'Overwatch' pro team fires manager after sexual assault allegations

By Eben Griger / November 8, 2017

In what might be the quickest turn-around between allegation and repercussion, the manager of Overwatch e-sports team San Francisco Shock Max Bateman was let go just 14 hours after the abuse allegations were shared over Twitter. A woman under the handle Krystlin had tweeted that Bateman had sexually assaulted her in September after giving her a drink that made her go “in and out of consciousness” and driving her back to his home.

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ENTERTAINMENT

South Park Season 21, Episode 6: “Sons a Witches”

By Evan Fischer / November 8, 2017

“Sons a Witches” takes a stab at male culture in an interestingly funny way. While not necessarily as funny as other episodes, it is still a great time despite including another Cartman/Heidi subplot that terribly detracts from the main plot.

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NEWS

Disney in talks to purchase television assets from 21st Century Fox

By Zachary Siddiq / November 7, 2017

21st Century Fox has held multiple talks to sell a large portion of its entertainment business to the Walt Disney Company, close sources say this week.

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GAMING

Culture Check: Moira – Overwatch’s David Bowie banshee

By Daley Whilhem / November 7, 2017

This weekend at BlizzCon, among many things, Blizzard announced the new Overwatch hero Moira—a support healer who has no ethical boundaries when it comes to her work.

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ENTERTAINMENT

South Park Season 21, Episode 5: “Hummels & Heroin”

By Jeremy Rogers / November 7, 2017

“Hummels & Heroin” has some decent commentary about how the elderly are treated, but every other aspect of the episode falls on its face. The humor never gets off the ground. The new characters are boring tropes and the returning cast does nothing remotely interesting in the situation.

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ENTERTAINMENT

Pop Tabs S1E4: BuzzFeed accused of stealing, Instagram Live update, and 'Dora' with Explosions

By Matthew Yapp and Mayzie Brammer / November 6, 2017

This week, they dive into the drama of accusations against BuzzFeed, the new Instagram update that essentially let’s you FaceTime for an audience, and the craziness surrounding the upcoming live action movie. 

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ENTERTAINMENT

The Coven S3E7: We’ve got an Ace up our sleeves

By Daley Whilhem and Kora Wilson / November 6, 2017

This week on The Coven we throw asexuality into the cauldron and take a look at how aces are represented in television. We look at Bojack Horseman and how they tackle asexuality in one of their characters, as well as Riverdale and Big Bang Theory, and how the (lack of) representation in those two shows have impacted the community. 

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GAMING

‘Middle-earth: Shadow of War’ dominates in fun but falls short of ruling them all

By Gunner Masters / November 6, 2017

'Middle-earth: Shadow of War' expands and improves on its predecessor in almost every way from longer story, deeper character interaction and development between them, abilities, loot and upgrades and the Nemesis System. Despite these great features and fun gameplay, it can feel cheap at times when Talion doesn’t seem to react to the player’s button presses or goes after the wrong target in a huge mob, wasting the momentum built by executing combos.

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ENTERTAINMENT

The Coven S3E6: The Weinstein Scandal

By Matthew Yapp and Dylan Bateson / November 6, 2017

This week on The Coven, we take a look at the mess that is Harvey Weinstein and the controversy surrounding the recent information come out about him. We address the aftermath of the many women who have come out against Weinstein as well as the overarching issue of sexual assault in Hollywood. Was this a known secret? 

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GAMING

‘Fire Emblem Warriors’ features fun gameplay, but falls flat in storytelling

By Evan Hatfield / November 6, 2017

'Fire Emblem Warriors', for all its faults in trying to tell a decent story, still manages to create a satisfying gaming experience. History mode and other extra challenges keep the fun from running out too quickly, and the power of the game’s audiovisuals simply can't be denied.

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NEWS

Corey Feldman names childhood abuser on live television

By Eben Griger / November 6, 2017

While on air, Feldman called the Los Angeles Police Department to file a report against Grissom. 

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ENTERTAINMENT

South Park Season 21, Episode 4: “Franchise Prequel”

By Jeremy Rogers / November 6, 2017

Packing in some decent social commentary and a few laughs, “Franchise Prequel” is a good episode that will never make anyone’s “Top 10 South Park Episodes” list. While it won’t win any awards, it’s still better than the majority of season 20.

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GAMING

Know your 'Pokemon' villains before you face them in 'Ultra Sun and Moon'

By Tanner Kinney / November 5, 2017

All of the most dastardly Pokemon meanies team up to destroy Alola or the gap between dimensions and parallel universes or something; I lost track of the plot after Alpha Sapphire’s post game. This means that not only do we get to see some favorites like Archie and Maxie again, but also Cyrus, Ghetsis, Lysandre, and Giovanni.

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NEWS

Hoffman and Ratner added to Hollywood’s growing list of alleged sexual predators

By Eben Griger / November 2, 2017

Hollywood alums Dustin Hoffman (The Graduate and All the President’s Men) and Brett Ratner (The Revenant and Prison Break) now have accusations of sexual misconduct coming out against them. Hoffman has been accused of harassment, and Ratner of full-fledged assault. 

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NEWS

If ‘Decksplash’ doesn’t get 100,000 players, it won't be released

By Eben Griger / November 2, 2017

Decksplash enters a free-to-play week starting today, and needs at least 100,000 players to convince the folks at Bossa to keep working on the game and not scrap it completely. For Decksplash, it is literally skate or die.

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ENTERTAINMENT

Heartland Film Festival: ‘The New Fire’ illuminates with blinding brilliance

By Jeremy Rogers / November 2, 2017

By showing off a literal world-class roster of interview subjects and amazingly streamlined graphics, ‘The New Fire’ pulls off what decades of nuclear power advocates have not been able to do: bring people out of the Cold War era mindsets to support sustainable, carbon-neutral energy sources.

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ENTERTAINMENT

The Walking Dead Season 8, Episode 1: “Mercy”

By Evan Fischer / October 31, 2017

Cheap effects, poor writing, and uninspired action sequences prevent this season premiere from being anything more than a reminder that nothing of too much importance will likely happen until the mid-season finale.

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ENTERTAINMENT

Heartland Film Festival: ‘Dealt’ is a magical royal flush

By Ryan Fine / October 31, 2017

‘Dealt’ is an informative, multifaceted, and incredibly entertaining documentary. A snapshot of the life of renowned card magician Richard Turner, it is a story of individuality that is exactly as magical as its subject.

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ENTERTAINMENT

Heartland Film Festival: ‘The Best of All Worlds’ strikes a perfect balance between tragedy and hope

By Ryan Fine / October 31, 2017

‘The Best of All Worlds’ tells an incredible true story just about as well as it could have been told. It looks great, it’s well acted, and most importantly, it shares valuable inside perspective on the battle between love and addiction.

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GAMING

Lootboxes: Friend of the publisher, enemy of the consumer

By Tanner Kinney / October 31, 2017

For those who don’t know, the lootbox is a digital box with randomly selected items that can be used in the game. This can be as simple as a new voice line to a whole new character in some games and the value of what’s in the box can fluctuate wildly. It’s sort of like getting a box of chocolates.