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Bushido: the code of the samurai! It's a strict system of behavior and etiquette that these noble warriors followed to preserve their honor. Tenets of Bushido included things like keeping samurai out of sunlight, avoiding water and never, ever feeding them after midnight.
Creating high-concept cinema can be an art form but is also an exercise in logic. A wholly unique premise can find its own plot if guided by a creative mind.
In 1984, a team of eccentric scientists armed with proton packs and witty banter took the world by storm. Ghostbusters became a cultural phenomenon, blending laugh-out-loud humor with genuine scares to create a supernatural comedy masterpiece.
Denise Dorrance’s Polar Vortex earns its title from the brutal record-breaking "cold wave" that devastated parts of the Midwestern United States and Canada back in 2019, including the lowest-ever recorded temperature in Iowa, which the events here take place. It tells the story of a woman living abroad who suddenly finds herself in charge of caring for her ailing nonagenarian mother.
Your familiarity with the name Jeff Minter will say a lot about when - and where - you were born, or spent much of your game-playing days in the 1980s. To most Americans (and much of the world), Jeff is probably best known for creating Tempest 2000 on the Atari Jaguar (arguably the best game on a failed platform) or Neon, the stock music virtualizer on the Xbox 360.
As always, I continue to be in awe at how Dreo continues to make hit after hit products after thinking I’ve seen all they can do. Their latest comes just in time for spring and summer weather with the Dreo Polyfan 704S Omni-Directional Oscillating Fan that brings quiet yet powerful air circulation that's perfect for anytime of the year.
Let's go on a journey through time - think back, long, long ago, to the late 2000s to mid 2010s, and you might recall a magical web design framework called Flash. Flash was ubiquitous for quite some time.
Once again I turn back the clock of time to the 80s, where me, my friends, and my cousins were constantly playing Contra on the NES. All of the run ‘n gun action, jumping from platform to platform and over pits of death, and taking on huge bosses kept all of us coming back to play over and over.
The second collaboration (published in English) between horror manga maestro Junji Ito and Hirokatsu Kihara may not be what fans were expecting. Last year’s English-language publication of Mimi’s Tales of Terror (Shin Mimibukuro, or New Earmuffs) was likely the first time Western audiences were able to experience Kihara’s writings, who is probably best-known for helping craft some of Studio Ghibli’s most celebrated films (i.
Netflix's latest fantasy adventure, Damsel, directed by Juan Carlos Fresnadillo (28 Weeks Later), stars Netflix staple Millie Bobby Brown (Stranger Things and Enola Holmes) as Elodie, a young woman from a struggling noble family. Initially presented with the opportunity to marry Prince Henry (Nick Robinson) and restore her family's fortune, Elodie eagerly embraces what seems like a fairytale come true.
Ah, to live in the world of a 1990s FPS! You might have problems, but they're all solved with your hyperspace arsenal of weapons and an endless array of health pickups. Thinking? Who needs it? The only ideas anything requires come in very, very large calibers.
Tomb raiding sounds like a pretty exciting profession, but the reality is pretty far from how things seem. There's bugs, for instance.
It's a me, Mario! Well, no, it's not, and given Nintendo's litigious streak I probably shouldn't claim to be Mario. It's particularly fraught from a legal standpoint because of how similar I am - we both wear overalls, we both jump really high, we both have problems with turtles, the works.
You can't help but wonder: in ten years, what will we be remaking and remastering? Will everyone be waiting on the edge of their seats for a remaster of Forspoken? Are we going to be aching to play the new and fantastic remake of Redfall? Maybe the reason we keep coming back to familiar wells is that we know the water's good, as opposed to the new stream that may or may not be full of parasites. Something like that.
We’ve all been there, trying to find a charge cable for your mobile devices or one for transferring data from one device to another, only for it to not work due to bending or twisting it so many times that it shorts out. Then there’s the nightmare of having a desk or area of cord clutter where all your cables are tangled together.
If you caught my reviews for Gunnar’s AC: Mirage and Marvel’s Loki glasses, you’ll see I was already more than impressed with how cool and functional they are. Now I’m more than happy to say that our friends at the company were more than kind to send me not one, but two of their latest releases with the Gunnar Call of Duty UAV and Alpha Edition Glasses.
While fear may be the mind-killer on Arrakis, Dune: Part Two offers audiences stuck on Earth a distinctly different experience. Poised to become one of the best films of 2024, Denis Villeneuve's second-part sequel builds upon the foundation laid by its 2021 predecessor, emerging as both a cinematic masterpiece and a landmark achievement in the science fiction genre.
While I do love a solid microphone setup, I have to admit I don’t have a lot of experience using wireless systems. Thankfully Saramonic has made it easy not only for myself, but for anyone looking for a great wireless setup with the Saramonic Blink500 B2+ Wireless Microphone System that can handle just about any recording job you can throw at it.
It’s The State of Gaming Podcast, Popzara’s in-depth look at what’s shaking up the gaming landscape delivered on a monthly basis. Our hosts Cory Galliher and Nate Evans guide you through the best, worst, and everything else making headlines and headway in the world of interactive entertainment. The Biggest Games of February 2024 The biggest games of the month include: Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth, Helldivers 2, Mario Vs. Donkey Kong, Persona 3 Reload, Skull and Bones, Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League, Granblue Fantasy: Relink, and Pacific Drive. Other notables include: Tomb Raider Remastered, Foamstars, Star Wars: Dark Forces Remaster, Shiren the Wanderer: The Mystery of Serpentcoil Island, Slave Zero X, Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons Remake, Nightingale, Terminator: Dark Fate - Defiance, Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden, and Pentiment (PS5, Switch). Circana: January 2024 Circana remains the gaming industry’s best snapshot of what’s moving and shaking up both physical and digital retail shelves across the country. All estimates are for entertainment purposes only. Total sales of new gaming hardware and software topped $5.06 billion, a huge 15 percent uptick over last year. Highlights on the Top Twenty software charts Activision’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 https://www.popzara.com/games/game-reviews/call-of-duty-modern-warfare-iii/ snags the top spot yet again, Namco Bandai’s Tekken 8 https://www.popzara.com/games/game-reviews/tekken-8/ debuts high in second, Warner Bros’ Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League in third, Sega’s Persona 3 Reload in fourth, Sega’s Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth https://www.popzara.com/games/game-reviews/like-a-dragon-infinite-wealth/ in seventh, Ubisoft’s Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown https://www.popzara.com/games/game-reviews/prince-of-persia-the-lost-crown/ in thirteenth, and Bandai Namco’s Jujutsu Kaisen: Cursed Clash in nineteenth. Everything Else But there’s more! The live-action Borderlands movie gets a trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lU_NKNZljoQ! Microsoft makes it official as several (formerly) Xbox console exclusives come to PlayStation 5 and Switch! Did you know there was a Palword phenomenon? Did you know it may not last? Also: listen for Cory’s monthly recommendations on next-level gaming controllers to up your game, this month’s selection include the GuliKit KK3 MAX https://www.amazon.com/Wireless-Controller-Nintendo-Sensitivity-Controllor/dp/B07WXGK9QJ/, BEITONG Zeus 2 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BR7LCVNT, and the BIGBIG WON Rainbow 2 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C8HNZWNX.
For all the emphasis placed on vehicles in games, it's kind of a shame we've never gotten a series about piloting the most impressive contraption of all: the Segway. Sure, there's games like Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth that feature Segways, but I'm talking about a game where Segging is what it's all about.
There's something about certain games that causes people to ask "what drugs were the developers on?" Well, good news! I'm here to tell you precisely what drugs they were on: a carefully concocted mixture of chocolate syrup, lemon juice, Diet Pepsi and Pink Sauce. I can't reveal the proportions used in any of this, of course, because that would be spreading the exact recipe for the most powerful narcotic ever created, but trust me when I say that if you keep on mixin' and drinkin', you'll find it eventually.
Reviewing the Radeon RX 7600 XT is like returning to the original Radeon RX 7600 I covered last year, to the point that most of what I said back then still applies here too. The RX 7600 was a great entry-level 1080p GPU that ticked the essential boxes for most 1080p / 1440p needs but struggled when it came to maxing out graphically intense games.
The reception this generation of graphic cards has received among PC consumers has been mixed, to put it kindly. I’ve already reviewed a couple of NVIDA GPUs and found them to be impressive, if you ignore the price-to-performance ratio, an understandable argument compared to previous-gen models.
Ever since I was a kid in the 80s, I’ve been a fan of stereo setups featuring solid wood speakers paired to a classic system with a record and cassette player, and a radio. Those old feelings came back to me when I first took the DALI Spektor 2 Compact Speakers out of the box for review, as they have that wooden, old school look and feel, but is powered by today’s technology to give big sound from a small package.
I’ve been slowly diving into the world of home theater systems while reading up on how to properly set one up, which components you need, and so on. Thankfully an opportunity came my way to review the first major device of any setup, the amplifier.
We first meet Carla Nowak (Loenie Benesch), a newly hired seventh-grade teacher, as she assists in investigating cases of theft among the student body. She’ll be the audience surrogate in The Teacher’s Lounge, director İlker Çatak’s fascinating character study of class and status in a German school system, and her introduction in the opening scene concisely demonstrates the central dynamic between her and the rest of the staff.
Ah, Super Earth! The home of Managed Democracy! The crucible of freedom and liberty! It's the best place in the galaxy without question, so it comes as no surprise whatsoever that space scum is out to cause Super Earth and its citizens harm. That's why we have the Helldivers: shock troops dropped from orbit and armed with heavy ordinance ready to clear out any nastiness that might stand in the way of liberty.
Matthew Vaughn has carved a niche in the film world with his playful homages to various genres, including 60s spy adventures and superhero flicks. He's known for cheeky cinematic spoofs like the suave yet ridiculous "Kingsman" and the electrifying "Kick-Ass".
It’s Popzara’s Movie Time! Podcast…for the year of 2023! And what a year it was, especially when it comes to the movies we enjoyed the most (and others, less so). Joining regular hosts Ethan Brehm and Nate Evans are Popzara editors Susana Bojorquez and Will Griffin making their first-ever podcast debuts in spectacular fashion as our quartet of film fans engage in a tremendously long discussion of the best, worst, and everything else that rocked their movie worlds in 2023. Let’s get to it! So what made their lists? Sneak peaks include: Creed 3 https://www.popzara.com/movies/movie-reviews/creed-iii-2023/, American Fiction https://www.popzara.com/movies/movie-reviews/american-fiction-2023/, Killers of the Flower Moon, Godzilla Minus One https://www.popzara.com/movies/movie-reviews/godzilla-minus-one-2023/, The Flash https://www.popzara.com/movies/movie-reviews/the-flash-2023/, Anatomy of a Fall, Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny https://www.popzara.com/movies/movie-reviews/indiana-jones-and-the-dial-of-destiny-2023/, John Wick 4 https://www.popzara.com/movies/movie-reviews/john-wick-chapter-4-2023/, Oppenheimer https://www.popzara.com/movies/movie-reviews/oppenheimer-2023-2/, Barbie, Renfield https://www.popzara.com/movies/vod-reviews/renfield-2023/, Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, Guardians of the Galaxy 3 https://www.popzara.com/movies/movie-reviews/guardians-of-the-galaxy-vol-3-2023/, Past Lives https://www.popzara.com/movies/movie-reviews/past-lives-2023/, The Super Mario Bros. Movie https://www.popzara.com/movies/movie-reviews/the-super-mario-bros-movie-2023/, Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One https://www.popzara.com/movies/movie-reviews/mission-impossible-dead-reckoning-part-one-2023/, The Killer https://www.popzara.com/movies/vod-reviews/the-killer-2023/, Air https://www.popzara.com/movies/vod-reviews/air-2023/, Robot Dreams, The Wonderful World of Henry Sugar https://www.popzara.com/movies/vod-reviews/the-wonderful-story-of-henry-sugar-2023/, Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-verse https://www.popzara.com/movies/movie-reviews/spider-man-across-the-spider-verse-2023/, The Zone of Interest, Poor Things, Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead, Monster, Dream Scenario https://www.popzara.com/movies/vod-reviews/dream-scenario-2023/, Blackberry, and many, many others.
Ghoooosts! Woooooo! Yes, today we're taking a walk into the mysterious world of the paranormal, and it's a scary place indeed. No doubt you've had some close encounters with the grave yourself, even if you weren't aware.
