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4 Years Later, Bright Lives… As An Anime?
It’s been four years of peace since Netflix cursed the world with the David Ayer/Max Landis orc cop nightmare Bright. The streamer has threatened since, in fits and starts, to bring us more, but in spite of the movie’s success on the platform, it’s been a while since we’ve heard anything about a continuation of…
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The Not-So-Surprising Story Behind Free Guy’s Massive Cameos
Even without a slew of fun surprises, the new Ryan Reynolds movie Free Guy probably would’ve been a hit. The story of a video game character who becomes self-aware and has to save his world is one of those perfect, marketable ideas, Hollywood loves. And, of course, a movie set in a video game world is…
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A Gorgeous Love Letter To JRPGs Where You Bend Time
Between its big-eyed characters and its bright and colourful hand-drawn 2D visuals, Cris Tales could be mistaken for a My Little Pony-adjacent animation project. But beneath the twee exterior of this love-letter to classic Japanese role-playing games there’s an incredibly smart combat system that sees you toss your enemies back and forth through time to…
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Niantic Is Making An AR Transformers Game
Niantic of Pokémon Go fame is bringing their real-world augmented reality know-how to Transformers.