Spoilers follow for Chucky's third episode, "I Like to Be Hugged," which aired on Syfy on Oct. 26.

Chucky has been walking protagonist Jake Wheeler down a dark path since his introduction, with the killer turning the screws in the kid’s mind as the cruel world comes crashing down on him. “I Like to Be Hugged” challenges Jake’s killer instincts, while also raising some interesting questions about how the idea of nature versus nurture has affected numerous characters in Hackensack. With more focus than last week’s aimless Halloween episode, “I Like to Be Hugged” delivers a silly concoction of teen drama and slasher backstory that’s proving to be Chucky’s hallmark.

“I Like to Be Hugged” finds Jake (Zackary Arthur) at a crossroads in the serial killer development course Chucky’s (Brad Dourif) got him involuntarily signed up for. As much as the show has asked us to believe Jake could succumb to the darkness in his life and go down a violent path, his tearful apology to his mother at her grave seems to firmly establish that’s just not going to happen. It’s good to have this lingering “question” settled this early in the season. We’ve already seen Jake transgressed against in deeply personal ways, so it was now or never for him to hit his breaking point. I don’t think anyone truly believed the thoughtful Jake would run Lexy (Alyvia Alyn Lind) through with a knife in the middle of the day anyway, so I’m glad to see the show moving on from the unsustainable idea that he could actually become Chucky’s padawan learner.

As Chucky tells Jake, “some killers are made, but the best of us are born.” “I Like to Be Hugged” gives us our most important look yet into how Charles Lee Ray became the monster he is. Young Charles displays the violent tendencies that end up blossoming into Chucky’s bloodthirst, but it’s not until a seemingly random home invasion that Charles’ slasher fuse is lit. After Charles sees the intruder stab his father to death, he kills his own mother as they hide from the assailant in the closet.

It raises an intriguing question about Charles Lee Ray’s nature: despite claiming to Jake that he himself is a born killer, it’s a random act of violence that catalyzed Chucky’s slashing ways. While Chucky’s been promoted as a reunion of Child’s Play franchise players, the idea that Chucky himself may have to reckon with his own nature is an even more exciting possibility for a character so often played for laughs. The episode does a nice job weaving the flashbacks into Jake’s story, as he struggles with his own impulses, and primes Jake and Chucky for confrontations both physical and ideological as the show continues.

This week, it’s Lexy’s turn to host a rager in her comically large house, a silent disco which offers opportunities for both laughs and tension. Lexy’s feeling a little cramped by Junior (Teo Briones) after he chided her for her “Jake’s dying dad” Halloween costume, and flirts with Oliver (Avery Esteves) in front of Junior at the party as music blares in their headphones… well, Lexy and Oliver’s; headphone-less Junior’s watching from the stairs in awkwardly funny silence. Later on, the “no one can hear” conceit is used to great effect as Chucky leaves Lexy’s sister’s bed for a little late-night homicide. The screams of Chucky’s victim go unheard as they’re repeatedly stabbed by the laughing doll which, coupled with the victim’s young age, makes the drawn-out kill feel even more brutal. But Chucky’s got his glassy little eyes on Lexy, and his attack on her leaves us with an explosive cliffhanger that represents one of the killer doll’s greatest strengths: his ability to sow chaos.

As Chucky laments, hand-to-hand combat is tough when you’re two and a half feet tall, but one of the most fun elements of the Child’s Play franchise is watching the elaborate (or dead simple) ways Chucky lures their victims to their demise. Whereas last week’s housekeeper kill lacked tension, taking place entirely in the beginning of the episode with little lead-up, this episode places Chucky in the Cross house early enough for a couple scenes to establish the doll’s presence and Lexy’s growing discomfort. These are small bits of information, but every little bit helps when you’re trying to get an audience invested in whether that plastic doll actually murders that annoying teen.

While Hackensack’s kids have their hands full, storylines involving adult characters are feeling relatively stagnant. Detective Evans (Rachelle Casseus) is doing the stereotypical “that kid’s trouble” routine regarding Jake to give Devon something to rebel against, and Jake’s teacher Mrs. Fairchild (Annie Briggs) calls a conference between Lexy’s parents and Jake’s uncle and aunt to broker peace between the teens.

That conference sees Lexy’s mom, Mayor Michelle Cross (Barbara Alyn Lind), displaying the same entitlement she passed to her daughter as she tries to frame Jake as the true bully in the situation. The encounter doesn’t really go anywhere and, if anything, is only worthwhile for Aunt Bree’s (Lexa Doig) late entrance. This is the second or third time Chucky’s suggested Bree is doing something behind Logan’s (Devon Sawa) back, and it’s coded as an affair, but maybe there’s something even more insidious going on. Chucky loves playmates, after all…

The first trailer for Lightyear has shown off Disney and Pixar’s ‘real life’ version of Buzz Lightyear, as well as Space Ranger members of Star Command.

The movie, which is set to release summer 2022, follows the journey of Buzz Lightyear (this time voiced by Chris Evans) as he progresses from a test pilot to a full-blown Space Ranger in Star Command. The trailer shows a quick look at that journey, opening on Lightyear testing what looks to be an experimental spaceship. Later we see Buzz on an alien planet, getting caught up in the tentacles of an alien monster, and him approaching a realistic version of his iconic white, green, and purple space armour. There’s also an ominous box opening to reveal red light, but it cuts before we can see what’s inside. Could it be… Emperor Zurg?

If this is all a bit confusing, Pixar’s chief creative officer Pete Docter explained the concept earlier this year, and it’s most definitely not a Toy Story film or prequel. "At first glance you might think, 'Well, this is a Toy Story film’. Well, not so fast,” he said. “See, back when we created the very first Toy Story, we designed Buzz Lightyear with the idea that he was a toy based on some really cool character from an epic, blockbuster film. Well, all these years later we decided it’s time to make that film."

Disney and Pixar previously explored the idea of the ‘real’ Buzz Lightyear in the animated TV show Buzz Lightyear of Star Command, but that and Lightyear seem to share little in common aside from treating Buzz as a real person rather than a toy. Where the TV show was a bright and colourful, very Saturday morning affair with aliens working for Star Command, it appears that Lightyear is more of a ‘realistic’ sci-fi approach.

The new poster for Lightyear shows off the detail going into the artstyle, with a grubby ‘caution’ warning on the red armour segment that, at least in the toy version of Buzz, activates his wings. Here, however, it looks more like a port, perhaps for fuel or oxygen.

Lightyear was announced at Disney’s investor day last year, where it also announced that The Mandalorian would have a spin-off in the form of Star Wars: Ahsoka. We recently learned that Hayden Christensen will appear in that show, and that he'll also be playing Darth Vader in the Obi-Wan Kenobi show.

Matt Purslow is IGN's UK News and Entertainment Writer.

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In an announcement that's sure to please the fanbase, Activision has said that Call of Duty Vanguard won't take up nearly as much space on your hard drive as previous games in the series.

The company announced the news in a tweet on Call of Duty's official Twitter page, stating that Vanguard's install size at launch would be "significantly below previous Call of Duty releases". According to Activision, this is due to "new on-demand texture streaming tech expected to save up to 30%-50%+ on next-gen consoles and PC hard drive disk space".

Good news for hard drives everywhere: #Vanguard’s install size at launch will be significantly below previous #CallOfDuty releases.

New on-demand texture streaming tech expected to save up to 30%-50%+ on next-gen console and PC hard drive disk space 💥 pic.twitter.com/oYZoyIDTuO

— Call of Duty (@CallofDuty) October 26, 2021

While the situation for last-gen consoles is unclear, it's certainly a pleasing sight for PS5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC users hoping to play through more than a couple of games at once on their devices.

This is important when you consider not only the size of recent Call of Duty games at launch, but also how they've grown across their tenure alongside Call of Duty's battle royale mode, Warzone. When Call of Duty Black Ops Cold War was released, it took up around 100GB of space depending upon what platform players owned the game on. However, with each new season of content that its developers have dropped, the game's file size has continued to grow – expanding from its initial size greatly. Having this year's COD installed alongside Warzone, then, demands a huge chunk of a console's hard drive space.

Although an announcement stating that Vanguard's launch size will be significantly smaller than other recent games in the franchise is something to celebrate, players may still want to consider that this will likely increase over time. For more on Call of Duty Vanguard, make sure to check out a behind-the-scenes look at the new zombies mode, and the campaign's story trailer.

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Scalpers have been selling Razer’s Zephyr RGB face mask for hugely inflated prices on eBay.

The Zephyr air purifier face mask with N95-grade filters retails for $99.99, but is currently completely sold out on Razer’s website. Some of those sold masks have been picked up by scalpers, who are currently selling them for absurd prices on eBay. A search for the item shows numerous sold items, all going for anything from $250 to an eye-watering $500.

The Razer Zephyr only went on sale on October 22, and so this scalper situation occurred almost immediately. The Zephyr itself was first shown off as a concept at CES 2021, and shortly after announced as an actual product. It’s N95 respirator status means it protects from droplets and splashes, and so is an effective COVID mask. The sleek, almost cyberpunk design is pretty unique, and so it’s understandable why it sold out so fast. It’s just a shame that several of them were used by scalpers to make a huge profit.

Scalping has been a huge issue in gaming lately, thanks to the popularity of the new generation of consoles. An estimate of 10-15% of PS5 consoles sold in the US went to scalpers, with resellers having made millions in profit. Scalpers have also targeted new Nvidia graphics cards. This global situation has prompted pressure on the UK government to ban scalping. While this is a new wave in the gaming space, we've seen it all before in sneaker culture.

Matt Purslow is IGN's UK News and Entertainment Writer.

Ryan Gosling and director Derek Cianfrance look set to reunite on Universal's upcoming reimagining of the horror classic, Wolfman.

According to Deadline, Cianfrance is currently in talks to join the project and take up the director's seat after The Invisible Man's Leigh Whannell vacated the spot due to scheduling issues. Wolfman would mark the third collaboration between Gosling and Cianfrance, who previously worked together on 2010's Blue Valentine and 2012's The Place Beyond the Pines.

The last film that Cianfrance directed was 2016's The Light Between Oceans, though he has also attracted positive reviews for his more recent work on the HBO miniseries I Know This Much Is True, which is an adaptation of Wally Lamb's novel of the same name. He wrote and directed all six episodes of the Mark Ruffalo-led drama series.

"Horror movies were my first love — my entry into what cinema was capable of narratively, psychologically and aesthetically," Cianfrance said in a statement. "Coupled with the opportunity to collaborate with Ryan again, this is truly a dream come true. I'm thrilled and inspired to work with the good folks at Blumhouse and Universal to bring this monster back to life in our collective unconscious."

Gosling will serve as a producer on Wolfman, along with Jason Blum and Ken Kao. Cianfrance is said to be penning the movie's script, which is "inspired by" the 1941 Universal Monsters classic The Wolf Man starring Lon Chaney Jr. At this stage, however, it remains unclear exactly how the story will transform for the big-screen reboot.

Universal's first attempt at launching its very own Monsterverse (dubbed "The Dark Universe") didn't go according to plan after 2017's The Mummy starring Tom Cruise failed to make a lasting impact at the box office. However, the studio later found success with The Invisible Man starring Elizabeth Moss, which earned $98.3 million on a budget of only $7 million.

Universal is now focused on building out its monster portfolio with even more high-profile titles, many of which are already in development. Amongst those projects, there is a monster movie centered around the Dracula-adjacent character Renfield, a James Wan-produced Van Helsing movie, and an adaptation of The Thing in collaboration Blumhouse Productions.

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