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Oscar Predictions: Production Design — Could Something as Innovative and Cool as ‘Backrooms’ Find Love?

  • “Backrooms” is a production design wild card.
  • Its yellowed-wallpaper labyrinth made the creepypasta distinctive.
  • It faces several large-scale fantasy and sci-fi contenders.

Kane Parsons’ horror film “Backrooms” is presented as a possible surprise contender for the Oscar for Best Production Design. Its labyrinth of yellowed wallpaper, created by Danny Vermette, helped turn an internet creepypasta into A24’s biggest hit, and the article asks whether voters might recognise imaginative design even…

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“I feel that sense of responsibility more acutely”: After BioWare’s closure, the makers of a new Mass Effect 3 co-op remaster mod look to carry their legacy

  • ME3Tweaks has restored and expanded Mass Effect 3 co-op in Legendary Edition.
  • The mod adds new modes, visual upgrades and improved networking.
  • Its creators see preserving the series as more urgent after BioWare’s closure.

ME3Tweaks has released a rebuilt and expanded version of Mass Effect 3’s co-op multiplayer for the 2021 Legendary Edition, which left out the original mode. The mod gives players a way to revisit the long-running co-op in the remastered trilogy, while its creators see preserving the series as…

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What’s the toughest choice you’ve made in an RPG?

  • Personal dilemmas can be more affecting than world-saving choices.
  • A discarded card in *Disco Elysium* raises questions about facing the past.
  • In *The Witcher 3*, indecision leaves Geralt alone.

The writer argues that the hardest role-playing game choices are personal dilemmas that make players care about the people involved, rather than abstract decisions about the fate of the world. They point to *Disco Elysium* and *The Witcher 3* as games where intimate choices can feel painful and…

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Wardogs Season 3 brings an urban map, Limited Mode, and a 185,000-account ban wave

  • Season 3 arrives on 12 November with an urban map.
  • Limited Mode caps armour and restricts weapons and vehicles.
  • Bulkhead says 185,000 accounts have been permanently banned.

Wardogs Season 3 launches on 12 November with a new urban map, a restricted Limited Mode and changes to progression. Developer Bulkhead says the updates aim to restore shared discovery and a sense of achievement in the 100-player tactical shooter. The season will last three months, and a…

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The “terrible” 2007 movie Ridley Scott turned into something worse: “It was ridiculous”

  • Scott rejected a revisionist Robin Hood script.
  • He turned the project into a historical action epic.
  • The 2010 Russell Crowe film drew criticism.

Ridley Scott dismissed a 2007 script that recast Robin Hood as an outlaw and the Sheriff of Nottingham as a medieval forensic investigator, calling it “ridiculous”. He instead reshaped the project into a historical action epic, a decision the article presents as a misjudgement that produced a less…

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In 1962, Keith Richards fell in love with the blues. Now, he still considers one singer the all-time best

  • Richards still rates Little Walter among the greatest blues singers.
  • The blues shaped the Rolling Stones’ early sound.
  • The band revisited its blues roots on *Blue & Lonesome*.

Keith Richards says that Little Walter Jacobs remains one of the greatest blues singers of all time, and recalls being struck by his voice as well as his harmonica playing. That admiration reflects the blues’ central place in the Rolling Stones’ sound, especially in their early years. Richards…

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Wardogs Season 3 Will Add A Mode That Limits What Weapons Players Can Use

  • Limited Mode arrives with Wardogs Season 3 on 12 November.
  • Players face restrictions on weapons, ammunition, armour and vehicles.
  • Progression changes and anti-cheat improvements are also planned.

Wardogs will add Limited Mode when Season 3 begins on 12 November, offering a version of the game with restrictions on weapons, upgrades and vehicles. The mode is intended to help reduce the advantage of players who have progressed further, giving newcomers a more level way to play.…

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The “expensive disaster” Clint Eastwood was tricked into making in 1968: “$20 million down the drain”

  • Eastwood says *Paint Your Wagon* was a costly disaster.
  • He was paid $500,000 for the role.
  • The experience strengthened his drive to control his films.

Clint Eastwood agreed to star in the 1969 film adaptation of the musical *Paint Your Wagon* after reading a screenplay by Paddy Chayefsky. By the time filming began in 1968, the script had been extensively rewritten, removing much of the darker, character-driven material that had attracted him. Eastwood…

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‘Godzilla Minus Zero’ Barrels Toward Historic $32M Box Office Launch With ‘Cat in the Hat’ at No. 2

  • Godzilla Minus Zero is projected to open at $32 million.
  • It could set a live-action foreign-language opening record since 2004.
  • The Cat in the Hat is expected to earn about $18 million.

Godzilla Minus Zero is heading for an estimated $32 million opening weekend in North America, leading a busy frame of new releases. The sequel’s projected debut would be the biggest for a live-action foreign-language film since Hero opened to $17.8 million in 2004, and it is well ahead…

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Box Office: ‘Godzilla Minus Zero’ Dominates With $14.5 Million on Friday as ‘Cat in the Hat’ Follows With $6 Million

  • Godzilla Minus Zero took first place with $14.5 million on Friday.
  • Cat in the Hat earned $6 million, below early weekend projections.
  • Drummer Boy, You Can See Everything and Wild Horse Nine followed.

Godzilla Minus Zero led the North American box office on Friday, earning $14.5 million and outpacing the new animated Cat in the Hat. The strong opening for the Japanese-produced sequel suggests audiences are responding to its positive reviews and word of mouth, with the film projected to reach…

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