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Moana Has Come To Minecraft! Here’s Your First Look

by Stone Marshall | Feb 8, 2018 | Awesome Book News, Free, Intro, Minecraft News, Minecraft questions, news, parent-news, State of Stone, Stone Marshall Book News, Stone Marshall Books, Stone Marshall Club, Stone Marshall Minecraft Adventures, Uncategorized | 0 comments

Minecraft just got 100% more awesome with these incredible new character skin packs. Here are all the details.

A boatload of awesome new character skins – including some from Disney‘s Moana, and a huge selection of iconic video game mascots, including Halo’s Master Chief – are on their way to Minecraft.

While players of the Xbox Edition have been able to play as Master Chief for awhile now, this is the first time these skins have been available to Nintendo Switch and Wii U players, too.

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Moana has come to Minecraft! / Mojang

“The Moana Character Pack features an intrepid crew of Pacific islanders, the shapeshifting demigod Maui, a giant gold-grabbing crab, coconut-clad pirates, watery apparitions, volcanic demons and other denizens of the deep. You can even play as a lethally stupid chicken,” says an update on the official Minecraft website.

Character skins from Disney’s Moana are on their way to Minecraft!

“You can even play as a lethally stupid chicken,” says an update on the official Minecraft website.

“Also arriving on new versions of Minecraft and Nintendo Wii U and Switch editions is the exceedingly popular Skin Pack 1! The pack contains various feudal favourites from the Fable series – queens, kings, wizards and warriors – and a slew of heroes from across the world of gaming, like Master Chief, Banjo, Cole Train, ‘Splosion Man and others.”

Just don’t expect to see Herobrine in the skin pack, of course…

Did you catch yesterday’s news about PixArk, a dinosaur-Minecraft crossover game you never knew you wanted? A mashup of Ark: Survival Evolved and Minecraft – is slated to hit Steam Early Access and Xbox Games Preview in March 2018.

Wondering what else is new this year? Check our our picks of the best games coming up in 2018!

– By Vikki Blake @_vixx

Read more at http://www.mtv.co.uk/minecraft/news/minecraft-moana-character-pack#EjqGXppfZIJpVPwg.99

Moana Has Come To Minecraft! Here’s Your First Look

Fans Are Comparing ‘Skyscraper’ To An Action Classic

by Stone Marshall | Feb 7, 2018 | Awesome Book News, Free, Intro, Minecraft News, Minecraft questions, news, parent-news, State of Stone, Stone Marshall Book News, Stone Marshall Books, Stone Marshall Club, Stone Marshall Minecraft Adventures, Uncategorized | 0 comments

Universal Pictures debuted the first trailer for Skyscraper during Super Bowl 52 Sunday, and social media users are accusing the Dwayne Johnson blockbuster of ripping off 1988 action classic Die Hard.

The action thriller sees the Fast & Furious and Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle star as former FBI Hostage Rescue Team leader and U.S. war veteran Will Ford, who sports a prosthetic leg and now assesses security for skyscrapers.

While on assignment in China, Ford finds the tallest, safest building in the world suddenly ablaze — and he’s been framed for it. Wanted and on the run, Ford must find those responsible, clear his name, and somehow rescue his trapped family from gun-wielding bad guys.

“My family is trapped 244 floors in the air,” Ford says, as he’s seen beaten and bloody, using duct tape to fashion makeshift gloves before using rope to tether himself to the stories-high building.

The trailer sees Ford engaging in a one-man war against foreign bad guys with guns, pulling off daredevil feats and impossible escapes, as he attempts to rescue his wife and two young daughters.

Potential moviegoers immediately compared Skyscraper to the original Die Hard, where Bruce Willis’ police detective John McClane is forced to single-handedly infiltrate a towering office building to rescue his wife and mother of his two young children.

“So they’re remaking Die Hard with the Rock and calling it Skyscraper?” asks Will Kennedy on Twitter.

“Love the trailer for the Rock’s new movie Not Die Hard,” jokes Brett Erlich.

Social media users pointed out the obvious similarities, but did point out the minor difference of Will Ford being differently abled with a prosthetic foot:

“Yippy kai-yay IF YOU SMELL WHAT THE ROCK. IS. COOKING,” joked Ken Yeung, while Drew Olanoff dubs the movie “Die Hard: As a Rock.”

Others still compared Skyscraper to 1974 action disaster flick The Towering Inferno, which saw a disastrous fire break out in the world’s tallest building.

“I dunno how The Rock has all this time to do terrible good movies, charm his way through [HBO series] Ballers, embarrass [Fast & Furious co-star] Tyrese publicly and still love his family, but somehow he does,” writes Rae Sanni.

“If The Rock wants to keep making the same movie over and over again,” writes Jamal Thalji, “I’m here for that.”

Skyscraper is the latest from Johnson’s Seven Bucks Productions, under producers Beau Flynn (San Andreas, Baywatch), Hiram Garcia (San Andreas, Central Intelligence), and director Rawson Marshall Thurber (director of We’re the Millers and Central Intelligence).

Skyscraper opens July 13.

Fans Are Comparing ‘Skyscraper’ To An Action Classic

‘Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS’ Teases English Dub

Yu-Gi-Oh! fans have a lot to look forward to in 2018 because not only will the first movie be screened in U.S. theaters in a new resolution, but it will also premiere the English dub of the newest series in the franchise, VRAINS.

Fathom Events and 4K media are having a special event where the movie will have an extremely limited run in theaters March 11 and 12.

Here’s the description of the event:

“Fathom Events and 4K Media are excited to bring the 2004 anime hit, Yu-Gi-Oh! The Movie, to cinemas nationwide for two days only on March 11 & 12!

Heroic Yugi squares off against archrival Kaiba in an adventure even more dangerous when the imaginary monsters in their playing cards become ferociously real… and when an old evil enters the fray. Who will win this ultimate smackdown? Whether you’re a novice Duelist or a professional, you’ll want to watch and find out! Recently digitally remastered, this special two-day event also features an exclusive first look of the sixth Yu-Gi-Oh! anime series, Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS!”

Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS has only been available as a simulcast on Crunchyroll in its native Japanese with English subtitles, but Fathom Events has confirmed that the VRAINS preview they will be showing fans in attendance is indeed the first look at the English dub.

You can purchase your tickets for the event here, and now the event will definitely be a must see.

Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS is the fifth version of the series following Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V and started airing in 2017. It takes place ten years into the future, where Duel Monsters is played through virtual reality tech. It follows a young boy named Yusaku who is dueling to defeat a mysterious hacker group that has run rampant throughout the virtual world.

For those unfamiliar with Yu-Gi-Oh!, the series was originally created by Kazuki Takahashi. It ran in Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump from September 1996 to March 2004. The series follows Yugi Mutou, a young boy who solves an ancient puzzle and is possessed by the spirit of the Egyptian pharoah. Being skilled at deadly games, the Pharoah goes on to create and solve problems for Yugi based on deadly games of chance.

Two anime series were created for the series, but the one most fans will recognize is Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters. Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters was the first arc in the story to focus on the “Duel Monsters” card game and was the first season licensed for an English language release by 4Kids Entertainment. The first season of the series, which fans often dub as “Season 0,” was more focuses on deadly games of chance with horrible consequences. It’s a darker season of the series featuring many changes from the series’ identity later on.

‘Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS’ Teases English Dub

‘Dragon Ball FighterZ’ Has The Best Yamcha Easter Egg

by Stone Marshall | Feb 6, 2018 | Awesome Book News, Free, Intro, Minecraft News, Minecraft questions, news, parent-news, State of Stone, Stone Marshall Book News, Stone Marshall Books, Stone Marshall Club, Stone Marshall Minecraft Adventures, Uncategorized | 0 comments

Fans have spoken, and it seems Dragon Ball FighterZ is the game to beat this year. The much-anticipated title is out now, and its all-out action has got gamers feeling good. Of course, anime fans are also loving the title thanks to its clever anime throwbacks.

So, if you haven’t gotten Yamcha to unleash THAT easter egg yet, then you need to load up your game. You have a treasure to dig up.

If you have played Dragon Ball FighterZ, you know it has a massive roster of characters. Everyone from Goku to Majin Buu are up for grabs, but the game’s top easter egg can only be unlocked with Yamcha and Nappa.

If you set up a match between the two characters, they come into the arena ready to go. Yamcha calls out the Saiyan and tells Nappa is strategy of using Saibamen will not work on him this time. Nappa isn’t phased in the least as he says he will just kill Yamcha himself this time around.

However, the Saiyan eats his words if you manage to beat Nappa with Yamcha.

If you unlock a dramatic finish in this match, Yamcha will get his sweet revenge on Nappa. The baddie will send a Saibaman flying at Yamcha in another attempt to kill him, but the martial artist hurls the creature back at Nappa. The Saiyan freaks out before the Saibaman explodes, leaving Nappa KO’d in a crater just like the one Yamcha died in years ago.

As you will remember, Yamcha did fall for that Saibaman trick back in Dragon Ball Z. The fighter was taken out when he stepped up to Nappa, but he didn’t even get a chance to fight the Saiyan. One of the villain’s Saibaman took him out instead, and Yamcha was killed by the fake out. The sudden death ruined Yamcha’s reputation since he was taken out by such a weak adversary, and his death pose has become on the Internet’s most enduring memes. So, it is time to see how Nappa handles that kind of humiliation…

Dragon Ball Super airs on Crunchyroll Saturday evenings at 7:15 p.m. CST. Adult Swim airs the English dub during its Toonami block Saturday evenings at 9:30 p.m, and is now available to stream on FunimationNOW and Amazon Video.

Are you glad Yamcha got revenge on Nappa even if it was just in a game? Hit me up on Twitter @MeganPetersCB to let me know and talk all things comics, k-pop, and anime!

‘Dragon Ball FighterZ’ Has The Best Yamcha Easter Egg

Get the Xbox One S Bundled with Minecraft for a Huge Discount

The Xbox One S might not get the same kind of recognition that its other 4K-wielding older sibling might, but the system is still a great addition to Microsoft’s line of consoles, especially for new gamers. With that in mind, there’s a new sale over on Amazon that makes this console a little more enticing, by knocking a huge chunk off of the price and bundling it with the game that turned into a cultural phenomenon: Minecraft.

The 500 gigabyte Xbox One X (with the game) is currently $239.95 on Amazon, down from its usual $299. Games are playable in 4K, and can be played on both the console and PC through Microsoft.

For those of you who may have somehow missed the outbreak of Minecraft when it basically because the most talked-about game on YouTube, here’s a briefer on the legendary sandbox game:

Explore randomly generated worlds and build amazing things from the simplest of homes to the grandest of castles. Play in creative mode with unlimited resources or mine deep into the world in survival mode, crafting weapons and armor to fend off the dangerous mobs. Create, explore and survive alone or with friends on mobile devices or Windows 10.
FEATURES:
– Skins, texture, and mash-up packs! We have biome settlers, city folk, town folk, and more!
– ADD-ONS! Learn more at minecraft.net/addons, where you can try some examples for free or learn to create your own.
– Realms! Play with up to 10 friends cross-platform in worlds that exist anytime, anywhere. Try a free 30-day trial in-app and learn more at http://minecraft.net/realms.
– Xbox Live support, including achievements
– The Nether and all its inhabitants. Fight Ghasts and make friends with Pigmen
– Cross platform play for up to five players between Pocket Edition and Windows 10
– Redstone! Pistons, comparators, repeaters, dispensers, droppers, and more!
– Spooky witches and their huts, complete with cauldrons filled with random potions and the ability to dye armor
– Ocelots! And bunnies!
– Slash commands to let you tweak how the game plays
– you can give items away, summon mobs, change the time of day, and more.

Minecraft is available on PC, Xbox One, Xbox One S, and more.

Get the Xbox One S Bundled with Minecraft for a Huge Discount

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