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Those of you who love retro gaming may want to tune into Bigscreen next week as the virtual reality (VR) app is going to be hosting a free screening of documentary
Insert Coin. Additionally, before the screening it’ll be hosting a Q&A with its creators.
Insert Coin is a Midway Games documentary, looking at how the studio became a powerhouse for arcade games, creating iconic franchises like
Mortal Kombat and
NBA Jam. The film charts the highs and lows of the company, with Eugene Jarvis, the “Godfather of Video Games,” and others contributing.
The Bigscreen Event will start on Friday 25th February at 7 pm PT (Sat 26th 3 am GMT) with a 30 minute Q&A with director Josh Tsui (director) and Ready Player One author Ernest Cline who is one of the contributors. Once that’s concluded, the
BBC Select launches in U.S., Canada
BBC Studios, the production arm of the BBC, has launched its new ad-free subscription channel in the U.S. and Canada.
BBC Select is available initially on Amazon Prime Video Channels and the Apple TV app.
Programs to be available on the platform include
The Rise of the Murdoch Dynasty (3 x 50 minutes); 60-minute documentary
54 Days: America and the Pandemic, premiering March 11; 60-minute film TV’s Black Renaissance: Reggie Yates in Hollywood (pictured);
The Trump Show (4 x 60 minutes), available March 22;
Feasts (3 x 60 minutes);
Amazing Hotels: Life Beyond the Lobby (6 x 50 minutes);
Extraordinary Places to Eat (4 x 60 minutes); the 60-minute
By Nikki Montgomery
“Ready Player Two” by Ernest Cline
Published: November 24, 2020 Ballantine Books
Genres: Novel, LitRPG, Science Fiction, Fantasy Fiction, Dystopian Fiction, Pop culture fiction
“Ready Player Two” is the sequel to Ernest Cline’s highly successful first novel “Ready Player One” and if you’re expecting it to be just like the first, you won’t be disappointed. If you liked “Ready Player One” you’re going to like “Ready Player Two.” I felt like “Ready Player Two” was really just more of the same.
Wade Watts inherited the wealth, business and home of his idol and Oasis creator James Halliday at the end of “Ready Player One.” “Ready Player Two” starts off with Wade and his friends that helped him find the Easter Egg, running the Oasis and we learn that they absorbed IOI between stories. IOI was the bad guy of the previous story so now that they’ve become part of Wade’s company, who will fill the bad guy shoes
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Coronavirus Edition: In November, the virus continued to affect books sales, with our bookstores surviving with limited to no foot traffic, mail orders, and curbside pick-ups.
On the hardcover list, two new releases leapfrogged to the top, with Brandon Sanderson’s
Rhythm of War (book four of The Stormlight Archive) clinching the top spot, followed by
Ready Player Two, Ernest Cline’s sequel to
Ready Player One. Our new runner-up was
The Fires of Vengeance by Evan Winter (Orbit US), book two of The Burning series. We had 38 nominated titles, up from last month’s 28.
The release of the latest book in The Stormlight Archive seems to have influenced the paperback list as well, with