Storytellers use weather for all kinds of thematic reasons – your English teacher called it ‘pathetic fallacy’. Rain, in particular, can be used to represent lots of different ideals. Rain can be cleansing. The Shawshank Redeption’s final scene famously depicts Andy Dufresne bathing in a storm to wash away his guilt and trauma. In Blade […]
Torbjorn and Bastion Return To Overwatch 2 Next Week
Overwatch 2 had a bit of a rough launch. Technical issues players could deal with, but what really set them off were a pair of glitches that made both Bastion and Torbjorn a touch overpowered. For Bastion, a glitch let it fire way more than three artillery shells whenever it used its ultimate ability, and […]
Media Companies Keep Personifying The Algorithm
In the season finale of She-Hulk: Attorney at Law, Jennifer Walters bursts out of her show, pops the She-Hulk thumbnail off the Disney+ menu like a manhole cover, and swings into our world via a behind-the-scenes documentary. Once out, she tracks down “Kevin” — the person she had been told was responsible for the overstuffed […]
Pico 4 Enterprise Specs vs Quest Pro vs Vive Focus 3
Pico 4 Enterprise was announced today with a significantly lower price than its competitors. But how do its specs & features compare? Here’s an on-paper comparison between it, HTC’s Vive Focus 3, and Meta’s Quest Pro: Pico 4 Enterprise HTC Vive Focus 3 Meta Quest Pro Release December 2022 June 2021 October 2022 Lens Type […]
Workrooms Gets 3 Screen Personal Office, Sticky Notes & More
Meta’s remote work solution Horizon Workrooms now features major updates including multiple screens for a linked PC or Mac, sticky notes, and more. Meta Horizon Workrooms is the product name for the beta software on Quest 2 and Quest Pro that’s a cornerstone of the company’s approach to changing the way people work outside physical […]
Overwatch 2: 10 Easy Heroes For Beginners
With Overwatch 2 turning the game free to play, it's only natural that there will be countless new people in the game and, with more players in the game, it's common to get lost in all the new characters and what they can do. The game even locks a significant portion of its roster to […]
New World: Heartrune Gem Guide
Quick Links What Are Heartrunes? Every Type Of Heartrune Ability How To Get Heartrunes For a long time, New World was limited to two weapons with three abilities each. With the introduction of Heartrunes, you've now actually got six total abilities as well as an extra "ultimate" ability. You will receive your first Heartune from […]
I’m Ready To Lose It All For Shiny Noibat
Shiny Noibat is coming to Pokemon Go. This is great news, because both Noibat and Noivern have fantastic shinies. They don’t make my top five (Mega Gengar, Gigalith, Umbreon, Ponyta, Ho-oh), but their green colouration is pleasing to the eye, fairly unique, and the palate swap cleverly shifts that of Noivern’s original design. It’s not […]
Insomniac’s Wolverine game is a 2023 release says… Microsoft?
The most peculiar side effect of the Activision Blizzard acquisition so far, is that Microsoft seems to know Sony’s secret release dates. When Spider-Man developer Insomniac first announced they were making a Wolverine game they made it pretty clear it wasn’t going to be released any time soon, and certainly sometime after Spider-Man 2 – […]
Silent Hill F’s Producer Used To Work On Luigi’s Mansion
Silent Hill: f was revealed in last night's Silent Hill presentation, confirming earlier leaks that gave us the name but little else. We only got to see a teaser trailer, but it was certainly as unsettling as anything to come out of Silent Hill. It's also coming from an unlikely source. Producer Motoi Okamoto used […]