South Park is getting its very first proper iOS game sometime this year. It appears to follow a similar format as the console releases with a turn-based battle system and cut-scenes that look/sound like they could be lifted right from an episode. Details are light so far but South Park Phone Destroyer will hit the App Store sometime in 2017. Here are more details straight from Ubisoft: And here is the debut trailer:...
Warning: The following contains SPOILERS for Harley Quinn, season 1, episode 13, “The Final Joke.” The ending of Harley Quinn’s season 1 finale left many questions unanswered, even as it saw Harley accomplish all of her dreams. True, Gotham City was largely destroyed in the process, but you can’t make an omelette without destroying several city blocks. At least not if you’re Harley Quinn. The first original animated series produced for the DC Universe streaming service, Harley Quinn centered upon the misadventures of everyone’s favorite former supervillain sidekick as Harley broke-up with The Joker (for real this time) and set out to form her own gang and earn a place in the Legion of Doom....
Anyone who is even remotely familiar with the Harry Potter book and film franchise probably knew that Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger were going to end up together at the end of the series. And it’s hard to argue that they’re not a fantastic match for one another. They complement each other in a lot of ways, contrast each other in a lot of ways, and they ultimately seem to share a sincere, deep love....
It’s not uncommon for cancelled series to continue living through spinoffs, but sometimes these never see the light of day, as happened with a Hey Arnold! spinoff titled The Patakis. Created by Craig Bartlett in the late 1980s, Arnold was later developed as an animated series and Hey Arnold! debuted on Nickelodeon in 1996. The series followed a fourth grader named Arnold, who lived with his grandparents in an inner-city boarding house, and his daily adventures in the city along with his friends and other not-so-friendly characters....
Apple Watch is finally here (well for some of us) and this week Zac, Benjamin, and Michael talk about their first impressions and experience with it. Has it been living up to the hype so far? Feel free to drop us a line about your Apple Watch experience at listenermail@9to5mac.com. The Happy Hour podcast is available for download on iTunes and through our dedicated RSS feed… [soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/203114828″ params=”auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&visual=true” width=”100%” height=”150″ iframe=”true” /]...
Wizarding Schools are an essential part of wizarding life. Once young wizards and witches come of age, they must attend whichever regional Wizarding School they are nearest too. Whether it’s Hogwarts, Ilvermorny, or Durmstrang, each has its own defined histories, traditions, and secrets. One of the foundational wizarding academies in Harry Potter is Beauxbatons Academy of Magic. This school, located in France, has deep roots in the European Wizarding society, but they have just as many secrets as their academic peers....
Harry, Ron, and Hermione are the ultimate golden trio, and their friendship is truly admirable. Yet when you take Harry out of the picture, Ron and Hermione often struggle to make a solid friendship work. As we know, this is due to the fact that their deep feelings for one another got in the way of the two being able to maintain a platonic connection. When you fall for your best friend, tons of problems can arise, especially if you can’t even admit to them (or yourself) that you’re crazy about them....
Every Harry Potter fan can probably list each Hogwarts house and the ideal qualities of that house off the top of their heads. Gryffindor values bravery and boldness. Ravenclaw values wit and wisdom. Hufflepuff values loyalty and hard work. And Slytherin values ambition and cunning. And there’s nothing wrong with ambition and cunning on their own, however, it’s easy to see how the values of Slytherin might come naturally to some not so morally upstanding or kind people....
The eponymous Pinhead is a supernatural horror movie monster far removed from his peers - a group that would normally include slasher-killers like Freddy Krueger or Jason Voorhees. His lowly beginnings from a disenfranchised human World War I vet to his eventual ascension as a High Priest of Hell are well known to fans, but there are a lot of story elements about the character that have remained shrouded in relative mystery over the years....
Disney moves the upcoming High Fidelity TV show from Disney+ to Hulu, with the switch reportedly being made to align with the intended target demographic. In short, High Fidelity’s storyline will be more mature than originally intended. In 2000, Buena Vista Pictures released High Fidelity, a romantic comedy feature film based on Nick Hornby’s 1995 novel of the same name. In the lead role, John Cusack stars as Rob Gordon, a self-loathing music obsessive who muses about his failed relationships....
[soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/296834824″ params=”color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false” width=”100%” height=”166″ iframe=”true” /] New episodes of Happy Hour are available every week. As mentioned, you can download this podcast via iTunes or plug in our RSS feed link into your favorite podcasting app. Note: Subscribing to the podcast feed will guarantee the latest episode is downloaded as soon as possible. Hosts: Benjamin Mayo Zac Hall Here’s what we discussed in this episode: Apple reportedly introducing a red chassis color option with new ‘iPhone 7s’ in 2017 Apple says more iPhone 6s models may be affected by random shutdowns, issuing iOS update Apple details Single Sign-On app + provider support as feature goes live on iOS & tvOS Apple Music crosses 20M paying subscribers nearly a year and a half after launch Apple Pay head: 35 percent of US retailers now support Apple Pay, coming to Gap in 2017 IDC: Apple Watch sales estimated at 1....
Harman shared today that it has successfully implemented wireless CarPlay commercially through its new end-to-end infotainment system. Wireless CarPlay has been supported by Apple since iOS 9, and the feature is finally being implemented by automakers starting this month. Harman says its wireless CarPlay solution is already being used by a German luxury brand: That likely refers to the 2017 BMW 5 Series Sedan, which was announced back in October to be the first car on the road with wireless CarPlay built-in when it hits the road this month....
The Harry Potter series is full of characters who are actually really big bullies. These bullies range from being childhood jerks who terrorize their peers to adults who treat everyone around them horribly. While some of the characters who exhibit bullying behavior have redeemable qualities, there are others that don’t. Whether they are just bullies sometimes or always treating others around them horribly, here are the ten biggest bullies from the Harry Potter series....
Ravenclaw is known for being the Harry Potter house that is centered around intellect and intelligence. Members of this Hogwarts house are all about the pursuit of knowledge. This is why many people think that Hermione would be great in Ravenclaw, and she likely would have. While Ravenclaw might be all about learning, this doesn’t mean that everyone in the house has the same grades. There are different kinds of intelligence and many different kinds of knowledge in the world....
It was always going to be difficult for Warner Bros to cram in every little detail for the Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix movie, which was released back in the summer of 2007. With JK Rowling’s book spanning a gargantuan 766 pages, it’s easily the biggest novel of the entire franchise, easily longer than the Goblet of Fire, Half-Blood Prince, and Deathly Hallows entries. So, naturally, not every detail was going to make the movie....
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One of the new features of iOS 14, which will also be available to iOS 13 users, is CarKey. With CarKey, you can use your iPhone or Apple Watch to lock, unlock, and start a car. Unfortunately, this feature is not compatible with all devices that can run iOS 14 and watchOS 7. CarKey uses NFC technology to communicate with the car, enabling devices to function as a true car key....
Warning: SPOILERS for Hanna. The Hanna TV series also makes some significant changes to Hanna’s origin story. In both versions of Hanna, the young girl is raised in the forest and trained to fight and survive by a former soldier named Erik Heller, played by Eric Bana in the film and by Joel Kinnaman (Suicide Squad) in the series. Heller saves the baby Hanna from a CIA facility and tries to escape with her mother Johanna, but she is killed and Erik must raise Hanna alone....
At the beginning of the year we mentioned that Google and some of the other big names on the internet were teaming up for an IPv6 test run. Now, it’s here. We have roughly 4 hours until IPv6 day starts; which could be either June 7 or June 8 depending on where you live in the world. For most people, you probably won’t even notice that this is happening. But, for all the network techs and geeks out there this is a pretty big deal....
The magical and muggle worlds of Harry Potter are famously divided. The Statute of Secrecy prevents wizards from disclosing the existence of the wizarding world, on a public level, to muggle society. The effects of such a statute are felt across the wizarding world too, as witches and wizards are centuries behind muggle in terms of technology. And it almost seems that witches and wizards are technophobes, with the greatest example of this being the fact that most technology does not work on the grounds of Hogwarts....
