Wayward Pines SN2 EP1 – ‘Enemy Lines’

Welcome back to Wayward Pines. The second season of this amazing M Night Shamylan Show begins with narration from the main character of the first season’s son.

This episode introduces us to our hero for the season one Dr.Theo Yedlin. Theo is a Doctor and at first wakes up in one of the body freezing tubes. His eyes flash open as he wakes up.

In his mind he sees his wife and the last time he’d see her for 2000 years. They have a fight because he is unable to fully commit in her eyes. He then proceeds to go down to the beach for a drink and bonds with a charismatic man. This man is none other then a famed villain from last season, The Sheriff.

This man, charged with tracking people worth saving drugs Yedlin. Yedlin wakes up on a couch, in a resplendent manor. Thinking he had done wrong he apologizes to the woman before him as he gets up to walk back to his room. He realizes he isn’t on an island anymore.

Yedlin is told that he is needed in the hospital. Why would a doctor on vacation be needed for surgery? He travels with the new woman in a car.  Frank Sinatra plays over the the radio with a creepy tune. As Theo tucks and rolls out of the car, a man throws a grenade. As he runs away the car explodes.

Yedlin is eventually caught and brought back to the lady from before. In the pines people are always caught. He decides to go into surgery because the patient is deeply wounded with a bullet in her neck.

Kate happens to be another character from season 1, a key player of the resistance to the the new commanders. The Lord’s being Nazi like youths who will kill anyone who doesn’t agree with them.

Ben is the leader of the resistance as he should be. He is planning his next move against the vicious tyrants. He and his men have killed many of the Tyrants best but they need to change everything from the inside for this all to stop.

Our wounded heroine tells Yedlin to worry. He really does know nothing, except for the lies he is being fed. He walks out of the room and enjoys a cold beverage of carbonated celery. Gross. As he does he hears another sad song.

Kate kills herself, knowing if she didn’t she would be made a spectacle of.

The episode ends with a reckoning a barbaric showing of a death. The people cheer and scream knowing they are being watched. In the crowd Yedlin sees his wife Rebecca and they reunite happy to see each other, wondering how they got here.

Suddenly Ben appears and gives himself up so the reckonings will stop. He is thrown into the truck and with Yedlin he is now forced to deal with the vicious Abbies who live outside the wall. The Abbies being abnormal humans evolved in this harsh world with super strength and speed. Will they survive? Tune in next Wednesday for Blood Harvest to find out.

We Look At ‘Batman – Return to Arkham’

The Arkham series, hands down the best series of superhero games ever created. This series first began in 2011 with Arkham Asylum and then was followed in 2013 by Arkham City with Arkham Knight being its swan song. This game is certainly a game that all Batman fans should delve into.

Now Arkham Asylum and Arkham City are last gen games and they needed a little work. But the re release of these games as Return to Arkham is spectacular. They really have gone all out to make the games look beautiful.

Having all of these games on on one system is definitely a good thing. Plus the fact that this is a remaster means they actually went through the work of upgrading the game and making it as crisp as can be. Honestly I remember showing my mother Arkham City and her asking if it was a movie, so it proves that remaking the game with Unreal 4 will highly advance an already beautiful game. Looking at these images, it is clear that this new engine has done wonders for a game that already looked so realistic.

The added bonus is of course the DLC which did cost a pretty penny when the game was released.You get all of the DLC for these two awesome games in one package without any downloading. I actually don’t know if I picked up the DLC  If you loved the games earlier it will definitely be something worth picking up.

If you have for some reason passed this game up before I highly recommend picking it up! It is truly a game worth playing simply because it is the definitive Batman video game series. The series really does get better as you continue to play the games and delve deeper into the world that is so artfully created. Plus, Mark Hamill’s portrayal of the Joker is sublime and even though he is crazy, you end up feeling for him. His energy flows through the game and really affects Batman in interesting ways.

I honestly think that this is a good way to introduce to a newer fan to the world of Batman, as it really is a fantastic open world game. As the crew grew more bold, they made more and more explorable areas and besides who doesn’t want to be Batman!

Return to Arkham comes out on July 26, for the Xbox One and PS4. Get ready to come back to the Asylum and the City. The Joker is waiting. You can check out the trailer below.