Adrian Houser has given a lift to the Milwaukee Brewers rotation.

The Wire Troll: Adrian Houser a Fine Streaming Option

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Nova is as hot as any hurler right now, recording a 4-0 record and an ERA of 0.49 with a pair of complete games over his last five starts. Why didn’t any contender want him at the deadline? Strange stuff. At any rate, Nova’s gotten better and better as the season has progressed, and he’s been rather durable the past few years. Hell, he’s even shutting down top teams like Houston (two wins, three earned runs allowed in 16 IP). Pick up Nova and see if he keeps this rolling down the stretch.

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Video Game Review: Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden

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There isn’t a ton of exposition, but the story is still relatively engaging — something that is helped by the world’s detail level and in-game conversations between the characters. While the game does offer up some optional paths, encounters are finite, which helps keep the story focused. We chose to explore every area and take on every foe, leading to a very strong group for the final push, giving us a completion time of around 20 hours.

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Video Game Review: The Church in the Darkness

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Structurally, everything does the job, allowing you to sneak, sprint, distract, shoot and more in an effort to infiltrate the compound and locate your target. It never feels all that responsive, though, particularly aiming your gun. An auto-lock function helps a great deal in this respect, but when you’re under pressure (read: being shot at) it’s pretty dicey — in a way the game compensates for this by making fleeing overly effective, though that isn’t the most compelling approach.

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Zeke Elliott's holdout is affecting the chances of the Dallas Cowboys.

Fantasy Football: The Preseason is Underway

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Speaking of Jackson, he continues to show progress in his development, and if you believe what the Ravens are saying, he’s going to be the key to their new “revolutionary” offense. His passing mechanics are getting better, and while he still has a long road ahead, he’s heading in the right direction. Once the games count, expect to see a ton of run-pass option and read-option calls for Jackson, who will run wild. The key, however, remains his ability to improve as a pocket passer because teams will try to shut down his running game.

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Daniel Hudson is a good addition for the Washington Nationals.

The Wire Troll: Daniel Hudson Gains Value With Move to Washington

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While he didn’t get much of a crack at saves in Toronto, moving to Washington should definitely help him rack up the holds. Hudson’s been quite consistent this season, steady other than a dominant June. He’s done a better job of keeping the ball in the yard, and is enjoying his finest ERA since becoming a reliever. Hudson’s velocity has also bounced back, matching his career best set in 2015.

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Blu-ray Review: The Curse of La Llorona

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There are also some mind-boggling decisions made that, even in the context of a horror movie, are just absurd. Without getting into spoiler territory, one involves a stuffed animal and another comes shortly thereafter. It’s worth noting that a better-explained version of the second sequence can be found in the deleted scenes. It all adds up to a film that seems created purely to scare rather than present anything coherent or unsettling.

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Video Game Review: Dragon Quest Builders 2

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Our primary complaint with the original was the odd way it handled, and unfortunately little has changed on that front. Combat is still a bland affair with fights taking on one of two forms: stand there and mash the attack button, or stand there, mash the attack button and periodically run away to avoid high-damage attacks. There’s no block or evasive roll, and it’s debatable if the techniques you learn are more potent than the standard spamming of regular strikes. On the bright side, at least weapons no longer degrade and break.

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