The Walking Dead S5, Ep. 16 "Conquer" recap

Show starts with Deanna in morning. She plays the run mix that her son, Aiden, had for when he went on runs. We watch Carol as she makes a tuna casserole and she is visited by Sammy. Sasha is in the watch tower ready to take out any walkers but she is having problems focusing. Carol delivers the casserole to Deanna but Deanna just leaves it on the porch and burns the condolence letter. Daryl is out in the woods with Aaron and they spot a light in the distance and note that someone is out there with them. Nicholas tells his story of what happened and blames it on the others. Deanna grounds both Nicholas and Glenn. Rick tells Glenn that we do not answer to their rules but Glenn says they have to make it work. Rick and Carol discuss Pete. Sammy has a bolt inside his closet where he can stay hidden. Carol is pushing Rick hard to handle the Pete situation.

Pete comes up to Rick to speak to him and ask if he is okay. Rick gives him the crazy look and tells him to keep walking. Michonne takes stock of her uniform. Rosita visits Michonne and says Tara is stable. She warns Michonne that Sasha stayed the night in the tower and has not been seen since. Rosita and Michonne go out to look for her in the woods. (badass chick unite) Michonne leaves her uniform behind. They have a heart to heart about being safe and moving on from the horrors of being on the road. Deanna is out at the grave of her son. Rick shows up and gives his condolences. Rick mentions that problem with Pete. Rick suggests that they separate them. Deanna asks what happens if he does not comply. Deana refuses to allow for Pete's execution. Deanna says they do not do that they just exile people. Rosita and Michonne come across dead walkers. They are all shot in the back of the head and Michonne notes that Sasha is hunting them. Carl is out in the woods with emo-girl. She takes off into the woods and Carl is running with her.

 Glenn talks to Nicholas and lets him know that blood of 5 lives  are on his hands. Glenn threatens him but tells him he is saving him. Carl and Emo-Girl hide in a tree as a horde of zombies go by. They have a moment. We see that one has a W carved in its foreahead. Nicholas unbcovers the missing gun that he Rick previously hid. Sasha is running in the woods and killing zombies. Michonne and Rosita finally find her. The run into a zombie horde and Sasha is sick of playing defense. Michonne relives her killing of all the zombies over the years. Rosita and Sasha join in on the mass killing. Sasha starts yelling at them and saying that no one can help her.   

Aaron and Daryl come across body parts that are fresh. They continue to scout out who may have done the carnage. They come across a female that has been tied up to a tree and she was fed on and torn apart. It is fresh as well. The woman has a W on her forehead and becomes a walker right then. Rick speaks to Jessie. Rick is blunt and mentions that the beatings have to stop. Jessie says it will stop but Rick says he knows it will not and he will do what is necessary for it to stop. Jessie says she can take care of herself and for Rick to leave her alone. Rick walks away upset and appears to be having some sort of meltdown. Rick goes back to Jessie and says her son asks for a gun to protect her. Rick begs her to says yes and let him protect her sons and her. She finally says yes as a drunk Pete shows up. Jessie stands up to her husband and tells him to leave. A fight breaks out between Rick and Pete and they go through the window.

Rick and Pete are fighting it out. Jessie gets hit by Pete in the middle and Carl gets knocked back by Rick. The stupid red balloon we have seen all episode floats up. Deanna yells at Rick to stop it. Rick pulls a gun and says that they still do not understand what needs to be done. Rick tells them that they have to live in a real world. Rick is on crazy level 10 and Michonne runs up on him and knocks him out. She is back in uniform.

My thoughts: This episode was designed to set up the hour and a half season finale. Things are heating up on the outside as Daryl and Rick come across mutilations and things are getting more intense on the inside as Rick and Sasha both seemed to have snapped. Rick has reached a whole different level of crazy. He believes he knows what is right for everyone and that is not sitting well with Deanna. We all knew that Nicholas was going to lie but he should have admitted to being a coward, you can respect someone who admits their weakness instead of continuing to lie. Personally I think they were being heavy handed with the red balloon and the W concept. Subtlety can make a show work you do not have to beat us over the head with symbolism. The question is who is going to die in the final episode. Share your thoughts in the comments? 

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Crash the Biggest Party with Bad Guy Bowser in Mario Party 10 for Wii U

Join the amiibo Party with a New Set of amiibo That Includes a New Toad Figure. On March 20, you are invited to the biggest and baddest bash of the year: Mario Party 10 for Wii U! In addition to a power-packed lineup of new features, new boards and new mini-games, new revelers join the Mario Party fun in the game’s ground-breaking Bowser Party and amiibo Party modes. When bad guy Bowser crashes the party to playfully torment up to four additional players on Team Mario, the franchise’s social experience takes an unprecedented and deviously good turn. In amiibo Party mode, which requires at least one compatible amiibo figure to access, you and up to three other players can tap amiibo to the Wii U GamePad controller to play with and customize your amiibo, and change a portion of the board to match your character.

To add more fun to the Mario Party 10 game, a new set of amiibo called the Super Mario series will also launch simultaneously on March 20. The Super Mario series features the amiibo debut of Toad, as well as new designs for Mario, Luigi, Bowser, Princess Peach and Yoshi. The new “Super Mario series” Mario amiibo design will be available exclusively in a Mario Party 10 bundle that also launches on March 20 at a suggested retail price of $59.99. The other amiibo figures will be sold separately at a suggested retail price of $12.99 each.

“Mario Party 10 is one party you definitely don’t want to miss,” said Scott Moffitt, Nintendo of America’s executive vice president of Sales & Marketing. “Brimming with innovative ways to play and featuring creative GamePad and amiibo support, Mario Party 10 delivers hours of family-friendly fun exclusively for Wii U.”

For the first time in the Mario Party series, you can pick up the GamePad and have a fiery blast stepping into the trouble-making role of everyone’s favorite bad guy: Bowser. You and up to four other players can participate in this wild new mode, with four players joining Team Mario using Wii Remote controllers (sold separately) and one playing as Bowser using the GamePad. As Bowser, your goal is simple: Prevent Team Mario from stealing the Star at the end of the board. Trying to succeed is the fun part! By playing a series of mini-games exclusive to this mode, Bowser can spit fire, spin an electric wheel, shoot Bullet Bills and cause general mayhem. The welcome role reversal adds a new layer of fun and friendly competition to the Mario Party series.

In the traditional Mario Party mode, up to four players travel together around a variety of colorful and detailed boards like Mushroom Park, Haunted Trail and the high-flying Airship Central. Although you are traveling with friends, every player is still out for him- or herself, since whoever collects the most Mini Stars at the end of the board wins! Earn these coveted Mini Stars by winning a variety of multiplayer mini-games or by participating in events around the board. The easy-to-learn and highly entertaining mini-games break up the game play by letting you and your friends compete to race up a tower, dodge angry bees or quickly pump up a balloon. You can even team up in “2 vs. 2” or “1 vs. 3” games, or even battle bosses as a group. Even after playing with amiibo in amiibo Party mode, crashing the party as Bowser or tackling the dizzying number of mini-games in classic Mario Party mode, Mario Party 10 still offers more things to do. In Toad’s Room, you can pose your characters in a Photo Studio and shop for new characters and vehicles to use in the game. In Bonus Games mode, challenge yourself to a series of Bowser Jr. Challenges and even experience the jewel-matching fun of Jewel Drop.

With all this great content, you probably want to invite all your friends and family members over for a Mario Party 10 party as soon as the game launches. To throw the best Mario Party 10 party ever, visit http://marioparty10.nintendo.com/#partyplanner for all your party-planning needs. And before the big event, head to Twitter today and follow @NintendoAmerica starting at 1 p.m. PT for a virtual launch party with fun quizzes, a chance to win awesome prizes and a very special guest that you seriously won’t want to miss. (Hint: He says “MUAHAHAHA” a lot and likes to stand on poorly constructed bridges over pits of molten lava.) Mario Party 10 will be available in stores, in the Nintendo eShop and at Nintendo.com on March 20 at a suggested retail price of $49.99. For more information about the game, visit http://marioparty10.nintendo.com.

Remember that Wii U features parental controls that let adults manage the content their children can access. For more information about this and other features, visit http://www.nintendo.com/wiiu.

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Unearth Extreme Adventure in Fossil Fighters: Frontier for Nintendo 3DS

Battle, Dig and Drive Through the Prehistoric World of Vivosaurs. Brave explorers of the Fossil Fighters: Frontier game will discover a huge 3D world filled with fossils to excavate, prehistoric creatures to revive and primeval battles to conquer. The new portable game, launching for the Nintendo 3DS family of systems on March 20, has players grabbing their excavation tools, hopping in fully customizable vehicles and heading out into the wild world to dig up fossils and revive them into vivosaurs (think of them as extra powerful, extra colorful and extra awesome dinosaurs). These collectible vivosaurs can then be trained and sent into turn-based battles with other mighty beasts. Fossil Fighters: Frontier also lets friends explore and excavate together, fight as a team against rogue vivosaurs and battle in six-player multiplayer reptilian rumbles.

The expansive world of Fossil Fighters: Frontier is rich with things to discover. By hopping behind the wheel of a customizable Bone Buggy, players can explore to excavate fossils that can transform into a wide variety of different vivosaurs. After unearthing fossils, players place them in the back of their Bone Buggies to carefully clean and revive them using the touch screen of the Nintendo 3DS family of systems. Various upgradeable tools like drills and hammers can be found in the game and used in the fun and intuitive excavation process. Select dig sites might even host puzzle- or speed-based challenges, which can be completed to earn valuable and power-enhancing rare fossils.“Video game fans are about to get an adventure of prehistoric proportions,” said Scott Moffitt, Nintendo of America’s executive vice president of Sales & Marketing. “Between Fossil Fighters: Frontier,Code Name: S.T.E.A.M. and the upcoming Puzzle & Dragons Z + Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition games, it’s a great time to be a Nintendo 3DS owner.”

Finding fossils and collecting resurrected vivosaurs is only part of the fun, as these prehistoric creatures can be sent into truly epic battles that pit vivosaur versus vivosaur. All vivosaurs fall into one of five elemental categories – Water, Fire, Air, Earth and Neutral – and possess a special ability that will assist them in battle. Players will encounter many different types of battles in the game, whether a story-based battle that takes place in the main campaign, daily tournaments or even StreetPass battles that let players train against other vivosaurs they pick up while using the StreetPass feature.

And the robust multiplayer options in the game don’t end there. In co-op local wireless, friends who each own a Nintendo 3DS system and the Fossil Fighters: Frontier game can team up and visit dig sites together. Each player travels in his or her own Bone Buggy and can work together to excavate the same fossils or work together to dig out hard to excavate fossils more effectively. Fossil Fighters: Frontier even features local wireless battles with up to six players or tournaments with up to two friends! Players who want to take their battles online using broadband Internet access can compete in one-on-one battles against random players to fight to the top of monthly online leaderboards.

For more information about Fossil Fighters: Frontier, visit http://fossilfighters.nintendo.com. Excavators-in-training that visit the game’s website will also have the ability to search for hidden fossils. These five fossils are hidden all over the site, and each time one is found, a new bonus, like wallpapers, game tips and exclusive activity, is unlocked. The site can be browsed right now, but the fossil hunt unlocks on March 20, the same day the game launches in stores and in the Nintendo eShop on Nintendo 3DS at a suggested retail price of $29.99.

Remember that Nintendo 3DS features parental controls that let adults manage the content their children can access. For more information about this and other features, visit http://www.nintendo.com/3ds.

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Charlie Hunnam as King Arthur

We get a first look of Charlie Hunnam as King Arthur in the upcoming Guy Ritchie film, Kings of the Round Table. The movie is slated for July 22, 2016 release. The film is reported to be a fantasy action adventure. Synopsis: A young Arthur runs the back alleys of Londonum with his gang until he come across the sword Excalibur which changes his life. "Instantly challenged by the power of Excalibur, Arthur is forced to make some hard choices. Throw in the Resistance and a mysterious woman named Gunivere, he must learn to master the sword, face down his demons, and unite the people to defeat the tyrant Vortigem, who stole his crown and murdered his parents, and become King. 

My Thoughts: I am sorry is it just me or is this just the medieval version of Sons of Anarchy. Instead of a gun and bike he now has a sword and horse. My question is will Katy Segal play Morgaine/Morgana? 

What do you think of this film?

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GOLF’S TOP-RANKED PLAYER HEADLINES EA SPORTS RORY MCILROY PGA TOUR

McIlroy Takes the Helm of Golf’s Biggest Franchise. Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: EA) today announced Rory McIlroy as the cover athlete and namesake of its golf franchise, officially making him the face of EA SPORTS™ Rory McIlroy PGA TOUR®, releasing in June 2015. McIlroy, a 4-time Major champion and top-ranked golfer in the world, represents a new generation of players for a new generation of consoles.

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Women in Gaming by Nintendo

In Honor of Women’s History Month, Nintendo is highlighting some of everyone’s favorite female characters such as Samus Aran, Rosalina, and Toadette. Paving the way for diverse and interesting female protagonists in video games, Nintendo has picked a few of their popular leading ladies that merit this recognition for the month that honors outstanding women. Please see the descriptions and images below for some background on these iconic female characters that have been an important part of Nintendo through the years. 

In The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD, Princess Zelda was actually a tough and spunky captain of a ragtag group of pirates. Tetra saves Link from Ganondorf’s clutches, and later helps Link defeat Ganondorf for good to save the world.

Toadette is a recurring Toad character in the Mario series. These days, she’s a plucky treasure-hunter inCaptain Toad: Treasure Tracker, who puts on a brave face to find rare goodies and save Captain Toad from the monstrous and greedy bird, Wingo.

Bayonetta is a sassy and incredibly stylish witch with pistol-stilettos and a vendetta against the armies of angels and demons that hunt her. She’s a force to be reckoned with, an ally to her best friend and fellow witch Jeanne and doesn’t take flak from anybody.

Rosalina is an interstellar observer, protector of the Lumas and friend to Mario in Super Mario Galaxy. She is mother to the Lumas, who are little star-like creatures capable of becoming new galaxies!

Lucina is an unwavering warrior with a strong sense of justice and commitment to her family. Her power, determination and wisdom gained from watching the destruction of her world are priceless strengths as one of Fire Emblem Awakening’s many playable female protagonists.

Samus Aran shocked the video game world at the end of the original Metroid game by revealing her gender and changing the way we think about video game characters in the process. Video game protagonists need not be male in order to be strong. Samus is a space bounty hunter in an armored suit, outfitted with a powerful blaster on the arm and extreme heat resistance.

Bombette is a Bob-omb who joins Mario on his quest in the original Paper Mario for the Nintendo 64. As a member of Mario’s diverse team of fighters, she has an explosive fighting style and isn’t afraid to get physical with her body slam and powerful bomb attacks.

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