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Now: Film & TV writer @ The Verge. As previously seen in: io9 + gizmodo + a bunch of other places. GLAAD Award-winning comics wonk. Quite gay. Friend to all cats. charles@theverge.com
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I went into Echoes of Wisdom excited to play Zelda as a crow-conjuring witch, but the game's echo mechanic got me to thinking about how she's more of a dungeon master shaping her own story

Echoes of Wisdom’s best trick is turning Zelda into a dungeon master
Echoes of Wisdom’s best trick is turning Zelda into a dungeon master

Princess Zelda’s new solo adventure gives her the power to reshape the world as she writes her own legend.

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The Substance, but it's Elisabeth and Sue putting each other to bed and leaving little notes about the stuff they get up to

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Every Zelda game needs one unreasonably hot dude, and Echoes has Stamp Guy

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Tbh in an age where actors all yap about the playlists they listen to while getting into character, gotta give Gaga her props for just cutting a cover album

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In a better spot lol

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Turns out we've always had a solution to the problem of night time TV scenes where you can't see shit: light that shit on fire, as Rings of Power director and cinematographer duo Charlotte Brändström and Alex Disenhof told me.

Rings of Power' Crew on One Weird Trick to Make Night Battles Visible
Rings of Power' Crew on One Weird Trick to Make Night Battles Visible

Contemporary fantasy television knows the fear of having a big, dark battle no one can see. But it turns out Rings of Power director Charlotte Brändström and cinematographer Alex Disenhof had a simple...

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Hey remember last year when the OpenAI board all sounded alarm at sam Altman's sketchy and self-serving trajectory for the company and the tech press broadly portrayed them all as kooky doomers?

OpenAI Execs Mass Quit as Company Removes Control From Non-Profit Board and Hands It to Sam Altman
OpenAI Execs Mass Quit as Company Removes Control From Non-Profit Board and Hands It to Sam Altman

ChatGPT maker OpenAI is losing even more executives — right as Reuters reports that it's looking to restructure its core business.

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Locking in

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Was always a little let down by the way WandaVision ended with an avalanche of iffy VFX, which is was really great to hear that Jac Schaeffer fought for Agatha All Along to go even bigger with its practical effects

Agatha All Along’s practical effects were key to bringing its magic to life
Agatha All Along’s practical effects were key to bringing its magic to life

The magic secret is more emphasis on practicality.

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Megalopolis is a classic example of why you gotta have people in your corner willing to tell you when you’re shitting the bed

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Charles PM
@charlespulliam.bsky.social
Now: Film & TV writer @ The Verge. As previously seen in: io9 + gizmodo + a bunch of other places. GLAAD Award-winning comics wonk. Quite gay. Friend to all cats. charles@theverge.com
516 followers66 following120 posts