Duck Duck Plays the Blues

Hello and welcome back to our regular feature where we write a little about the games we've been playing. This week, Bertie plays with the Greek gods again; Victoria dies "a lot-lot"; Connor has a relentless need for bones; and Chris is talking in riddles. Read more

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Sebastian Stan obliquely addressed his casting in The Batman: Part II while at the Cannes Film Festival this weekend. Although neither Stan nor director Matt Reeves have directly confirmed that his role is that of District Attorney Harvey Dent, Stan told the press at Cannes that he plays “many roles in this one,” which suggests that Dent will indeed transform into his villainous alter ego Two-Face in the sequel.

I'm blue.

Former BioWare veteran Mark Darrah has weighed in with his thoughts on what the AAA video game business can do to make more money and become more sustainable: sell product placement. In a video on his YouTube channel, Darrah said the fascination with live-service games and "over-reliance on microtransactions" is stopping other genres from flourishing. Development budgets keep going up and up, and without an increase to the current $70 going rate for new releases, developers could look to product placement to help make money, Darrah said. He said the live-action Smurfs movie "paid for itself en