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Last Week in Pop Culture 012, 1st Week of December 2018

As always, please do download my podcast for an auditory companion to this recap (TBD). This goes on just over an hour and twenty minutes which was caused by the abundance of topics I covered. The rundown and timestamp can be found here (TBD).

Bare in mind that the podcast has some delineation since I based it on my blog rather than this particular entry, but rest assured that I cover most of the topics included here. Here's my accumulated news list for last week.

01.  Avengers: Endgame's first trailer [April 26th]

It is finally here! This is a perfect teaser of introducing new footage without revealing much at all!

! Possible Spoiler Alert !

Except that Scott Lang is out of the Quantum Realm ... but is it in the past because it is an archived footage? Him possibly remotely controlling his ants (what's remaining of course) to trigger the mechanism to pull him back into the real world and going through the Quantum Entanglement makes him goes back through time to cross over the dimension and this detail could be their endgame's last gasp plan to save the universe. there are concept leaks of them in futuristic suits already, so ...?.

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03. CW's Crossover Esleworlds Event is here!

Can it actually top last year's?

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04. Dragon Age's new entry is #theDreadWolfRises!

I can't wait to learn more and continuing on Inquisition! Bioware should get back into their groove after the Andromeda disappointment ...

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05. Epic launches Digital Games Store against Steam with 88 percent revenue

Well, finally there is someone who is up to stand against Steam. Whether it will succeed or not, only time will tell ....

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09. the Game Awards 2018

GAME OF THE YEAR - God of War (Sony Santa Monica / SIE)

BEST ONGOING GAME - Fortnite (Epic Games)

BEST GAME DIRECTION - God of War (Sony Santa Monica / SIE)

BEST NARRATIVE - Red Dead Redemption 2 (Rockstar Games)

BEST ART DIRECTION - Return of Obra Din (3909 LLC)

BEST SCORE/MUSIC - Red Dead Redemption 2 (Woody Jackson)

BEST AUDIO DESIGN - Red Dead Redemption 2 (Rockstar Games)

BEST PERFORMANCE - Roger Clark as Arthur Morgan, Red Dead Redemption 2

GAMES FOR IMPACT - Celeste (Matt Makes Games)

BEST INDEPENDENT GAME - Celeste (Matt Makes Games)

BEST MOBILE - PUBG MOBILE (Lightspeed & Quantum / Tencent Games)

BEST VR/AR GAME - ASTRO BOT Rescue Mission (SIE Japan Studio / SIE)

BEST ACTION GAME - Dead Cells (Motion Twin)

BEST ACTION/ADVENTURE GAME - God of War (Sony Santa Monica / SIE)

BEST ROLE PLAYING GAME - Monster Hunter: World (Capcom)

BEST FIGHTING - Dragon Ball FighterZ (Arc System Works / BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment)

BEST FAMILY GAME - Overcooked 2 (Ghost Town Games / Team 17)

BEST STRATEGY GAME - Into the Breach (Subset Games)

BEST SPORTS/RACING - Forza Horizon 4 (Playground Games / Turn 10 Studios / Microsoft Studios)

BEST MULTIPLAYER GAME - Fortnite (Epic Games).

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10. trailers & previews

A unique horror take on Kal-El's arrival!
> Brightburn is a horror twist on the Superman origin trope [May 24th]

> Chilling Adventures of Sabrina: a Midwinter's Tale [December 14th]

I love the first season and did not expect how far they went down the Satanic road. How's the second will turn out next April? Anyway, this will satiate my hunger a little on the way!

That trailer looks good actually! A TV movie of course can't be compared to full studio feature but it's appropriate for Kim to be brought to life on TV!
> Kim Possible's Disney Channel Original  movie [Friday, February 15th]

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11. Tumblr NSFW purge
"Tumblr will ban adult content from the platform starting Dec. 17, the company announced. This includes photos, illustrations, videos and GIFs of sexual acts, as well as full-frontal genitalia and female-presenting nipples. This change will also get rid of Tumblr’s Safe Mode, the search filter designed to purge NSFW content from a query.

There are exceptions: female-presenting nipples in breastfeeding, birth or after-birth moments, as well as health-related situations (i.e. a mastectomy) is allowed; so is nudity in non-sexual situations, such as a political act or in art or sculpture. Explicit written content, such as erotica, is still permitted as well."


While the algorithms have been spotty in identifying and separating NSFW posts from another, this change is imminent many assume to please Apple and gets back into its iOS market after the child pornography controversy.

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