Game designer Zach Gage — known for the likes of Good Sudoku and Really Bad Chess — has just teased his next project. Built with a team of collaborators, it’s called Puzzmo, and is described as “a fresh spin on a cultural mainstay: the newspaper games page.” We’ll have much more on it very soon — stay tuned.
As part of its ongoing deal with Spotify, FC Barcelona is once again featuring an iconic artist on its jersey for the big El Clásico match coming up on October 28th. It all started with Drake last year, but this time around it’s the Rolling Stones. The kits are on pre-sale in a few days if you need to get some satisfaction.
Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon hits theaters on October 20th, and it will be followed by Ridley Scott’s Napoleon on November 22nd. Both will eventually stream on Apple TV Plus — in the meantime, check out this fresh trailer of Napoleon to get a better look at Joaquin Phoenix in the titular role.
Super Mario Bros. Wonder comes out on Friday, and the game is absolutely bursting with ideas. Turns out, though, that a lot of things were left on the cutting room floor. This interview series from Nintendo gets into some of the fun details. My favorite comes from famed composer Koji Kondo:
I shared the idea of an eight-heads-tall, life-sized, live-action Mario humming along with the background music as he goes along... When he jumps, he says to himself, “Boing!” ...The idea was never used, though.
The interactive streaming series Silent Hill: Ascension is premiering on Halloween, and there’s a fresh trailer to get you in the mood for scares. Developer Genvid also announced that “weekly packaged episodes of the audience-influenced storylines” will be available through Sony’s apps on PlayStation and select Bravia TVs and Xperia phones.
