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This article contains minor spoilers for The Protégé and Nikita. The TV landscape has always been ahead of movies when it comes to giving women—and other underrepresented identities—a shot. This is probably because there has traditionally been less money to be made on TV, so the rich, mostly white men who rule Hollywood have left TV to a slightly more diverse crowd of behind-the-scenes talent to tell slightly more diverse—especially on less “important” platforms like The CW....

The following contains spoilers for Resident Alien. Resident Alien season 2 has seen its fair share of game-changing events, from the birth of an alien baby to the revelation that Harry is actually the mysterious being known as Goliath who has journeyed back in time trying to change his own future. But despite several shocking developments, our disguised hero has not actually been in all that much danger from a personal perspective....

The gradual release of Pokémon in Pokémon GO is getting tiresome and risks the long term future of the game. There’s no arguing the fact that Pokémon GO has been and continues to be a huge success. One of the main reasons that has been the case is due to Niantic constantly updating, adapting, and adding to the game. Since launch, the developer has added a long list of new features, and altered existing ones that didn’t work well or weren’t welcomed warmly by the game’s players....

There are certain franchises that inspired a number of creators in Japan. We see lots of series created in Japan referencing franchises like Godzilla, Kamen Rider, and Ultraman, and Final Fantasy is no exception. The Final Fantasy series has referenced franchises like Star Wars, Star Trek, and even Internet memes, but they also contain plenty of references to Japanese movies and TV shows. Final Fantasy VII was inspired by a lot of different movies like Blade Runner and Jaws, but some of the monsters in the game are directly inspired by creatures from the Gundam franchise....

CD Projekt Red’s parent company, CD Projekt Group, releases a financial report that confirms that The Witcher 3 is still profitable nearly a year after its release. While the upcoming release of The Witcher 3: Blood & Wine can make it easy to forget, CD Projekt Red’s record-shattering entry into the Witcher series is nearly a year old already. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt debuted in May 2015 and immediately became a shining example of how the RPG genre can evolve in the modern era of gaming, and it’s no surprise that financial success quickly followed for CD Projekt Red....

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive has been on the market for over 8 years, and during that time it has accrued a truly impressive variety of custom maps, including a number of levels adapted from earlier iterations of the series. But modders are still contributing fresh arenas to the game, including an impressive recent rendering of one of The Witcher 3’s most famous Locales. CS:GO is a staple title in the competitive shooting scene, but like any long-running game, the game’s standard levels eventually wear thin....

The contemporary movie and television worlds are full of adaptations, whether they be adaptations of books, comics, video games, or plays. These can vary massively in terms of quality and in terms of critical as well as audience reception. One of the most successful and popular in recent years has been Netflix’s The Witcher. Adapting The Witcher could have gone very differently. The world and lore are large and complex, requiring the showrunners to pay a lot of attention to detail and work hard at worldbuilding....

American crime writer Harlan Coben has a 14 book deal with Netflix which has already resulted in buzzy shows The Stranger and Safe, both set in Britain even though the novels were not. For his next Netflix outing Coben’s novel of the same name is transported to Poland, where county Prosecutor Pawel Kopinski (Grzegorz Damiecki) hunts for answers surrounding his sister’s disappearance 25 years earlier. A six part series, with each ep running just under an hour, The Woods is twisty right up to the final moments....

If there’s one thing that Final Fantasy games are known for, it’s the sheer number of characters that are present in every title. These party members all have their own back-stories and motivations that lead them to take part in the various adventures that propel the stories of any Final Fantasy title. Since Final Fantasy V, Square has also afforded gamers with the opportunity to experiment around with multiple characters until they find the perfect party with which one will wish to complete the game....

New reports suggest that while getting your hands on a PS5 will be difficult, landing the digital edition of the console could be even harder. Deciding which next-gen console to buy is a very big decision for most gamers. Some will have needed to save for months, so it hasn’t helped that the prices for both Xbox and PlayStation’s offering have only been revealed very recently. The good news is that not only are the prices relatively reasonable, but both companies are offering cheaper versions of their next-gen consoles....

There are multiple claims for the fastest bounty in Warzone history, but this one might well take the cake. There’s more to Warzone than landing in Verdansk (or on Rebirth Island) and trying to outlast the 100+ players who have landed along with you. There are tactics to consider, an impending cloud of gas to avoid, and also bounties to complete. For the uninitiated, bounties are contract types that require you to take out a randomly selected player on the map within a given amount of time....

Tomb Raider is one of video games’ most iconic franchises, in part thanks to its numerous sequels and big budget film adaptations. In a recent interview, Ben Wheatley, director of the 2018 Tomb Raider reboot’s forthcoming sequel, revealed an interesting and pragmatic approach to designing movie sets. The 2018 film starring Alicia Vikander as Lara Croft is a reboot of the 2000’s Tomb Raider film franchise featuring Angelina Jolie, more based on the 2013 video game that revived the long-running franchise....

Toonami has had a large thumbprint in American late-night television over the years. It has mainly focused on broadcasting Japanese anime, but recently it has dipped its toe into video games, reviewing games like Ghosts of Tsushima. And while that particular title seems to fit the general theme of the television programming channel quite well, a recent review of PGA TOUR 2K21 shows that Toonami is continuing to branch out....

Capcom’s Resident Evil is the most successful survival horror franchise in gaming today. Debuting in 1996 for Sony PlayStation, the series has spawned numerous sequels and spin-offs over the course of 24 years. Known for its surprise scares, zombie hordes, and vicious Bio-Organic Weapons (B.O.Ws), Resident Evil has incorporated many ways to scare the players. In a series based around horror elements, many cutscenes could qualify as terrifying whether it’s due to a monster, a horde, or a madman....

Searching for an available PS5 or Xbox Series X has been a much more difficult process than some expected, but one Twitch channel has a plan – creating a bot that does it automatically. The Killercam1020 stream is currently open 24/7, and is singularly dedicated to finding viewers a new videogame console to buy, especially with Sony’s recent PS5 restock announcement. Unfortunately, it hasn’t had much success so far. This holiday season has been fraught with buyers seeking ways to get their hands on the PS5 and Xbox Series X, only to be met with a brick wall of disappointment and manufacturing delays....

Data miners have discovered two brand new LTMs coming soon to Fortnite: Prop Hunt and Beach Assault. When the entire premise of a game is landing on the same island over and over again to defeat others doing the same, its developers need to do their utmost to keep it fresh. That’s why Fortnite’s developer Epic is constantly tweaking the game, and it’s why the game only continues to gain momentum....

The live-action adaptation of Naughty Dog’s Uncharted definitely has a curse attached to it, and the project’s latest delay cements that theory. The movie starring Tom Holland has been postponed again, but the positive from this setback is that it’s only been delayed by one week. Ruben Fleischer’s Uncharted is the video-game-to-film adaptation that everyone has been waiting for - for the better part of a decade. The film received a crushing announcement at the start of the year which delayed its release by seven months to February 11, 2022 - losing its intended summer slot this year....

While many of us hold Pokémon near and dear to our hearts, it wasn’t the only battle monster anime from our childhood. Originally a manga first published in 1996, Yu-Gi-Oh! went on to spawn an abridged anime series, several spin-off series and films, many video games, and a real-life trading card game. It holds a relatively darker premise than most other shonens (demographic of teenage males) of the time, partly evident by the fact that the monster battles themselves were known as Shadow Games (one of which is the Duel Monsters we know so well)....

While Valheim doesn’t have official mod support, modders continue to find new ways to add mods to the game that let players experience its world in new ways. Some mods have modified Valheim’s in-game states like Valheim Plus which changed weight values, fermenter outputs, etc. Now a new mod could offer players a new way to experience Valheim’s world. The new first person view mod allows players to experience the world of Valheim from a different point of view with their character....

While each of the 16 agents in Valorant possesses its own strengths and weaknesses, there are a select few that stand out above the rest. Understanding what each agent excels at will help create a better team composition, whether to plant the spike on offense or hold the fort on defense. The famous sports saying, “defense wins championships” also applies in Valorant. One of the best defensive agents is German genius Killjoy....