Halt and Catch Fire ended its four-season run on AMC this past Sunday. It was not the monumental event the end of other AMC dramas, such as Mad Men or Breaking Bad, was. The show had its devoted fans, many of them the TV critic types who espoused it frequently as “the best show you’re not watching.”
Those of us who watched it would not argue with that assessment. Halt and Catch Fire found itself dropped into the midst of an ever-expanding TV landscape. The era of “Peak TV” has made it increasingly hard for shows to make a real impact. Halt and Catch Fire never really rose above having a small-but-devoted fan base. However, in an era when dozens of shows inspire, at best, total apathy, that’s still a fact worth celebrating.
With Stranger Things returning in just a few weeks, a huge Eleven twist has been revealed for the upcoming second season.
Warning: Spoilers ahead for Season 2…turn back now if you don’t want to know!
The Season 2 clip, which you can view here courtesy of MCM Comic Con, shows how Millie Bobby Brown’s Eleven escapes the Upside Down. Stuck in this alternate world, Eleven discovers a hole branching from the Upside Down back into the normal world. Using her powers, Eleven more fully opens up the hole between worlds and escapes back into the real world.
Of course, the first season of the show ended with Eleven suddenly disappearing into the Upside Down, with fans left wondering what exactly happened to her or how she might find her way back. The clip, which you can view key moments from in the gallery below, doesn’t indicate much about Eleven’s time in the Upside Down, but does offer a moment of hope as she can now find her way back to her friends.
Price is one of the major impediments to widespread adoption of virtual reality. Like other VR headset manufacturers, Sony has worked to address that–earlier this year, it cut the price of a bundle that includes PlayStation VR and its required camera, but that didn’t do anything for people who already owned a PS4 camera. A new deal at Target, however, looks to be a great option.
Target sells the PSVR headset on its own for $300. A Target Cartwheel coupon this week cuts its price by 25%, bringing it down to $225 before tax. That’s as cheap as you can expect to find it and is an ideal way to get the headset if you already own a camera. Keep in mind that Cartwheel coupons are usable in-store only, so you’ll need to track down a retail location with the headset in stock. You can check availability on Target’s website.
Even if you don’t have the camera, you can pick it up for about $45 at Target or Amazon. That brings the combined price to $270, which is still a far cry from the $400 price of the official PSVR and camera bundle. It’s even less than the recent $300 deal that Sony offered.
PSVR celebrated its one-year anniversary last week. Sony marked the occasion by announcing that more than 60 games are on the way through “early 2018.” That includes some big-name games, including Doom VFR and Gran Turismo Sport.
Microsoft has outlined the new features included in the fall update for Xbox One, which goes live today for all users.
The update, which brings with it new Home, Guide and Community features, launched back in August for Xbox Insiders, and Microsoft has since gathered feedback and made refinements for the update that goes live around the globe today.
With the update, players can now personalize their Home screen by customizing what they see when they boot up their console. With the addition of blocks, players can add a friend, game, etc. to their Home screen, which can then be moved or discarded at will. The update to Home also allows you to have up to 40 pins, and adds dark, light, and high-contrast theme options.
The new Xbox One Fall dashboard update has been available, in some form at least, for the past few months. Now, Microsoft has concluded the pre-release testing phase and is ready to roll it out worldwide, beginning today.
The focus of the Fall update is personalization. One of the biggest new things you will notice is that the Home screen is changed significantly with the introduction of content “blocks.” Anyone who has used the Xbox One dashboard knows well that it can be difficult at times to find what you’re looking for. With the blocks, you can select what content–games or apps–show up where you want them to.
Additionally, things like friend activities, leaderboards, Looking For Group messages, and more now show up at the top of the revamped Home screen. Another new feature in this update is the option to choose between dark, light, and high-contrast themes for your dashboard from the Settings tab.
There are quite a few other notable new additions and changes with the Xbox One Fall update. We’ve listed off a few of these below, but be sure to go to the Xbox Wire to see a full rundown of what’s changing, with commentary from Xbox engineering lead Mike Ybarra.
It should now be “faster and easier” to move left and right through the horizontal tabs by flicking the left thumb stick or bumpers.
A new “Friends in games” notification shows you if a friend is playing the same game
Invites now appear in the multiplayer tab of the Guide.
The Game Hub for a particular title now shows more information.
The Community feed screen now offers a full-screen option to help display more content such as screenshots and gameplay clips.
Right-to-left languages such as Arabic and Hebrew are now available.
A new Microsoft Store logo will replace the old one.
The Mixer tab now has previews so you can see more before joining.
Broadcasts at 1080p will now happen automatically if your network can support it.
On Xbox One X, Mixer can capture gameplay and screenshots in 4K/HDR.
Additionally, this Xbox One Fall update lays the groundwork for the launch of the Xbox One X in November. It adds a page that lets you know how to do things like transfer your games to an external hard drive or copy them over your home network to Xbox One X. You can also start to download 4K content for existing games so you’ll hit the ground running if you buy an Xbox One X right at launch. What’s more, the store adds a tab that lets you sort by Xbox One X-enhanced games.
This new update is expected to be the Xbox One’s last big one of the year. Microsoft doesn’t historically release major UI updates in those months because so many new players are coming online and significant changes could lead to confusion.
The live-action film adaptation of Tokyo Ghoul checks a lot of boxes; it follows the source material, there is tons of blood, people are eaten, coffee is brewed, and the kagune pack a punch. Taking on the Dove arc only, this movie condenses the introductory story of Tokyo Ghoul competently, but only just so. It struggles to explore Kaneki’s waning humanity beyond screeching, and some of the film’s biggest moments fall flat due to odd directorial choices and irregular shot composition. This is far from the best version of Tokyo Ghoul, but it is at least a fun movie so long as you’re not looking for depth.
Like the anime and manga before it, Tokyo Ghoul follows Ken Kaneki as he transforms from human to a human-eating ghoul after receiving his ghoul attacker’s organs. He goes on to join a group of rather peaceful ghouls that run a cafe, Anteiku, that acts as a refuge from the Commission of Counter Ghoul, a government agency charged with finding and eliminating ghouls.
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Peripheral maker Roccat has a pretty extensive lineup of keyboards, and the Ryos MK FX (See it on Amazon) is the company’s full-sized RGB model with Cherry MX Brown-switches. And while it may not win any awards for style or comfort, the MK FX has serious appeal for macro-loving gamers.
With Super Mario Odyssey‘s release coming up later this month, the Nintendo Switch’s library of games is set to grow with another notable title. But there’s already no shortage of great games to play, particularly on the Eshop. Switch ships with only 32 GB of storage, and just 25.9 GB of that is actually usable. Whether you’ve already run out of space or are worried about doing so in the future, now is as good of a time as any to add some additional storage.
Among Amazon’s daily deals is one featuring SanDisk memory that includes both flash drives and microSD cards, which Nintendo supports. We recommended some of these memory cards for Switch back when the system first launched, and today’s deal provides up to 25% off what was already a cheaply priced set of cards. At the low end, you can get an extra 32 GB for only $11, while 64 GB is just $18. Those seeking even larger options can pick up a 128 GB card for $37, 200 GB for $63, or 256 GB for $100.
These prices are available for today only; they expire at 12 AM PT / 3 AM ET on October 17 and do not require an Amazon Prime membership. Take note these are UHS-I cards, which are not the fastest ones available, but we found the difference between these and UHS-3 cards to be negligible.
With dozens of comic books to choose from, let us show you which are the best coming out this week. Take a look at this list spotlighting our favorite comics that we know are money-well-spent and new books that look cool and are backed by some top-tier talent.
Check out our picks, then head to the comments to let us know what you’ll be buying this week!
Writer Jason Aaron | Artists Walter Simonson, Olivier Coipel, Chris Burnham, James Harren, Russell Dauterman | Cover Artist Russell Dauterman (Marvel Comics)
The DC Super Hero blockbuster Wonder Woman is out now on 4K UHD, Blu-ray™ 3D, Blu-ray™ and DVD. To celebrate, we’ve teamed up with Warner Bros. to offer you the chance to win one of three bundles, including a copy of the movie on Blu-ray™, a poster, key chain, and mug.
Wonder Woman saw huge success when it hit cinemas this summer, smashing the box office records. Director Patty Jenkins brought the classic DC hero to screens with Gal Gadot in the lead role, and Chris Pine supporting as Steve Trevor. If you’ve not seen the film, you’re missing out. Here’s the synopsis:
Before she was Wonder Woman, she was Diana, princess of the Amazons, trained to be an unconquerable warrior. Raised on a sheltered island paradise, when an American pilot crashes on their shores and tells of a massive conflict raging in the outside world, Diana leaves her home, convinced she can stop the threat. Fighting alongside man in a war to end all wars, Diana will discover her full powers…and her true destiny.
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