Star Wars Episode 8, otherwise known at The Last Jedi, isn't due out until December this year. But at the recently held Star Wars Celebration event in Orlando, director Rian Johnson and the film's cast revealed the very first teaser trailer for the sure to be upcoming box office juggernaut.
Sure, it's only a teaser, so there aren't major plot details revealed. But this teaser does confirm a lot of fan theories, as well as give all of us a tantalising glimpse at what's in store for Rey, Finn, Poe Dameron, BB-8, Kylo Ren, and even the reclusive Luke Skywalker. It looks like Skywalker will indeed take on the role of mentor to Rey, training her on that mysterious planet that we saw in the very last shot of Star Wars: The Force Awakens. But what other secrets and plot details does this teaser trailer hold? Let's dive in to find out.
Hello Rey! The first shot of this teaser shows a rock, before Rey's hand slams down on it and the camera moves up to reveal her stressed face. This is the costume that we last saw Rey in, when she arrived on the planet Ahch-To to confront the reclusive Luke Skywalker at the end of The Force Awakens. Is this the start of Rey's formal Jedi training? Luke's voiceover during the next section seems to lend credence to this fact, as he says: "Breathe. Just breathe. Now, reach out. What do you see?"
Waves are crashing on Ahch-To as Rey stands pensively looking out to the horizon. This island Luke has stationed himself on looks pretty desolate, which begs the question: where does he get all his supplies from? Is there more to this island than just being a bare rock with no trees?
Yep, Rey is totally using the Force here. Is she sitting cross-legged in the background, though? Is this within the same scene as the previous shot, and therefore could possibly be part of Luke's training?
Here, apparently, is the start of Rey's answer to Luke when he asks: "What do you see?" This is General Leia Organa, standing in front of some sort of star map on the bridge of a ship. and if you listen very, very closely to the audio at this point, you can faintly hear the line: "Help me, Obi-Wan." Is that merely a callback to the original trilogy? Or does it have some deeper meaning?
This looks to be Kylo Ren's destroyed helmet. The panels behind it hint that this location being some sort of First Order facility, but what exactly has happened here? Is this a flashback to the previous film and Starkiller Base? And there's another audio hint playing softly here, with what sounds like Obi-Wan Kenobi saying "Seduced by the dark side". Again, what's the link?
Is this some sort of bookshelf? Our guess would be that this is within Luke's home on Ahch-To. But what exactly are these tomes? And as if there weren't enough audio hints in this trailer, it sounds like Yoda's voice can also be faintly heard here saying "Train, you will."
Or, here's another bit of speculation: could this bookshelf actually be on Dagobah instead?
This book is clearly very important to Jedi lore. But what is it? Could this be the famed Journal of the Whills, an ancient book that allegedly recounts the major events in galactic history?
If you had any question as to whether The Last Jedi would see Luke train Rey, then this shot should serve as your answer. This looks like Luke training Rey as she wields a lightsaber.
This could be a shot of a brand new planet to the Star Wars universe. According to previous interviews with The Last Jedi director Rian Johnson, there will be a planet called Crait in the upcoming film, a mineral planet on the outskirts of the galaxy that will play a key role in the struggle between the First Order and the Resistance. The red dust kicked up by these ships (sadly, they're not podracers) seem to indicate mineral deposits, and with the preceeding shot to this show First Order AT-ATs in the distance, it seems like a fight is definitely on the cards here between the two forces.
Here's our first look at ex-Stormtrooper Finn, and it looks like he's still in pretty bad shape after the events of The Force Awakens.
Here's Poe Dameron and BB-8, running furiously through what seems to be a ship or base that's under some sort of attack.
In the next shot, it looks like our heroes are indeed in the dock of a ship in space. Things aren't looking good, however, with that explosion seemingly taking out Poe's custom paint job X-Wing.
And here's the Falcon, seemingly engaged again in combat within a planet's atmosphere. Who's flying this, we wonder? If Rey is training, could someone else be at the helm?
Is Rey running to a fight, or is this part of her training with Luke?
Fresh from committing patricide (woops, spoilers), here's Kylo Ren looking all pensive and rocking that facial scar he received from Rey in The Force Awakens.
This shot is likely a flashback scene to when the Knights of Ren destroyed Luke's Jedi training facility, which was the catalyst for him to disappear from the face of the galaxy in the first place.
Is that Captain Phasma leading those troopers? Looks like she survived that trash compactor she was supposedly placed in at the end of The Force Awakens.
These look like the new Nebulon-B escort frigates, but we're not quite sure where this battle is taking place. What is that planet in the background?
Did Luke really just say "It's time for the Jedi to end?" What happened to him during his long isolation? What type of man is he now?
The first trailer for Star Wars: The Last Jedi is here. This thrilling first look at the upcoming Star Wars sequel was screened at Celebration in Florida, and can be watched right here:
The trailer was shown at the end of the Last Jedi panel. The discussion featured several stars from the movie, including Daisy Ridley, Mark Hamill, and John Boyega, alongside director Rian Johnson and Lucasfilm boss Kathleen Kennedy.
The awesome poster for the movie was also revealed during the panel--check it out here.
The Last Jedi arrives in theaters on December 15, 2017. It also stars Oscar Isaac, Laura Dern, Adam Driver, Domhnall Gleeson, Carrie Fisher, Anthony Daniels, Gwendoline Christie, and Andy Serkis.
GameSpot will be at Star Wars Celebration all weekend, so keep checking back for more coverage of the panels and events.
The poster for Star Wars: The Last Jedi has been revealed and it's pretty awesome. The poster was shown during Star Wars Celebration, which is currently happening in Florida.
The striking poster features Luke Skywalker and Kylo Ren superimposed over a blood red sky. Daisy Ridley's character, Rey, is shown raising her lightsaber into the air, with the weapon's beam splitting the image of Luke and Kylo in two. Check it out below.
The panel featured Star Wars: The Last Jedi director Rian Johnson, as well as Mark Hamill (Luke Skywalker), Daisy Ridley (Rey), John Boyega (Finn), and Kelly Marie Tran, who plays a new character called Rose.
Rian Johnson introduced the first Star Wars: The Last Jedi trailer to end the panel. Check it out, it's great. The Last Jedi arrives in theaters on December 15, 2017.
By Anonymous on Apr 14, 2017 09:30 pm (Produced in partnership with Dell Gaming) Special guest Hutch joins Chastity to play Bulletstorm: Full Clip Edition on Dell's Inspiron 15 7000 gaming laptop!
In Persona 5, there are over a hundred Personas to collect, each with their own distinct skills and affinities. But you can't harness their strength if you lack the skills to convince them to join your cause. Effectively negotiating with a shadow requires finesse, as you need a thorough understanding of their personality and temperament to win their favor. That's why we've compiled tips and tricks to help you take your shadow communication skills to the next level.
How To Trigger A Negotiation
In order to negotiate, you need to trigger a Hold Up. This only occurs when all shadows on the field have been knocked down. To initiate a Hold Up, use skills that exploit a shadow's weakness. It's also possible to weaken an enemy with a critical hit. Whether it's from fire, ice, physical, electrical, or even gun attacks, each shadow has particular vulnerabilities. For example, an Incubus is weak to gunfire. A shadow's weakness is not revealed to you until you discover it yourself, so make sure to experiment with your skills whenever you meet one you've never fought before.
A successful blow to a shadow's weakness temporarily renders it defenseless, which gives your party ample time to surround it. This also grants your current character an extra turn, ideally to weaken another shadow. Once you've knocked down all the opponents in battle, a Hold Up begins and you're given two choices for what to do: Talk or All-Out Attack. Highlight the shadow you wish to negotiate with and press X to start a negotiation. You're then given three options: "lend me your power," "give me some money," and "I want an item." Ask it to offer you its power.
Be mindful that you cannot convince a shadow that is higher in level than you to join your team. Doing so causes it to flee. However, it's still possible to ask it for money or items.
How To Properly Negotiate
When you talk to a shadow, it asks you two questions. For each, you're given three responses to choose from. Depending on how you answer its questions, the shadow will either like you, feel indifferent toward you, or heavily dislike you. Its interest in you is determined by how well your replies accommodate its personality type.
There are a total of four types: Gloomy, Irritable, Timid, and Upbeat. You can decipher what personality a shadow has by analyzing it mid-battle or observing its type on the top left portion of the screen during a Hold Up. To get each shadow personality type to like you, simply answer its questions in the following ways:
Personality Type
Likes
Dislikes
Gloomy
Vague
Serious, Funny
Irritable
Serious
Vague, Kind
Timid
Kind
Vague, Funny
Upbeat
Funny
Serious, Vague
Oftentimes finding the right dialogue response can be easy to decipher, but there are times when the correct choice might seem ambiguous or obtuse. When in doubt, refer to our table and go with your gut.
It's important to note that if you've already acquired a specific Persona and are holding it up, you can skip the negotiation entirely and get it for free (provided you don't already have a copy in your party), which is a great way to obtain a Persona if you don't want to summon one from your compendium.
Negotiation Buffs
While it's possible to survive by paying attention to the likes and dislikes of each shadow personality type, there are actually ways to enhance your negotiation skills further. Below you can find two unique ways to better your chances at a negotiation.
Improving Your Relationship With Ann
If you increase your relationship with Ann to Rank 2, you obtain an ability called Girl's Talk, which gives you a second chance when you fail a negotiation. To get this ability, increase your Knowledge to two and offer to take her out on a date. In addition, when you reach Rank 5, you get Crocodile Tears, which gives Ann the chance to lower a shadow's demands, resulting in a second chance to bribe.
While many of your party members obtain similar or equivalent abilities as you increase your rank with them, you get Ann's much sooner. Make sure to rank up your bond with other party members to increase the number of people in your crew that can help you negotiate.
Befriending Toranosuke Yoshida
Another way to enhance your negotiation skills is to take on the Sun Social Link, which unlocks the ability to obtain Persona without the need for negotiation, as well as options that allow you to obtain rare items, more money, and recruit Persona higher in level than you.
To do so, talk to Toranosuke Yoshida, the politician outside the Shibuya train station. But in order to start the Social Link, you need to get a part-time job at the nearby beef bowl restaurant. Once you've worked there twice, Yoshida will speak to you at the end of your shift. You then build your relationship with him by holding a sign advertising his political campaign.
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Cities: Skylines players will soon get a chance to turn their city into a mass transit hub with the latest expansion. Now we're getting an expanded look and a release date.
The new trailer shows off many of the new transportation networks you can build in the Mass Transit DLC. Your citizens will be able to get around via ferry, monorail, cable car, and even blimp, all of which connect together and with your existing rail lines.
The transit options provide a new way to make money in the game, and there are new road types, scenarios, landmarks as well. Mass Transit will be available for digital download on Steam starting May 18. It'll cost $13 USD.
By Anonymous on Apr 14, 2017 06:30 pm Rob, Peter and a special guest are going to play some Star Wars games and hope that the trailer of The Last Jedi comes out to then do a breakdown of it live.
After 18 years off the air, the wise-cracking, movie-riffing phenomenon known as Mystery Science Theater 3000 is back. The series returns to for a 12th season, thanks to a successful Kickstarter campaign. but this time around, the show is streaming on Netflix. While there have been many classic series with a cult following brought back for the modern era, MST3K is one--and the only--revamp that embraces its roots and provides new content that is as good, if not better, than the original.
The new series follows Jonah Heston (Jonah Ray), a Gizmonic Institute employee who falls into a devious trap set by Kinga Forrester (Felicia Day) and TV's Son of TV's Frank (Patton Oswalt). Heston ends up aboard the Satellite of Love, where Forrester and Frank send him cheesy movies--the worst they can find. Heston must watch the movies, while Forrester monitors his mind. All of this exposition is mentioned in the opening theme song. Heston isn't alone, though. Joining him are his robotic friends: Cambot, Gypsy, Tom Servo, and Crow. They watch the movies with Heston, all while making fun of them. Because of the early access to this episode, specific information about it, screencaps, and what movie the crew watches are not allowed to be released.
The opening moments of the episode, prior to the theme song, introduce Heston and how he became trapped on the Satellite of Love. Much like the original series, the show relies on models and cheap-looking special effects for all the moments that take place in space. In an age of computer generated effects, seeing models--and even the strings attached to them--is a breath of fresh air. It sets the tone for the show, mainly for those who have never heard of it. MST3K doesn't take itself seriously, and it's providing light-hearted fun.
In addition to Ray, Day, and Oswalt being included in the new season, Tom Servo, Crow, and Gypsy get new voices. Hampton Yount (@midnight) plays Crow, Baron Vaughn (Comedy Bang Bang) is Servo, and Rebecca Hanson voices Gypsy. It's jarring to hear these new voices coming out of these well-known puppets. The voices simply don't match what the viewers are accustomed to in the past. It can be bit hard to determine who is who. However, this group begins to meld together exceptionally well by the end of episode one, and it's quite apparent that Ray will be a great lead for the new season.
Aside from the voices, the personalities are a big part of these robots, and it takes about halfway through the episode for that to kick in. It feels like there is a lot of trial and error in perfecting each voice for the characters. A lot of what feels problematic here could easily be placed on the viewer, as they may be expecting a carbon-copy of the characters from the original show. It's apparent MST3K is trying something different, but after the first episode, that's not clear just yet.
One thing the new season of MST3K did exceptionally well is in the writing department. The riffs are smart, natural, and most of the time, incredibly funny. There is a little bit of a lean towards nerd culture with the references, but at no time does that alienate anyone watching the show. It feels very inclusive in that respect. One of the new additions to the show is a couple of musical numbers, which may not be everyone's cup of tea. Regardless, the in-show music is clever and well-written and should play exceptionally well to a younger viewing audience, creating a whole new generation of fans.
A few other familiar elements from the original series return, like the "Invention Exchange." Aspects like this one help create an easy transition between seasons and casts. In addition, much like the original, there are breaks from the movie, so the viewers can get to know the cast a bit better. It helps the pacing of the show because as many longtime fans will know, some of the movies the crew watches are really tough to get through.
The new season of Mystery Science Theater 3000 lives up to the high expectations. While there may be a few small bumps in the road, the opening offering is one of the better overall episodes of the entire series. The Netflix series continues the tradition of watching bad movies and making fun of them without messing with the original format of the show. "If it ain't broke, don't fix it" seems to be the philosophy for the new show, and fans will be extremely pleased with its execution.
The new season of Mystery Science Theater 3000 hits Netflix on Friday, April 14.
Disclosure: The author of this review backed the "Bring Back Mystery Science Theater 3000" campaign on Kickstarter, which gave early access to the first episode for some backers.
Some online services for Nintendo Switch, as well as Wii U and 3DS, will be unavailable at two different periods next week, Nintendo has announced.
As detailed on Nintendo's website (via GoNintendo), the first round of maintenance is scheduled to take place on Monday, April 17, starting at 5 PM PT. The two-hour maintenance period will impact network services such as online play and rankings. Then on April 19 from 6:45 PM PT to 8 PM PT, online services for Switch, Wii U, and 3DS may become available as part of scheduled maintenance.
At Star Wars Celebration, Sideshow Collectibles showed off some of their highly detailed figures and statues featuring characters from all around the Star Wars Universe. This included some famous bounty hunters fans know and love. Check out some of these collectibles, many of which are available on the Sideshow website.
The Nintendo Switch sold more than 906,000 units in the US during March, its launch month, Nintendo announced today. In a news release, Nintendo reiterated that the Switch, a hybrid system that works at home and on the go, is the fastest-selling console in Nintendo's history. It's also "one of the fastest-selling video game systems of all time" for any company, Nintendo said.
The company also pointed out that March is a "nontraditional month" for a new console release. New consoles, from Nintendo and others, are historically released in the immediate lead-up to the holidays.
Nintendo also said today that The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild has sold 1.3 million units; more 925,000 were sold on Switch and almost 460,000 on Wii U. These numbers combine physical and digital sales, and only represent figures for the US.
"That means that Nintendo sold more of this game [Breath of the Wild] for Nintendo Switch than it sold Nintendo Switch systems, for an attach rate of more than 100 percent," Nintendo said. "This may be attributed to people who purchased both a limited edition of the game to collect and a second version to play."
Breath of the Wild is the fastest-selling Nintendo launch title ever and the fastest-selling Zelda title across its entire 30-year history.
Finally, Nintendo frankly acknowledged that "shipments have not yet been able to keep up with such high demand." Nintendo said more systems are "continually being shipped."
Nintendo will reveal a "full accounting of worldwide Nintendo Switch" sales during the company's next earnings briefing, which is scheduled for April 27.
By Anonymous on Apr 14, 2017 06:30 am With Bayonetta getting a re-release on PC, we take a look back and see how the original version's graphics stack up against its HD remaster.
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