July, 2019 - Softonic English

5 things we want to see in the Blade movie

We’re going to need buckets of blood and lot’s of swears in order to pull this off.

It came as quite a shock when Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige and Mahershala Ali announced that there will be a Blade move in the MCU.

If you grew up in the late ’90s or early 2000s, you probably remember the three Wesley Snipe Blade movies. Although they have a bit of a fan base, most fans of the comics agree that the movies were cheesy and a bit campy.

A new movie means a fresh start for Blade. However, there are a few things that Marvel Studios needs to get right if the movie is going to attract new fans and old fans. As huge fans of both Blade and the MCU, we decided to take a look at the things we can reasonably hope for in a Blade movie that will make everyone happy.

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5 things we want in the Blade movie

5. For it to be wayyyy less cheesy than the Wesley Snipes movies

Even though the Wesley Snipes movies were filled with gore and swears thanks to its R rating, it still was filled with cheesy dialogue like this:

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Mahershala Ali is a two-time Oscar winner and an extremely respected actor. Bad one-liners will sound very unnatural coming out of his mouth. Since it’s the MCU, there will still be some humor here and there, but if he remains stern and serious for the majority of the film, we’re in for a treat!

4. For it to be just as dark and gritty as the comics

The Blade comics are pretty dark and hardcore. Blade’s mother was a prostitute who was killed and eaten by a vampire as she was giving birth to Blade.

Luckily, Blade’s mom’s hooker friends fended off the vampire before he could chow down on Blade.

Blade was raised at his mom’s old brothel where he grew his hatred for vampires. He also learned the how-tos of killing vampires. Before the age of 10, Blade was already preying on weaker vampires.

Since this is the MCU, we don’t expect to see a pregnant woman get eaten by a vampire who is considering eating the baby for dessert. However, Blade can’t just be given the standard tragic backstory. He needs to be born into blood to feed into his hatred for vampires.

3. A precursor to Marvel Zombies

Although he eventually was infected, Blade was part of the zombie resistance in “Marvel Zombies.”

“Marvel Zombies” was one time where the Marvel comics dove into the realm of horror. In it, many of our favorite heroes have been zombified, and it’s up to a resistance of uninfected to save the world.

Since “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness” is supposed to be the MCU’s first horror movie, “Marvel Zombies” is a logical next step. If the MCU were to slap this at the end of “Blade,” this could be one of the best end credits scenes in all of the MCU.

2. Tie it into the MCU in a way that makes sense

Okay, so some pretty silly stuff happens in the MCU, but it all makes sense.

Sure, there’s a talking raccoon, a talking tree, wizards, magic hammers, and a whole bunch of other nonsense. However, there isn’t anything that doesn’t fit into the world the writers have created.

In the world of Blade, not only are vampires real but so is Dracula. That would mean throughout the entirety of the MCU, there were secretly vampires the entire time. With all of these huge criminal organizations like the Ten Rings and Hydra, we can’t help but think they would’ve stumbled upon the world’s vampire underbelly, and recruited some to defeat the Avengers. Basically, if the MCU just says “there were vampires the whole time,” it would be pretty silly.

We’re fine with introducing vampires, but the writers need to find a creative way to bring them in that not only makes sense but fits the series.

1. An R rating

This cannot be stressed enough: “Blade” needs to be rated R.

The amount of blood, gore, and swearing that will be necessary to make this movie demands an R rating. We have R ratings with the Deadpool movies, so why not Blade?

If he appears in tie-in movies with the rest of the MCU, it can go back down to PG or PG-13, but the writers really need to take off the kid gloves with this one.

Wrapping up

The MCU has rarely disappointed us, so we are going into “Blade” with loads of optimism. However, if Steve Rogers doesn’t shout “language” at least 50 times during the course of this movie, we won’t be happy.

Microsoft forces Windows 10 users to version 1903

Like it or not, you’re going to have to change to a version with some problems…

Windows 10 updates are like fast food: There’s waiting involved, there’s miscommunication, there’s trepidation, and you already know going in that there’s going to be issues with it. Oh, and when you open the lid it never looks as good as it did in the picture.

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It’s been a rocky year for Windows 10, and updates that sound great before you install them turn out to be yet another minefield. It’s no surprise that many users don’t want to update at all, or choose to hold off until the last minute out of mistrust. You can only get burned so many times. Microsoft’s also gotten a lot of flack for being annoyingly insistent when pushing their updates (even when users opted out of receiving them). The company has recently acquiesced and made updates starting with 1903 optional (unless a version you’re on stops being supported), but surprise, surprise – this build has issues, too.

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Good-bye, 1803

A Windows 10 version wouldn’t be complete without some kind of roadblock, but that’s not the red flag today. It’s that Microsoft has begun pushing its 1803 users on to the troublesome 1903. Starting on November 12, 1803 will no longer be supported, so 1903 will be the only way to go from that point on. This forced update is hitting Pro and Home editions already “to help ensure adequate time for a smooth update process,” the company claimed in a support document.

Why Microsoft is pushing 1903

As for why the company is making such an aggravating decision, they’re presenting the same argument as usual: “Keeping these devices both supported and receiving monthly updates is critical to device security and ecosystem health.” In other words, if you’re not on the latest patch, you’re not receiving the latest protection. It sounds logical until you consider the new problems that 1903 brings with it.

The problem with 1903

There’s a litany of issues with the 1903 build that are still being investigated, such as:

An unresponsive display brightness
Graphic issues with some of its apps and games
A black screen that pops up when you initiate Remote Desktop connection
A literal error message that pops up when you try to start up the Windows Sandbox

For a full list of problems you might run into, check out Microsoft’s bug list here. According to Microsoft’s own news site, there are more than 800 million devices that use Windows 10, an estimated half of which will be affected by the aforementioned flaws.

Thank you to all our customers and partners for helping us achieve 800 million #Windows10 devices and the highest customer satisfaction in the history of Windows. https://t.co/G3CRdkFoPT pic.twitter.com/je9kvBvYhj

— Yusuf Mehdi (@yusuf_i_mehdi) March 7, 2019

We see what you did

The switch to 1903 won’t become mandatory until November, but it’s the principle of it that bothers us: For a hot minute there, we thought Microsoft was listening to its users. Not having to update until your current version isn’t supported anymore? Very cool. But it won’t matter if they start cutting support for older versions earlier! Nice loophole, guys.

Stay tuned with Softonic for more info about 1903 as it’s made available, and learn what steps you can take to keep your OS healthy.

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Could this cool new YouTube Music feature tempt you away from Spotify?

YouTube Music listeners can now switch between audio and music videos instantaneously.

Spotify is the king of all music services. Sure, there are other options like Deezer, but whenever somebody sends you a song, playlist, or album nine times out of ten, it’ll be a Spotify link that they send. The other streaming services are good, some are even popular, but none have enjoyed the levels of success that Spotify has.

One such streaming service that is playing for second is YouTube Music. Now, clearly, YouTube has a few aces up its sleeve when it comes to music thanks to the seemingly limitless selection of music videos it houses on its main site. In a bid to try and capitalize on this advantage and possibly close the gap on Spotify a little, YouTube Music has added a very cool new feature indeed.

YouTube Music listeners can now switch between audio and music videos instantaneously

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YouTube Music Premium and YouTube Premium users now have access to an interesting new feature. Now whenever they’re listening to a track on the Android or iOS versions of the YouTube Music app, they might notice a new button for some of the songs in the YouTube library. According to the YouTube blog post announcing this new feature, clicking this button will allow users to, “make a seamless transition between a song and its music video for uninterrupted listening and watching… with a simple tap, they can instantly start watching the music video or flip back to the audio at the same point in the track.”

Although this feature won’t work for every song, the post goes on to say that if the song has a video, YouTube Music will offer the new switching button. This is made possible by the fact that the YouTube Music team has, “perfectly time-matched over 5 million official music videos to their respective audio tracks.” Five million is such a big number, it’ll likely be more difficult to find a track that doesn’t have the new feature than to find one that does.

If you’re reading this and instinctively becoming worried about your data allowance, YouTube has you covered. You can opt out of the new data heavy feature by going to the YouTube Music settings menu and turning the “Don’t play music videos” option on.

As you’d expect with a quirky and exclusive feature like this, it is only available to premium users meaning you won’t be able to try it out unless you sign up for a paid version of YouTube Music. At the moment, this will cost you $9.99 a month although there is a discounted rate for students.

If you’re dying to check out this new feature, however, but don’t want to pay, YouTube is also offering a one month free trial of all YouTube Music Premium features, which you can sign up for here.

Google Play Store had apps that allowed digital stalking

Security specialists at Avast have identified 7 apps on the Google Play Store that allowed people to stalk others.

Malware is bad, but now we have a new threat to contend with. Ladies and gentlemen, let’s talk about stalkerware.

Security specialists at Avast have identified 7 apps on the Google Play Store that allowed people to stalk others

In a recent blog post, Avast announced that it had discovered seven apps available on the Google Play Store that enabled users to stalk other people. The apps work by sharing the victims live location, collecting their contact list, and monitoring their SMS and call history. This made it possible to stalk work employees or colleagues, romantic partners or, perhaps worst of all, children. According to Avast, all seven apps were likely designed by a Russian developer.

Stalking apps in @GooglePlay. Four apps, the same developer. Install it to your employee/kid etc and track the location, collect contacts, SMS & call history. If the phone is rooted you can also collect WhatsApp/Viber messages.
Those shouldn’t exist on Google Play. pic.twitter.com/aYsm72Ldl8

— Nikolaos Chrysaidos (@virqdroid) July 16, 2019

Before publishing the blog post, Avast first notified Google of the seven malicious apps and the internet giant has since removed them all from the Play Store. Unfortunately, however, they’d been downloaded over 130,000 times before Google was able to remove them. You can see the names of the seven apps below:

Track Employees Check Work Phone Online Spy Free
Spy Kids Tracker
Phone Cell Tracker
Mobile Tracking
Spy Tracker
SMS Tracker
Employee Work Spy

Each of the apps first required the stalker to gain access to the victim’s phone. They’d then install the apps on the phone before following instructions that would show them how to hide the apps so that the victim wouldn’t know they were there.

The stalker would then email themselves a link and use it to install the spying app onto his or her own phone. From then on, the stalker would be able to keep tabs on the victim, and even be able to view their location on a map.

Stalkerware removed from the Google Play Store — Image via: Avast

Avast’s head of mobile threat intelligence, Nikolaos Chrysaidos, had this to say of the new type of malware threat, “These apps are highly unethical and problematic for people’s privacy and shouldn’t be on the Google Play Store… They promote criminal behavior, and can be abused by employers, stalkers or abusive partners to spy on their victims. We classify such apps as stalkerware, and using apklab.io we can identify such apps quickly, and collaborate with Google to get them removed.”

These apps offer an insight into a worrying new digital threat that we need to be aware of. Protect your phone with a rigorous password as well as any biometric security measures your phone may offer. Don’t give it to anybody you can’t trust. We’ve also reached out to Chrysaidos to see about how to make sure nobody has installed these apps on your phone.

Guide to Marvel Phase 4: Everything you need to know

From Blade to female Thor, Marvel revealed so much at Comic-Con!

To say the MCU dropped a bomb at their Comic-Con panel this year would be an understatement. They dropped a nuke on the stage and then dropped a few smaller bombs while they were at it.

At the Comic-Con panel, Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige along with an abundance of actors, actresses, and filmmakers gave us details on five Disney+ shows, five Phase 4 movies, and a few other projects.

There is a LOT to talk about. Once you’re done reading this article, let’s take the discussion to the comments section below to keep the conversation and the speculation going!

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It is important to point out that although this is Marvel’s current complete line-up for Phase 4, Feige says things can change:

For example, as Phase 2 was ending in 2015, Marvel Studios acquired the rights to put Spider-Man in their films. Obviously, this changed up the future of Phase 3 quite significantly with Spider-Man appearing in five movies including two of his own.

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The Falcon and the Winter Soldier

“The Falcon and the Winter Soldier” will feature Anthony Mackie and Sebastian Stan reprising their roles. It is coming out in fall of 2020, and deals with the two character’s lives after the events of “Avengers: Endgame.”

Falcon has a new weight on his shoulders as he is now expected to take up the mantle of Captain America after Steve Rogers went back in time for that long-awaited dance.

Along with Stan and Mackie, Daniel Brühl will be returning to reprise his role as Baron Zemo. Zemo was the main villain in “Captain America: Civil War.” His family was killed during the events of “Avengers: Age of Ultron,” and since he didn’t fully get his revenge in “Civil War,” he may want to continue to dismantle the Avengers in “Falcon and the Winter Soldier.”

Loki

During “Avengers: Endgame” the Loki of 2012 made a quick getaway by stealing the Space Stone. “Loki” for Disney+ will follow the God of Mischief as he makes his way through the universe.

Wait, didn’t Loki die?

Yes, he did die in “Avengers: Infinity War.” However, the show will be following an alternate timeline Loki. This Loki hasn’t gone through the character development Loki experienced in “Thor 2: The Dark World” and “Thor: Ragnarok,” so he is in need of redemption. Apparently, this Loki will be traveling throughout the universe with the Space Stone getting into loads of adventures along the way.

Hopefully, since he has an Infinity Stone, his path may cross with Thanos and we’ll get to see Josh Brolin’s return!

“Loki” will be released on Disney+ in Spring of 2021.

WandaVision

Both Scarlett Witch and Vision will return for new adventures in “WandaVision.”

Wait, isn’t Vision dead?

Yes, Thanos ripped the Mind Stone from Vision’s forehead.

However, as we have seen, the MCU is not afraid to bring people back from the dead. Just ask, Agent Coulson, Loki, and everyone that died in the Snap. We expect that Black Panther’s sister Shuri might be able to use her tech to bring him back, or Scarlet Witch will just magic him back from the dead.

Feige promised that characters will return in the show, including Monica Rambeau. Her character was in “Captain Marvel,” which took place in the ’90s. Now, she is a grown woman, and she’s ready to get into the action in “WandaVision.”

Events in the show are expected to lead into “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.” Also, Elizabeth Olsen will be playing Scarlet Witch in “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness,” but more on that later.

“WandaVision” will be released on Disney+ in Spring of 2021.

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What If

In the summer of 2021, Disney+ will feature the first animated endeavor in the MCU.

“What If” tackles alternative scenarios in the MCU. More specifically, it tackles “what if” situations. These are scenarios where things didn’t go the way they went in the MCU. They are named after the comics that bear the same name.

Most of the MCU alumni from the movies will return to voice their characters, but there is no official list of who will return. However, we do know that the following will be included:

Michael B. Jordan as Killmonger
Sebastian Stan as Winter Soldier
Josh Brolin as Thanos
Mark Ruffalo as Bruce Banner/Hulk
Tom Hiddleston as Loki
Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury
Chris Hemsworth as Thor
Hayley Atwell as Peggy Carter
Chadwick Boseman as Black Panther
Karen Gillan as Nebula
Jeremy Renner as Hawkeye
Paul Rudd as Ant-Man
Michael Douglas as Hank Pym
Neal McDonough as Dum Dum Dugan
Dominic Cooper as Howard Stark
Sean Gunn as Kraglin
Natalie Portman as Jane Foster
Taika Waititi as Korg
Toby Jones as Arnim Zola
Djimon Hounsou as Korath
Jeff Goldblum as Grandmaster
Michael Rooker as Yondu

Since they weren’t listed, we doubt Chris Evans will return as Captain America or Robert Downey Jr. will return as Iron Man for the first season. However, if they show does well, they might come back for a second season.

The show will also bring on Jeffrey Wright who will play the Watcher. The Watcher is a being in the Marvel universe who observes history unfold, but does not get involved. You might remember seeing several Watchers in “Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol. 2.”

Hawkeye

In the fall of 2021, Clint Barton will begin training Kate Bishop to become the newest bow-and-arrow-wielding master in “Hawkeye.”

Jeremy Renner and Kevin Feige remained pretty tight-lipped about this project. This is probably because it’s more than two years away and a lot can change.

However, we do know that the series will dive into Barton’s time as Ronin. Between “Avengers: Infinity War,” and “Avengers: Endgame,” Barton began ridding the world of evildoers who survived Thanos’ snap. He did this under the guise of “Ronin.” It could be that the sins of Barton’s past may come back to haunt him.

The movies

Black Widow

It might seem a bit odd, but the MCU will kick off Phase 4 with a prequel.

Set during the events of Agent Romanoff’s famous Budapest mission, “Black Widow” will dive into the agent’s origins, her previous relationships, and the red in her ledger.

Fans at Comic-Con got to see a small teaser which Disney is adamantly trying to make sure stays off YouTube, but we did hear about what it showed:

Along with lots of awesome Black Widow stunts, the trailer showed Widow’s sister character Yelena as her relationship with Romanoff develops.

Finally, the trailer ended with a brief glimpse at another villain in the movie, which many fans speculate is Taskmaster. Taskmaster is a mercenary as well as a sort of supervillain coach. Basically, he is sometimes hired to help train people on how to be villains.

He’s basically Robbie Rotten meets The Punisher:

Oscar-winner Rachel Weisz will be playing Melina Vostokoff aka Iron Maiden. Iron Maiden is one of the classic villains in the Black Widow comics. Finally, David Harbour is joining the cast as Red Guardian, a Soviet superhero. Funny enough, Red Guardian’s real name is Alexei, which is the name of the Russian that Harbour’s character joins forces with in “Stranger Things.”

The Eternals

If your Marvel knowledge is only confined to their most popular characters, then you;ve probably never heard about the Eternals.

Basically, they are ACTUALLY Earth’s mightiest heroes. The Eternals are immortal cosmic beings (basically, they’re aliens) that have godlike powers and abilities. Millions of years ago, Celestials (that’s the same species as Star-Lord’s dad) looked at early humanity and created two additional races. They created a disgusting, monstrous race called the Deviants. They also created the advanced Eternals.

We do not know much about the plot for the movie, but we do know several members of the film’s cast. This includes Salma Hayek who plays the leader of the Eternals, Ajak, and Angelina Jolie who will star as Thena.

One thing to point out is that Thanos himself was a member of the Eternals in the comics. It will be interesting to see if the MCU will dive into that plot point once the film comes out in November of 2020.

Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings

Much like the Eternals, you’ve probably never heard about Shang-Chi.

Without question, he’s probably the least-known Marvel superhero to get a standalone MCU movie.

He’s a martial arts master who can also duplicate himself.

As you probably know, in “Iron Man 3” Ben Kingsley played a fake version of the villain the Mandarin. However, as you might not know, Marvel created a short called “All Hail the King,” where we learned that there is a real Mandarin who is not happy about what has happened to his name.

Thankfully, we are going to get to see the Mandarin in all of his glory as he graces the screen in “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings.”

The Ten Rings is a terrorist organization who has been involved in the MCU since the start. They kidnapped Tony Stark, assisted Whiplash, and they even infiltrated Pym Laboratories!

Look at the neck tattoo on the guy with the beard. Does that emblem look familiar?

We don’t know who will be the next big bad guy in the MCU, but the Ten Rings and the Mandarin would be a phenomenal choice. The Mandarin’s mystic arts could create a new web of problems for the Avengers resulting in some great movies. Whether it’s a hit or a flop, we will find out in February of 2021.

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness

I wonder if in those 14 million futures Doctor Strange saw, he saw his character going down this route.

“Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness” will be Marvel’s first dive into the world of horror.

No, it will not be rated R. According to Feige, the movie will be rated PG-13.

Although we don’t know much about the movie, we do know that the events of “WandaVision” will lead into the movie. Also, Scarlet Witch herself will be a main character in the film. Whether or not Vision will make an appearance is yet to be known, however, if we get more awesome scenes like Strange’s fight with Thanos, we will be happy campers.

Thor: Love and Thunder

Finally, bringing Phase 4 to a close will be “Thor: Love and Thunder” in November of 2021.

Chris Hemsworth will be returning as the God of Thunder, and Tessa Thompson will be returning as Valkyrie. Speaking of whom, Marvel confirmed that Valkyrie will be the MCU’s first openly LGBTQ superhero!

The movie will take place after the events of “Avengers: Endgame” with Thor soul-searching for the next stage of his life. However, the next stage of his life might just be the end because a new Thor is set to make her debut.

That’s right, the female version of Thor will be featured in “Thor: Love and Thunder!” Even better, Natalie Portman will be reprising her role as Jane Foster who will wield the hammer and become the new Thor.

In the comics, Thor loses his powers and the ability to wield his hammer. However, a successor is deemed worthy as a new female character becomes the new Thor.

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Other projects

Blade

At the end of the panel, Mahershala Ali surprised everyone by coming on stage. At the request of Feige, he donned a baseball cap with “Blade” written across it.

Wait, haven’t there already been a few Blade movies?

Between the late ’90s and the mid-2000s, Wesley Snipes starred in three Blade movies. Although they do have a few fans, they never really attained a huge audience, and they especially never made MCU money. However, the R rating in each film meant that we got lots of gore and lots of adult language.

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Blade is part-human and part-vampire, but he isn’t a fan of that second half of his DNA. He hunts down and kills vampires across the world.

Yes, vampires exist in the Marvel universe.

He uses a wide array of weapons including guns, anti-vampire gear, knives, and explosives. However, he is best known for fighting off vampires with a samurai sword.

The movie will not be a part of Phase 4, so don’t expect to see anything about it until 2022.

Pretty much none of us anticipated a new Blade movie, but now all anyone can think is how could we NOT want a new Blade movie. If the MCU FINALLY gives us a movie with an R rating, we will be overjoyed. (Remember R-rated “Deadpool” wasn’t a part of the official MCU until Disney acquired Fox earlier this year.)

Think about it. How can you give us a gory, vampire slasher that’s not rated R?

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Untitled Fantastic Four movie

Although it was only for a second, we did hear from Feige that Marvel Studios is working on a Fantastic Four movie.

Wait, haven’t we had, like, a million Fantastic Four movies?

We have had three Fantastic Four movies and none of them has been very good. The movie “Fantastic Four” in 2015 with Miles Teller and Michael B. Jordan is arguably one of the worst superhero movies ever made:

Hopefully, Disney and Marvel can do the Fantastic Four justice. It will all start with a great cast, so hopefully, Reed Richards, Susan Storm, Johnny Storm, and Ben Grimm will finally get their due.

*cough *cough Cast John Krasinski as Reed Richards *cough *cough.

A Fantastic Four movie might mean that Doctor Doom is coming to the MCU. If he does, then we might just the next big villain to take the reins from Thanos.

Stuff we know is coming:

Although none of these got trailers, we did hear word that we will be getting the following sequels:

Captain Marvel 2
Black Panther 2
Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol. 3
A bunch more Spider-Man movies

The mutants and the X-Men are coming

Don’t worry, the X-Men were mentioned by Feige at Comic-Con.

The X-Men/mutants will be in the MCU in the future. We might not know where they will fit in, but we hope to hear more about them soon!

Wrapping up

Wow, that was a LOT to cover.

From the Disney+ shows, to the array of new movies, we have so much to look forward to in the next two years. Right now, we are betting that “Thor: Love and Thunder” will be the best movie of the lot. However, we will be happy to be proven wrong!

Queen’s ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ breaks 1 billion views on YouTube

The epic music video just reached an immortal number!

Mama! Ooooooooo!

It’s been 44 years since Queen released “Bohemian Rhapsody,” but the song just notched an incredible milestone. Today, YouTube announced that the epic video has become the first pre-1990s music video to cross 1 billion views on the platform.

In case you need a refresher, turn up your speakers and let this rip:

The video was even remastered to mark the milestone.

Queen was ahead of its time. Remember that MTV didn’t launch until 1981, so this is considered the first promotional music video of its kind. The video certainly got a boost after the release of the Oscar-winning “Bohemian Rhapsody” biopic that featured the rise of the band before Freddie Mercury’s death in 1991.

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1 billion views is an incredible milestone, but the landscape has changed pretty dramatically. “Gangnam Style” has 3.3 billion views in just seven years on YouTube! Now we anxiously await the musical movie about Psy’s life…

Paralives: the new indie life simulation game that could overtake Sims series

Fans of The Sims are thrilled about this new spin on the game genre.

Say it isn’t so!

The Sims has always been at the top of the charts when it comes to the life simulation genre of video games. Since 2000, whenever you wanted a break from your real life, you’d just fire up the old PC and create a world all your own where you’re completely in charge.

As video game technology becomes more advanced, some players are wondering if they’ll ever see new tweaks to The Sims – it’s a beloved series, but many have asked if there was going to be anything introduced that would shake things up a bit. Judging by the newest patch that didn’t go over so well, it seemed like we might be waiting for something that wouldn’t come. Paralives could just be that breath of fresh air.

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Paralives is an upcoming “doll house” indie life simulation game that will be available on PC and Mac. News spread quietly at first with a few tweets popping up here and there, but in the last week, The Sims YouTube community caught wind of it and the excitement spread over social media like wildfire. There aren’t many games in the life sim genre, so when something promising a fresh spin on everything we know is introduced, the community welcomes it with open arms.

The game is in early development, but there’s already a website up, as well as a Patreon account and a few official Twitter accounts steadily feeding us bits and pieces of what we can expect. So far, here are a few of the awesome features that we’ll see in the game, directly from the developer:

Available on Steam for PC and Mac
Supports custom content through the Steam Workshop
A one time fee for the entire game (whereas The Sims series charges for new expansion packs, stuff packs, and game packs)
Gridless building (yes – you read that correctly. GRIDLESS!)
Will be optimized to run on high and low end computers
Will be open world, and your character can visit parks, shops, and other locations
Includes animals like cats, dogs, and horses
Includes transportation like cars, bikes, and boats
Completely customizable buildings and furniture

On the Paralives YouTube channel, you can see small clips of gameplay including how the building and resizing functions will work.

As mentioned earlier, this game has a Patreon page where you can donate and help out the developer, Alex Massé. Massé is a software engineer based in France, who has worked on projects such as PewDiePie’s Tuber Simulator game, Unity’s Project Tiny, and others.

At the moment, this is the only information we have about anyone working on Paralives, and the Patreon account will allow the developer to continue working on it full time. If you’d like to donate to the creation of this awesome game, check out the Patreon here.

What do you think about Paralives so far? What would you like to see as part of the game when it is released? Let us know!

Danai Gurira is leaving ‘The Walking Dead’

Our favorite zombie-slicing samurai is leaving “The Walking Dead.”

Dania Gurira is taking her Marvel money and running away from “The Walking Dead.”

At today’s “The Walking Dead” panel at Comic-Con, Dania Gurira announced that she and her character Michonne are leaving the show. Her character will be leaving one way or another in the next season.

Gurira has been on the show since its third season in 2012. Since then, she has been in more than 100 episodes. For those of us who still watch the show, we’re sad to see her go.

First look at the movie!

At the panel for “The Walking Dead,” the first teaser trailer for the first of three Walking Dead movies was released:

Although the trailer doesn’t tell us much, it does promise that Rick Grimes will finally be making his return; We just have to pay the cost of a movie ticket in order to see him.

We can’t quite tell much from the trailer, but it appears as though Rick is heading back to the city to presumably join a new resistance in the fight against the dead.

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Is it faithful to the comics?

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The comic series recently ended. In the end, Michonne is still alive. She becomes a leader in the new civilization that is built after the zombie apocalypse. Rick isn’t as lucky. If Michonne is being written out of the show, the writers will have to come up with something other than what is in the comics. Then again, the show already did that with Rick:

Wrapping up

Most fans of the show agree that the show hit its stride a few seasons ago, and now it is struggling to maintain relevancy. Michonne’s swan song might just be what finally gives “The Walking Dead” the baseball bat to the head it needs.

Tinder says no to Google’s taxes

Users now have to pay for Tinder by using the app rather than the Play Store.

Tinder swipes left on the Google Play Store’s credit card tax.

Now, users pay for the Tinder by inputting their card through the app rather than the store, thus bypassing Google’s tax. This is the new default payment for Tinder. Not only that, once you enter your payment information, you can no longer pay for the app using the Play Store, according to an article from Bloomberg.

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Google and Apple take as much as 30% of an app’s revenue. This move from Tinder can potentially cause a ripple effect that may lead other apps to maneuver around the tax. About a year ago, Google also ticked off Fortnite which caused them to take the game off the Play Store, but that’s another story:

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Other apps have been sharing their distaste for app stores. Spotify filed a complaint against Apple due to their taxes, and Netflix stopped letting users subscribe to it by using the App Store.

Wrapping up

Whether or not more apps will be inspired to rebel against Google and Apple is up in the air. However, if it does happen it could mean a major overhaul for how we download and pay for apps.

Master’s Guide to Skyrim – The Elder Scrolls: mods, strategies, shortcuts, and more

Are you a fan of Skyrim? Become a master with these tips and tricks!

Even at nearly 10 years old, Skyrim is losing no steam. However, it can sometimes be hard to know where to start when you being a new game. Which race should I choose? Should I add any mods? How do I play with Thomas the Tank Engine??? We have the answer to all of these questions and more!

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