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I’m not sure why someone would think of doing something like this, but somehow, it’s surprisingly awesome… in a very weird and wrong kind of way.
From There I ruined it:
I pitch-corrected Eminem’s Lose Yourself into the Super Mario Bros music.
Screenshot via Youtube user Nought (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9twxrOrlUo)
The French government has banned staff from using English terms from the video games world. It’s ordered them to use French equivalents in official documents.
Mandatory alternatives include some literal translations such as “jeu video en nuage” for “cloud gaming” and some more creative alternatives such as “joueur-animateur en direct” (roughly “live player-host“) for “streamer”.
The order comes from France’s ministry of culture and would be relevant both in regulation and promotions of the games industry. It says using English terms within the industry could deter non-experts from getting involved.
France has historically been protective of its native language with the nearly 400-year-old Academie Francaise publishing an official dictionary that rarely adds words of foreign origin, even when they are widely used in France.
The ministry of culture says it researched specialist gaming magazines and sites to try to find French alternatives already in use where possible.
Other mandatory alternatives include “contenu téléchargeable additionnel” for “downloadable content”, “appariement de joueurs” for “matchmaking.”
The list also includes “squelettage”, which roughly translates as “skeletonization” but is now the official French alternative for rigging (as in the games development technique.)
Editor’s note: I would not be surprised to see a more extreme version of the same thing happening in Quebec, Canada, with the recent introduction of Bill 96, which is a bill aimed at protecting the French language in the province.
Here is a quick and entertaining primer on how each of the months got their names, from the Roman gods to the ancient rulers, from director and Youtuber Jeremy Shuback.
If you’ve watched Amazon’s The Boys, you’re probably aware that Jensen Ackle will be playing a character named “Soldier Boy” in the third season of the show. As most characters from this universe, Soldier Boy is clearly a parody of a well known superhero from the MCU, but we highly doubt his moral compass will be as virtuous as the one guiding “America’s Ass.” To promote the character and the release of season 3, Amazon has just published a short anti-drug PSA featuring Soldier Boy. Check it out below!
4 DAYS. First three eps drop Friday on @PrimeVideo #TheBoys #TheBoysTV @TheBoysTV @VoughtIntl @SPTV
— Eric Kripke (@therealKripke) May 30, 2022
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Academy Award® winner Robert Zemeckis directs this live action retelling of the beloved tale of a wooden puppet who embarks on a thrilling adventure to become a real boy. Tom Hanks stars as Geppetto, the wood carver who builds and treats Pinocchio (Benjamin Evan Ainsworth) as if he were his own son. Joseph Gordon-Levitt is Jiminy Cricket, who serves as Pinocchio’s guide as well as his “conscience”; Academy Award® nominee Cynthia Erivo is the Blue Fairy; Keegan-Michael Key is “Honest” John; Academy Award® nominee Lorraine Bracco is Sofia the Seagull, a new character, and Luke Evans is The Coachman. Also in the cast are Kyanne Lamaya as Fabiana (and her marionette Sabina), Giuseppe Battiston as Señor Stromboli and Lewin Lloyd as Lampwick.
For those interested, the movie will premiere on September 8 on Disney Plus.
A Swedish media company is building a physical archive of video games and consoles. It’s located at Embracer Games’ base in Karlstad, Sweden but could be displayed around the world.
Embracer (formerly Nordic Games Licensing and THQ Nordic) has previously bought up more than 100 games studios and licenses, most recently getting the rights to Tomb Raider and Deus Ex. It’s now started work to “Archive and save as much of the video games industry as possible.”
It’s appointed a dedicated team to manage the archive, which already has 50,000 items. It plans to build a database to catalog the items today, with future goals including helping games researchers and journalists and working with other museums.
Thought it doesn’t plan to make the entire collection open to the public, its long term goal is to have some of the collection on display at the archive as well as operating temporary “satellite exhibitions” in other facilities such as museums.
Embracer’s retro gaming advisor Thomas Sunhede ([email protected]) is currently interested in buying “large complete unique collections (both hardware and software) of formats we are missing.” Eventually he’ll be publishing a want list of specific individual games as well.
Stormtrooper clearly have problems with their vision in the original Star Wars trilogy, so the folks from Corridor Digital decided that The Empire would invest in better eye care coverage for their soldiers. As you’ll see below, this decision would, rather hilariousy I would add, ruin the entire Star Wars saga to the public. Warning: Blood and gore.
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