The last few days has been a tumultuous one for physical media collectors and online news outlets. Articles and social media posts were alight with news that Warner Bros. was supposedly moving out of the Blu-ray and DVD market in 2022. As it turns out, those reports were based off of some out of context messages about “Looney Toons” from someone with no actual affiliation with Warner Bros. home media distribution. The confusion started when on April 19th, 2021, a Twitter user shared screen shots of comments made by noted animation historian, Jerry Beck. The user in question will remain…
Author: Heath Andrews
Some video games have complex histories that aren’t really all that complicated when you break them down. “Duke Nukem Forever” spent over a decade in development but basically just changed hands from developer-to-developer time after time. “Secret of Mana” was originally supposed to be a Nintendo PlayStation game from when Sony and Nintendo were forming a potential partnership for a CD based console. Then Nintendo pulled the plug on the idea and the game had to get drastically reduced. And then there’s “Nier.” When “Nier” was released for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 back in April of 2010, the…
Kelsey Grammer is no stranger to music. As many “Frasier” fans know, he famously sang the ending theme song to the sitcom. The writers often found excuses for him to sing throughout the series itself. Who can forget his stunning rendition of “Buttons & Bows” from the season 3 episode, “Look Before You Leap?” But apparently Kelsey has put those talents to use in an upcoming film with some help from Weezer frontman and songwriter, Rivers Cuomo. In Paramount’s soon to be released film “The Space Between,” Grammer plays the role of Micky Adams. A fictional mid 70s musical artist…
“An elephant never forgets,” as the old adage goes. Apparently they don’t forgive either. A suspected poacher found this out the hard way and lost his life in Kruger National Park when he and two accomplishes ran into an elephant herd. South African National Parks made an announcement on April 18th, detailing the criminal activities that had taken place the previous day. During a routine patrol, Field Rangers came across three individuals who began to flee upon being detected. Amidst their evading of pursuit, they left behind a number of provisions including an axe and rifle. Not exactly things you…
In what could easily be considered a stunning piece of news for the PlayStation community, Sony has decided to reverse course on a controversial decision they made in the end of March. At that time, the company had reached a decision that they would soon be closing the online stores for the PlayStation 3, PSP, and PlayStation Vita. Now they’ve decided to reverse course for at least two of the three systems. In a post on Sony’s official PlayStation blog, President and CEO of Sony Interactive Entertainment Jim Ryan officially cancelled the previous decision to close down the online marketplaces…
Former CA Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger sends his encouragement to NASA’s Ingenuity choppa as only he can.
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Could a possible trademark filing mean an actual remake / remastering of “GoldenEye 007” is finally happening?
Lance Zaal apparently doesn’t have an axe to grind against Lizzie Borden. In fact, he’s counting on her storied legacy to help him take a whack at some new property ownership. Early in 2021, the home of the infamous Lizzie Borden and her parents went up for sale. Zaal is closing on a deal that would make him the new owner. In case you’re not familiar with famous double homicide cases of 1892, or children’s jump-rope rhymes, let’s take a quick moment to dive into a bit of history. Lizzie Borden was an American woman born and raised in Fall…
Sylvester Stallone has hung up the mantle of Rocky Balboa, confirming he will not appear in MGM’s “Creed III.”