Swatting is an awful thing and while it’s nice to hear that there’s some closure for the first bit of news today, it’s still a somber revelation that the worst in gaming improves slowly, if at all. I also snuck in a link to A.O. Scott’s farewell to film criticism amidst a small opinion piece discussing recent Tarantino news. The Metahumans thing is pretty cool.

Lawsuit Over Fatal Call of Duty Swatting Incident Settled for $5 Million

Such a terrible tragedy and kind of exemplifies the worst in gaming to my mind. -Jon

Peter Bart: Quentin Tarantino’s Movie About A Film Critic May Be A Parting Shot To A Fading Species

As a fan of A.O. Scott’s film criticism, I completely disagree with the supposition of this article. Mainly using this to point out that A.O. Scott’s final word on his criticism is an interesting read. -Jon

Epic’s new motion-capture animation tech has to be seen to be believed

I watched the video and was impressed. I will offer though that the problem has never been technology, but rather the money and the decision-makers. This will be seen as a means to cheapen the process and the modern game will still release in a broken and mostly unplayable state. Maybe I’m still bitter about the past few years in gaming RPGs, but who knows. -Jon

Well, there you have it – a bite-sized look at the news from yesterday that we here at After the Hype found important. I don’t suppose you have thoughts on any of these stories, do you? Because if you did I would like to recommend you let us know over at our discord. Similarly, if you’ve found some interesting news in the wild that you would like us to share tomorrow, let us know sooner rather than later. This isn’t “Today’s News.” Sheesh.