As Epic and Apple release everything from email chains to internal reports, gamers everywhere are being treated to a rare look at the inner workings of two companies that tend to keep things pretty close to the chest. In fact, it seems that both sides may have revealed more than intended as supposedly sealed documents have been unsealed and revealed to the public as part of the trial. So, from Snake Plissken skins to Walmart’s gaming plans, here are the strangest facts we’ve learned from the Epic vs....

In an effort to keep that trophy on his mantel, Andre added some starpower to his fan-favorite man-on-the-street segment, “Bird Up.” He revealed that music superstar Lizzo appears alongside him for a green suit adventure in season 5. “We got Lizzo in the Bird Up outfit this season,” he says. “We did Lizzo up. She was really good at it. She may be much better at it. She flourished. She got in that outfit, she brought her flute....

Years later, though, Star Citizen‘s journey has practically become defined by its controversies. As the debate rages on regarding nearly every aspect of this title, it becomes increasingly clear that the quality of Star Citizen as a video game has almost taken a backseat to the discussion about the title’s history, funding, where its development stands, and what the final chapter on Star Citizen will say. While it’s nearly impossible to summarize every complaint, concern, and fear raised about this game thus far, these are the primary controversies that we’ve come to think of whenever we think of the name Star Citizen....

Evil Season 2 Episode 9 One of the first reports of unexplained aerial phenomenon comes from The Bible, when Ezekiel saw the wheel. It was redacted in the later editions, but we now know he probably just saw a weather balloon. Just like the Man in Black played by Jesse Ventura on The X-Files proved that President James Earl Carter, Jr., saw the planet Venus when he reported strange things in the sky....

For the uninitiated and pre-ordained, Evil explores the dividing line between science and religion. Like The X Files before it, the series mixes monster-of-the-week mayhem with an underlying storyline which continues to pierce dark forces of human and superhuman making. The series focuses on a group of paranormal investigators probing unexplained phenomena for the Catholic Church. They weigh in on cases of demonic possession, hauntings, and help determine true miracles from other mysteries of faith....

Fargo Season 4 Episode 2 They say chaos is a ladder, but too many people may be trying to climb the rungs in “The Land of Taking and Killing.” Donatello Fadda’s death is a tragedy for Josto and his family, but it’s also an opening, not only for Loy Cannon and his men, but for family black sheep Gaetano, Josto’s brother. Like a tiger plucked from the wild and dropped into Kansas City, Gaetano is sniffing out weakness, looking to strike and stake his claim....

Fear the Walking Dead Season 7 Episode 6 Fear the Walking Dead used to be must-watch television for me, once upon a time. This was due in no small part to following the exploits of characters I actually cared about. Characters like Nick, Alicia, and Travis—members of a blended family who weathered the earliest days of a nascent zombie apocalypse. Fear billed itself as a drama in those first seasons, and its stories were suitably gritty and gripping....

The latest installment in one of the biggest gaming franchises in the world brings enough new content to the table to justify a new release, even for those who like to pick up the new FIFA annually but aren’t necessarily at “shut up and take my money” levels of enthusiasm. But, as always when it comes to annualized sports titles, it’s best not to go in blind lest ye be burned by the newest content not having as much of an effect on the way you engage with these games....

It may be true that Avatar has made an eye-watering amount of money since its original release – almost $3 billion to date – but the long-in-development sequel has its own mountain to climb now that it’s ready to begin its box office journey. Some still aren’t sure the first movie even needed a sequel, others have lost interest in Avatar altogether, while the more die hard fans have waited a long time to see Cameron’s ideas for his Avatar franchise expanded into a fully-fledged universe....

To enter to win a $200 Gift Card to Svaha, click here! While there has been a push to get more women into STEAM-related fields (which is to say science, technology, engineering, art, and math), we still have a long way to go. Women make up roughly half of the American workforce, but are particularly underrepresented in STEM fields, with only a quarter of the science and engineering workforce composed of women....

Now with our first trailer for Johnson’s follow-up, Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, it would seem the director is intent on doing his own take of that 1973 cult classic—or at the very least homaging it extensively. This fact is made clear at the beginning of the Glass Onion trailer. Before we even see Daniel Craig’s well-groomed gentleman sleuth onscreen, we hear that unmistakable “Southern” drawl. “Ladies and gentlemen,” Benoit Blanc gravely intones, “You expected a mystery....

While there are so many ways that Ragnarok demonstrates why Triple-A sequels are typically among the most anticipated games in a given year, there are other ways that the game exposes the complicated state of the sequel industry. After all, we’ve expected sequels to be bigger than the original for roughly as long as sequels have existed. That expectation isn’t going anywhere, but even a sequel as brilliant as God of War: Ragnarok shows that the current popular expectations for bigger gaming sequels may be hindering their ability to eventually offer so much more than just “more....

Hap and Leonard: Season 1 Episode 6 It was initially surprising that the final showdown with Soldier and Angel was more or less over in the first fifteen minutes of the finale. But as I’ve said before, this show has never been about the stolen money. Rather, Hap and Leonard is about old flames and lifelong friendships. And so we embark on a slow denouement that seeks to patiently tie up loose ends for characters in desperate need of closure....

Good news: she’s playing Eleanor Bishop, Kate’s mom; she is in fact pretty evil; and she doesn’t appear to have a whit of ’80s frumpy ex-nun to her character. She’s just going to be a wealthy, amoral jerk. And also maybe a vampire. Who Is Eleanor Bishop? Eleanor has a place in Kate’s story going back to her earliest days – she’s mentioned in Young Avengers Special #1 in 2006, shortly after Kate was created by Allan Heinberg and Jim Cheung....

The real highlight this month comes on Jan. 13 with the release of Peacemaker. Developed by James Gunn, this series spins off John Cena’s titular character from last years’ The Suicide Squad. The show will delve into the pathology of a superhero who will achieve peace regardless of how many people need to be killed to attain it. Also of note this month are second seasons for two major HBO series....

Roger’s hero speech. Ma Costa’s revenge. Lyra karate-kicking the fire alarm. Serafina cutting a magical swathe through the enemy. The mother-daughter-monkey-rage-scream through the locked door. Iorek’s arrival. Lee’s gunshot. The guillotine meltdown… This episode had so many high points and so much rousing action that it’s a real credit to the writing, performance and direction that its most gripping scene was also its quietest: Lyra and Mrs Coulter’s reunion. The careful work done to build Mrs Coulter’s character in episode two – the smiling, still face muzzling her violent rage, the extreme self-regard masking abject self-hatred – paid off beautifully here....

Did you stay until the end? All the way to the end, after the production names and notices about the support of the Welsh government and tax credits from the Hawaii Film Office? Then you saw him – a hint as to where this fantastic (in all senses of the word) tale is heading. Lyra has spent season two tormented by guilt over Roger’s death and wishing she could have done more to help him....

To millennials of a certain age, it remains a Halloween anthem. It’s also wildly different from what David Kirschner, the movie’s producer and co-writer, originally had in mind. For context, consider this: Kirschner’s first choice for Winifred Sanderson was Cloris Leachman, the perfectly deadpan, but severe, comedic presence of Young Frankenstein (1973) and The Last Picture Show (1971). Kirschner couldn’t even imagine there would be a musical number in Hocus Pocus....

Homeland Season 6 Episode 10 There was a moment midway through tonight’s episode of Homeland where the president-elect, the soon-to-be most powerful person on the planet, paid an unannounced visit to Carrie Mathison’s brownstone. With all the subtlety of “Hail to the Chief,” Elizabeth Keane acts like a concerned, mentoring figure to Carrie while having her secret service agents turn the screws of pressure simply by turning an about-face toward the door....

The unique jolt of seeing something so strange, so horrifying, on the screen that it cannot be forgotten is a powerful experience, and lasts far beyond the roll of the credits. One that contains more than a few images that have retained their ability to upset and unbalance me since first seeing them is a film that was made by a director who is often thought of as a maker of psychological dramas rather than horror films....