Month: November 2019

Good Boys is about three friends in 6th grade that go on an adventure trying to keep drugs away from two college girls while also trying to get to the mall to buy a drone. The movie is rated-R and filled with a lot of downright filthy language and bizarre adult situations, leading to a lot of questions from the very young cast..

For the special features on the home release of Good Boys, which comes to stores on November 12, there are traditional featurettes, going over various aspects of the movie, deleted scenes, and even audio commentary. However, one featurette titled “Ask Your Parents,” went over what the producers and directors did when the children asked about some of the props on set, which were primarily sex toys.

“Not unlike their characters, the boys were incredibly curious,” executive producer Josh Fagen explained. “They wanted to know a lot of things. And so they would ask us, we’d very politely say, ‘You should ask your parents.'”

Many of these very adult items were used as weapons for the trio in their battles against bullies and potential creeps. However, there’s one infamous scene where the boys want to practice their kissing technique. And they do so on what they think is a CPR doll–it’s actually a realistic sex doll. And even when filming, the boys were never told what it actually was. “I had to kiss the CPR doll,” explained Jacob Temblay, who plays Max in the film. “The skin feels really weird. It’s made out of silicon. It’s kinda creepy. I’m scared of dolls, personally. I don’t like them.”

Good Boys is filled with moments of these tweens trying to figure out the adult world, and it’s actually a pretty sweet film. In his review of Good Boys, Rafael Motormayor said it “manages to balance the raunchiness of an R-rated sex comedy with the sweetness and good intentions of a coming-of-age movie. These combine into a powerful story about childhood friendships and the difficulties of making them last.”

Good Boys on Blu-ray

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Good Boys special features:

• Alternate ending
• Deleted and extended scenes
• Gag reel
• Six featurettes
• Audio commentary from director and co-writer Gene Stupnitsky and producer and co-writer Lee Eisenberg

Good Boys is available digitally now and arrives on Blu-ray and DVD on November 12.

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The characters from the hit online series Critical Role–a show where voice actors play Dungeons & Dragons–are taking their adventures to Amazon Prime Video as a new animated series. Critical Role: The Legend of Vox Machina has been picked up by the streaming service for a total of 24 episodes, split between two seasons. 10 of said episodes were funded through a Kickstarter for Legend of Vox Machina, raising over $11.3 million for the first season.

The new series will follow the adventures of b-list drunkards who go on a quest to save their world from the evils of their realm, including mystic forces and horrifying monsters. You can check out the animated intro for the series below.

“We were absolutely floored by the level of enthusiasm we received on the Kickstarter campaign, and now we can deliver exactly what the fans wanted, and more,” said Sam Riegel and Travis Willingham, cast members and executive producers of the series. “Teaming with Prime Video to deliver the series to fans across the globe is exciting and surreal–and we’re psyched to be able to tell even more stories with not just one, but two 12-episode seasons!”

A release date for the upcoming series was not given during this announcement. However, The Legend of Vox Machina will star some familiar Critical Role faces, including Laura Bailey, Taliesin Jaffe, Ashley Johnson, Liam O’Brien, Matthew Mercer, Marisha Ray, Sam Riegel, and Travis Willingham, all of which are reprising their roles from the series.

In celebration of N7 Day–an annual Mass Effect holiday celebrating the beloved RPG franchise every November 7–BioWare has released new javelin skins in Anthem that are themed after characters from the original trilogy of Mass Effect games. A new emote and wrap have been added to the game as well.

Honestly, the four new javelin skins might be the coolest additions ever implemented into Anthem. The Ranger now has a Turian skin that reshapes the javelin to look like Garrus from Mass Effect 3. The new Storm skin is Asari-themed, making the javelin look like Liara in her default Mass Effect 3 appearance. Neither of the other two skins are based on specific characters, with the new Colossus skin themed after a Krogan and the new Interceptor after a Quarian. All four new skins are pictured below.

Each skin goes for 61,000 Coins or 850 Shards, which roughly translates to $8 USD. There’s a new Mass Effect-themed emote in Anthem’s in-game store too: the Shepard Shuffle. Unlocking the emote allows your javelin to perform the awkward dance of the Mass Effect trilogy’s main character, a long-running joke in the franchise. There’s also a new Mass Effect: Andromeda-themed wrap available for purchase to adjust the Mass Effect skins to look like the armor worn by the Turians, Krogans, Turians, and Asari in the Andromeda Initiative.

BioWare typically does or announces something Mass Effect-related every N7 Day, and it’s looking like these new Anthem cosmetics may be what the developer planned for this year. We’ll have to wait for November 7 to see whether there’s anything else. The javelin skins, emote, and wrap will remain in Anthem’s in-game store until November 12.

During N7 Day 2018, BioWare posted a short video on Twitter where studio boss Casey Hudson teased a new Mass Effect game by knowingly staring at the camera after saying, “It means coming into the studio every day, dreaming about what the next great Mass Effect game will be.” In February 2019, Anthem and Dragon Age executive producer Mark Darrah said that BioWare is “definitely not done with Mass Effect.”

In EA’s latest quarterly earnings call, COO Blake Jorgensen said that the company wants to “deliver some exciting remasters of fan favorites, including the Command and Conquer game we’ve already disclosed.” However, he did not confirm whether those “exciting remasters” might include the Mass Effect trilogy.

Red Dead Redemption 2 is out on PC, but startup errors are giving some players trouble. One editor at GameSpot experienced several back-to-back crashes in Red Dead 2 on PC while trying to load into the campaign and during the opening cutscene. According to Reddit, one of the most common errors players are receiving states, “Red Dead Redemption 2 exited unexpectedly. Please click Retry below to enter the game again, or click Safe Mode to launch the game with reduced graphics settings. If you continue to have problems playing the game, please contact Rockstar Games Customer Service at https://support.rockstargames.com,” followed by options to exit out, retry, and re-launch with safe mode enabled. Some users have even reported issues with the Rockstar Games Launcher.

If you’re among those experiencing issues, we have a potential solution to fix Red Dead 2 crashes. At the very least, it worked for one of us here at GameSpot.

The Red Dead community on Reddit is currently compiling a list of PC launch issues with some community-sourced troubleshooting tips, including disabling your antivirus. GameSpot has not verified the effectiveness of the methods suggested on Reddit as of yet, and would recommend players also consult the official Rockstar Games support site, especially the page setup for the “exited unexpectedly” error. Rockstar recommends players having issues with Red Dead 2 on PC try running the game as an administrator or updating their graphics drivers.

Other launch issues players have reported on Reddit include audio problems, issues with the Rockstar Games Launcher, and FPS drops. For the FPS drops, the Red Dead community on Reddit suggests switching graphics API from Vulkan to DirectX12 for Nvidia users, but many in the comments warn that this doesn’t work. GameSpot recommends proceeding with caution and waiting for Rockstar’s official support line to address the issue.

One of last year’s biggest games, Red Dead Redemption 2, finally makes its PC debut today. Just in time for the new improvements PC players will experience, a pretty sweet discount is being held for the game right now.

Twitter user Wario64 shared two discount codes offering 10 percent off your purchase at checkout. The first code, Wario64, is for digital retailer 2Game. The second code, RDR2, is to digital distributor Voidu. Applying either code on either site slashes Red Dead Redemption 2’s price from $59.99 USD to $53.99 USD.

Red Dead Redemption 2 on PC has received some stunning graphical enhancements, running at 4K / 60 FPS when played on impressive hardware. We broke down the minimum and recommended specs necessary to run Red Dead Redemption 2 on PC. We’ve also compiled a handy guide of essential tips for first-time players, such as earning easy money, secret weapons and guns, and more. And if you’re returning for the visual upgrades, we’ve put together a character and story recap to get you up to speed.

Though Rockstar Games’ critically-acclaimed action-adventure title just launched on PC, modders have already taken to the third-person shooter. Some make the game prettier or introduce Undead Nightmare elements, while others bring a little goofiness with Arthur Morgan’s Joker and Terminator reskins. Red Dead Redemption 2 is available through a variety of retailers, including the Epic Games Store and the Rockstar Games Launcher, with Steam getting the title added to its storefront sometime in December.