In a statement regarding Microsoft’s stunning acquisition of Activision Blizzard, controversial Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick (who may be on his way out of the company as a result of this deal) shed a little light on why Activision Blizzard agreed to this massive purchase and what it means for everyone moving forward. “As investments in cloud computing, AI and machine learning, data analytics, and user interface and experience capabilities are becoming more competitive, we believe this partnership will better enable our ambitions,” said Kotick in a recent email to Activision Blizzard employees who likely hate him....

2.10 Hollywood Ending Well, it’s fair to say that didn’t disappoint. It’s safe to say I didn’t get everything I wanted – Dottie to come back, for instance – but other than that it’s hard to be upset about anything in this episode. This series has really been more about the characters than the plot, and pretty much everyone’s been through the wringer by the time the episode ends. Predictably, not everyone survived, but it’s safe to say that the death wasn’t at all expected....

Agents of SHIELD Season 5 Episode 19 So while all of you are taking in Avengers: Infinity War, here I am, at home intrepidly recapping Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD. Not to worry, I’ll be Infinity Warring tomorrow, but for now, I’m settled in to absorb the latest from elsewhere in the MCU. And you know what, Agents of SHIELD did not disappoint. Because while everyone else gets to see the coming of Thanos, I get to witness the rise of Graviton, and it is pretty freakin’ epic....

Seriously, over the weekend one of the Ambulance TV spots (which Universal Pictures has opted to not officially share online) trumpeted, “Critics have always hated Michael Bay’s movies, but Ambulance has the best Rotten Tomatoes score of his career.” And it’s true! Ambulance has a mixed-to-positive score of 68 percent as of press time, and one cannot help but wonder if that figure would be even higher if the movie came from any director other than Bay—or perhaps was simply presented in the innocuous packaging of another Marvel Studios product....

In the galaxy far, far away, names carry a lot of weight. Whether it’s the reveal that the Child is actually Grogu instead of Baby Yoda, that Luke Skywalker was originally going to be “Luke Starkiller,” or the fact there’s a Tusken Raider called URoRRuR’R’R, names in Star Wars to tend to stand out, even when they’re just a jumble of letters or Glup Shittos. Tony Gilroy’s Andor has introduced a whole host of colorful characters with interesting names: Syril Karn, Dedra Meero, Kino Loy, Bix Caleen, Vel Sartha, and even a Tay Kolma....

Anna (Ella Hunt, a talented delight) is a high school senior headed off to a gap year before college, much to her father’s dismay. Her best friend John (Malcolm Cumming) is trying to get over his unrequited feelings for Anna and how much he’ll miss her when she flies off to Australia while waiting for an art school acceptance. Steph (Sarah Swire), a queer American whose parents low-key abandoned her in Scotland before heading to Mexico, has dreams of burying her feelings in making a difference for those less fortunate....

Snyder, a master of shot composition and striking imagery, fills the title sequence of his latest zombie flick with arresting visuals, such as an elderly man being mauled while his jackpot winnings spew from a nearby slot like the blood from his wounds. There’s also a paratrooper slowly descending into a teeming, hungry horde. It’s the kind of eye-catching opening that suggests a hard-charged, neon-lit romp. But in reality, Army of the Dead moves like one of the film’s “shamblers....

Attack on Titan Season 2, Episode 11 We picked up from where episode 10 left off last week, with the Survey scouts and the Military Police in collaboration to rescue Eren and Ymir from Reiner and Bertolt, and this week’s episode did not fail to play out the conflicts that have been mounting for the past few episodes. “Charge” saw Ymir and Historia wrangling over their individual intentions and options in the middle of a dangerous terrain, Erwin’s borderline miniacal ruthlessness on full display, and how Armin may just be the most terrifying one of the Eren-Mikasa-Armin trio....

Of course nothing is judged in a vacuum when considering a James Cameron movie. Indeed, depending on where you look, the Avatar 2 box office debut is either a cautious sign that you still “should never bet against Cameron” (as goes conventional industry wisdom) or a harbinger that the king is dead and Avatar: The Way of Water is on a path toward financial disappointment. It likely couldn’t have helped expectations that Cameron himself mused to the press that for Avatar 2 to be considered a success it needs to gross over $2 billion....

“There are no shops or any kind of logistical support, so it’s a pretty rare breed of person that lives there that’s really in tune with nature. It’s kind of magical and timeless in that way,” explained Cumberbatch of NZ’s Rakino Island, which – as far as we know – is home to no pengwings. Cumberbatch had initially embraced a job as the face of Jaeger-LeCoultre’s Polaris Mariner Memovox watch under the impression that the company wanted him to do a quick bit of scuba diving for the cameras, which turned out to be an error....

What exactly happened during the ending of the Better Call Saul Season 4 finale? Well…this. The Birth of Saul Goodman Yes, Jimmy McGill has said the words “Saul Goodman/S’all good, man” before. He said the latter version as early on as the finale of the show’s first season. This season he even adopted the pseudonym as part of his illicit burner phone selling business. But the real show stopping moment of the Better Call Saul Season 4 finale is Jimmy McGill finally making it official....

These? Yeah, these are not those films. These are a different sort of monochromatic visual feast altogether. These won’t be the type of films that will have you beard-stroking over a glass of late-night wine together. No, these are the type of films that will have you tripping your balls (or ladyballs) completely off, even if you’re as sober as a judge. The American Astronaut I know what it’s like, okay?...

Fortunately, BlizzCon 2021 is here to make up for lost time with an all-digital event full of updates on the latest and greatest from Blizzard Entertainment. This means that if you’ve been waiting to hear more about all of those new Diablo projects, Overwatch 2, and what’s new with World of Warcraft, now’s your time! Although the virtual nature of the event means that attendees won’t be able to gather under one roof for exciting tournaments and a surprise-filled Opening Ceremony, Blizzard is still bringing quite a lot to this year’s event....

In 2021, there are over 600M+ blogs out of 1.9B websites on the web, says this Ahrefs report. Whether you own a business or run a personal site, the idea of starting a blog of your own might have crossed your mind. Are you saying yes? Then welcome! And even if you have zero knowledge about blogging and its nitties and gritties, stay tuned to know more. So, coming back to blogging, Anyone with any skill sets can start a blog....

As the name suggests, Bloodborne PS1 Demake is an elaborate fan project that recreates Bloodborne in the style of a PS1 game. While the project won’t go beyond the boss fight against Father Gascoigne (though its creators say it will feature “extended areas and some bonus post-game content”), Bloodborne PS1 Demake will be released for free early next year, so there’s really no reason not to try it if you’re one of the many PC gamers who still lay awake at night wondering when FromSoftware and the PlayStation team are finally going to port Bloodborne to that platform....

Over the last few years, content creation has become a significant part of the market in a different format. People use textual, graphical, and video content to become influencers, brands, or gain a name. People are now leveraging video content for projects, portfolios, and others, which increases the demand for video editing software. The fact is that there are several tools available in the market that is packed with features that one needs to come up with the best solution....

Perhaps suspecting I’d heard all the “good bits” explains why I was so taken aback at the film’s interruption of the Conservative Political Action Conference. And no, it has nothing to do with what Sacha Baron Cohen did. To be sure, the subversive comedian goes all out with his shtick there, first arriving dressed as a member of the Ku Klux Klan, earning himself annoyed glances but seemingly nothing more (the film was of course selectively edited)....

Isn’t it? That depends. There’s another moment that, every rewatch, makes my stomach clench in ways that the Gentlemen never do. Those grinning freaks are scary, but they’re fun-scary. Outside of a fan convention or a Rupert Murdoch lookalike contest, you’d never actually have to face them. Unlike the couple of boneheads who catcall Buffy Summers on a dark street in ‘Helpless’. (If anybody, by the way, is starting to suspect they’ve been conned into reading some broad’s undergrad essay on women, power and taking back the night instead of an upbeat online list, then bingo, you called it....

Whether running a blog or growing a SaaS product website, creating valuable content is just one part of the story. It is crucial that you continually build links around your content, both external and internal links. Although SEOs manage to get backlinks from high domain authority websites, they neglect the importance of internal linking on their website. This article will show you the importance of internal link building and how you can automate the internal link-building process with WordPress plugins....

Reports suggest that the recent trailer for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 actually included a sneaky preview of the Warzone 2 map. This information primarily comes from reporter Tom Henderson, who has historically been an incredibly reliable source when it comes to Call of Duty leaks. This time, he is suggesting that some of those overhead night-vision shots featured in the Modern Warfare 2 trailer were actually previews of the Warzone 2 map....