Blog Archive: March 2023

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Barotrauma 1.0

Having just remarked in relation to an unremarkable title we're commenting only because the present dearth of trailers, it's nice to see the flip side to that.

Barotrauma is a novel and incredibly successful (2.5 million copies sold) indie game we'd never heard of and probably wouldn't have noticed in a typical week. They've announced an early access exit this month.

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Beneath Fear

We watched the announcement trailer for new survival horror game Beneath and all we could muster was, "Oh another one."

In fairness it's not a genre we play so the failure of this video to move us may be personal.

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Chris Casts a Curse

In an interview with Esquire for his latest film Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, Chris Pine (Captain Kirk) was predictably questioned about the trapped in a temporal vortex Star Trek 4.

In part his reply was the usual "I know nothing and still haven't seen a script" but he went an extra parsec and suggested both that it may never be made and that the franchise is cursed.

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Sigourney in The Gorge

No, sci-fi actress extraordinaire Sigourney Weaver hasn't fallen into a gorge. She has joined the cast of Apple original film The Gorge.

Described as a "high action, genre-bending love story" which we think might be code for sci-fi romance at a time when people haven't forgotten Jupiter Ascending or The Passenger.

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Sisterhood Shake Up

Four years after getting the green light, HBO's Dune: The Sisterhood series focusing on the mysterious Bene Gesserit has announced the exit of both its director Johan Renck and one of its leads, Shirley Henderson.

Creator, co-showrunner and writer of the pilot Diane Ademu-John is also departing. Alison Schapker is now showrunning solo.

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Ion Sci-Fi 28 Feb

This week Asimov's Foundation to be adapted for VR, the Suicide Squad is out to kill the Justice League, surprise new cast members for The Umbrella Academy's last season, new trailer and details for vampire hunter Redfall, get your own piece of Everything Everywhere All At Once and the Critics Choice Super Awards nominations announced.

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