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Top Gun Celebrates Its 40th Anniversary With New Limited Edition 4K Steelbook Blu-ray
Top Gun is marking its 40th anniversary this year, and to celebrate the iconic 1980s action flick, a new 40th Anniversary 4K Steelbook edition Blu-ray is releasing on May 5. The two-disc set comes with a premium Steelbook case featuring art from the movie on both the exterior and interior, along with a selection of special features. You can reserve your copy for $30 from Amazon.
Top Gun 40th Anniversary 4K Steelbook Blu-ray$30 | Releases May 5If you're unfamiliar, Top Gun, originally released in 1986, follows Pete "Maverick" Mitchell (Tom Cruise), a young, cocky, but talented Navy pilot, invited to the elite Top Gun Naval Fighter Weapons School, where he must learn to work with the rest of his new wing mates. Top Gun is considered one of the quintessential action movies of the 1980's, with multiple scenes and lines that have become enduring parts of pop culture. This new Steelbook Edition includes 4K UHD and standard Blu-ray versions of the original film. The Blu-ray disc also includes plenty of special features that take you behind the scenes of the movie's production and its 40-year legacy.
Top Gun 40th Anniversary Special Features- The Legacy of Top Gun featurette
- On Your Six - Thirty Years of Top Gun featurette
- Danger Zone 6-Part Making of Documentary
- Interviews with Tom Cruise
- Multi-Angle Storyboards
- Best of the Best: Inside the Real Top Gun featurette
- Behind-the-Scenes featurette
- Survival Training featurette
If Top Gun isn't quite your bag, there are a handful of other upcoming Steelbook edition 4K Blu-rays to check out, including the upcoming 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple Collector's Edition, which features incredible cover art. There's no release date yet, but you can preorder it from Amazon now for $55. For another classic, Carlito's Way 4K SteelBook is available to preorder on Amazon for $30 (was $35), before it comes out on April 7, and includes a handful of special features and new cover art. Check out a few more Steelbook Edition 4K Blu-rays in the list below.
Continue Reading at GameSpotNew PC RPG Bundle Includes Rogue Trader, Planescape: Torment, And More
Humble’s Owlcat and Beamdog bundle is a love letter to new and classic CRPGs. Digging deep into the games made by Owlcat Studios and Beamdog, this collection packs 12 PC games, including heavy-hitters like Planescape: Torment, Baldur’s Gate II: Enhanced Edition, and Icewind Dale: Enhanced Edition. Like all Humble Bundles, the pricing is a little tricky. You can choose how much to pay, and the more you pay, the more games you get and the more money goes to charity--in this case, DonorsChoose, which helps provide materials and facilities for classrooms across America. The bundle starts at $5 for four games, or you can pick up the entire 12-item bundle, which includes $296 worth of games, for just $23.
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It’s impossible to talk about this bundle without talking about Planescape: Torment. This is one of the most influential and ahead-of-its-time CRPGs ever made. It was a pioneer for the way it leaned heavily into dialogue and player choice, making your decisions have real weight and consequences. It’s a truly timeless experience, and if you’ve never played it or have been meaning to revisit it, this bundle is a good excuse.
Continue Reading at GameSpotScientists Make Breakthrough That Allows Lab-Grown Brain Cells To Play A Sort Of Video Game
A cluster of lab-grown human brain cells has apparently made the leap to successfully playing a very rudimentary video game without the benefit of eyes, ears, or any kind of sensory input. It's a far cry from playing something more complex, but it represents a major step forward for research.
According to UC Santa Cruz researchers (via Gadget Review), researchers successfully coached their brain organoids to solve a "cart-pole" problem, which is a lot like balancing a digital broomstick. AI systems are tested on the same basis, but the brain cells' success rate is said to have jumped from 4.5% to 46% after training them to perform using electronic signals as punishments when incorrect and rewards when the input was used correctly.
That may not sound like much compared to what AI can do, but it's considered a breakthrough that demonstrates the brain power that even these tiny organoids possess. This could potentially be harnessed in the future for even more complex tasks.
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