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Indie crafting and survival gameNightingalehas been met with a warm reception since its release, much of which will be attributed to its stunning Victorian influence and expansive, open worlds to explore. The game empowers players to collect resources, build and craft items, and battle the many threats they will encounter in the Faewilds. One particular feature that enhances how user-friendlyNightingaleis stems from the ability for players to dictate how challenging their Realmwalking experience is....

Between flying Hippogriffs and charging Graphorns, there are plenty of ways to get around inHogwarts Legacy.Despite this, broom flight is likely going to be the most common way that players traverse the map as they look for ormove between Floo Flame fast travel points. Though flying on a broom is fast, players are limited in how long they can maintain maximum speed by their boost gauge, the yellow bar that gradually depletes as players use the boost function while flying....

The library scene in “Dancing Through Life” is one ofWicked’s most impressive musical numbers, and the behind-the-scenes details make it even more remarkable. Since its release, Universal’s Wicked musical adaptation has won over fans of the Broadway show and new viewers alike. The 2024Wickedmovie is the first half of the two-part story, with the other half coming out in November of this year. While waiting forWicked: For Good, fans like me have been rewatching the first one to keep the magic alive....

TheTwilightsaga was a massive hit among teen audiences in the early 2010s, and for good reason. The five-movie franchise follows a young Bella Swan (Kristen Stewart) after she moves to live with her father Charlie (Billy Burke) in the small town of Forks, and becomes entangled in the dangerous world ofTwilight’sstrange cast of characters. With a predominant focus on the romantic love triangle between Bella Swan, the vampire Edward Cullen (Robert Pattinson), and the werewolf Jacob Black (Taylor Lautner), theTwilightmovies were a box office hitfor teen audiences, despite being panned by critics....

James Bond’snext film needs to bring back a classic element of the franchise that Daniel Craig’s era of the series never really leaned into. The James Bond franchise has been going strong for over fifty years, and in that time, it’s beenreimagined and redirected several times. The campy sci-fi adventures of Roger Moore’sMoonrakerfeel very different from the more brutal edges ofCasino Royale. This speaks to the timeless appeal and adaptability of the character, even as some elements are downplayed in certain eras....

DC’sSupermandirector James Gunn has suggested that the international box office results of theDCU’s inaugural movie will be affected by “anti-American sentiment.” This statement comes at a time whenSupermanis soaring both criticallyand financially, launching the nascent franchise onto a positive trajectory asnext year’sSupergirllooks to continue that momentum. Praise forSupermantends to focus on its rich and colorful aesthetics, the stellar cast, and its willingness to delve into political parallels. The lattermost facet is what has also earnedSupermanits fair share of detractors, with some lambasting what they consider to be “woke” messaging at a particularly tumultuous juncture in global politics....

Jason Momoa delivers a super campy performance inA Minecraft Movie, which honestly doesn’t surprise me at all because of his role in this major blockbuster from 2023. When aMinecraftfilm was first announced all the way back in 2014, I never would’ve guessed that Momoa would star in it. Even after he became a major movie star thanks to films likeJustice LeagueandAquaman, I still thought he was such an absurd choice to join thecast ofA Minecraft Movie....

AKPop Demon Huntersstar will lead a new movie by Paramount, also focused on the world of K-pop.KPop Demon Huntersis still leading the streaming charts, amounting to a massive, unexpected success for Netflix and becoming the family streaming event of the summer. TheKPop Demon Hunterscastis led by Arden Cho, May Hong, and Ji-young Yoo as the K-pop girl group Huntr/x, who moonlight as demon hunters and are working to solidify the Honmoon barrier to protect their world....

The first reviews of Darren Aronofsky’sCaught Stealingare in, and it seems to live up to what the electric trailer promises. TheBlack SwanandThe Wrestlerdirector’s newest movie follows Hank (Austin Butler), a former baseball player who gets pulled into a hurricane of crime and action when his neighbor, Russ (Matt Smith), merely asks him to watch his cats for a few days. Caught Stealingalsostars Zoë Kravitz, Bad Bunny, Vincent D’Onofrio, Regina King, and Carole Kane, and the comments from those who have seen the film early are largely positive....

Windows 11 introduced theWindows Subsystem for Android(WSA), a way for Android apps to run on top of Windows PCs, usually downloaded through the Amazon Appstore. Microsoft now has a public plan for making the feature even better. Microsoft has already rolled out several improvements to WSA since the release of Windows 11, includingupdating the core system from Android 11 to 12.1,improving performance, and adding more integrations with Windows. The company has now published a GitHub repository for app developers to find information and file bug reports, which also contains a public roadmap for improvements coming to WSA....

A few years after it was first announced in development, the movie adaptation of a hithorrorvideo game is gearing up to get underway. The video game adaptation genre has been on an upward swing over the past five years thanks to the likes oftheSonic the Hedgehogmovie franchise, the animatedSuper Mario Bros. Movieand Prime Video’sFalloutall proving to be mammoth successes for their respective studios. This has led to many studios aiming to get in on the trend, with everything fromIt Takes TwotoStreet Fighterhaving adaptations in the works....

The seemingly never-ending battle for the profits from the sale of Coyote Pass onSister Wiveshas finally come to an end forJanelle Brownand Meri Brown. On April 15, news broke thatthe 14-acre property originally purchased by the Brown family in 2018 had sold for $1.5 million. Kody Brown and his wives, Meri, Janelle, Christine Brown, and Robyn Brown, had intended to build homes on the land so they could live together without having to worry about prying eyes or nosy neighbors....

Take control of both the temperature and humidity in your home with the Govee’s Smart Thermo-Hygrometer, currently on sale for only $8. Sometimes, you don’t know you need something in your home until you have it. A smart thermo-hygrometer is one of those devices! It can be easy to confuse this with asmart thermostat, which moderates the temperature in your home, or one of many smart devices that keep track of the weather outside....