Spoilers ahead: for the puzzle and the movies/games
This page reveals all categories and answers for this puzzle. It also discusses plot details, story endings, and other spoilers for some of the movies/games shown.
easy
Performance-capture animated films
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Actors perform the movement and expressions that become animated characters. The computer keeps the gesture and negotiates with the face.
medium
Volcano disaster stories
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An eruption turns a city, resort, or ancient empire into an evacuation problem. Lava is not interested in the chain of command.
hard
The music business controls who gets heard
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Radio gatekeepers, labels, and band politics decide whose voice reaches the crowd. Talent gets a meeting; ownership gets the final mix.
tricky
Moon missions are staged, falsified, or hidden
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The official lunar story gets a secret set, backup broadcast, covert mission, or full conspiracy. Space remains difficult. Paperwork makes it worse.