it’s a positive one: according to a report from Famitsu, the controversial cross-dressing scene involving Cloud will return in the remake. Final Fantasy 7 Remake actually features a lot of content that could be considered problematic or insensitive, as the game essentially spotlights a group of eco-terrorists as heroes before elaborating on what caused them to go to such extreme lengths, but in today’s gaming climate most of the game is likely safe....

Based on the iconic comic book series Archie Comics originally created by chief illustrator Bob Montana and writer Vic Bloom, the forthcoming TV drama series Riverdale produced by The CW with network heavyweight Greg Berlanti executive producing is all set to turn heads when it sees its premiere early next year. Primed to feature a moody tone and an enigmatic atmosphere to match the very best episodes of the cult-classic David Lynch creation Twin Peaks, the latest iteration of the perennial American teenager Archie Andrews (K....

Bloomberg is reporting today that Apple’s self-driving car project has suffered a major setback. According to the report, Ford has poached Doug Field from Apple. Field joined Apple from Tesla and had been one of the key players on the Project Titan team, serving as a VP on the special projects team. Ford has also made the hire official in a press release, naming Field its chief officer of advanced technology and embedded systems....

The latest event in the extremely popular online game Fortnite is creating some strange incidents both in and out of the virtual world. It’s all tied to an in-game event setting up the latest season of themed events for players, but this is easily the farthest developer Epic Games has gone to make things unique. Fortnite is wrapping up the fourth season of its Battle Royale mode. The free-to-play add-on puts 100 players against each other in a last one standing shootout....