Donkey Kong Country has a certain reputation. Each entry is a hard as nails platformer with varied environments and incredible music. The last game in the franchise – Donkey Kong Country Returns – nailed all of the core tenets except for the music. They’re fixing that in the latest game out this Friday.
With 18 Oscar nominations under her belt, actress Meryl Streep still shows plenty of passion, and that’s not only evident in the difficult roles she plays, but you can also get a sense of that passion when she talks about choosing those roles.
Right now Streep is nominated for yet another Oscar, and she’s getting a lot of praise for playing Violet Weston in the film August: Osage County, and although she enjoyed taking on the role, she said it started out very difficult, mainly because the character she played is so flawed and the film follows a pretty dark story line.
The Court of Appeal of New Zealand this week ruled that the warrants executed by police in the January 2012 raid on Kim Dotcom’s mansion were legal. This is despite the fact that the Court of Appeal admitted the warrants contained “defects,” which they held should not nullify the documents as a whole.
After several years on the NFL’s pregame show that airs on CBS before the games get started, Dan Marino and Shannon Sharpe will both be leaving the panel of experts. As they were both former NFL stars themselves, each of them had a lot to say about the game.
They will not return in the 2014-2015 season, and they will be replaced by only one person, Tony Gonzalez. It did not take Gonzalez long to find a new job, and the veteran tight end will join a panel that now consists of Bill Cowher and Boomer Esiason, and is hosted by James Brown.
Well, this is embarrassing.
The USS Taylor is out of commission after it ran aground last week. The warship was one of two vessels that had been sent to the Black Sea in a show of support by the United States against any possible terrorist attacks. It was a simple matter of precaution as the controversial Sochi Winter Olympic games was thought to draw attempts to cause harm to spectators and or athletes.
Though nothing has happened as of yet, it is unknown how the US will respond to being down to one ship patrolling the Black Sea.
Last year, Bethesda announced that it was putting its acquisition of id Software to good use by developing a new Wolfenstein game. That game would soon be known as Wolfenstein: The New Order and is a reboot of sorts set in a world where Nazi Germany won World War II. At the time, we weren’t given a release date outside of some point in 2014, but now we know it’s coming sooner rather than later.
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers truly didn’t have the best season this year, and with a finishing record of 4 and 12 it’s likely there will be some major changes during the off season.
Now, whether those changes will come on the defensive side of the ball or on the offense remains to be seen, because those things are usually fully determined several months after the season ends.
LinkedIn announced that it is opening up its publishing platform – previously only available to “Influencers” like Richard Branson and Conan O’Brien – to all members.
Now, when you publish a post on LinkedIn, the content becomes part of your profile, and is shared with your trusted network. According to LinkedIn, it “has the ability to reach the largest group of professionals ever assembled”.
Last year, Amazon got into the digital currency game with Amazon Coins. Exclusive to Kindle devices, Amazon Coins were an easy way for consumers to buy apps and games on the Amazon Appstore. Now the digital currency is making its way to all Android devices.
Canadian speed skater Charles Hamelin was hopeful at the beginning of this year’s Winter Olympics in Sochi. He felt confident, and he was being touted as the skater everyone should watch out for. He was in the running for medals in all four of the men’s short track events—that is, until the unfortunate happened, and he started falling.
