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Forbes
09-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Forbes
Netflix's Surprising New No. 2 Show Is An Overlooked Canadian Drama
Sullivan's Crossing Netflix certainly can throw some curveballs at you, and one thing it does every so often is take an old show or movie almost no one has heard of and suddenly make it one of the most-viewed offerings in the country. Now, that's happened with Sullivan's Crossing. Sullivan's Crossing has just debuted in Netflix's top 10 list at #2, behind only Squid Game, something it was never going to top. You will notice that it does not have the Netflix original badge, and in fact, has traveled through two different broadcast networks to get here, Canada's CTV and the CW. Here's the synopsis: 'Adapted from the New York Times bestselling novels by Robyn Carr, "Sullivan's Crossing" follows the journey of neurosurgeon Maggie Sullivan, whose perfectly planned life is turned upside down after finding herself in unexpected legal troubles.' 'Needing time to reflect, she temporarily leaves her life in Boston and takes refuge in her childhood home of Sullivan's Crossing, a campground in picturesque Nova Scotia that is run by her estranged father, Sully. There, she must deal with her complicated present while she also navigates her painful past. Further complicating matters is a mysterious newcomer whose presence ultimately leads Maggie to question her carefully laid plans.' Sullivan's Crossing What's the deal with this show? When I say overlooked, I suppose it's watched enough to get three seasons. But in the public eye? This is a series that has a 60% on Rotten Tomatoes for season 1 from just five reviews and an 80% audience score from less than fifty reviews from viewers. Seasons 2 and 3 don't even have enough reviews for a score at all. You will no doubt recognize at least one member of the cast, One Tree Hill's Chad Michael Murray, who plays the lead in the series. I have never seen Maggie Sullivan herself, Morgan Kohan, in anything else, but clearly, she's doing well here. There seems to be some sort of staggered deal where the show first airs on CTV, then moves to the CW, then arrives on Netflix through a licensing deal. Two seasons are on Netflix now, and it's not clear when season 3, which ended just two weeks ago in June, will make its way to the service. And yes, the show has been renewed for season 4. So despite few ratings, it's certainly being watched. And now a whole lot more people are watching since it's ranking this high on Netflix. Follow me on Twitter, YouTube, Bluesky and Instagram. Pick up my sci-fi novels the Herokiller series and The Earthborn Trilogy
Forbes
27-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Forbes
So, ‘Squid Game' Season 4? Don't Rule It Out
Squid Game Squid Game has ended with its somewhat odd, six-episode season that essentially operates as the other half of season 2, just with a season 3 badge. It is a pretty conclusive end to the current arc, but this is the modern streaming era. This is Netflix. This is a showrunner that is getting paid millions upon millions to make this series. So no, we can't rule out a season 4 of Squid Game. This is not just random speculation, but it comes from creator Hwang Dong-hyuk himself in a recent interview with EW. It's mainly about another season that's a prequel, which wouldn't be labeled season 4, I'm guessing, but he also speaks to that as well. Here's his pitch for that: So, that's an intermission between seasons 1 and 2, and if that did end up existing, a series without an actual Squid Game being played, it would probably just be called 'Squid Game: Gi-hun" or something like that. The advantage there would be that it would bring back some of its cast. You also might think it could do something like provide out-of-game backstories for some of season 2 and 3's players. But a sequel? Season 4? Not ruled out either: Squid Game This is not a question of whether or not Netflix would agree to this. They would in a second. Squid Game season 1 remains the most-watched show in Netflix history. Season 2 didn't get that high, but it's still in the top 5. Season 3 could go up or down, we'll see. But it will be high, and Netflix, of course, is going to want any more Squid Game projects they can get their hands on, especially if the original creator is willing to return, as he's the key to the whole idea. Regardless, if this does manifest, it will almost certainly be years until we see something new from Squid Game. It's taken us almost four years to get through three seasons (sort of two), and these ideas are still nebulous and not in production. But like Hwang, we shouldn't rule it out. Follow me on Twitter, YouTube, Bluesky and Instagram. Pick up my sci-fi novels the Herokiller series and The Earthborn Trilogy.
Forbes
12-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Forbes
‘MindsEye' Promises Huge Fixes As Its Playercount Flatlines
MindsEye MindsEye is quickly becoming a cautionary tale including lessons like 'talent doesn't mean results' and 'combative execs do harm,' but the game is attempting to salvage its disastrous launch with an announced plan for fixes. On Twitter this morning, MindsEye published a lengthy blog post about its current priorities that mainly revolve around performances and bug fixes. An excerpt: The way the game performs and its litany of bugs are only part of its problems, however, another fundamental one being that the game simply is not good, and there's no patch for that. The last 24 hours has brought situations like streamers cracking up while attempting to deliver a sponsored pitch for the game, or major streamers seeing their #ad deals scrapped by the publisher minutes before they were supposed to play. FEATURED | Frase ByForbes™ Unscramble The Anagram To Reveal The Phrase Pinpoint By Linkedin Guess The Category Queens By Linkedin Crown Each Region Crossclimb By Linkedin Unlock A Trivia Ladder While you may understand why after all the work to build the game, MindsEye devs do not want to give up on it, it feels far too late to salvage. It did not have a strong launch, peaking at just 3,300 concurrent players on Steam, keeping in mind this is a game from a guy who was a lead on the GTA series for years upon years. But after that launch (and a number of refunds), the playercount is already starting to flatline. Literally: MindsEye It lost around 60% of its players by just day two, and looks to be even lower today as the heartbeat slows and likely will stop soon enough here. It's a miss. I've seen games that can forge a path to redemption but this is just not going to be one of them. This isn't Cyberpunk 2077 where a game anticipated for a decade arrives with 10 million sales and early problems kick the studio into high gear to fix everything. This is a game barely anyone played that no one will give a second look at after this week, patches or no. Follow me on Twitter, YouTube, Bluesky and Instagram. Pick up my sci-fi novels the Herokiller series and The Earthborn Trilogy.
Forbes
22-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Forbes
‘Battlefield 6' Players Revolt Over A Lack Of Weapon Locking
Battlefield 6 EA While previews of Battlefield 6 have looked intense and quite good, the game has already stumbled into controversy with its early test, and a major change was just detailed by DICE. Players hate it. Battlefield 6 is putting a spin on the class system in that technically it still has classes, but a major point is that weapons are not locked to specific classes. There are bonuses with each class if you use a specific type of weapon, called a 'signature weapon,' but the issue is that there is a pretty clear lack of identity and the potential to be a jack-of-all-trades one-man-army for each player. Here's what DICE said about classes yesterday: So, rather than locking weapons to classes, the fixed class bonuses are signature weapons, an example being a Recon class that gives increased breath holding, whereas other classes will not have that. But they can all still use sniper rifles. Battlefield 6 EA Other fixed things with classes are Signature Traits, ie. Recon spotting enemies when AD. There are Signature Gadgets, class-specific tools. There are Default Weapon Packages, custom easy loadouts for each class but again, the weapons are not locked. This is not the first time this has happened (Battlefield 2042, for example) but it's something that players mostly dislike, as evidenced by the social media reaction to the breakdown of the new system. There are theories that this new system may actually be in place in order to sell weapon cosmetics. The idea being that if every class preferred by players can use any weapon, you are more likely to buy a skin than if you only have a few weapons you can use. I mean, DICE is not saying that specifically (not that they ever would), but it's what some fans are suggesting. It's also monetization-happy EA we're talking about here. Is this system locked in place? (ha). That depends. The 'labs' post says it welcomes player feedback but this may be a pretty significant rework of the entire class concept that is likely not as easy as it sounds, with balance and gameplay created around it. Though fans don't care, and want it fixed. Follow me on Twitter, YouTube, Bluesky and Instagram. Pick up my sci-fi novels the Herokiller series and The Earthborn Trilogy.
Forbes
15-05-2025
- Forbes
Valve Addresses Alleged Steam Hack And Clarifies Situation
A Steam logo of a video game digital distribution service is seen on a smartphone and a pc screen. Over the past day or so, a viral story spread that there was a Steam data breach that could expose account information millions of players. At the very least, it seemed worth changing your password as of course no one wants to get hacked and lose potentially thousands of dollars of a game library. I was even paranoid enough to do that myself. Well, about that. This whole saga started in the Dark Web, a thing that yes, really does exist, where a user reported that they were selling 89 million accounts' data, and word subsequently spread like wildfire. However, Valve has now commented that this was not a breach of Steam systems, but a leak of 'older text messages' that had been sent to Steam users, which include one-time codes and the phone numbers they were sent to. But those codes don't work. And the phone numbers are not able to be linked to specific Steam accounts. You can just read the entire thing here: So no, Valve says this is not a breach that endangers your Steam account and you do not have to do anything as elaborate as change your password or phone number associated with your account. That said, they say any time is a good time to check out your Steam security especially by setting up Two-Factor Authentication. What can I say? I was swept up in the paranoia. But Valve says that wasn't necessary and what was exposed here appears to be useless in going after specific accounts. Follow me on Twitter, Threads, YouTube, and Instagram. Pick up my sci-fi novels the Herokiller series and The Earthborn Trilogy.
