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When Jaz met the PS5
Today I had the pleasure of meeting the PlayStation 5. Yes, that’s right. I sat in a room and held the controller of one of only three consoles in all of New Zealand. And I gotta say, it was flipping cool! We didn’t get to see any of the UI or home screen or anything, but we did play a demo of Astro’s Playroom, which really shows off what the next generation controller can do. As...
A Marvel women movie, riots, and a console gets snazzy new controllers
Hello! It’s the Pretty Much Weekly and I, Jaz, return victorious from a mighty battle against the germs. Special thanks to Di who took up the Weekly helm last week! Looking at the amazing job she did, perhaps I should get sick more often. But for now, news! The PS5 gets some nice new controllers Earlier this week, Sony officially announced that their new gaming console is going to be c...
The Emmys, Game News, and FRICKEN SPIDER-MAN’S BACK
Hello and welcome to the Pretty Much Weekly! This week, a few big things happened! Monday was American Television’s night, with awards being thrown everywhere, PlayStation and Xbox duked it out with separate live streams detailing their latest news, and also I came across a lovely little download for when you just need a moment for yourself. Oh, and the best news to happen all week… SP...
Telltale Games Makes a Return and Disney+ Won’t Let You Binge (immediately)
This week in the Pretty Much Weekly, Sony and Disney hit the headlines again: Sony for a not-so-good reason and Disney for many, many good reasons. Also, the creators of the amazing The Walking Dead video game are coming back and wow, is this Fantasy Queue Simulator? Uncharted has lost its fifth director. Sony has been trying to turn Uncharted into a movie since 2009, and the latest bump in the ro...
Another Disney Sequel and False Endings on Wikipedia
Hello and welcome to the Pretty Much Weekly! I don’t know if you noticed, but last week was my birthday. And if you didn’t get me a present, I will happily accept your forgiveness for not delivering last week’s news in film, games and entertainment. Ahah, my apologies. This week, though, we have a sequel officially announced and one speculated, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood once ...
Spider-Man: Far From Home
Tom Holland is the best Spider-Man. Fight me. Or just watch Spider-Man: Far From Home. It’s honestly my favourite live-action Spider-Man film to date. A disclaimer: there are major spoilers for Avengers: Endgame in Spider-Man: Far From Home. So it’s better to go see it before this one. In fact, Spider-Man: Far From Home is the official end to Marvel’s Infinity saga (or “pha...
Pixar has a Hopeful Future and You Could Attend a Wizarding School!
Kia Ora, this is the Pretty Much Weekly! A weekly series where we sometimes share this week’s news, and other times share news that we only found out about this week. Of the latter, the documentary on the making of God of War is out, Pixar is currently only working on original films, and you can hop on a train and attend a magical school for an hour! Of the former, well, if you’re sick...
Robert Downey Jr is Iron Man and Uncharted Movie gets a release date
It’s the Pretty Much Weekly! The series where we give you the latest in movies, games and tech. I actually have something in tech this week! This week, Chernobyl is a pretty good show, Apple leaves their hardcore fans speechless, and maybe Robert Downey Jr. actually IS Tony Stark?! Chernobyl is pretty popular for a reason HBO’s Chernobyl is officially the highest rated show on IMDb. It made ...
PlayStation Making Movies and the Best Clickbait that Ever Baited
Welcome to the Pretty Much Weekly! A series where we give you the latest in games, movies, and the things that I’ve annoyed my coworkers with all week. This week we learned a Game of Thrones spin off is definitely happening, Sony doesn’t communicate very well with its different departments, and Detective Pikachu has surpassed my expectations, to my utter delight. Game of Thrones spin o...
Upcoming Disney Movies and Sonic Gets a Makeover
Welcome to the Pretty Much Weekly, a weekly series where we give you the latest(-ish) news in film, games, tech and extra tidbits I think are super cute and want to share but don’t know where else to put it. This week the US may ban loot boxes in games, PlayStation is airing their second State of Play episode in an hour, and Disney have released a list of the movies they have currently plann...
The next PlayStation and Zuckerberg starts a podcast
Welcome to the Pretty Much Weekly! A series where we bring you a selection of this week’s news in film, gaming and on the odd occasion, tech. This week, Mark Zuckerberg is starting a podcast, we learn about the hardware in Sony’s next console, and Airbnb wants to make a TV show? Get excited about the “PlayStation 5”! In an interview with Wired (linked below), the lead system architect for th...
A PlayStation 5 Leak and Gollum gets a Game
Welcome to the Pretty Much Weekly! A series where we bring you a selection of this week’s news in film, games and whatever else takes my fancy. This week, Disney drops a new Lion King trailer, Gollum gets the recognition he deserves, and is this a leaked photo of the next Sony console? PlayStation 5 Devkits leaked Apparently Sony have sent out developer kits of their new PlayStation console and ph...
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