The Last of Us’ Brilliant Factions Multiplayer Died for Nothing

Unfortunately, Factions never seemed to be able to find the audience it arguably deserved. There are reasons why we called it themost underrated multiplayer mode ever. Those Factions faithful soon endured a series of heartbreaks. However, in 2019,Naughty Dog confirmedthatThat Last of Us Part 2would not include any online multiplayer. It was later revealed that Naughty Dogs statement was an early reference to the now-canceledThe Last of Us Onlineproject. Any of those things would have been preferable to the relative nothing we are left with....

December 15, 2023 · 1 min · 85 words · Brandy Avila

New 2023 Netflix Christmas Movies (and Other Streamers) Ranked from Worst to Best

Our list of naughty and nice Christmas movies will help you decide what to stream and what to skip. If youve seen it before, you might expect it again with pretty paper and a bow! Without further ado, heres our ranking of this years holiday streaming offerings. Ad content continues below Worst of all, its hardly a Christmas movie! In this case, its that he is their kindly grandfather Noel Claus (Jan Decleir)....

December 14, 2023 · 1 min · 163 words · Gene Bennett

Quantum Leap’s New Love Story Raises a Big Question

Ben and Hannah could be the next big time traveling power couple or something more substantial on Quantum Leap. This article contains spoilers forQuantum Leapseason 2 episode 8. Finding love as a time traveler isnt easy andQuantum Leapis no exception. Such is the case for Ben (Raymond Lee) in season 2 ofQuantum Leap. Is this the universe just being nice to Ben after Addison left him? Are Ben and Hannah cosmically fated to be together and its all just pure romance?...

December 14, 2023 · 2 min · 293 words · John Campbell

Rebel Moon First Reactions Are Here: Is Zack Snyder’s New Movie Any Good?

Zack Snyder’s Star Wars-like epic for Netflix has finally screened for critics. As you likely guessed,Rebel Moonfollows a similar setup to the galaxy far, far away. Massive scale, beautiful visuals (of course), awesome action, and some really fascinating mythology. Theres lots of exciting set-up for whats to come, but its still very satisfying as its own movie. Jimmy has also stolen my heart pic.twitter.com/pYfIfnAQ3q Zack Snyder’s#RebelMoonis a sci-fi greatest hits tape....

December 14, 2023 · 2 min · 236 words · Hannah Jones

The Best British TV Series of 2023

Fans of British TV ate well in 2023. Offer sage nods of consensus, withering tuts of how could they? and your own British TV recommendations down the page. The only people with the power to fight the spectres? Teenagers, whove been enlisted into the all-powerful Fittes Agency to do the dangerous work of protecting the world. Its filled with mysteries, sword fights, peril and scares, and boasts an excellent 80s Goth soundtrack....

December 14, 2023 · 2 min · 367 words · Jacqueline Burke

The Best TV Shows of 2023

With each passing year, cataloguing the best TV shows of the previous 365 days becomes harder and harder. Want the best video game adaptation ever?Boom. Youre gonna have to try harder than thatto trick the algorithm. So why even bother with a Best TV Shows of 2023 list? Same reason we want to go to the moon, asFor All Mankindcould tell you: because its there. As long as TV is around were going to make the attempt to celebrate the best of it....

December 14, 2023 · 3 min · 639 words · Brian Anderson

The Most Underrated Games of 2023

In a year filled with major new releases, these games understandably (but tragically) went overlooked. Its a hard reality that leads to more and more exceptional games going largely overlooked. Well,Backpack Herois pretty much the perfect game for you. Backpack Herois a roguelite title built almost entirely around the act of organizing items in your inventory. Of course, every solution typically leads to more mysteries. Its an incredible marriage of traditional concepts and modern refinements....

December 14, 2023 · 2 min · 215 words · Sabrina Burke

Why Christopher Eccleston Left Doctor Who

Can you arrange that? [I left because of] the politics of the show. I left only because of those three individuals and the way they were running the show. I loved playing the character, and I loved the world … They had previously worked together on a series calledSecond Coming, and had a great working relationship. Eccleston said he emailed Davies to ask for an audition, and obviously got the role....

December 14, 2023 · 2 min · 330 words · Robert Miller

Dare You to Watch the Civil War Trailer Without Hyperventilating

The first trailer for the next Alex Garland movie should send chills up your spine. And, perhaps less surprisingly, that number nearly doubled depending on geography and political affiliation. Which is to say the odds seem good that the screenplay delivered something special. A line in the trailer even states, They shoot journalists on sight in the capital. What kind of American are you? Civil Waris in theaters on April 26, 2024....

December 13, 2023 · 1 min · 72 words · Michael Smith

Doctor Who’s Gold Tooth Mystery: Whose Hand Was That and What Does It All Mean for Series 14?

ThisDoctor Whoarticle contains spoilers. I made a terrible mistake. Why is the tooth so important? Who is the One Who Waits? Whose hand was that? Were not so certain about the answers to those questions, but we do have a few educated guesses. Why Is the Gold Tooth Important? Among the many boasts the Toymaker offers is the story of the Master, the Doctors arch-enemy from Gallifrey. And who is that larger force?...

December 13, 2023 · 2 min · 374 words · Alexander Underwood

Dune 2’s Trailers Are Still Hiding the Book’s Biggest Twist

Where’s Alia Atreides in Dune: Part Two? This article contains potential spoilers forDune 2. For longtime fans ofFrank Herberts most famous novels, the newDenis Villeneuvefilms are a kind of gift. As he made clear in 2021, Villeneuve is aDunefan first, and a filmmaker second. The book stayed with me all these years. We get glimpses ofFeyd-Rautha, played with horrifying perfection by Austin Butler. We see Paul Atreides (Timothee Chalamet) grappling with the myriad futures glimpsed in his various prescient visions....

December 13, 2023 · 1 min · 151 words · Rose Bridges

Shadow and Bone’s Perplexing Cancellation and Other Revelations from Netflix’s Viewership Report

However, season 2 of the series ranks 26th on this list with 192,900,000 hours viewed. According to Netflixs own report, it didnt pull horrible numbers. In fact, this report is only from the first half of the year, Jan. through June. Given that season 2 dropped on March 16, this only accounts for the first 2-3 months of viewing. Now Im no mathematician, but those numbers dont seem that far off to me....

December 13, 2023 · 1 min · 88 words · Ashley Foster DDS

The Buccaneers Ending Explained: How It Updates Edith Wharton’s Story

Apple TV+’s The Buccaneers takes a very different approach from the 1995 PBS/BBC miniseries. This article contains spoilers forThe Buccaneersepisode 8. The BuccaneersonApple TV+is an adaptation of Edith Whartons unfinished novel of the same name. We deliberately wanted to do our version of it and our version of the book. When Guy returns, Nan realizes that the fairy tale wedding didnt result in a happily ever after. Jakeways describes James character as contemporary feeling and slightly darker....

December 13, 2023 · 1 min · 169 words · Alexandra Knight