Two roommates (Lucy James and Kinda Funny’s Greg Miller) play Hazelight Studio’s latest It Takes Two, and give their impressions on the couch co-op caper.
It Takes Two is an upcoming co-op game from Hazelight Studios, where players take control of a divorcing couple who have accidentally been turned into a pair of dolls by a magical spell.The next game from Hazelight Studios, It Takes Two, is a pretty big departure from its first game. The developer found success with A Way Out, its co-op-only crime drama about two men who work together to break out of prison, and which sported choice-based narrative branches. You wouldn’t expect its next game, then, to be a puzzle-platformer romantic comedy about a couple on the outs who find themselves magically transformed into dolls, forced to navigate the shrunken worlds of their messy garage and vast backyard.
But It Takes Two handles the change of pace with surprising grace. Hazelight showed off the game with a hands-on preview session, which gave us a chance to try it first-hand. Like A Way Out, the game is presented wholly in split-screen, requiring two players to work together and rely on each other. But even through the first few hours, It Takes Two is a funny, well-acted narrative game with a surprising amount of cooperative depth and variety.
The game centers on May and Cody, two parents who have just told their daughter Rose that they’re planning to divorce. Rose immediately leaves her parents to go play, but instead, makes a wish on a relationship self-help book that her parents might work out their differences. In a scenario straight out of a movie like Liar Liar or Freaky Friday, Rose’s wish, coupled with a few tears, turns out to have magical powers, and May and Cody find themselves transported into the bodies of Rose’s dolls. As they struggle to try to catch up with Rose to get the wish undone, they’re constantly hounded by Dr. Hakim, the cheesy self-help book fixated on forcing the two parents to find common ground once again.
Rock Band 4 is getting pair of DLC tracks this week, and they’re good ones. The ska songs “Superman” by Goldfinder and “Younger Lungs” by Less Than Jake will be available with the store refresh this week for $2 each.
“Superman” is an iconic earworm of a song in the world of gaming, as it was featured in the first Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater game–you can hear it again in the Pro Skater 1 + 2 remaster.
“Younger Lungs” by Less Than Jake was featured on the band’s 2012 EP Seasons Greetings from Less Than Jake. “The song is everything we love about upbeat ska-punk anthems. Bassists will especially love the bouncy basslines and keeping the beat on track,” Harmonix said in a blog post.
Comedian and Mandalorian actor Bill Burr has spoken about co-star Gina Carano, and her recent firing from the hit Star Wars show. Burr described Carano as a “sweetheart,” and stated that he now had to be careful about what he said in public.
Last month, Disney confirmed that Carano will no longer appear on The Mandalorian, after she posted a tweet that compared American conservatives to Jewish people just before the Holocaust. BAs reported by Indiewire, Burr, who played Migs Mayfeld on the series, defended Carano on a recent episode of The Bill Bert Podcast.
“It’s a weird time,” he said. “Unless she did some truly horrible shit or said overtly racist s***.I don’t know. I think there is just too many channels. And then you gotta do sensational s***. I don’t know what the f*** it is. I’m on that f***ing show. Now, I gotta watch what the f*** I say.”
The third Ant-Man movie will not feature the actor and rapper T.I. The news comes after accusations of sexual abuse against him.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, T.I. is “not a part of the cast” for the third movie, which is called Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania.
T.I. and his wife, musician Tiny, have been accused of sexual abuse, kidnapping, assault, and harassment, among other things. A lawyer representing 11 alleged victims made the claims on Monday and is calling on authorities to launch an investigation.
Funko has revealed two new WandaVision figures, which will join a growing lineup of Pops based on the breakout Disney+ show. White Vision and Agatha Harkness Funko Pops will release this spring and are available to preorder now at multiple retailers. As a heads up: WandaVision Funko Pops have been selling out pretty quickly, so you may want to scoop these up sooner rather than later. You can check out the super-cool designs of the new Pop figures below.
You can preorder the Agatha Harkness Funko Pop at GameStop and Entertainment Earth. GameStop’s preorders will ship on April 15, three months ahead of Entertainment Earth, but it costs $1 more.
This slick White Vision Pop is also available to preorder at GameStop and Entertainment Earth. Like Agatha Harkness, it costs one buck more at GameStop, but you’ll get your preorder three months early. Walmart will have an exclusive edition that glows in the dark, but it’s not available to preorder just yet.
The original lineup of WandaVision Funko Pops was unveiled during Funko Fair 2021 in January. While some of those have already sold out of their first runs, several of them are still available to order:
