Alec Baldwin, known for his time on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, recently shared what it’s like raising his two children – 3-year-old son River and 13-month-old daughter Athena Rose – and opened up about the challenges of being a young parent.
These movies weren’t instant hits, but viewers who decided to watch them quickly became fans and told their friends. Over time, both during their initial release and afterward, they’ve become surprisingly enjoyable – and they could have easily been much worse.
This week, Amazon announced it’s shutting down the game King of Meat. Launched less than six months ago by Glowmade, King of Meat was a cooperative platformer focused on user-created content. Unfortunately, the game didn’t attract enough players, leading Amazon to permanently close it on April 9th. As a result, the planned Nintendo Switch version has been canceled, meaning Switch players won’t be able to play the game.
The latest buzz suggests Sadie Sink might be cast as Jean Grey in an upcoming Marvel project. There’s also speculation about potential connections between her character and established heroes like the Punisher, Hulk, and Spider-Man, specifically within the ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ storyline. A social media post combining a comic book image of Jean Grey with a Sadie Sink interview clip, captioned simply as “She’s Jean Grey,” quickly fueled these rumors.
Even though Spider-Man and Superman have only teamed up in comic books, fans are excited about the possibility in live-action. Artist Dimitrius Paranhos created and shared impressive fan art on Instagram showing Tom Holland’s Spider-Man and David Corenswet’s Superman together, which has generated a lot of buzz.
Core Keeper, a surprisingly excellent survival game, first launched in Early Access in 2022 and officially released in 2024. While it’s been consistently popular, especially after coming to consoles, it hasn’t gotten quite the attention it deserves for a well-made, open-world survival game that lets up to eight players team up. Recently, the game is gaining popularity again thanks to the new Void & Voltage update – and it’s a welcome boost for a truly great title.
It’s common for fantastic games not to get sequels, and there are usually clear reasons why – like disappointing sales even with good reviews, changes within the game company, or losing the rights to make more games. However, that wasn’t the case with a potential sequel to Black. The developers definitely wanted to make one and had even started working on it. Sadly, disagreements about the game’s direction – the classic issue of ‘creative differences’ – ultimately stopped the project. While fans were disappointed, a similar game called Bodycount came out in 2011, but it wasn’t a true continuation of the Black story.
Despite all the advancements in gaming, many modern games feel like something is missing. Looking back at older consoles, like the PlayStation 2, it’s clear that games once had a unique charm that seems to have been lost. The focus on incredibly realistic graphics has led to a move away from the imaginative and stylized visuals common in that era, which is disappointing. This shift has not only made games look more similar to each other, but it’s also made it harder for video games to develop their own recognizable artistic style.
The movie That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime: Tears of the Azure Sea is currently playing in Japanese theaters, and will be released in cinemas across the United States and Canada on May 1st. To mark the occasion, Crunchyroll and Sony Pictures have released a new trailer and poster, which you can find below.
Sharp-eyed viewers of Monarch Season 2 have spotted a big surprise. The opening credits tease what’s to come, with clear references to Godzilla and Kong and a focus on journeys at sea. But the most interesting clue is an old newspaper clipping that dramatically changes what we know about Skull Island. Apparently, the island hasn’t existed forever…