Month: March 2020

Not many animated series have captured the hearts of their fans like Samurai Jack has, and now, Adult Swim has made it available to stream completely free on its website and app. That includes the fifth season, which marked the return of the popular show in 2017. Unfortunately, the series is only available to stream in the US.

Samurai Jack follows a prince who’s gifted a sword from the gods that can be used to defeat the shape-shifting Master of Darkness, Aku. In a battle with the demon, the prince is sent into the future, a time when Aku rules the Earth. People call the prince Jack, which he takes on as his name while working toward getting back to his own time to defeat the evil Aku.

The Cartoon Network series kicked off all the way back in 2001 and was finally concluded after a 13-year break on Adult Swim. Samurai Jack stars Phil LaMarr as the titular character. LaMarr is known for his extensive voice work on shows like Futurama and Justice League as well as video games such as the Mortal Kombat and Metal Gear Solid series.

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It feels like zombies have become scarier over time, especially since, through the decades, the idea of the undead rising to attack the living has evolved from people literally rising from the grave, to a highly contagious virus infecting people and turning them into mindless monsters. When it comes to TV, there’s no better show that combines the gore and thrills of a zombie movie with the political plotting and intrigue of Game of Thrones than Netflix’s Kingdom, which just returned with a second season.

Picking up right where we left off last season, Kingdom Season 2 throws us into the middle of an epic battle as the Crown Prince of the Joseon Kingdom, Lee Chang (Ji-Hoon Ju), his chief guard Muyeong (Sang-ho Kim), physician Seo-bi (Doona Bae), Chang’s former mentor Lord Ahn Hyeon (Jun-ho Heo), and vengeful tiger hunter Yeong-shin (Kim Sung-kyu) find themselves facing down a zombie horde right outside the Sangju Citadel. And while the disease threatens to ravage the land, those with political power only try to keep themselves safe while shutting out those who actually need help, leaving them to suffer. (Of course, any parallels to reality are merely coincidental.)

In many ways, Kingdom resembles HBO’s Game of Thrones, both thematically and structurally. Kingdom spent its 6-episode first season cutting back and forth between the Crown Prince fighting to take back his throne and unravel the horrible things the Haewon Cho clan have done, and Seo-bi slowly discovering the truth behind the zombie outbreak. A big part of the series that carries over to Season 2 is the idea that corruption and official incompetence can lead to catastrophe. In the first season we saw how officials and ministers allowed the disease to spread because they focused on saving themselves rather than helping everyone, and Season 2 pulls back the curtain to show how there are always those who profit off tragedy.

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The second golden age of TV is considered to have begun in the late ’90s with prestige dramas like The Sopranos, and continued with shows like The Shield, Mad Men, Breaking Bad, and even Boardwalk Empire. These shows have certain things in common, including a morally ambiguous main character that the audience finds sympathetic despite their many acts of cruelty and evil. These antiheroes often hold relatively respectable positions–a teacher, a cop, a politician–but hide darker tendencies that come to the surface over the course of the show.

Now that these shows aren’t dominating the TV landscape, we’re seeing shows that challenge the idea of the TV antihero. And few do that as well as Better Call Saul, AMC’s Breaking Bad prequel series, which, currently in the middle of airing its fifth and final season, has now officially run as long as Breaking Bad did in the first place.

When we first met Saul Goodman in Season 2 of Breaking Bad, Jesse Pinkman described him as “a criminal lawyer.” Throughout that show we saw Goodman act as a complete scumbag, a man willing to sell out his grandma if it meant getting a few seconds’ head start. That said, he was also a comic relief character who served as a funny counterpart to Walter White’s increasingly grim transformation into Heisenberg.

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While Season 10 of the AMC series The Walking Dead is winding down, the finale will not be able to air as the COVID-19 (coronavius) pandemic has affected post-production on the show.

With Episode 16 of the current season originally set to air on April 12, AMC has revealed that they don’t be able to hit that deadline, according to The Hollywood Reporter. “Current events have unfortunately made it impossible to complete post-production of The Walking Dead Season 10 finale, so the current season will end with its 15th episode on April 5. The planned finale will appear as a special episode later in the year,” AMC said in a statement.

At the time of this writing, there is no indication of when it will return. Season 11 of the series was to begin filming in May, but that too has been postponed.

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Here’s how to dodge Headcrabs, kill Combine with Gravity Gloves, solve puzzles, and survive in Half-Life: Alyx.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare‘s latest update has been pushed back. The substantial patch was scheduled to go live today and introduces a new Operator, map, and more, but it will now release “in the coming days.”

Infinity Ward provided no explanation for why the update has been delayed, nor did the studio clarify exactly when it will go live on PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One. However, Infinity Ward did say that more details regarding “updates on release timing” will arrive sometime soon.

When it finally launches, the Modern Warfare patch comes with Talon, a brand-new Operator that’s playable in both the game’s traditional multiplayer and standalone battle royale experience Warzone. He brings with him a dog companion named Indiana, an item in Talon’s toolkit that gives him access to spicy finishing moves.

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Pokemon Go developer Niantic has been making numerous adjustments to the popular AR game as a result of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. In addition to canceling a handful of events that were planned to take place this month (including this week’s Lugia Raid event), the studio has implemented a variety of tweaks to make it easier to play the game from home, including a handy new feature that will help you keep track of what’s happening in the title.

Niantic is introducing a Today View tab in Pokemon Go. This tab will be located in the same menu as your Field Research and Special Research tasks, and it will make it easier to keep track of what’s currently going on in the game. Among other things, Today View will display ongoing and upcoming in-game events, as well as personal stats, such as your daily streaks and what Pokemon you currently have defending Gyms.

Niantic hasn’t announced when the Today View tab will go live in Pokemon Go, but it teases that it will be rolled out “soon.” In the meantime, you can read more details about the upcoming feature on the official Pokemon Go website.

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Another week of this thing called life, another week of Nintendo Switch Eshop deals. This week, the Switch is featuring a sale on some of Capcom’s hit games as well as excellent indie titles. There are even great games going for as low as $1, so if you’re looking for something to keep you entertained while you’re stuck at home, the Switch Eshop has some good options you can download right away.

The Capcom games discounted this week include Dragon’s Dogma: Dark Arisen for $20, down from $30. Dragon’s Dogma is a fantastic action-RPG where you create your own hero and fight alongside three AI party members called Pawns–these can be summoned from or used by players from around the world. It’s an incredible adventure that will surely keep you busy for quite some time. Other Capcom games that are well worth your attention include the all-time great Resident Evil 4 for $20, Okami HD for $12, and Mega Man 11 for $15. The Capcom sale runs through March 30.

There are some great deals from other developers as well. The excellent arcade shoot-em-up Jamestown+ is on for $9 and features intense action and four-player co-op. Speaking of co-op, Risk of Rain 2 is currently $15 and has teams of players fighting enemies through randomized levels that change every time you play. Additionally, the charming co-op adventure game, Knights and Bikes, is discounted to $17. You and a friend can explore an island, hunt for treasure, and get into a whole ton of mischief, all by the side of your trusty goose companion, Captain Honkers–and yes, you can pet the Captain.

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You’ve made it to Doom Eternal‘s second-to-last mission! Below you can find a walkthrough detailing how to get past it, as well as tips for how to deal with the big boss fight at the end.

For walkthroughs of Doom Eternal’s other chapters, check out our guide hub collecting what we have up so far. We’ll be publishing more in subsequent days. But if you’re looking for more basic Doom Eternal tips, be sure to read our guide detailing everything you should know before playing. Otherwise, you can read our Doom Eternal review.

Mission 12 Walkthrough — Urdak

Walk forward and take a right once you emerge outside. Stand on the green pressure pad, and a glyph will appear in front of you. Use this to launch yourself over to the next platform, then take a left and do so again. There’s another pressure pad platforming sequence here, only now you’ve got to do some additional pole swinging and wall-climbing to progress forward.

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Parasite is one of the most successful foreign language movies ever released in the US, but it’s not the only South Korean hit to have found a big audience in the west in recent years. The 2016 zombie action movie Train to Busan is one of the biggest movies ever released in South Korea and grossed more than $1.2 million at the US box office. Anticipation is high for the the follow-up Peninsula, which arrives later this year. The first image and new details have now been revealed.

In an interview with ScreenDaily, director Yeon Sang-ho spoke about the movie and explained that it wouldn’t be a direct sequel featuring the same characters as Train to Busan. “It takes place four years after Train To Busan, in the same universe, but it doesn’t continue the story and has different characters,” he said. “Government authority has been decimated after the zombie outbreak in Korea, and there is nothing left except the geographical traits of the location–which is why the film is called Peninsula.”

“The scale of Peninsula can’t compare to Train To Busan, it makes it look like an independent film,” he continued. “Train To Busan was a high-concept film shot in narrow spaces whereas Peninsula has a much wider scope of movement.”

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