Games

Marathon Game Director Christopher Barrett addressed rumors regarding Bungie’s plans, though creative director Jullian Marion dismissed the claim that Bungie intends to merge Marathon and Destiny while leaving other details from a massive anonymous leak unaddressed. Marion stated on X that she worked on both games and, despite shared traits and the Bungie DNA, they...

While scrolling through Instagram or another social network recently, you may have encountered numerous posts reminiscent of those recently shared by artists in the style of GTA 6. The catch is that none of these images were drawn by actual artists. Instead, they were generated by artificial intelligence. This is far from the first time...

What truly constitutes the essence of the Silent Hill franchise? Is it the deceptively quiet, mist-shrouded municipality where unspeakable terrors linger just beyond perception? Is it the gritty survival mechanics combined with cryptic riddles? Or is it the haunting wail of an air raid siren paired with Pyramid Head dragging his blood-soaked blade across the...

The developers of Crimson Desert have explained why Pearl Abyss used its proprietary BlackSpace Engine instead of Unreal Engine 5. This choice allows the team to release updates faster, maintain control over the technology, and adapt it for different platforms. In an interview, Lead Engineer Jin-hwan Kim and Head of Graphics Division Jin-ho Yoon discussed...

The era of the great American cop show has ended. Franchises like NCIS and Law & Order will likely continue indefinitely, but network television used to feature many idiosyncratic crime-solvers working alongside local law enforcement. That stopped sharply in 2020 when cultural conversations about copaganda changed what audiences wanted from escapist entertainment. That shift ended...

J.J. Abrams helped co-create Lost, the prototype for puzzle-box television built on shock reveals and mysteries. The 2004 pilot introduced fans to a disoriented Jack Shephard, played by Matthew Fox, who wakes up in a jungle, surveys the wreckage of Oceanic Flight 815, and aids survivors. Abrams directed that pilot before moving on from Lost...

From the beginning, Lanterns has used the town of Rushville to tell two connected mysteries set 10 years apart. Most of the series so far has followed Hal Jordan (Kyle Chandler) and John Stewart (Aaron Pierre) as they investigate an alien conspiracy in 2016. But the last scene of episode 1 jumps forward to 2026,...

The 2016 arc of HBO’s Lanterns reached its explosive conclusion in episode 5, and Lanterns episode 6 picks back up in 2026. When Rushville sheriff Kerry Kane calls John Stewart to let him know that Hal Jordan was found dead in the same football stadium where the chaos in Rushville began, John drops everything and...

This week marks a quarter-century since the debut of the Nintendo GameCube, and the milestone certainly brings a wave of nostalgia. I can still vividly recall the North American release in November 2001—arriving just months after its Japanese rollout—because it was the very first video game system that belonged exclusively to me rather than a...

Fans of anti-corporate action movies like Jason Statham‘s The Beekeeper have a new title to watch out for. Ghost Soldier blends revenge action with military technology reminiscent of Ghost Recon Future Soldier. The film borrows from successful action franchises and stars Jim Caviezel as a tough protagonist dispensing justice. Caviezel is best known for roles...