There are 24 hours in a day, and on October 27th, 2017, that's not going to be enough.
For pop culture junkies, the last Friday in October is shaping up to be one of the busiest
and most exciting release days in recent memory.
You've got new video game releases.
You have a brand new season of one of the most binge-worthy shows on television.
You have an entire slate of geek-friendly feature films making their long-awaited debuts.
The hard part is choosing which one to go after first.
After all, you only have so much time — and on days like this, every second is precious.
Here's why.
Stranger Things Season 2
The first season of Stranger Things practically perfected the art of the cliffhanger, and
the finale ended on a doozy: Will Byers, fresh off his adventures in the Upside Down, excuses
himself to go wash his hands — and promptly vomits a slug into the bathroom sink.
On October 27th, we'll find out what that means.
Netflix will release all nine episodes of Stranger Things' sophomore effort at once,
giving fans plenty to chew on as they unravel the show's lingering mysteries while getting
tangled up in all new ones.
Expect some answers, and even more questions, alongside all of the '80s nostalgia you can
handle, when Stranger Things returns.
Just don't expect to see poor Barb this time around.
Assassin's Creed Origins
Over the past nine games plus a handful of spin-offs, Assassin's Creed has tracked the
Assassin vs Templar conflict through the centuries.
In the 2017 installment, we're going all the way back to the beginning.
On October 27th, Assassin's Creed Origins will drop players into a vibrant, open-world
recreation of ancient Egypt.
Sure, you'll still be scaling buildings — and in this case, some pyramids — and sneaking
up on foes.
But despite the ancient setting, Origins is shaping up to be the most modern Assassin's
Creed yet.
Instead of climbing towers, you can dispatch an eagle to scout out the land around you.
Camels join horses and boats as methods of transportation.
Combat is getting a Dark Souls-inspired overhaul, while a Destiny-like loot system will make
exploring Assassin's Creed Origins' massive open world much more satisfying.
Wolfenstein 2: The New Colossus
Bethesda will once again allow gamers to partake in some fascist-smashing action this fall
with the release of Wolfenstein 2: The New Colossus.
Like the 2016 DOOM reboot, 2014's Wolfenstein: The New Order took the best elements from
older Wolfenstein games and gussied them up for a discerning modern audience.
The New Colossus looks like it's going to be more of the same — just, y'know, better.
Hero B.J.
Blazkowicz returns on October 27th, ready to take the fight to America's Nazi occupiers
yet again.
Like its predecessor, The New Colossus will feature old-school gameplay — no auto-regenerating
health here — and alternate spins on iconic American locations, including Roswell, New
Mexico and a bombed-out New York City.
Professor Marston & the Wonder Women
The backstory for comics icon Wonder Woman doesn't hold a candle to that of her creator,
Dr. William Marston.
Not only did Marston, a trained psychiatrist, help invent the polygraph, but he believed
that women were naturally better than men, and that true happiness could only be found
by giving in to "loving submission," literally — the guy was big into BDSM.
Marston was also one-third of a polyamorous relationship between himself, his wife Elizabeth,
and their partner, Olive.
All in all, there's tons of drama to mine from Marson's life, even before the rope-wielding,
lie-detecting Wonder Woman gets involved.
If Professor Marston & the Wonder Women delivers on its potential on October 27th, it should
be an even better origin story than the Amazon's big-budget counterpart from earlier in the
year.
Jigsaw
Saw's signature villain met his demise at the end of Saw III, and the rest of the series
is carried on by his proteges, who consider themselves responsible for continuing Jigsaw's
good works.
But is that changing?
In the upcoming Jigsaw, bodies start piling up.
And according to the evidence, Jigsaw himself is responsible.
There's just one problem: he's been dead for 10 years.
Even without Jigsaw's brand-name appeal, that's a compelling set-up for a mystery, and should
be enough to get gore-hounds of all types into theaters when Jigsaw premieres on October
27th.
The series' brutal traps will return, but with a new and updated tone that the director
says is "not quite as vicious and more fun," as well as a few plot twists primed to blow
audiences away.
Super Mario Odyssey
In March, it was hard to imagine that the Nintendo Switch would get a better game in
2017 than The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild.
Then, Mario happened.
In Super Mario Odyssey, Nintendo's plucky plumber ditches the Mushroom Kingdom for strange
new worlds, where he'll hunt for the Power Moons that fuel his extradimensional ship.
In Odyssey's biggest gameplay twist, Mario can hurl his hat — which is now a living
being named Cappy — onto friends and enemies alike, possessing them and taking their powers.
The hat-tossing mechanic was everything that Odyssey needed to walk away victorious at
E3 2017, but there's more to the game than that.
Like Super Mario 64 and Super Mario Sunshine, Super Mario Odyssey emphasizes exploration
over progression, with more collectibles to find than any other game in the series.
The levels, meanwhile, look to be the most diverse collection of settings in Mario history.
All that, and Bowser rocks an all-white tuxedo and top hat, like some kind of big, scaly,
fancy lizard-man.
Can October 27th just get here already?
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