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Putting Control Resonant Under A Microscope Is Rewarding In An Unexpected Way

Putting Control Resonant Under A Microscope Is Rewarding In An Unexpected Way https://ift.tt/BWydxQs Over many years, I've written tens of thousands of words covering the Remedy Connected Universe, the Finnish studio's world tying the Alan Wake and Control series together. This is a team that loves rewarding players who notice the smaller details and go off the golden path in search of morsels of understanding. Connecting dots is often much of the fun in a Remedy game.  To my surprise, that side of the developer wasn't on display much in Control Resonant. There are definitely a few nods, and one chain of side quests in particular seems to have greater implications for the studio's future connected-universe games, but overall, I was taken aback by how disinterested Resonant was in tying itself to Remedy's bigger picture. However, it was by looking for those hidden details that I discovered something else I ended up loving about the sequel in a different way. ...

The Departed's Shocking Ending Made WB Bosses "Very Sad," Scorsese Says

The Departed's Shocking Ending Made WB Bosses "Very Sad," Scorsese Says https://ift.tt/yTBfFE7

The Oscar-winning mobster movie The Departed is a modern classic, and one of Martin Scorsese's best films. Predictably, the studio behind it wanted to make it a franchise. However, the movie ends with deaths of its two main characters, and that apparently made the studio bosses at Warner Bros. "very sad," according to Scorsese.

He told GQ that, "What they wanted was a franchise. It wasn't about a moral issue of a person living or dying."

In the movie, Leonardo DiCaprio's character is shockingly killed near the conclusion as he steps out of an elevator. Matt Damon's character dies a bit later when Mark Wahlberg's character tracks him down and shoots him in his home. Scorsese told GQ that he remembers a test screening for the movie where everyone seemed to enjoy what happened except the studio bosses.

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