New Young Jedi Adventure shorts get you revved up for Season 2

As a dedicated Star Wars gamer, I can’t help but feel exhilarated with all the exciting developments this summer! The announcement of “The Acolyte” and updates on beloved projects like “The Mandalorian” and “Andor” have kept us fans buzzing. Despite our continuous craving for more, we’re barely a week away from diving back into another season of “Young Jedi Adventures.” It’s an adventure I can hardly wait to embark on!

The best gaming speakers from Razer, Logitech and more

As a gamer, I’ve experienced the magic that advanced gaming headsets bring to my immersive journey. They offer spatial audio, active noise cancellation, and even haptic feedback – features that the priciest gaming speakers struggle to match. Yet, when it comes to filling a room with thunderous sound and delivering earth-shaking bass, nothing beats a top-tier speaker system.

Japanese artistic swimming team performs to Nier: Automata’s soundtrack

At the Paris 2024 Olympics, video games and anime have become a common sight. There’s a gymnast adorned with Nintendo tattoos, a sprinter carrying Yu-Gi-Oh cards, and numerous Haikyuu!! fans cheering at volleyball matches. But here’s something fresh: The Japanese Olympic swimming team recently performed an elaborate routine synchronized to music from Nier: Automata during their Tuesday performance.

Gamefound working with Hasbro on Asara

In the competitive world of board gaming, Gamefound – a rising crowdfunding platform from Poland – is challenging industry giants like Kickstarter and BackerKit. Recently, they’ve secured Hasbro, a century-old game and toy publisher, as their client. This September, Hasbro will debut its first project on Gamefound, which might signal a significant shift in the crowdfunding landscape for games.

It Ends With Us Can’t Quite Turn Trauma into Drama

A movie or novel can tackle heavy, tear-jerking topics like domestic abuse, yet somehow manage to elicit unintended chuckles or sighs of frustration. For instance, the film adaptation of Colleen Hoover’s acclaimed novel, “It Ends With Us,” aims to touch all the right emotional chords. As you might know, this story is based on a harsh reality that many people prefer not to acknowledge – domestic abuse, which unfortunately is more common than we care to admit, with Hoover drawing inspiration from her own mother’s experiences. Movies like “It Ends With Us” are crucial because they provide a platform for emotional release, serving as a sanctuary where viewers can let it all out. This genre, often referred to as the “woman’s film,” has been around since the 1930s and beyond, films such as “Stella Dallas” (1937) by King Vidor or both versions of “Imitation of Life,” filmed first in 1934 by John Stahl and later in 1959 by Douglas Sirk. These movies were popular back then because they offered a safe space for emotional expression, allowing women, as well as men, to weep it all out. And isn’t the cinema, with its dark surroundings, an ideal location for that?