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The top tip of the week? It’s time to turn red. The new Pixar film “follows 13-year-old Mei (Rosalie Chiang), a spunky Chinese-Canadian middle-schooler living in Toronto in the early 2000s,” writes our reviewer, Petrana Radulovic. “[Mei’s]She juggles her maternal duties and those at the temple. After one particularly turbulent day, she wakes up and discovers that she has transformed into a giant red panda.”

This is the beginning of a funny, touching adventure. It leaves space to explore universal topics like how we relate to our families, cultures and bodies. The creators of Last Month We Speak with It’s time to turn red about the film’s open portrayal of puberty and periods. Shi also revealed four of the anime inspirations for the film.

Radulovic claims that It’s time to turn red ”unabashedly and jovially embraces its own identity in such a tender way that it aches” and calls the film one of Pixar’s best. We’re bummed for the filmmakers at Pixar that It’s time to turn red isn’t getting a full theatrical release, but selfishly, we’re thrilled that we can watch the movie when we want, as often as we want, on Disney Plus.

YouTube this week | Resurrections by The Matrix is a movie that’s kind of about video games. One of the most vital, but often overlooked parts of video games is their walk cycle. Everyone needs to walk. Those who know the concept will recognize that a poorly animated walk cycle is uncanny. So game developers have found a ton of cool ways to implement walks in the games we play — making them both accurate, and flavorful. Jenna Stoeber takes you through Jenna’s walkthrough of walking and cycling in video games and explains how it got there.

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The metaverse: A guide for everyoneBe prepared, friends.| Brace yourself, friends. The metaverse will be hyped by almost all entertainment brands in 2022.Here’s a fun, concise explainer of everything you need to know — and how to spot the tech marketing nonsense.

Some Ukrainian game developers volunteer to fight | We have continued to follow the war in Ukraine, maintaining contact with game developers forced from their homes, hunkered in their apartments, or who have chosen to fight for their nation. Western media outlets continue to boycott Russia. Netflix has suspended service to Russian subscribers. FIFA Ultimate Team now excludes players from Russian soccer teams and has also been removed from other Russia-branded products. Nintendo delayed its remake of More than 700 game developers from across the world have bundled together nearly 1,000 games to donate money to a pair of Ukrainian charities.Advance Wars for the Switch, citing “recent world events.”

Here’s one way you can help Ukraine (and get lots of games) | More than 700 game developers from across the world have bundled together nearly 1,000 games to donate money to a pair of Ukrainian charities. This collection contains some of our favourite games, such as Baba Is You, Celeste, Super HexagonAnd Superhot.

Yang intentionally subverts sci-fi’s fetishistic ‘hollow Asian’ trope | Leo Kim sits down with Kogonada, the director of his film to discuss the creative decisions that led to this wonderful movie. “Kogonada deliberately subverts the tropes and mechanics we’ve come to expect,” writes Kim, “using them as jumping-off points to respond to the sci-fi genre’s dark legacy of Orientalism and the dehumanization of Asian people.”

BatmanThis has ignited some huge bat feelings To start, we’ve collected the most pertinent history of Riddler and Batman’s conflict.| To start, we’ve collected the most pertinent history of Riddler and Batman’s conflict. But let’s be real: The Riddler has nothing on Catwoman, the real best villain in Gotham.Matt Reeves, director of the film, left enough threads untied for a sequel. BatmanAlthough it seems inevitable, we might get one or more television shows. Although one television show is in serious trouble, another TV series is moving forward. Be sure to include Robin the little guy in whatever comes next. Außerdem, [spoiler]More [spoiler]. Oh, and speaking of bat men.

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The Adam ProjectNetflix• A teenage boy teams up with an adult to save the world’s time from time travel.| A teenager partners with a future version of himself to apparently save the world from time travel. And Mark Ruffalo plays Ryan Reynolds’ father! Frankly, that’s reason enough to give the film — Reynolds’ second collaboration with One Guy Free director Shawn Levy — a try.

Criterion Channel has old, filthy movies Before the Hays Code removed all the dirty bits from the cinema, 1930s Hollywood produced mountains of gleefully trashy movies bursting with sex, drugs, and dirty double entendres.| Before the Hays Code removed all the dirty bits from the cinema, 1930s Hollywood produced mountains of gleefully trashy movies bursting with sex, drugs, and dirty double entendres. These black-and-white movies won’t shock anyone who watched the second season of EuphoriaYou can’t resist watching a film called “The Last of the Mob”. Zoo murders? It’s about a rich zoologist with a knack for torture and murder! You might prefer more contemporary crime movies. Here are 10 outstanding detective movies you can watch right now.

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Lost The Diablo-inspired action-MMO took over Twitch in Korea and Japan in 2019, but only now can folks in Europe and North America give the game a try.Ark | Polygon Recommends | The Diablo-inspired action-MMO took over Twitch in Korea and Japan in 2019, but only now can folks in Europe and North America give the game a try. Windows PC.

ShroomchitectTake a ride on an emotional time machine back to Tamagotchi.| Hop aboard an emotional time machine to the days of Tamagotchi. On itch.io

Learn MoreA game like this, which is so mysterious and popular, doesn’t happen very often.Elden Ring | A game this big, mysterious, and widely played doesn’t come along that often. So please forgive us for including the “Jackass of video games” two weeks in a row. Many of us have put dozens of hours into the game and have no clue if we’re even close to the ending. One speedrunner beat the game in less than an hour. The slower pace is what we prefer, taking it one by one, using our large, dumb jellyfish to slay the beasts and then stopping for occasional snacks. The proper fuel is essential to become an Elden Lord. It’s available on PS4, PS5, Windows PC and Xbox One.

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