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Silent Hill Creature Designer Responds To Madonna Fans After Music Video Inspiration Remarks Spark Backlash
Silent Hill creature designer Masahiro Ito has clashed with Madonna fans after clarifying that his 1999 comments about the singer’s music video misinterpreted his design inspirations. Ito, known for creating monsters such as the Bubble Head Nurses and Pyramid Head, had long credited the Butoh-style dance movements seen in Madonna’s “Nothing Really Matters” video as…
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Jaissle ‘bit scared’ how refs will take ’emotional’ touchline style
Newcastle United’s new head coach, Matthias Jaissle, has said he will not tone down his animated touchline demeanour despite acknowledging it could put him at odds with Premier League referees. Speaking at his first extended news conference since taking charge earlier this month, the 38-year-old German described himself as calm off the pitch but “emotional”…
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40 Years Later, This ’80s Cult Classic Star Officially Wants a Reboot, ‘Cobra Kai’ Style [Exclusive]
James Pax, who played Lightning in John Carpenter’s 1986 cult classic Big Trouble in Little China alongside Kurt Russell, has said he wants to spearhead a revival of the film in the mould of Cobra Kai, the hit sequel series that revived The Karate Kid decades after the original. Speaking at a 40th-anniversary panel at…
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Marvel Tokon’s Anime Style Is Great, but Its Lack of Fashion Stinks
Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls, the new anime-styled tag-team fighter from Arc System Works, has been praised for its combat and story mode but criticised for offering little genuine costume variety. Rather than distinct alternate outfits, most characters are limited to colour palette swaps of their single anime-inspired design, which the author argues undercuts a genre…
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‘Top Of The World’ Trailer: Documentary From Julie Cohen & Betsy West Explores Stunning Restaurant Atop World Trade Center
CNN Films, TIME Studios and Tribeca Studios have released the trailer for “Top of the World,” a documentary short about Windows on the World, the renowned restaurant that once occupied the 107th floor of the World Trade Center’s north tower. Directed by Oscar-nominated filmmakers Julie Cohen and Betsy West, the film arrives ahead of the…
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Voidwood, a Fantasy Co-Op Survival Horror Game, Announced for PC
Santa Barbara Games, a new developer comprised of former Bethesda, Riot, EA, and other talent, has announced its first game: Voidwood, a 1-4-player fantasy co-op survival horror game with a decidedly Studio Ghibli-esque art style. In it, you and your friends play as children lost in a cursed forest, scavenging for supplies and crafting tools…
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Sick PS2-Style Shooter Sprawl Zero Unloads on PS5 in September
Sprawl Zero, a cyberpunk shooter styled after early-2000s PS2 titles, has been confirmed for release on PS5 on 8th September 2026. The game aims to capture nostalgia for that era’s blast-’em-ups, offering “fast-paced but grounded” combat that combines gritty gunplay with brutal melee attacks, and it has been generating anticipation among fans of old-school first-person…
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Thief designer says that the immersive sim audience is too small for AAA games: ‘There’s quite a few of us who think the way to do it is be III or AA’
A designer who worked on the Thief series has argued that immersive sims are unlikely to succeed as big-budget “AAA” productions, suggesting the genre’s audience is too niche to support such investment. Instead, they believe the format is better suited to smaller-scale “III” or “AA” development, where lower budgets and expectations allow for the kind…
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Shabazz Palaces Announces New Album It’s A Style Sport: Hear “Ahh World (I Won The Alphabet)”
Shabazz Palaces, the Seattle art-rap project led by Digable Planets member Ishmael Butler, has announced a new album titled “It’s A Style Sport”, set for release on Sub Pop Records. The record follows 2024’s mini-album Exotic Birds Of Prey and the standalone single “Time Knows Me”, continuing a project that began 15 years ago as…