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It's our favorite time of the year and not just because temperatures are finally starting to cool down. It's Gamecom time, folks!If the dozens of fantastic games launching over the course of the next few months weren't enough to look forward to, brace yourselves for a whole lot of announcements, reveals, and deep dives courtesy of the Germany-based video game trade show. In this episode of Spot On, Tam and Lucy discuss what games they are most excited to see on the show floor, as well as what they suspect Opening Night Live has in store for us. From Monster Hunter Wilds, Star Wars Outlaws, and Indiana Jones and The Great Circle, to more niche titles like the aptly named Squirrel With A Gun, there's a lot to chat about and even more to get excited for. Here's a quick overview of the content you can expect to see from GameSpot in the coming weeks, as well as plenty of titles to add to your ever-growing "want to play" list. Spot On is a weekly news show airing Fridays in which GameSpot's managing editor Tamoor Hussain and senior producer Lucy James talk about the latest news in games. Given the highly dynamic and never-ending news cycle of the massive video game industry, there's always something to talk about but, unlike most other news shows, Spot On will dive deep into a single topic as opposed to recapping all the news. Spot On airs each Friday.

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Youve spent dozens of hours in Tartarus, youve maxed out numerous social links, and youve finally conquered all of the challenges Persona 3 Reload has to offeror so you thought. In the upcoming Persona 3 Reload: Episode Aigis DLC coming to PS5 and PS4 on September 10, youll meet a new companion, face a new onslaught of threats, and tie up many of the loose ends of the story. At the heart of it all stands Aigis, an android who has come to know human feeling and the grief of loss.A wrap gone awryAt the end of your challenging, emotionally fraught journey in Persona 3 Reload, you put the embodiment of death to bed and ended an unforgettable school yearat great cost. Now its March 31st, a few weeks post-graduation day, and all of the former S.E.E.S. members are getting ready to pack their bags and leave the dorm for good. At the low-key but somber goodbye dinner gathering, android Aigis reveals shes going back to the lab that originally built her.But as soon as the clock strikes midnight, the day starts over. Its discovered that nobody can leave the dorm. And then, a strange assailant attacks the remaining S.E.E.S. team out of nowhereA disastrous family reunionThe strange assailant turns out to be another android named Metis, and she seems to be of a similar model to Aigis. So similar, in fact, that shes claiming shes Aigis sister. She also makes it clear that she is very attached to and protective of her sibling in fact, thats why she attacked the dorm: to protect Aigis.This is all news to Aigis, who has been encountering her own strange occurrences lately, capped off by a trip to the famous Velvet Room after repelling Metiss initial attack. When she wakes up back in the dorm, shes got new armor, a new Persona, and a massive problem in the form of a combination time loop, barrier from the outside, and huge mystery door in the dorms floor.These ominous doors lead into the Abyss of Time, the cause of all these bizarre happenings. First stop is the Desert of Doors, a place that looks exactly like the name suggests. And whos that strange figure seen entering one of the doors? Only one way to find out: make a party and make chase.A door to mysteryThe focus of Episode Aigis is on the heroic android. She assumes the leading role easily, taking center stage on the title and status screen, and assumes the Persona-changing power of the Wild Card herself with ease. Being stuck in the dorm means she wont be able to go out and do activities or forge Social Links, but theres still plenty of story and character development to dive into throughout the DLCs roughly 30-hour runtime as Aigis and the S.E.E.S. members face the emotional baggage their initial adventure left behind.After playing through Persona 3 Reload, you are probably familiar with the flow and feel of the games dungeons, and Episode Aigis continues to build on that foundation. Unlike the original protagonist, Aigis wields firepower as her weapon, making her method of getting the jump on enemies different: shell try to snipe them at a distance before they fully realize her presence. Unfortunately, gunfire is quite loud, so if there are several enemies in a small area her bullets may alert them to the partys presence.As the new bearer of the Wild Card, Aigis can gather and change Personas freely (in combat, youre still limited to one swap per turn) as well as make use of synergistic Persona Theurgies. Because the rest of S.E.E.S. members havent been in combat recently, they are a smidge rusty, so their levels and stats dont quite match up to where they were at the end of P3Rs story.Metis assumes parts of the party role Aigis previously held, including the use of the special Orgia mode that grants her combat benefits at the cost of being stunned when the boost ends. Metiss Persona, Psyche, wields ice and physical skills, making her a strong offensive companion.We only got to play through one of the DLC dungeons in our session, which was about 8 floors deep, and battled the fierce shadow lurking at the bottom. But as Aigis and her friends re-emerged in the Desert of Doors, it became very clear that there are still plenty of trials for the team to overcomeand some very big mysteries to unravel. Persona 3 Reload: Episode Aigis will be available to experience September 10 on PS5 and PS4. Thats not far off, so hold tightall of your questions will be given the answers you seek.

Dolled up in full-face makeup, giant hoop earrings, and a slouchy sweatshirt, YouTuber-turned-pop star Madison Beer exudes effortless glam as she chats with viewers of her Twitch stream.You guys changed my life. You changed my entire world. And Im referring to Dress to Impress.Beer has emerged as a star for a new generation of fans. She got her start covering songs on YouTube in the 2010s, and now shes become an icon of a younger generation. Beloved on TikTok, her followers flock to fan cams of her concerts, and her official profile has more than 20.3 million followers. Shes distinguished herself as a Grammy-nominated artist big enough to go on an illustrious world-tour. She does all this, but she also occasionally streams on Twitch, which is where her fans told her about a dress-up game on Roblox called Dress to Impress.Dress to Impress is a trendy new game published on Roblox. In it, people compete against others online to create the best outfit for a specific theme. In the game, players scramble around sleek wardrobes as they try on clothes, makeup, and accessories. At the end of a set time, everyone shows their work in a fashion show where people vote on the best outfits. Thanks to streamers playing it like Case CaseOh Baker and Kai Cenat, the game has become a breakout hit and introduced quite a few new players to Roblox.[Chat] told me what it was and I was like, Mkay, this is probably gonna be silly and Im not gonna love it. Because when I play games, Ive been into games that are, in my head, exciting. Boy was I fucking wrong, Beer said. Literally this game has done something to me. I feel like its healing for me. I feel like its healing parts of me that miss playing with Barbies. I dont know, its just something that is so fun.While some streamers might play it ironically, the game has given many online including Beer the opportunity to reclaim an interest in dress-up games in a genuine way. In a similar way that the Barbie movie allowed viewers to unabashedly love pink and its hyper-femme aesthetics, Dress to Impress is allowing people to unabashedly express love for a dress-up game that could be written off as being a kids game for girls.In the comment section of a viral TikTok capturing the clip of Beer, a person affirmed her message.I understand what shes trying to say about the game being healing. Its why I really like it too. Im a boy and never got to play with Barbies and other dolls so [Dress to Impress] kinda heals that for me, user DDS34 said.I, for one, am glad Beer is talking about her experiences. And its not just because people relate to her. Games like Barbie Fashion Designer were massive commercial successes, but dont always get credit for their influence on video games more broadly. Its only so often we get to celebrate dress-up games, so its lovely to see a popular figure doing so for Dress to Impress.

We love crime, honestly, as long as it isn't happening to us. Whether it's a chilling drama based on real-life events, a clever mystery, or a tale of a heist gone wrong, watching criminals fail and the cops triumph, or vice versa, can be intensely satisfying. So grab some popcorn and your favorite handcuffs while you enjoy some of the best and twistiest crime drams streaming on Netflix.Molly's Game (2017) Aaron Sorkin writes and directswhich is sometimes even a good thingthis true crime bio-drama based on the memoir of "Poker Princess" Molly Bloom. A one-time Olympic-class skier, Bloom ran one of the highest-stakes poker games in the world for ten years before running afoul of the Italian mafia, Russian mob, and then the FBI. It's a wild rollercoaster ride of a story, with an impressive cast lead by Jessica Chastain, Idris Elba, Kevin Costner, and Michael Cera.The Clovehitch Killer (2018) A small and quiet Kentucky is haunted by memories of a string of murders from a decade prior, committed by an unknown murderer known only as the Clovehitch Killer. 16-year-old Tyler Burnside (Charlie Plummer) thinks he's got a pretty normal family and an upstanding dad, at least until some bizarre pictures turn up in dad's truck that leads Tyler to believe that the missing killer might be very close to home. The movie is all the more chilling for being based on the story of the real-life BTK killer. The Killer (2023) Michael Fassbender plays the title's hitman, a ruthless but fastidious hired killer suffering from the fallout of the first significant mistake of his careeraccidentally shooting the wrong person. (Whoops!) His carefully managed life quickly begins crumbling and he finds himself very much on the other side of things: he's now the one people are trying to kill. Very unlike his previous Netflix original, Mank, this is about as close as director David Fincher gets to a pure action thrill ride.The Irishman (2019) In 2019, Martin Scorsese took his latest crime drama to Netflix, earning 10 Academy Award nominations in the process. The premise here, involving real-life truck driver-turned-hitman Frank Sheeran (Robert DeNiro), hits some of the same beats as Scorsese's earlier mob dramas, but this one feels more contemplative than those other movies, with the criminals feeling very much like stand-ins for an American society that's become increasingly sociopathic in its willingness to tolerate crime and corruption.The Pale Blue Eye (2022) If you like your mysteries broody and also historical, you'll enjoy this one, even if it plays fast and loose with history. Christian Bale plays a retired and deeply troubled detective teaming up with a young West Point cadet you might have heard of: his names Edgar Allen Poe, and hes played here by Harry Melling, whos great. A student on campus has turned up dead, and it's unclear whether the occult imagery and symbolism surrounding the case are indications that dark forces are at playor if they're meant to throw our mismatched investigators off the trail. Impressively twisty.Baby Driver (2017) Setting aside, for a moment, the problematic leads (looking at you, Ansel Elgort and Kevin Spacey), Edgar Wrights car-centric 2017 heist film is undeniably thrilling. Elgort plays the titular Baby, an expert getaway driver who can do anything behind the wheel provided his earbuds are supplying him with the right tunes. Aside from its fun and engaging plot, which follows Baby as he attempts to get out of the driving game and settle down with the woman he loves (Lily James), the film features a standout six-minute opening car chase featuring frankly unreal stunt drivingexcept it was all shot with real cars in real locations.Luther: The Fallen Sun (2023) Continuing, and possibly concluding, the British crime series starring Idris Elba, Fallen Sun benefits from a knowledge of what came before for the character, but doesn't require it. Now disgraced and imprisoned, former Detective Chief Inspector John Luther finds himself taunted by a serial killer (Andy Serkis) who, hes pretty sure, can only be stopped if Luther busts out of jail and hunts him down. Convenient, really, in that we don't have to watch our guy sit around a jail cell for two hours. Elba's been doing the morally gray detective thing better than anyone, maybe ever, as we're reminded in Fallen Sun.El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie (2019) Picking up the story of Breaking Bad's Jesse Pinkman with new-western style, this one's not really a standalone, so you'll want to hold off if you haven't watched the series that preceded it. Picking up in the immediate aftermath of the series' conclusion, Jesse (a rather brilliant Aaron Paul) is on the run from the authorities. The movie follows him as he tries to make it to safety in Alaska in defiance of the cops, as well as some new enemies made along the way. Essential viewing if you're a Breaking Bad fan.The Good Nurse (2022) Very much not related to the Good Doctor TV series (definitely don't get the two mixed up), The Good Nurse stars Jessica Chastain as the real-life Amy Loughren, a woman in need of a heart transplant who desperately needs to keep her hospital job for the insurance. No matter: she makes friends with another nurse on the night shift, Charlie Cullen (Eddie Redmayne) and it seems like everything will be OK. Until a patient's death leads to a coverup, and she's forced to question whether or not her coworker is the stand-up guy he appears to be (hint: he's really, really not).Rust Creek (2018) College senior Sawyer Scott (Hermione Corfield) doesn't want to tell anyone that she's headed off to DC for a job interview, fearing embarrassment if she doesn't get it. Still, she probably should've let someone know where she'd be. Lost in the Appalachians, she stumbles upon a couple of brothers burying a bodyand the brothers don't intend to let her get very far. The survival drama is full of creepy backwoods atmosphere.The Guilty (2021) Antoine Fuqua (Training Day) directs a screenplay from True Detective's Nic Pizzolatto, a remake of a 2018 Danish film (which is a bit better, if we're being honest, but that's to be expected). Jake Gyllenhaal stars as Joe Baylor, an LAPD officer whod been bumped down to 911 dispatcher for initially unspecified errors in judgment. He gets a call from a panicked woman that leads him to make some dramatic decisions, not all of them good. An exercise in pure suspense, the contained movie very much rests on Gyllenhaals shoulders, though a few famous names show up via voiceover.City Hunter (2024) A crime drama doesn't have to be grim and gritty. This manga adaptation is a candy-colored, high-action, and kinda goofy take starring Ryohei Suzuki as lead detective Ryo Saeba and Misato Morita as the daughter of his murdered partner, with whom he teams up to avenge that death and to find a missing teenage runaway with deadly superpowers. The Little Things (2021) Set way way long ago (in the 1990s), Little Things stars Denzel Washington and Rami Malek as detectives investigating a string of murders in Los Angeles. As they start to suspect a weird loner (Jared Leto), the pair find that the case has ties to Washington's character's past. It's a familiar piece of genre fare in many ways, but the moody atmosphere and performances from the three leads elevate the material significantly.Mea Culpa (2024) Tyler Perry's very steamy legal thriller stars Kelly Rowland as Mea (get it?) a defense attorney who takes the case of an artist (Trevante Rhodes) accused of killing his girlfriend. Her husband Kal's been cheating on her, and her brother-in-law is the prosecutor, and there seems to be some sort of larger political scheme at play. It's all a bit of silly, sexy fun in an erotic thriller vein.A Simple Favor (2018) The darkly comedic tone makes this one bit lighter, on the surface, but ultimately it's all the more twisted for it. Things kick off when mommy blogger Stephanie (Anna Kendrick) makes friends with, and unwisely confides in, Emily (Blake Lively), a PR director and mother of her son's schoolmate. Then Emily disappears, Stephanie (with tremendously poor judgement) sleeps with Emily's husband (Henry Golding), and the lurid secrets that Stephanie spilled start to come to light under shocking circumstances. It's all lot of fun with a plethora of genuinely wild twists. I Dont Feel at Home in This World Anymore (2017) When nursing assistant Ruth (Melanie Lynskey) comes home to find that shes been burglarized, she sets out with her neighbor Tony (Elijah Wood) to get her stuff back, and get revenge. Sounds like the setup for a badass action movie, except that the two of them are about as competent as you or I might be in turning the tables on criminals. As a vigilante farce, it nearly reaches Coen brothers levels of absurdity, but it's not all goofiness, alternately challenging and confirming our worst instincts about our fellow humans.Missing (2023) Screenlife, as a sub-genre, is a bit like found footage, except that all the action is shown from the point of view of a computer or mobile device. Which is kinda how we experience the world now anyway, so it doesn't feel all that artificial. In this rather exceptional example of the form, Storm Reid plays June Allen, the daughter of single mother Grace (Nia Long). June is thrilled that her overprotective mom is heading off on vacation with her new boyfrienduntil she doesn't come back. June sets out to investigate Grace's disappearance from afar, getting some help from gig worker Javier (Joaquim de Almeida). The suspense ratchets higher and higher with every click into darker corners of the internet.Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile (2019) The title here pretty much says it all: Zac Efron stars as serial killer Ted Bundy, following him from his law student days in Seattle of the late 1960s to (spoiler?) his 1989 execution. Efron is great, as is Lily Collins as Liz Kendall, the girlfriend who maintained Bundy's innocence until that became impossible. The movie is directed by true crime documentarian Joe Berlinger, who directed the docuseries Conversations with a Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes, also from 2019 and also on Netflix. In case you just can't get enough Ted Bundy.Hit Man (2024) Glen Powell (who cowrote the film alongside director Richard Linklater) stars as Gary Johnson, a withdrawn New Orleans professor who's roped into a side gig at which he's surprisingly good: He impersonates hired assassins for the police. People looking to hire a killer come to Gary, believing that he's a hit man, only to find that they've been entrapped. Things get complicated when he's approached by Madison (Adria Arjona) to bump off her abusive husband, and he's not so sure that they guy doesn't need killin'.Lost Girls (2020) Based on the real-life Gilgo Beach serial killings, Lost Girls stars Amy Ryan as Mari Gilbert, who pressured Long Island police to dig deeper following what was initially seen as the accidental death of her daughter. The case remains unsolved, as we're informed at the movie's outset, but the focus here is on Gilbert herself, and on the reluctance on the part of the police to dig deeper, even when bodies begin to accumulate, on behalf of women who were sex workers. It's an impressive dramatic feature debut for documentary filmmaker Liz Garbus.

If you thought Google might be taking a break after unveiling new Pixel 9 devices at its Made By Google event this week, you would be mistaken. A recent post on Threads appears to show part of the sign-up form to receive Pixel devices, and the language in question mandates that signees feature Google's hardware "in place of any competitor mobile devices" or else "we will need to cease the relationship between the brand and the creator."After some online conversation, it's become clear that this form was sent to members of the Team Pixel program, which is different from the review program for members of the press or media. Engadget falls into the latter category, and I did not see that language in our form, nor have I ever seen language like this in my experience as a reviewer of Google devices. I also want to assure our audience that we would never agree to any stipulation that requires we give positive reviews in exchange for access.In the meantime, Google has just released a statement saying the wording was a mistake. Kayla Geier, communications manager at Google, said "#TeamPixel is a distinct program, separate from our press and creator reviews programs. The goal of #TeamPixel is to get Pixel devices into the hands of content creators, not press and tech reviewers. We missed the mark with this new language that appeared in the #TeamPixel form yesterday, and it has been removed."It's not yet clear if #TeamPixel members have received a new agreement and if those who declined on the basis of that stipulation have been given a chance to re-apply.This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/mobile/smartphones/google-acknowledges-it-missed-the-mark-with-onerous-demands-for-pixel-9-influencers-210531821.html?src=rss

Check out Windmill Lane's VFX breakdown for Season 2 of black comedy thriller The Tourist. It includes some beautiful CG reconstructions of the Irish coastline - not all of which the main character is in a position to appreciate.Watch the full video on the Windmill Lane Vimeo channel: https://vimeo.com/998728071