“I Felt Transformed”: Gerard Butler Admits He Was "Scared Of Myself" As Live-Action Stoick In How To Train Your Dragon

Gerard Butler speaks on his reaction to his own Stoick look for the live-actionHow to Train Your Dragon. After providing his vocal talents as a voice actor in the animated movies,Butler returns to the Isle of Berk to reprise his role for the live-action film. He is joined by a largely new cast that includes Mason Thames, Nico Parker, Nick Frost, Gabriel Howell, Julian Dennison, Bronwyn James, Harry Trevaldwyn, Murray McArthur, Naomi Wirthner, and Ruth Codd....

July 5, 2025 · 4 min · 731 words · Eric Barnes

"That's A Steal": Dirty Harry Includes A Cool Tribute To Clint Eastwood's Favorite Actor

Clint Eastwoodis an icon in Hollywood, a former Western starwho became an Oscar-winning director, but ironically, he has admitted he only admired one other actor who came before him. Eastwood began his acting career with a mixture of appearances in war and Western movies, but the Western genre made him a star. In 1964, he appeared inA Fistful of Dollarsby director Sergio Leone, andhis Man With No Name became an iconin spaghetti Western history....

July 4, 2025 · 4 min · 669 words · Karen Holland

"Time To Return To The Game": Fans Praise One Huge FFXIV Patch 7.3 Change

TheFinal Fantasy 14servers just went back up a few hours ago after being taken down to implement the highly anticipated Patch 7.3 content update, and early reactions are more positive than many fans may have expected. One Patch 7.3 change is seeing particular praise, but the general feel from fans is more hopeful than theinitial 7.3 reactionsseemed to be. In a Reddit thread,LOCKHARTX7praisedthe update’s new Viera and Hrothgar headgear options, writing:“I cannot tell you how good this feels....

July 4, 2025 · 2 min · 395 words · Mrs. Sheila Taylor

2016 was a master class in game design

I hope you were taking notes! Game mechanics have always come first for me. I love looking at how a game works at a base level and tinkering with what is there. I’m very curious as to what the limitations are, always looking for a way to “cheat” mechanics or use them to my utmost advantage. It’s because of this mentality that I’ve broken my fair share of PAX demos (sorry everyone!...

July 4, 2025 · 9 min · 1766 words · Tiffany Barrett

Brandon Sanderson Told Us The Wheel Of Time's Biggest Problem 4 Years Before It Got Canceled – And It Applies To Every Epic Fantasy Show

Fantasy author Brandon Sanderson explainedThe Wheel of Time’sbiggest issue four years ago, long before it was canceled. Sanderson is an American author best known for creatingThe Stormlight ArchiveandMistborn, though he also gained notoriety in the late 2000s for finishingRobert Jordan’sWheel of Timebooksafter Jordan passed away. Sanderson has repeatedly stated that the works are Jordan’s and not his, buthaving written threeWheel of Timenovels, including the acclaimed final book,A Memory of Light, his opinion carries more weight than almost anyone else’s....

July 4, 2025 · 6 min · 1199 words · April Chapman

Call Of Duty's Crossovers Get Even Weirder On July 20

Call of Duty: Black Ops 6andWarzonehave some of the strangest crossovers in recent memory, and they’re about to get even weirder, starting today and continuing on July 20. Just when the strangeness of the previousBeavis & ButtheadCoDcrossoverwas almost becoming accepted and normal in the game, another odd crossover has officially been announced, and it’s actually fairly similar to theBeavis & Buttheadone. In a reveal trailer posted on theCall of Dutyofficial YouTube page,Call of Dutyis crossing over withAmerican Dad, and part of the collaboration is available right now....

July 4, 2025 · 3 min · 521 words · Christie Hernandez

Cyclops Officially Debuts New X-Men Roster, Corrupting the Franchise's Founding Heroes

AsDeadpoolcontinues his mission to kill the Marvel universe all over again,Cyclopsand his brother have united the darkestX-Menteam in franchise history.Deadpool Kills the Marvel Universe One Last Timesees Wade Wilson traveling across the multiverse, slaughtering twisted variants of iconic heroes drawn from across Marvel history. In a preview ofDeadpool Kills the Marvel Universe One Last Time #3- from Cullen Bunn, Dalibor Talajić, Lee Loughridge and Joe Sabino - Wade goes after the X-Men, killing off Storm, Magneto, Cyclops and Omega....

July 4, 2025 · 4 min · 646 words · Melissa Mckinney

Daemon X Machina Gets PC Switch Cross-Saves

Marvelous' gritty third-person mech shooterDaemon X Machinajustcelebrated its one year anniversary last month.And although the game was received with generally mixed reviews, support has been shown for the game throughout the year in the form of a variety of updates and DLC. WhileDaemon X Machinainitially released on Nintendo Switch last September, it released on PC this past February. XSEED Games, publisher of the game on PC, has announced that cross-save functionality for seamless cloud save data transfer between the Nintendo Switch and PC versions of the game has been enabled through the Steam Cloud....

July 4, 2025 · 2 min · 296 words · Stephen Rodriguez

DC Just Dropped Its Most Brutal Hero Death Ever of All Time

WARNING: Contains Spoilers for Absolute Batman #11 (2025)! Disclaimer:Absolute Batman#11 contains extreme violence and graphic depictions that are not suitable for children. Reader discretion is strongly advised. Batmanfans, proceed with caution; this moment stands as one of the most shocking and brutal twists in the Dark Knight’s history. Few stories have ever shaken readers so deeply, and this one delivers a gut punch no one saw coming. Out of nowhere, DC pulled the unthinkable: the death of Bruce Wayne himself....

July 4, 2025 · 3 min · 483 words · Christopher Peters

Destiny 2: Beyond Light Claims Two Top-Selling Spots on Steam

The demand for major newDestiny 2content has remained strong over the past year. After 2019’sShadowkeepexpansion topped the Steam sale charts at launch, its follow-up expansion,Beyond Light, has pulled off an impressive sales feat of its own, becoming not just the highest-selling game on the platform, but the second-highest too. The latest Steam charts (as spotted by ResetEra members) show that theDeluxe EditionofBeyond Lighthas generated the most revenue of any game on the digital storefront this week, while the bundle containing both the expansion and its season pass generated the second most....

July 4, 2025 · 3 min · 447 words · Angela Wolf

Destiny 2: Bungie Confirms Xur Won't Appear on Mercury

WhileDestiny 2’s new Mercury patrol area offers “new” enemies to fight,Public Eventsto complete, and quests to explore, it will lack a few basic flourishes. Just today, for example, Bungie revealed that Xur will never set up shop on Mercury, despite the area being a patrol zone. For those that may not know, it is common practice for the Flashpoint inDestiny 2to double as Xur’s “hiding spot.” So when Mercury came up as the Flashpoint most people assumed that he would also appear on the Vex-infested planet....

July 4, 2025 · 2 min · 354 words · James Stewart

Fallout 76 is getting a fresh start in 2021 with another quality of life update test

It starts this week and promises big inventory changes The new year has started, and Bethesda is back to work. On what? Bringing out the newElder Scrollsin a reasonable amount of time? Giving us substantial info onStarfield? No!Fallout 76of course! A new “Inside the Vault” bloggives us an idea of what’s to come in early January; most notably a new public test server (PTS) round. This time it’s focused yet again on quality of life improvements, as more content is still slated to come with the second drop of the Steel Dawn update....

July 4, 2025 · 2 min · 237 words · Jasmine Malone

Finn Wolfhard's 10 Best Movies And TV Shows

Finn Wolfhardhas amassed quite the collection of iconic roles in a short amount of time, and his best movies and TV shows bring a variety of characters to life, mostly in science fiction and horror projects. Wolfhard has been acting since he was a young child with roles on television and in movies, but Netflix’sStranger Thingsgave the actor his big break and his gateway into the world of darker roles and edgier parts....

July 4, 2025 · 10 min · 2028 words · Monique Coffey