‘Donkey Kong’ World Record Broken Twice. In One Day.
Man. The Donkey Kong competition has been raging for as long as OL has existed. For much, much longer than the space-ship has been in orbit, in fact. The news regarding the game and whomever reigns supreme often rises and falls in intensity. It’s been quiet for a while until this week, when the record was broken twice in one fucking day.
‘Minecraft: Story Mode’ Episode 1 dropping October 13, will have physical version
Don’t doubt Telltale Games. I know you’re wondering how the fuck they’re going to make a story out of Minecraft and its user-driven experiential narratives. I am do. But don’t doubt them. You’ll see soon enough, they got it on lock. You’ll see, October 13.
Watch: Another Pluto flyby courtesy of NASA and New Horizons
Hey! It’s another goddamn glorious flyby of Pluto, courtesy of the SpaceCzars at NASA and the New Horizons spacecraft.
‘The Last of Us 2’ (accidentally) confirmed by Naughty Dog
How about this fucking gaffe! A lot of people have thought it was obvious that the world would receive The Last of Us 2. For a bit. But up until now, there has been no confirmation. However, writer Josh Scherr may have accidentally outed the title during a live stream.
Weekend Open Bar: Clotheslines to the Closed Minds!
Salutations, comrades. And welcome to another installment of Weekend Open Bar. Round these here parts, during this here column, we typically gather and shoot the breeze during the aforementioned Weekend. Slough off our LunarLandingCompany overalls, scrub the MoonCoal out from underneath our fingernails, and existentially convalesce. With each other. Oh, what does that convalescence look like?
Roger Deakins: ‘Blade Runner’ Sequel will be a standalone
Cinematographer Roger Deakins is going to be rocking the Blade Runner sequel, and the world will be better for it. Recently Deakins was talking about the film, and revealed that the movie will be a standalone movie.
Saturn’s Moon Enceladus is covered in a futzing Global Ocean
Saturn’s moon got some water! Oh man, does it ever have some water. Like, an entire goddamn global ocean, beneath the surface. This is really goddamn staggering and glorious. All I have beneath the surface is anxiety and perhaps a slow rolling ride of perpetual depression. Go Enceladus!
‘Pacific Rim 2’ has been “halted indefinitely” but Del Toro says it’s still happening
Couple days ago it was announced that Pacific Rim 2 has been halted indefinitely. Just…Just don’t tell creator Del Toro this, because that dude still says the movie is happening.
Voice actor Nolan North and Warner Bros. have a “big, big project” in the works
You know Nolan North. Even if you don’t know him by name, if you’re a gamer you’ve heard his voice. ‘Cause dude is Everywhere. Now North is saying that he has an enormous project in the works with Warner Bros. My guess? Blind guess? Maybe a Superman game? What do you think.