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As the world of Mayans MC is being built, it continues to find itself populated with familiar faces from Sons of Anarchy. In the first episode of the series alone, both Gemma Teller Morrow (Katey Sagal) and Marcus Alvarez (Emilio Rivera) appeared. While Gemma’s cameo will play a bigger role in Season 1, chances are she won’t be seen much. Alvarez, on the other hand, will be a pretty constant presence. The following contains spoilers for the second episode of Mayans MC.

Now, a third fan-favorite character has been introduced. Chucky Marstein (Michael Ornstein) started off as a compulsively masturbating thorn in the SAMCRO’s side. Eventually, though, he became one of its most trusted allies and managed to escape the series alive. Now, Chucky has made his way to the Mayans MC, where he seems to essentially playing the same role for this new club.

Now, Chucky works at the same scrapyard the club operates out of, using his prosthetic hands to do office work. He only appears for a moment in the second episode, but you’d better get used to seeing him around the Mayans.

Speaking to GameSpot, showrunner and executive producer Elgin James confirmed that Chucky will recur throughout the season. “[Ornstein] is like such a gift as a human being, nevermind the Chucky character,” he said. “He does a lot on our show. I mean, he’s another one, it’s not just a little like, ‘Hey, check this out, isn’t this funny?’ Like Chucky plays a role in the season and in the series.”

While James won’t say exactly how Chucky will factor in the story, other than his role at the scrapyard, he couldn’t be more excited about weaving the character into his series. “He’s just been a gift to every single person [to] now have him in their life,” the executive producer explains. “It’s been great, it’s one of the greatest [gifts] Kurt [Sutter, creator of Sons of Anarchy] has given us, besides careers.”

Hopefully, Mayans MC makes as much use of Chucky as Sons did. What’s more, if this is how Mayans plans on continuing to integrate Sons of Anarchy characters into its story, James and his team should definitely sprinkle in a few more. Perhaps we can find out whatever happened to Nero (Jimmy Smits) and Wendy (Drea de Matteo) after they left Charming in the Sons of Anarchy series finale.

The showrunner of Netflix’s upcoming Witcher TV show has announced she is going on a Twitter hiatus in the midst of backlash surrounding rumoured casting details for the character Ciri. Lauren S. Hissrich announced on Twitter that she’s leaving Twitter, explaining that she is stepping away so she can spend more time writing the show.

“The love here [on Twitter] is amazing, and the hate is enlightening, like a real-life Trials of the Grasses,” she wrote, referencing the horrific-sounding fictitious trial that those looking to become Witchers must endure. She ended her note by asking her Twitter followers to be nice to each other.

Hissrich got slammed with negative comments after an unconfirmed casting advertisement suggested that the show’s producers were looking for a young woman of colour to play Ciri, who is Geralt’s adoptive daughter.

Others brought up the fact that in May, Hissrich said on Twitter that she would not change a character’s background because she was feeling “liberal” that day. Hissrich also pointed out at the time that The Witcher show on Netflix will feature minority actors. “But will there be minorities? Yes. A man would be a minority in Brokilon Forest. A person of color would be a minority in a small village. An islander would be an minority in Cintra. [The Witcher series author] Mr. Sapkowski has said–publicly, and to me–that the Continent is big and diverse in its population, in every way (race, culture, gender, and yes, occasionally skin color, which he said he did not always specify). I’m not sure how people insinuate I’m destroying the books by recognizing that. I’m honoring the author’s own intentions. He told me so himself.”

This week, Hissrich pointed out that she did not comment on the casting process for Geralt before it was revealed that Henry Cavill got the role. Similarly, she said she won’t discuss casting for Ciri or other characters until official announcements are made.

Some have already said they will boycott The Witcher TV show, and Hissrich said she doesn’t understand why. “How does one boycott a show that doesn’t yet exist, about a person who hasn’t been cast, in response to a writer who hasn’t commented? I think we’ve officially gone mad,” she said.

Finally, Hissrich said she believes the majority of nay-sayers are not “trolls,” but instead passionate fans. “I actually don’t think the majority of these people are trolls. I think they’re passionate fans, too, with really strong opinions,” she said.

The Witcher TV show is based on Sapkowski’s novels, which are the inspiration for the games from CD Projekt Red. The show is slated to premiere in 2019.

No new games in The Witcher franchise have been announced; CD Projekt Red is currently working on the ambitious futuristic game Cyberpunk 2077.

While the big draw of the first movie in the Predator franchise was seeing the now iconic alien hunter do battle with the biggest ’80s action star (Arnold Schwarzenegger), there is no doubt that seeing the Predator pick off Arnie’s crew was also a huge part of why the movie was such a hit. Predator‘s effortless blend of sci-fi, action, and horror delivered on all levels and ensured that fans looking to see some seriously gruesome killings weren’t disappointed. The film was essentially a slasher movie set in the jungle, with a high-tech alien hunter instead of a masked psychopath.

The films that followed may have varied wildly in quality, but they all have one thing going for them–they continued to deliver the kills. The decision to set 1990’s Predator 2 in the urban jungle, namely “futuristic” Los Angeles (it’s set in 1997), provided the Predator with even more victims, and its increased selection of weaponry added plenty of variety to his kills. And although the next movie, Alien vs. Predator (2004), toned down some of the violence to get a PG-13 rating, Alien vs. Predator: Requiem (2007) brought the gore levels back up and delivered some of the nastiest deaths of the franchise. The fifth movie in the series, 2010’s Predators, returned to the jungle. This time it was an alien planet where a group of assorted soldiers, violent criminals, and mercenaries assembled to take on the Predators with suitably bloody results.

The Predator is the latest entry in the series, and we already know that it will deliver the gory goods. In GameSpot’s The Predator review, Rafael Motamayor said that “those craving an R-rated The Predator will get their money’s worth, as spines get ripped out and every part of the human body is shredded to pieces at one point or another.” So to celebrate the latest addition to this gore-splattered franchise hitting theaters this week, here’s a look at the series’ most gruesome death scenes.

Coming to the WWE Network on Sunday, September 16 is Hell in a Cell. The sports entertainment’s yearly event pits superstars inside a fully-enclosed cage, and many times, the wrestlers breakout, and someone jumps off the top of it. This year’s event will surely have some incredibly memorable moments, as multiple titles are on the line.

The event will air on PPV and the WWE Network at 4 PM PT / 7 PM ET / 12 AM BST (Sept. 17), coming to you live from the AT&T Center in Dallas, Texas. There will be a Kickoff Show airing one hour prior that should have a match or two on it as well. As of this writing, there are seven matches booked for the card, and there are bound to be a few more before the event kicks off.

On the Raw side of things, the Shield will have their hands full in two matches, one for the Tag Team Championships and one for the Universal Championship. Additionally, Alexa Bliss gets her rematch with Ronda Rousey. On Smackdown, Becky Lynch gets her shot at the Women’s Championship against Charlotte, and Jeff Hardy will face Randy Orton in a Hell in a Cell match.

Obviously, we have a few opinions on what we think is going to happen during the evening as well. Check out all of our predictions for Hell in a Cell, which we will continue to update should new matches or new stipulations get added to the card.

Hell in a Cell match card so far:

• Jeff Hardy vs. Randy Orton (Hell in a Cell match)
• Dolph Ziggler & Drew McIntrye (c) vs. Seth Rollins & Dean Ambrose (Raw Tag Team Championships)
• Daniel Bryan & Brie Bella vs. The Miz & Maryse
• Charlotte (c) vs. Becky Lynch (Smackdown Women’s Championship)
• Ronda Rousey (c) vs. Alexa Bliss (Raw Women’s Championship)
• AJ Styles (c) vs. Samoa Joe (WWE Championship)
• Roman Reigns (c) vs. Braun Strowman (Hell in a Call match for the Universal Championship with Mick Foley as guest referee)

Make sure to come back to GameSpot for live coverage of the event.

Bungie has released the first real post-Forsaken update for Destiny 2 on PC, PS4, and Xbox One. Unlike the two major patches we’ve seen over the past few weeks, this one (hotfix 2.0.2) doesn’t introduce new features, instead focusing on eliminating some of the nagging issues the game has suffered from.

Many of these things involve unintended functionality centered around specific items and classes. Issues have been resolved where players could make 10 Deadfall Void Anchors with the Orpheus Rigs and Moebius Quiver equipped; Shards of Galanor wasn’t giving players energy when a knife hit a distant target; Lord of Wolves would lose ammo; and the Explosive Payload dealt less damage than it should have. That’s just for starters.

For PC players, inconsistencies with certain skills have been fixed. Previously, your framerate could dictate how much health Phoenix Dive granted, while Exploding Knives could deal less damage due to the framerate.

For Titan players, leveling up the new subclass tree, Code of the Commander, will now count kills with the Sentinel Super, which should make that process easier. Bungie has addressed problems with bounties not sorting correctly in your Pursuits tab; Lost Sector bounties not registering correctly when playing in a fireteam; and an incorrect objective listing for the Fist of Judgment bounty. A number of Triumph-related bugs have also been resolved.

What isn’t fixed is the accidental weekly reset that took place over the weekend, which resulted in players not receiving Powerful rewards at the correct levels. Additionally, the Ace of Spades quest’s first step–where you are asked to get invasion kills in Gambit with a hand cannon, but must instead kill invaders–remains broken. Regarding the exploit to farm Prime engrams, Bungie recommends avoiding it, as it could cause the game to prevent you from receiving further ones for several weeks. And the Raid chests–which players managed to access despite the Raid not yet being available–have been removed, though the gear they offered won’t be taken away. These are among the variety of known issues as outlined on Bungie’s website.

For a look at everything included in hotfix 2.0.2, check out the patch notes below. We’ve also got some Forsaken tips and a review-in-progress for you to peruse. You can also see all of the new Forsaken Exotic weapons and armor we’ve discovered so far.

Destiny 2 Hotfix 2.0.2 Patch Notes

Sandbox

General

• Fixed an issue where Antaeus Wards were sometimes generating orbs when used by Sentinels
• Fixed an issue where Shards of Galanor were not giving energy back when knives hit from a long distance
• Fixed an issue where players were able to create 10 Deadfall Void Anchors using Orpheus Rigs and Moebius Quiver

Armor

• Fixed an issue where the Cloak of Remembrance would not interact properly with other objects

Exotic Weapons

• Lord of Wolves
  • Fixed an issue where Lord of Wolves could lose ammo
• Ace of Spades
  • Fixed an issue where visual effects from the Memento Mori perk would persist when swapping weapons

Weapons

• Fixed an issue where the Explosive Payload perk was dealing less damage than intended

Abilities

• Titan
  • Fixed an issue where Thundercrash was missing some visual effects
  • Fixed an issue where walking into the Dawnblade Well of Radiance while blocking with the Sentinel Shield would drain Super energy
  • Fixed an issue where Sentinel Super kills would not progress the Code of the Commander subclass path
  • Reduced amount of health, melee energy, and grenade energy returned when using the Sentinel Commander subclass path

• Warlock
  • Fixed an issue where Phoenix Dive would grant alternate amounts of health due at different frame rates on PC

• Hunter
  • Fixed an issue where Exploding Knives would deal less damage due at different frame rates on PC

Items and Economy

Character Boost

• Fixed an issue where boosted characters were not unlocking the Curse of Osiris or Warmind campaign triumphs

Bounties

• Fixed an issue where bounties were not being sorted properly in the Pursuits section of character inventory
• Fixed an issue where Lost Sector bounties were not progressing properly when in a fireteam
• Fixed an issue where the “Fist of Judgement” bounty had an incorrect objective
• The wanted bounty for Irxis Partisan now shows the correct mug shot

Triumphs

• Fixed an issue where the “Relic Rumble” Triumph was not progressing properly
• Fixed an issue where “The Best Defense” Triumph was unlocking prior to completing the proper objective
• Removed a duplicate checkbox in the Mercury “Lost Sectors” Triumph
• Fixed an issue where Baron Triumphs would not unlock for players who joined an activity in progress
• Fixed an issue where the “Adventurous” triumph for Io was not granting proper Triumph score

Activities

Escalation Protocol

• Fixed an issue that sometimes caused players to revert to wave 1 after failing a wave and restarting it
• Players may now restart at wave 6 after completing wave 7
  • Option available for 60 seconds after wave 7 completion

Technical

PC

• Fixed an issue with Toggle ADS where players would not auto-cancel out of ADS when expected

IGR Bounties

• Fixed an issue where players in IGRs in the Korea region could no longer earn IGR bounties

So it turns out we were all wrong in our guesses about who Ben Mendelsohn would be playing in Captain Marvel. He is not, in fact, the Kree general Yon-Rogg, but a Skrull named Talos. Now, although we’ve known about the imminent Skrull presence in the MCU, this is the first time we’ve actually been given direct confirmation, not to mention a name to put with their weird green faces. So, just who is Talos and why does his involvement matter?

That’s a story with a few moving parts. First, you’ll need to understand the Skrull Empire. In the Marvel Universe, the Skrulls are arguably the most famous and immediately recognizable aliens around. You can pick them out of a crowd by their bald green heads and multi-clefted chins–or, well, sometimes you can pick them out of a crowd. You see, Skrulls are known for one very important trait: They’re master shapeshifters. They’re so masterful, in fact, that they can actually replicate a handful of common superpowers like flight, elasticity, and super strength, giving them the ability to infiltrate and replace superheroes without their teams realizing anything is wrong. This was something they famously pulled off during the major crossover event Secret Invasion, in which the Marvel heroes learned that the Skrulls had infiltrated their ranks unseen for years.

Unfortunately, Talos was not a Skrull with those abilities. Introduced back in Incredible Hulk #418 in 1994, Talos was a rare case of a Skrull birth defect and was born without the ability to change his shape at all. However, rather than allow his genetic lottery loss to determine the course of his life, Talos joined up with the Skrull military and promptly became one of their fiercest and most brutal warriors. He earned the nickname “Talos the Untamed” for his warrior spirit.

But that wasn’t the end of Talos’s hardship. During the Kree/Skrull war, he was captured by the enemy and, rather than following Skrull code and killing himself, Talos remained alive in the Kree’s care as a prisoner. This brought so much shame and disgrace upon Talos’s name that, once he was finally freed, his brothers in arms began mockingly calling him “Talos the Tamed.”

With his name disgraced, Talos was hungry for redemption. He promptly began falling over himself–sometimes literally–to try and win his honor back. In his desperation, he allowed himself to be–OK, we know this sound weird–pranked into accepting a fake wedding invitation (the wedding of ex-Hulk sidekick Rick Jones and his fiance Marlo Chandler, specifically) where he tried to pick a fight with a Kree attendee, only to get owned so hard he decided the only way out of his humiliation was suicide by Hulk.

Look, it was the ’90s. This is just how comics were.

Of course the Hulk didn’t actually kill Talos–despite Talos’s best efforts–and, for how incredibly absurd the whole situation was, it did actually manage to get Talos back on the Skrull Empire’s good side. They saw how valiantly he tried to fight, and how willing he was to die, and decided that he wasn’t a coward after all.

Talos largely faded into the background at that point. He occasionally cropped up in the myriad cosmic affairs of the Skrull Empire, but otherwise he maintained C-list obscurity at best. His most recent comics highlight actually came in the Howard the Duck series from 2015, where he infiltrated Earth with an actual, physical human disguise using an alter ego he called “Jonathan Richards”. He even used a fake beard to cover up his pointedly Skrull-shaped chin. The whole situation was, unsurprisingly, largely a punchline at Talos’s expense. This was a Howard the Duck book, after all.

So, how does an on-again-off-again disgraced Skrull find himself at the intimidating heart of an MCU movie? Well, that one is still up for debate. Chances are that live action Talos is going to be stripped of a lot of his more recognizable comic book traits. This incarnation is likely going to be able to shapeshift–the EW photos explicitly describe Talos as going “undercover” within SHIELD as a human–but his past as a disgraced Kree hostage may still be intact. After all, it would certainly provide some good, juicy motivation for him to have a personal beef with Captain Marvel and her Kree entourage.

Even in this early stage of virtual reality, video games and other digital VR experiences can be incredibly impressive. Headsets like HTC Vive, Oculus Rift, and PlayStation VR transport you into realms you’ve only experienced on flat screens. But one thing that pulls VR-goers back to regular reality is the cable attaching your headset to the device that’s powering the virtual world you’re in. The Vive Wireless Adapter, coming September 24, promises to alleviate the wire-bound problems of Vive owners. You can pre-order one now.

Like the Vive itself, the Wireless Adapter isn’t cheap–it retails for $300. But if you’ve already bought a high-end PC and a Vive, and you find the wire bothersome, this is a good solution. The adapter works on both the Vive and the Vive Pro, though Pro owners have to purchase a $60 compatibility pack to make it fit properly.

According to the official announcement, here’s how it works: “Installation of the Vive Wireless Adapter occurs in minutes by installing a PCI-e card and attaching a sensor from the PC that broadcasts to and from the newly wireless Vive headset. The adapter has a broadcast range of 6 meters with a 150 degree field of view from the sensor and runs in the interference-free 60Ghz band using Intel’s WiGig specification, which, combined with DisplayLink’s XR codec, means low latency and high performance with hours of battery life.”

The adapter comes with one battery pack that lasts up to two and a half hours. Anyone who buys the Vive Wireless Adapter also receives a free two-month subscription to Viveport, a service that lets you select a certain number of VR games and apps to download and play each month.

Here’s where you can pre-order a Vive Wireless Adapter.

Now you just have to wait for the device to launch on September 24 before you’re finally cable-free.