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Three Movie Trailers This Week That Have Intrigued Me

Three Movie Trailers This Week That Have Intrigued Me

The Superbowl is known for its commercials, so around this time of year several big budget movies usually drop a trailer along side due to the high volume of traffic that the Superbowl brings.

Even though this trailers didn’t air during the Superbowl, the buzz surrounding commercials and trailers right now makes it a good time to release a trailer.

Here are three trailers that were released this…

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Why Microsoft Buying EA, Valve and PUBG Corp Could Be Great

Microsoft is thinking about a shopping spree

It is no secret that EA has been in a rough spot this year with loot box controversies and left right and center, under performing games and a lack of any innovative games on the horizon. With the controversy around the Battlefront 2 loot boxes, they lost approximately $3 billion in shares. That alone has probably put the company in a course correction…

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World Of Warcraft Allied Races Now Available

Alt-aholics be warned

Today blizzard announced that with the pre-purchase of the newest World Of Warcraft expansion, Battle For Azeroth, you can unlock some of the allied races effective immediately.

The allied races available today are:

The Highmountain Tauren A Highmountain Tauren

Descended from Huln, brave hero of the War of the Ancients, the Highmountain tauren honor the spirits of earth,…

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Ant-Man And The Wasp Trailer Looks Meh

Ant-Man And The Wasp Struggled To Get Me Hyped

Ant-Man and the Wasp released its first trailer today, and my first opinions are a solid meh.

Sure, it has hints of the humor and action from the original Ant-Man movie (which I was a huge fan of by the way), but the overall emotion behind this trailer is lacking.

Take Thor: Ragnarok’s…

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Abzu Should Be On Your Wishlist If It Wasn't Already

Abzu Should Be On Your Wishlist If It Wasn’t Already

Abzu: The most beautiful game you (probably) don’t own

Abzu is a game developed by Giant Squid, and published by 505 Games. It was released on August 2, 2016.

When I first loaded up Abzu I fell in love. The colors popped from the screen, the music blissfully singing in my ears. At the games core, it is a simple goal – in the words…

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Could Altered Carbon Be The Next Hit Netflix Show?

Could this be Netflix’s take on Blade Runner?

Altered Carbon has the following description:

In the distant future, human consciousness can be digitized and downloaded into different bodies. Brought back to life after 250 years by Laurens Bancroft (James Purefoy) the richest man on Earth, ex-Envoy soldier Takeshi Kovacs (Joel…

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Dr Disrespect Is Coming Back

The Doc Is back!

https://twitter.com/DrDisRespect/status/954519525101223936

Dr Disrespect announced via Twitter today that he will in fact be returning after his indefinite hiatus since his announcement of being unfaithful.

The end of the video states that he will return February 5, 2018. That’s right Doc folks, there isn’t much time left to wait.

Also announced in the video, he will have a new…

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Could Lost Sphear Be The Modern Day Final Fantasy Of Old

Lost Sphear is published by Square Enix

Lost Sphear is a game developed by Tokyo RPG Factory with classic JRPG styling, reminiscent of the older Playstation era Final Fantasy series.

The bio on the Steam page states the following:

A young man, who suffered a phenomenon that he had never seen, faces an ominous power that threatens the fabric of reality. Awaken the power of Memory to restore what…

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I Hope Ready Player One Lives Up To My Expectations

Ready Player One.

Rarely do I get as excited for a film as I am for Ready Player One. After watching the first teaser trailer, I knew this was going to be a movie that I have to watch.

I studied this trailer for hours, watching it over and over, just scouring for a new reference I may have missed. Seriously, this trailer is packed…

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Why Doki Doki Literature Club Should Be The Next Game You Play

Doki Doki is not like anything else you’ve ever played.

Doki Doki Literature Club is a unique experience. On the surface it looks like any other regular graphic novel that has hit the Steam store over the years. But when you look deeper, you see it is much more than that.

When you look at the reviews on Steam, you see that it has an overwhelmingly positive response. That is no easy feat for a…

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How World Of Warcraft Has Brought Me Back

Recently Blizzard dropped the new patch 7.3.5 in to World of Warcraft.

With several updates to classes, dungeons and items there is quite a few things to check out. You can review the patch notes [here].

That being said, there is one change that made a huge difference – the leveling system overhaul.

With the new leveling system, each zone scales with your level – at least for the most part. For…

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Please Watch Blade Runner 2049

Blade Runner 2049 is released on Blu-Ray and digital download today, and if you haven’t seen it – you need to change that immediately.

In my opinion, Blade Runner 2049 is one of the smartest sci-fi films in recent memory. Not only does it respect the material that is was built upon, but it takes it to new heights. This is a world…

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Two Point Hospital Announced

Yesterday I mentioned a mysterious tweet made by Sega, and today we find out what that tweet means.

Two Point Hospital has been announced, a new hospital sim developed by Two Point Studios.

This doesn’t come as too much of a surprise as many of the employees that work at Two Point Studios worked on the original Theme Hospital game.

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World Of Warcraft 7.3.5 Goes Live Today

World Of Warcraft’s latest update goes live today in North America and tomorrow in Europe.

Here are the full patch notes World of Warcraft 7.3.5 Patch Notes New Features A SCALING WORLD

Every zone in Kalimdor, Eastern Kingdoms, Outland, Northrend, Pandaria, and Draenor now use the level scaling system introduced in Legion. This new scaling system greatly increases the amount of options you have…

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The Destiny Forums Are In Uproar... Again

The Destiny Forums Are In Uproar… Again

#BringBackRandomRolls

Just clicking on the Destiny Forums over at Bungie.net, you will feel the tension in the community.

#BringBackRandomRolls is a reoccurring theme throughout the forums currently due to underwhelming update that was provided by Bungie back on January 11, 2018. 

#BringBackRandomRolls But why?

Before the update on January 11, 2018 a different hashtag was trending on the Bungie…

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Sega Posted A Mysterious Tweet

Secret Sega

Today, Sega posted a mysterious tweet with just the word Two-morrow… and a light bulb. There is the logo for Two Point Studios in the bottom left corner as well.

https://twitter.com/SEGA/status/952933868495163392

Two Point Studios bio on their website states the following:

We’re proud to be partnered with Sega Europe as we make our first game as a studio.

Our team is full of some of…

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Why I Want To Own A Razer Phone

Razer Project Linda

When the Razer Phone was first announced back in November of 2017, it shook the industry with its high specs built for gamers. That being said, as a Google Pixel owner, it wasn’t a big enough leap in technology for me to want to ditch Google’s flagship device just yet… until I saw what was unveiled at CES 2018.

Project Linda

Razer showed off this amazing laptop accessory for…