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Who is Alice in Genshin Impact? New Klee Lore Explained

Genshin Impact has several unreleased characters mentioned in the lore in-game, sometimes we haven’t even seen what these characters look like at all this is the case of Alice, the mother of 5 star character Klee, and fans have been trying to figure her out, most notably through fanart. Alice is definitely one of the most mysterious characters of Genshin Impact, and it doesn’t look like miHoYo will reveal her anytime soon. However, we might learn something new about Alice with Midsummer Island Adventure, the main event of Genshin Impact Version 1.6, focusing on Klee. Alice is one of the most famous Adventurers in Teyvat, the world of Genshin Impact. She possibly already explored all seven regions from Mondstadt to Snezhnaya and wrote her impressions in the Teyvat Travel Guides, which the Traveler and Paimon are collecting.


 

Most notably, we learn during Mona’s Story Quest Act I that Alice is friends with Mona’s astrology master, and how they know each other for over 50 years. Alice is as such estimated to be over 60 years old. However, she might not be human, as hinted by Klee’s elf-like ears. Alice is also a renowned alchemist, and is an important member of a group of witches called the Hexenzirkel. This is why many Genshin Impact fans believe Alice will sport a witch-like outfit. Alice’s whereabouts are currently unknown, as she left her daughter Klee with the Knights of Favonius before going on an adventure with her husband, three years before the current events of Genshin Impact, the Teyvat story chapter. Interestingly, Alice is also the one who explained the concept of Japanese idols to Barbara. By gifting her an idol magazine. As such, many fans made theories on how Alice can travel to parallel worlds, including one similar to ours. As explained above, since Alice is a witch, many fans imagine her with a witch outfit. The beautiful artwork by Momoka Neko is heavily inspired by Klee, as we know Alice is the one who taught her daughter how to craft bombs. Alice and Klee have very similar personalities as well, as commented in-game by Jean and Albedo. It’s important to note however we don’t know if Alice will actually ever be playable, or what kind of Vision and Weapon Type she’d use. As far as I know, it’s unconfirmed whether Alice is a Vision Holder like the playable characters of Genshin Impact and her own daughter. Lastly, many fans are expecting the mysterious character voiced by Kikuko Inoue in 1.6 to be Alice. There are only a few days left until June 9 and the launch of Version 1.6 and its event, so we should have some answers then. With the final phase of the event, we have our answers now, alongside several new pieces of backstory for Alice and Klee. Keep in mind this contains spoilers if you haven’t finished the Midsummer Island Adventure event. First off, during the cutscene with Alice’s recording, we most notably hear about Alice and Klee being elves, with much longer lifespans than humans. We technically already knew that seeing Klee’s ears. However, the most important part is how Alice claims that despite being on an adventure very far away, she regularly goes back to Mondstadt unnoticed to check on Klee and the others. Seeing she’s described as a powerful sorceress and elf, this could mean she can teleport. Moreover it’s all but confirmed that she can teleport to other worlds as well. Just as hinted by the idol magazine she gave to Barbara. In the recording, Alice mentioned the name Golden Apple Archipelago is a reference to a popular story she heard in another world. The Traveler twins, protagonists of Genshin Impact, do come from another world in the first place, so it shouldn’t be too much of a stretch that other powerful people in Teyvat can actually travel to other worlds as well.

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Warzone Season Four Kicks Off With New Invisibility Glitches

Season Four of Call of Duty: Warzone is off to a bad start, with the latest update already introducing all-new invisibility glitches that have already prompted developer Raven Software to disable previously nerfed armored trucks entirely. This is becoming a trend for the Call of Duty franchise, one that players are becoming increasingly irritated by. Warzone is the battle royale complement of Activision’s Call of Duty franchise, and its both wildly popular at its best and a routinely unbalanced, buggy experience at its worst. Season Four looked to mix up the game with a new limited-time event, a dirt bike, new map changes, and an all-new operator. However, in a cycle that seems to repeat with each massive update that Raven introduces, the new season appears to brought back one of the game's most exploitable and unfair glitches.


Call of Duty Season Four has launched has officially kicked off, and Warzone players are already experiencing significant issues. Warzone’s notorious invisibility glitch has reared its ugly head once more, making some players undetectable during matches. In a Raven Software tweet, the developer announced that it was indeed aware of the issue and working on a patch. This was followed up by a second tweet and another change to the game's Trello board, with Raven revealing that a late Thursday update to Warzone has reportedly addressed at least one instance of the invisibility glitch. Also new to Season Four, new Sat-Links have been distributed across the map for players to interact with. These beacons have fallen from the sky (as seen in the update's dramatic reveal trailer) and crashed down onto Verdansk. These Sat-Links are a part of the new Ground Fall Warzone event. A new dirt bike for players to ride around on has also been added, most likely as a way to reduce players's overuse of overpowered cargo trucks, instead encouraging them to traverse the map in more fun, vulnerable ways. As fate would have it, though, the removal of the hulking vehicles has solved that particular issue for now. The new cases of invisibility glitches aren't the only problems introduced or reintroduced to Warzone in Season 4, so it can be hoped that Raven will soon get a lid on the list of new bugs and errors. With luck, players can soon return to exploring the new secret portals strewn across the map as a part of Season Four without needing to watch for invisible foes. What Warzone's mysterious red doors hide isn't yet known, but it is clear that they probably won't contain any armored trucks.

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Luca Review: A Minor Effort for Pixar and Disney

The target audience for Pixar’s new animated trifle, Luca, will likely be at an advantage over their parents. While I’m sure all audiences will be thrilled to have this new cinematic distraction to watch at home on Disney+ (and without a surcharge!), the younger you are, the better the chances you won’t notice glaring similarities to The Little Mermaid from 32 years ago and the easier it’ll be to accept Luca for what it is. Because, yes, we once again have a Disney movie about a sea creature or two who want to be part of your world, and once again the main character dodges fishermen, inquisitive snoops, and the judgment of his parents. While Luca does do some things differently particularly by celebrating young friendships and the sheer gorgeousness of the Italian coast it cannot help but appear lesser when compared to the legacies it stands on, both at Walt Disney Animation and Pixar. Which is a shame since the movie remains a bemusing, if slight, 90-minute diversion when divorced from its heavy expectations. The focal point of Luca is a sea monster by the same name. The young lad (voiced by Jacob Tremblay) lives under the sea with his overly protective mother Daniela (Maya Rudolph) and his absent-minded father Lorenzo (Jim Gaffigan).

Both parents want what’s best for Luca, and that means staying away from the surface and the dangerous dwellers up there they call “land monsters.” But one day Luca follows another sea monster named Alberto (Jack Dylan Grazer) to the shoreline. Like Luca, Alberto’s a teenager, albeit a rebellious one who’s mysteriously alone. Claiming to be an expert on all things land-based, Alberto convinces Luca to join him in turning into a human and walking around on two legs. Before long Luca is running away for a wild weekend on the Amalfi coast, and perhaps longer after he makes his first human friend in Giulia (Emma Berman), a young girl who teaches him the thrill of Vespa racing and the greater excitement of book-learning. All of these dreams are built on sand though, with Giulia’s sea monster-hunting papa standing in as the incoming wave. The most impressive element of Luca is its visuals. As another latter-day Pixar effort, the movie is unsurprisingly dazzling, with the cartoonish characters somehow blending seamlessly with seaside vistas that are nearly photorealistic. Right down to catching the shimmer of diamonds off the waves, the movie plays like a travelogue for Italy, as well as an exquisitely crafted love letter to director Enrico Casarosa’s homeland The 1950s period setting of the film is also a nice touch, if perhaps as much a concession to Americans’ romantic ideas of Italy as an actual paean to that era. Indeed, one might half expect Sophia Loren to walk by at any moment. And with all the talk of Vespas, there’s a fittingly winking poster for Audrey Hepburn and Gregory Peck’s Roman Holiday onscreen at one point. Even the best running gag in the film a suspicious and violent cat with a little mustache of whiskers looks like a leftover from Il Duce’s Italy a decade earlier. And yet, as a fully formed entertainment, there’s little about Luca which will capture the imagination, at least for older viewers who typically expect more from a Pixar release. As aforementioned, the first act unflatteringly recalls memories of The Little Mermaid. And every time Luca talks about going to the surface, or his folks speak about the wonders of living under the sea, the noticeable lack of Alan Menken and Howard Ashman songs leaves Luca wanting. Once the film readjusts its narrative to being land-based, those specific comparisons begin to dry out, but the picture never digs into any deeper or more emotionally resonant themes that audiences who were wooed by Coco or shattered by Soul will anticipate. In actuality, if the first half repeats the beats of Disney’s preeminent 1980s animated picture, then the back half retreads a typical ‘80s teen sports movie, complete with a set of snobby rich kid bullies whom Luca will have to face during the big race. The whole thing feels small and, unfairly or not, beneath Pixar’s reputation. Still, none of this makes Luca a bad movie. It’s deafeningly adequate, in fact, and a serviceable way for parents to enjoy a family movie night. Younger viewers should particularly enjoy its ovations toward the power of transformative friendships be they of your first great buddy who loves you for you, or the one who inspires you to become something more. As Pixar’s weakest movie since The Good Dinosaur, Luca can still fit the bill in the right context. It’s just a disappointment then that Pixar’s whale of a tale turned out to be more of a guppy.

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Space Jam 2's New Poster Highlights The Tune Squad

A new promotional poster for Space Jam: A New Legacy highlights LeBron James and the always lovable Tune Squad team ready for tip-off. The highly-anticipated sequel to 1996's Space Jam is fast approaching its mid-July release date, which fans have been waiting for since a reboot was first announced in 2014. Unlike Michael Jordan in the original film, James has put themes of familial bonds and fatherhood as the main focus in the Warner Bros sequel. A New Legacy will center on a fictionalized version of James as he attempts to connect with his video game-loving son Dom (Cedric Joe). The pair gets trapped in a virtual reality ruled by AI-G Rhythm (Don Cheadle) and his villainous team dubbed the Goon Squad.


 

The opposing team features a star-studded voice cast of NBA and WNBA superstars, such as Anthony Davis and Nneka Ogqumike. The father-son duo team up with the Looney Tunes led by Bugs Bunny to compete in a high-stakes basketball game. If the Tune Squad doesn't prevail, the characters will be deleted and the fate of James' son will be in jeopardy. Following the release of a new Space Jam: A New Legacy trailer showcasing the CGI-version version of the Tune Squad, Warner Bros released yet another new poster for the Space Jam sequel. The official Space Jam: A New Legacy Twitter account unveiled the poster featuring James in his full Tune Squad uniform alongside the classic 2D versions of the Looney Tunes gang. The poster includes iconic characters such as Bugs Bunny (Eric Bauza), Speedy Gonzales (Gabriel Iglesias) and Lola Bunny (Zendaya). You can check out the full poster below. The Space Jam sequel has been a long time coming, considering production for the project didn't begin until 2019. Original director Terence Nance left the film due to creative differences with Warner Bros, which lead to Malcon D. Lee (Girls Trip) taking over. James has been an integral part of the film since the beginning, serving as not only the star but a producer. And A New Legacy has big shoes to fill — Space Jam earned more than $230 million worldwide and sparked an estimated $6 billion merchandising campaign. Similar to Jordan in the 90s, James is an NBA superstar. However, his dedication to family values is sure to bring a feel-good vibe to the lighthearted sequel that is sure to stand on its own. Space Jam: A New Legacy will showcase the Tune Squad in their original 2D designs as well as their 3D CGI makeovers, to fit with the "digital serververse" concept. It will be a nice bridge from the original to the new version, alongside the rumored cameo from Jordan. It's clear with the extensive trailers, TV spots and posters that Warner Bros is playing up the nostalgia to get audiences excited for the July 16 release. And because the film will premiere simultaneously in theaters and on HBO Max, there will be plenty of ways to enjoy Space Jam: A New Legacy for its long-awaited debut.