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Are you a PlayStation Plus subscriber who owns a PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5 and the PlayStation VR accessory? If your answer was yes, then starting Tuesday 2 November 2021, you will be able to download six new games as part of your free monthly games collection via the PlayStation Store. In addition to the three PS4/PS5 games which subscribers traditionally get access to, three PS VR games will also be included to mark the platforms fifth anniversary.

Knockout City on the PS4 / PS5

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Team up and duke it out with rival crews in style as you settle the score with epic dodgeball battles online. Brace yourself for outrageous fun and intense competition in an all-new take on team-based multiplayer games. Customise your character and form a crew with friends to start your Knockout City takeover. Knock out opponents with trick shots and coordinated teamwork while dodging and catching balls flying across the map. No ball? No problem! You can literally ball up, roll into a teammates hands, and become the ultimate weapon.

First Class Trouble is a social deduction party game where six people play together online aboard a luxury space cruiser. At the start of each game, four players will be randomly selected to be Residents, cooperatively trying to shut down a rogue A.I. at the heart of the ship. The other two players will be Personoids, who will lie, deceive, and do whatever it takes to stop them! Teamwork is the key to survival, but who can you trust?

First Class Trouble on the PS4 / PS5

Kingdoms of Amalur: Re-Reckoning on the PS4.

From the minds of the bestselling author R.A. Salvatore, Spawn creator Todd McFarlane, and Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion lead designer Ken Rolston, comes Kingdoms of Amalur: Re-Reckoning. Remastered with stunning visuals and refined gameplay Re-Reckoning delivers intense, customisable RPG combat inside a sprawling game world. Uncover the secrets of Amalur, from the vibrant city of Rathir to the vast region of Dalentarth to the grim dungeons of the Brigand Hall Caverns. Rescue a world torn apart by a vicious war and control the keys to immortality as the first warrior ever to be resurrected from the grips of death.

The Persistence for PS VR. The Persistence challenges you to survive aboard a doomed deep space colony starship in the year 2521. Stranded, malfunctioning, and caught in the inexorable pull of a black hole, The Persistence is overrun with a crew mutated into horrific & murderous aberrations. Its down to you, a clone of security officer Zimri Eder, to make your way deeper in the decks of The Persistence to repair the systems and prevent the ship from being torn apart. Gather resources, upgrade abilities and fabricate an arsenal of weapons in this brutal sci-fi horror rogue-lite.

The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners Standard Edition for PS VR. Face all the horrors that the living and the dead can offer in this new VR adventure in The Walking Dead universe. Travel through the ruins of walker infested New Orleans as you fight, sneak, scavenge, and survive each day unravelling a city-wide mystery within the iconic quarters. Encounter desperate factions and lone survivors who could be friend or foe. Whether you help others or take what you want by force, every choice you make has consequences. What kind of survivor will you be for the people of NOLA?

Until You Fall for PS VR. Fantasy and synthwave collide in this physically active PS VR sword fighting game. Grow stronger as you battle through an awesome neon environment and strike down magic-infused monstrosities in this hack-and-slash roguelite. Move your arms and body to the synthwave soundtrack as you attack, block, cast spells, and dodge your way deeper into the heart of a neon fantasy world filled with magic-infused monsters. Equip yourself with a variety of gameplay-altering weapons as you continue to gain strength and strike down the monstrosities that lurk throughout this mystifying world.

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Baker is 71 and well-schooled in classic jazz and blues. He even wrote a book about attending the famed Monterey Pop Festival as an 18-year-old in 1967.

Music is a big part of my life, Baker said Monday. Its a big part of setting the mood and the tone for what I need. Sometimes I need jazz to calm me down or blues, or I need something to pick me up.

Its no coincidence the 2Pac song that landed on Bakers playlist was Picture Me Rollin. Consider the lyrics:

Can you see me now? (Oh, picture me rollin)

Move to the side a little bit so you can get a clear picture

Can you see it?

Picture me rollin (Picture me rollin).

Thats really what this World Series represents for Baker, a chance to move to the side so baseball can get its clearest picture yet of Johnnie B. Baker Jr.

Baker has the most victories, 1,987, of any manager not to win the World Series. Not that there havent been chances.

He was six outs away from a championship with the San Francisco Giants in 2002 before the then Anaheim Angels stormed back. A year later, managing the Cubs, Baker needed five outs to return to the Series when a seemingly innocuous fan at Wrigley Field lunged for a foul ball and chaos followed.

Now hes back in the Series with the Astros, this time staging his own comeback to topple the Red Sox last week.

Win four games and Baker will leave no questions about who he is and where he stands.

Only 11 managers in history have won more games, and all are members of the Hall of Fame outside of three-time World Series winner Bruce Bochy, which is a formality.

Win this World Series and Baker will present irrefutable credentials once he lands on the ballot. There will be substance behind all the style.

You know the style. Baker last played in 1986, but still wears thick wristbands with his uniform to hide what he considers skinny forearms. He works a toothpick all game, having abandoned tobacco long ago, and views the field from behind tinted glasses, sometimes from the far end of the dugout just to get a different look.

Baker was out of the game for two years, fired by the Washington Nationals after winning 97 games in 2017. The Phillies were interested before the 2020 season, but decided on Joe Girardi.

The Astros were Last Chance U., having fired manager A.J. Hinch after the extent of their cheating in 2017 was revealed. Bakers personality and reputation was a handy shield for the abuse they would face, and his acumen was needed to pull another championship out of a talented core of players.

It has worked. The Astros advanced to the ALCS last season and took the Rays to seven games before winning 95 games this season. They are 7-3 in the postseason.

When I first came in, I was more like an uncle, and then I became more like a dad, Baker said. So Im kind of in between a dad and maybe even a granddad. But Im probably a little bit too cool to be a granddad right now.

This will be a familial series for Baker, who played for the Braves from 196875. His teammate from that time, Ralph Garr, is a Braves scout and a dear friend. Their shared mentor was Hall of Famer Hank Aaron, who passed away in January.

Baker had no intention of signing with the Braves in 1967. As a young Black man from progressive northern California, he saw no future playing in the Deep South in that turbulent time. It wasnt until Aaron called Bakers home and promised hed look out for him that the deal was made.

I think about him all the time, especially in a series like this. I feel his presence, especially him and my dad, Baker said. He had a tremendous impact not only on the baseball field, but in my life and in my family and in business. Ill be forever grateful to him.

Now Baker has Aaron again looking over his shoulder as he seeks to fill the only gap in his career. Win this World Series and Baker will surely stand on the stage in Cooperstown someday.

Would a championship cleanse the Astros? Probably not. It would their manager.

You play the game for the love of the game and the love of winning, and theyre about winning, and Im about winning, Baker said. Ive always been about winning my whole life.

I mean, its perfect for both of us.

Peter Abraham can be reached at peter.abraham@globe.com. Follow him on Twitter @PeteAbe.

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Popular video-sharing app TikTok is chock-full of different trends and challenges that range from inducing second-hand embarrassment to making you wonder: Just how the heck did they do that?

And then there are posts that prompt other users on the platform to share their own personality traits by indulging in "telling" quizzes, or philosophical postulations that supposedly reveal people's true dispositions. But is that what the snail trend is all about?

No, the trend that involves the slimy little buggers isn't about whether or not someone would eat escargot, it's actually a hypothetical scenario that poses the following: Would you take the gift of immortality and a huge sum of cash under the condition that there's a killer snail that follows you forever and when it finally touches you, you die? And if you did, how would you handle it?

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"The Immortal Snail" question has trended multiple times in the past and since many TikTokers have enjoyed sizable followings by regurgitating several popular internet trends and memes, it didn't take long for folks to start using the "Immortal Snail" hypothetical to create a whole new slew of posts, jokes, and even other hypotheses.

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Many of these memes and clips were posted with the assumption that the viewer was cognizant of the snail theory in question, which led to a slew of people scratching their heads and wondering just why the heck everyone on TikTok was referencing snails.

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Some folks said that they would try to win the snail over and become its friend, seeing as the two of them were immortal and could keep one another company.

Others said that they would gladly take the money and the gift of infinite life because, at the end of the day, they're just dealing with a snail.

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Then there were some who said they'd ship the snail away. It would be pretty easy to trap it in a box with a GPS tracker or in a tiny room somewhere with a camera so that you could check in on the snail at any time. The possibilities are endless, really.

And if you ever got tired of being alive, you could always just let the snail touch you and boom, there's the end of that whole "immortality is a curse" thing.

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The snail question has become such a hot trend on TikTok that folks are even going so far as to alter their profile pictures and descriptions around the hypothetical question.

As mentioned above, "The Immortal Snail" has had many lives (fittingly enough) on the internet, including on Reddit. The post posing the question received more than 40,000 upvotes and had tons of people commenting on how they would handle the scenario.

The OG question was as follows: "You and a super intelligent snail both get $1 million, and you both become immortal. However, you die if the snail touches you. It always knows where you are and slowly crawls toward you. What's your plan?"

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I think dirkson's response above is about the best strategy there is.

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Next year will be the run up to the 50th anniversary of the most dramatic international hockey series ever: Team Canada vs. the Soviet Union, in which Paul Henderson achieved immortality by scoring the winning goal in the last three straight games.

But before that team enjoys the well-deserved attention it will receive, I want to bring to your attention the story of another hockey Team Canada, whose tournament should have ended at a medal ceremony but didnt. And its well past time to rectify this injustice.

Lets go back to the 1950s and 60s. After having dominated international hockey for decades, Canada was fading from its place on the world stage. The fact was, other countries, such as the Soviet Union, were drafting players into the military and putting them into year-long hockey programs. Our best players were all in the National Hockey League, and, as professionals, they werent permitted to compete at international events. So we began sending hastily assembled amateur teams that would routinely lose.

In the early 60s, the legendary St. Michaels Majors coach Father David Bauer convinced Canadas amateur hockey brass to let him establish a national program in which our best amateur players could spend a year together and gel as a team, setting them up to be more competitive at international tournaments. It was Father Bauers players who travelled to Innsbruck, Austria, in January 1964 to compete for Canada in the Winter Olympics.

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There was nothing about that teams players that suggested they were destined for greatness. In the dozens of games used as tune-ups for the Olympics, they barely won more than they lost; even then, they won against inferior junior players.

But something happened when the team got to Austria. They got good. Really good. Before you knew it, they were a legitimate gold-medal threat.

These Olympics, though, turned out to be somewhat cursed for Canada. For example, a Swedish player whod broken his stick tossed it toward the Canadian bench, where it struck Father Bauer and cut him across the forehead. Bauer insisted that his team seek no retribution; in fact, in an incredible display of sportsmanship, he watched two other teams play the next day, accompanied by the Swedish player whod wounded him.

Next, Canada was playing some of its best hockey against Czechoslovakia when one of the Czech players ran Canadas goaltender, Seth Martin, knocking him out of the game. Canadas replacement came in cold and couldnt match Martins heroics Canada went on to lose the game.

But the worst was yet to come. In the tournaments most anticipated game, against the Soviet Union, Canada dominated for two periods only to see its lead slip away in the third after a controversial penalty call left the team short-handed. The USSR eventually won 3-2, capturing the gold medal.

There were now three countries tied for second place: Sweden, Czechoslovakia, and Canada. The rules suggested the difference between goals scored and allowed should be employed to break the tie. By that count, Sweden claimed the silver medal.

But international politics then interceded in the worst way. In the third period of the Canada-USSR game, the International Ice Hockey Federations president, John Bunny Ahearne, decided to interpret the rules differently. Instead of takingallthe teams goals for and against into account, he resolved to take only the top four teams goals for and against into account. With that new interpretation in place, the bronze medal now belonged to the Czechs, not the Canadians.

Canadas numbers werent as buoyant as those of the other countries: the gentlemanly Father Bauer refused to let his players run up the score against inferior countries. As a result, other countries scored more than the Canadians did, because they didnt hesitate to give inferior teams a pounding.

The chicanery was all so last-minute and bizarre that the Czechs didnt even show up for the medal ceremony. They figured theyd come fourth, so why bother? Team Canadas players arrived for the medal ceremony in formal attire, ready to claim their bronzes, but were told, sorry, guys, youre going home with nothing.

It was a badly kept secret at the time that Ahearne had it out for Canada, was tired of watching Canada dominate, and was happy to come up with some last-minute wrinkle to prevent the Canucks from medalling. Father Bauer, who could smell political mischief a mile away, responded with his typical grace and humility and simply urged his charges to leave Austria with their heads up.

Over the years, Hockey Canada, which oversees amateur competition here, has made some half-hearted efforts to rectify this injustice, but it hasnt been able to convince the IIHF to re-examine Canadas case. The federation has hidden behind the notion that, if they were to consider this claim from Canada, other countries would want to protest this, that, or the other thing. So it has let the issue lie.

The problem, of course, is that Canadas players, who acquitted themselves so well over there, are now in their late 70s, early 80s, or dead. And they are losing hope that they will see their legitimate claims for medal justice recognized in their lifetimes.

Four members of that 64 Canadian hockey team gathered last week for an online conversation on a show calledHockey Time Machine. They reminisced about how much theyd loved playing for their country and expressed disappointment that, all these decades later, nothing has been done to rectify the situation.

I dont think theres any appetite in Hockey Canadas hands to move forward, said Paul Conlin, 78, whos now an Ottawa-based lawyer. Hes grown weary of trying to make the case for himself and his teammates.

Its a particularly bitter pill for the surviving members of the team to swallow, given that professional NHLers have taken over playing at international tournaments now. Father Bauers team was the last group of amateurs to play for Canada before the 1972 Summit Series. These men still want Canadians to know that they represented their country honourably during the 64 Olympics for no pay and ought to be appropriately recognized with the bronze medals they believe they earned. Most of the players may have had the proverbial cup of coffee in the NHL. But, in the main, this was the most important hockey experience of their lives. And the lack of a just ending to their story still rankles.

The fact that we still have reunions every two or three years shows we still cherish the memories we had with one another, said Barry MacKenzie, now 80, who played in both the 64 and 68 Olympics and is in the IIHF Hall of Fame. We still think were gold-medal winners even though we only won the bronze.

Every day of his life, Marshall Johnston, 80, who actually did win a bronze medal at the 1968 Olympics in Grenoble, France, looks at a picture of that 68 medal ceremony. Hes not smiling in the picture. Four years later, he was still ticked at how he and his teammates were screwed out of a bronze in Innsbruck.

I didnt feel like smiling in 64 or in 68, Johnston said. Weve had a lot of disappointments.

Even for Rod Seiling, who played nearly 1,000 games in the NHLandformed part of the immortal 1972 Team Canada, the lack of resolution around this issue stings 58 years later.

When you stand on your blue line and listen to your national anthem, it gives you a real sense of pride and accomplishment, said Seiling, wholl turn 77 next month. But it is a big hole what happened in that last game and the way it happened. We deserved to be medallists. And it was taken from us. We didnt lose. It was taken from us.

Seiling cant help but be reminded of this scandal every day of his life. He lives in Waterloo on, if you can believe it, Father David Bauer Drive.

It seems clear that the IIHF has no appetite to revisit this issue. And Hockey Canada doesnt seem to want to spend its currency on it either.

The solution is simple. Hockey Canada should forget about prosecuting its case internationally and simply have some bronze medals struck to give to the surviving members of the team. Have a ceremony. Do it up right. The 58th anniversary of the Innsbruck Olympics is coming up next January and February. It would be a perfect time to right one of hockey historys greatest wrongs.

Were going to massively celebrate the 50th anniversary of Team Canadas 1972 victory over the Soviets next year and rightly so. But how about, before we do that, we get some justice for an earlier Team Canada that represented us well and deserves better.

Come on Hockey Canada. Strike the damned medals. Just do it.

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Eschatology, also known as end times theology, is an area of biblical study that has captivated the masses for more than two millennia. Over time, various interpretations and theories have emerged surrounding Christs return and the end of the world as we know it. Contemporary books and films include these ideas as believers look to entertainment and current events for clues about whats to come.

But what does the Bible really say about the end times? There are, in fact, many Bible verses about the end times that speak about the future return of Christ and the events and conditions that will one day come to fruition.

And while the Book of Revelation is the most well-known set of Bible verses about the end times for most Christians when studying end times prophecy, it is far from the only place in scripture that describes what will unfold during the last days.

If youre interested in learning more about what the Bible says about the end times, here are some additional key passages to take into consideration:

But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope. For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.

For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep. For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:

Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord. Wherefore comfort one another with these words (1 Thessalonians 4:13-18).

Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left. Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left (Matthew 24:40-41).

This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, traitors, heady, high minded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God; Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away (2 Timothy 3:1-5).

And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all [these things] must come to pass, but the end is not yet (Matthew 24:6).

But of that day and [that] hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels which are in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father (Mark 13:32).

For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places (Matthew 24:7).

In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.

For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory. (1 Corinthians 15:52-54).

Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils (1 Timothy 4:1).

And it shall come to pass afterward, [that] I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions: And also upon the servants and upon the handmaids in those days will I pour out my spirit. And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke. The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the LORD come. And it shall come to pass, [that] whosoever shall call on the name of the LORD shall be delivered: for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be deliverance, as the LORD hath said, and in the remnant whom the LORD shall call (Joel 2:28-32).

For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be (Matthew 24:21).

For I will take you from among the heathen, and gather you out of all countries, and will bring you into your own land (Ezekiel 36:24).

These Bible verses about the end times only scratch the surface when it comes to biblical prophecies. When learning about eschatology, it is important that we always remember that no one knows the day nor the hour.

We must also specifically remember the words of Jesus in Matthew 24:44, Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh.

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Rosario Dawson and Werner Herzog Finally Become Star Wars Figures

Well, its about time. Two Star Wars figures fans have been wanting ever since they first showed up will soon become available. And while they might be slightly easier to lay hands on than baby Grogu is for the Imperial remnant, dont count on them being too easy. Because in both cases, collectors could feel just as drawn to the actors in question as the characters. Whoever expected a Werner Herzog Star Wars figure would become a thing in our lifetime?

A director once known for his movies of madness and obsession, and now more familiar for his existential documentaries and extremely mannered German accent, Herzog also played The Client in season 1 of The Mandalorian. A mysterious figure affiliated with the last of the Empire, he paid Din Djarin to retrieve Grogu for him. And then he paid with his life when Djarin had a change of heart and re-took the Child, brining Moff Gideon into the fray. Whether collectors care about any of that, or just want a toy of the acclaimed filmmaker to add narration to their toy sagas, a plastic Herzog soon awaits.

Rosario Dawson toys already exist. The actress has gained plastic immortality for her roles in Sin City and the Marvel Netflix shows. But shes never stepped into a character role as already iconic as Ahsoka Tano. Immortalized in The Clone Wars animation by Ashley Eckstein, the Togruta Jedi came to live action in an older form as Dawson in The Mandalorian. Soon shell have her own show, but first comes her own figure. Unlike The Client, who appears inthe6-inch Black Series line, older Ahsoka debuts in the 3.75-inch Vintage Collection. Expect preorders to start tomorrow at 10 a.m. at major online outlets. Possibly The Client as well, though that remains unconfirmed by official sources.

Do these much-anticipated figures look as youd hoped? Let us know in comments!

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Im pretty sure Ive mentioned to everyone I know this month, go watch Demon Knight, its batshit insane in all the best ways. Tales From The Crypt Presents: Demon Knight was supposed to kick off a Tales From The Crypt cinematic experiment. The film is followed by Bordello Of Blood (decent movie, in case you want to see Dennis Miller playing Dennis Miller), which had the artifact from this film making an appearance. Demon Knight features Billy Zane, William Sadler, Jada Pinkett, Brenda Bakke, C. C. H. Pounder, Dick Miller, and Thomas Haden Church.

The film received horrific reviews at the time of release with some stating that the film was neither scary enough or funny enough to be much of anything. These days, people can see the film for what it is, and recognize the greatness of some of the performances and its story. Billy Zane in particular absolutely smashes his role as The Collector. In a zany, almost cartoonish performance, he tries to woo the group of survivors in a small New Mexico desert town. Through the whole film he routinely steals the scene whenever hes on screen. Of 90s Horror movie villains, he certainly makes a mark.

The film has an interesting structure that borrows heavily from siege movies and zombie movies. The Collector has an army of demons at his control that attack and pick off the group. The hero of the first half is Frank Brayker (Sadler). Personally, William Sadler is one of my favorite actors ever, so this performance is a real treat.

For horror fans out there, youll see all the different influences on Demon Knight. It combines elements of those movies with Biblical aspects and immortality. It was made at that intersection of CGI and practical effects, but because the budget was shoe-string, they used only practical effects and in-camera tricks. The story here is all about temptation and how the devil will do whatever it takes to get what they want.

What really works here is that the religious aspects of the film arent over the top. Youre not hit over the head with Christianity. William Brayker is no Saint, hes just trying to keep this artifact out of the wrong hands. That same feeling transfers over when he sadly meets his end. That job of keeping the artifact safe transfers over to Jeryline (Pinkett). She takes over the second half of the film and goes toe-to-toe with Billy Zane.

The final climactic scenes in the film give us an ahead-of-its-time ending with Jeryline besting the Collector and going back on the run. It sets up for a follow-up story with a new Collector in tow trailing after her.

This one would have slipped through the cracks for me if not for Scream Factory. Their release of the film caught my eye and upon seeing that William Sadler was in the film, I bought it. Luckily for me, because this is a fast-paced, energetic film that combines practical effects with an awesome story. The performances in the film carry it the whole way. Its too bad that we never got a continuation of this whole Tales From The Crypt saga. The next two films were supposed to be Dead Easy, a zombie film set in New Orleans and Body Count. However, the poor performance of Bordello of Blood destroyed any sort of momentum that had.

This was slotted in the January death-spot for film releases. It made a decent profit from its $12 million budget. What were left with is a classic feeling film that has lots of 90s nostalgia, practical effects, and Billy Zane having the time of his life as the villain. If you get the chance, go grab the Scream Factory Blu-ray. It has tons of special features for fans of the film. Its also just the best that the film has ever looked. For a movie from the 90s, the visuals and effects have held up reasonably well.

This is a great one to pair with a more well-known horror movie for a double feature, or you can run your own movie marathon with Demon Knight.

For more on horror, make sure to check out Fright-A-Thon or stay tuned to That Hashtag Show.

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Comicbook.com - Electronic Arts and DICE released a new trailer today for next month's release of Battlefield 2042 that gives prospective players a better idea of how the game will work. While the trailer in question doesn't feature any actual gameplay footage, it instead contains a number of hilarious references and looks at the world in which Battlefield 2042 will seemingly take place. ...

[O]ne moment of the trailer shows that NFL quarterback Tom Brady is clearly still playing football in the year 2042, and he is good enough to still win the MVP award as an old man.

"Still playing football"? "Old man"? You know how long these phrases have been coming up when Tom Brady's name has been mentioned? A decade, if not more. By the time he hit his mid-30s, talk started to shift to how few quarterbacks can play at a high level in their late 30s. People started bringing up the retirement ages of John Elway and Dan Marino. Then watching Brett Favre deteriorate. Then it was Peyton Manning. And when the Patriots drafted Jimmy Garoppolo there was a common assumption he was being groomed to take Brady's spot. And that was 2014.

Hell, the entire futures of the three other teams in the AFC East and all the contenders in the AFC have hinged on Brady finally being proved human and his career coming to an end and where has that gotten anybody?

The year 2042 might sound like a long way off. But so did 2021 back during Y2K. Now we're living it. And 2042 is the same 21 years away. During which time Brady will be 65. Which sounds old by quarterback standards but is only like 27 in GOAT years.

So don't doubt this will come true and this clip will resurface 21 years from now when Brady's starting for London on Wednesday Night Football and is the reigning MVP and he'll have a good laugh at how old they made him look back in 2021. A year in which he led the league in passing yards and touchdowns as a spry, 44-year-old with a great future ahead of him.

The only question will be how many budding NFL dynasties he's destroyed in the nest over those two decades. Because it pretty much looks like he's just added the Chiefs to the list:

So if I live long enough, see you in 2042. I only hope Belichick has finally mastered immortality so he'll still be showing the world there's one coach who can Brady out of the end zone.

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New Trailer for 'Battlefield 2042 Has Tom Brady as the MVP and You'd Be Insane to Think it Won't Happen - Barstool Sports

Nighttime divers on the Musi River in Indonesia are beginning to fish out fistfuls of gold, gems, and other treasures from the mudand it might be the site of a fabled kingdom known in the 8th century as the Island of Gold.

Dr. Sean Kingsley, a British maritime archaeologist, suspects the finds, such as a ruby-studded life-size golden Buddha worth millions, represent the gradual-rediscovery of a lost merchant palace city from the kingdom of Svirijaya, which ruled the trade routes in large parts of Indonesia for 400 years.

Situated around the town of Palembang, sometimes called Venice of the East, the palace city would have sat on a major artery of the maritime version of the Silk Road, and like its terrestrial counterparts in the cities of Qashqar, or Tashkent, would have bustled in its heyday with people of every faith and skin color.

Earlier diving expeditions conducted by Australian archaeologists have recovered pristine collections of ceramics preserved in the mud of the river, representing a staggering number of culturesincluding every major Medieval power in Asia, and even the Dutch, British and Portuguese.

But now the treasures coming from the Musi River have a more legendary quality: Dr. Kingsley picks up the narrative when he spoke with Dalya Alberge at The Guardian about his upcoming presentation on the lost city in Wreckwatch Magazine.

From the shallows have surfaced glittering gold and jewels befitting this richest of kingdoms everything from tools of trade and weapons of war to relics of religion. From the lost temples and places of worship have appeared bronze and gold Buddhist figurines, bronze temple door-knockers bearing the demonic face of Kala, in Hindu legend the mythical head of Rahu who churned the oceans to make an elixir of immortality. Bronze monks bells and gold ceremonial rings are studded with rubies and adorned with four-pronged golden vajra scepters, the Hindu symbol for the thunderbolt, the deitys weapon of choice.

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Exquisite gold sword handles would have graced the sides of royal courtesans, while bronze mirrors and hundreds of gold rings, many stamped with enigmatic letters, figures and symbols, earrings and gold necklace beads resurrect the splendor of a merchant aristocracy going about its daily dealings, stamping shipping manifests, in the palace complex.

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The image is of a city on wooden silts yet covered in golden decorations, floating on the river like a solid gold water lily. All around would have been hundreds of boats piled with luxury goods of every description, piloted by traders as from as far west as Turkey, and as far north as Korea. It would have been as stunning a sight to see as the great tent cities of the Mongol Empire.

Its disappearance isnt detailed in any histories, or known by archaeology. The prevalence of volcanic activity in Indonesia could offer a Pompeii-like explanation, while its also possible that riverine activity could have swallowed the city up during a flood or mud slide.

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Kingsley hopes an official, wide-scale excavation will begin immediately.

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Everett Henes| Hillsdale Daily News

Old advertisements for handguns dubbed one The Great Equalizer.

The idea behind this tagline was to drive home the point that a small person could be just as powerful as a bigger person.

Whatever your views of guns, there is another, greater equalizer among us all, and that is death. I have yet to meet a person whose life will not end at some point. The truth is, life is promised to none, but death is certain for all.

When we are young, this doesnt take up much of our thoughts. As we grow older, experiencing more life and facing more challenges, it comes to the fore.

This is not to say a young person never confronts death. Hospitals are dedicated to young people who are facing it. Every funeral puts death right before our eyes and, if we are wise, we will bring our children to help them think about life.

Weve been working through the book of Ecclesiastes. I hear a lot of feedback on this particular book. Some people love it, and others find it overly depressing. I understand both responses and Ive probably had both at various times throughout the years. The reason some find it depressing is its focus on the reality of death. We are not a people who like to think about the end of life. We have an entire industry for that, to make those last days comfortable. When my own congregation faced several deaths some years ago, I was shocked by how few resources there were for pastors to help people work through such things. I turned to the Hospice resources and found many that were helpful.

Solomon has been taking us on his journey in the early chapters of Ecclesiastes. He begins by declaring that everything is vanity, fleeting, and then goes on to explain how he came to this conclusion. Today we cover the verses that ultimately drove him there. In the early part of chapter 2, we saw how he tried to recreate The Garden of Eden. The reason for this is that hes looking for a way to end death; to reverse the curse.

Ecclesiastes 2:12-26 shows Solomon beginning to come to grips with the great equalizer of death. The wise person has his eyes in his head, but the fool walks in darkness. And yet I perceived that the same event happens to all of them. (Ecclesiastes 2:14) That event he is speaking of is exactly what weve said, How the wise dies just like the fool! Wise or fool, rich or poor, intelligent or ignorant; death comes for all.

One theologian comments on death, there is no fact which we ponder less carefully, or less frequently remember. For we form all our plans just as if we had fixed our immortality on the earth. This book makes us stop, and to consider both the reality of death and the way it crushes everything we desire under the sun. Even this begins to give us a way of understanding the message: if our focus is only under the sun then one day it will all be gone.

Solomons words that come from this are shocking: So I hated life, because what is done under the sun was grievous to me, for all is vanity and a striving after wind. (Ecclesiastes 2:17) We might be inclined to offer him a snack and a nap, hoping that his thoughts will pass away. But we know hes right. I dont mean that we ought to hate life. I actually dont believe that he ultimately hates life. But in the process of sorting it out, he experiences something that is helpful for us to consider. Death cannot be avoided.

This is why we must understand the Bible as a whole story. You see, God is the only one who can reverse the curse and make death something that no longer exists. This is the promise at the end of the story in Revelation 21:4, He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning nor crying nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away. The way God works, though, is simply amazing. The death of death comes about through the death of Christ. Not just his death, though, but also his resurrection for Christ defeats death. It is the resurrection that gives us the answer to Solomons quest and the answer to our longing hearts.

Everett Henes, pastor ofHillsdale Orthodox Presbyterian Church, may be reached at pastorhenes@gmail.com.

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