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It's the Joker, Baby: Save up To 83% on Comics Starring the J-Man
24.2.2021
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Shucks Howdy, It's The Cowboy Bebop Intro With Smash Characters
24.2.2021
I feel like anything I write will do a disservice to this incredible video, so I’ll let it speak for itself.Read more
Star Wars Stories From Tartakovsky's Clone Wars That Should Rejoin Canon
23.2.2021
Dave Filoni has created a vast swath of the Star Wars universe through his Clone Wars and Rebels cartoons, The Mandalorian, and whatever else he has in the works next. He’s been such a driving force in the franchise that it can be hard to remember he didn’t actually make the first modern Star Wars...
Blade & Soul Revolution Launches Worldwide Next Week
23.2.2021
NCSoft’s martial arts epic Blade & Soul is one of my favorite massively-multiplayer online role-playing games in recent memory. Launching March 4 for iOS and Android, Blade & Soul Revolution is the free-to-play mobile adaptation of the PC game. And half of you left. I really should save...
11 of the Best and Brightest Batman: The Brave and the Bold Episodes to Stream on HBO Max
22.2.2021
There’s a cavalcade of DC Animation on HBO Max now, from Static Shock to Justice League, and, of course, more Batman than you can shake a batarang at. But instead of re-indulging in the giddy highs of The Animated Series, why not check out the finest of Batman’s animated hidden gems, Batman:...
Doom Eternal Director Has ‘Put A Lot Of Thought’ Into Making A Female Doom Slayer
22.2.2021
During a playthrough stream earlier this month, Doom Eternal director Hugo Martin was asked if the team had ever considered developing a female Doom Slayer for the game. His answer was surprisingly thorough.Read more
Niantic Announces Bonus Pokémon Go Event After Players Let In Free To The Kanto Tour
22.2.2021
Saturday saw one of the biggest paid international events Pokémon Go has hosted, the Kanto Tour. Costing a not-cheap $11.99, it was a celebration of the 25th anniversary of Pocket Monsters, with the hit mobile game going back to the series’ origins for a 12-hour celebration of the OG 151 Pokémon....
WandaVision's TV Fakeness Gave Way to a Moment of True Love
22.2.2021
One of the many, many things that’s made WandaVision so compelling to watch are the ways it has poked and prodded at the format of television to tell the story of Scarlet Witch and Vision’s unlikely love. But in an episode that was all about the fakeness of that metatext finally breaking down,...
The Lightning and the Storm: How an Imperfect Past Shaped the Rise of the Black Superhero
22.2.2021
Editor’s Note: The Rise of the Black Superhero is a three-part series breaking down the past, present and future of Black superheroes across comics, film, and tv. This is part 1. Read more
It's Weird To See Ryu Use A Gun In Fortnite
21.2.2021
Yesterday, after some hints and leaks, Street Fighter characters Ryu and Chun-Li came to Epic’s mega-popular battle royale game, Fortnite. Watching Ryu run around shooting people with an assault rifle is weird. It’s also just one more example of how Fortnite consumes popular characters...
Street Fighter Portal Appears In Fortnite
19.2.2021
Fortnite has absorbed just about every nerdy property under the sun at this point, but Epic Games’ massively popular battle royale has yet to dip its toes into the world of fighting games. Well, until now, that is.Read more
Why Do We Call The Hardest Video Game Enemies 'Bosses,' Anyway?
19.2.2021
In real life, if you encounter a large being hell-bent on beating the crap out of you, you call them “an asshole” or “a fully grown polar bear, but in my backyard, like in those nightmares I have.” In a video game, you call them “a boss.” That’s weird! Plenty of people want to fight their bosses...
The New Mortal Kombat Movie Might Just Be A Good Mortal Kombat Movie
18.2.2021
In the first 30 seconds of the first trailer for April’s Mortal Kombat movie reboot, Mehcad Brooks’ Jax loses both his arms to the icy grip of Joe Taslim’s Sub-Zero. Then things get violent.Read more
Thank God For Wario
18.2.2021
These are trying times we are all living through. If only we could live through them with half the gusto—and fashion sense—of Wario.Read more
No Thank You, Animal Crossing Mario
18.2.2021
Stay up to watch the Nintendo Direct they said. Help us with the edits as the stories go live they requested. Sure, sure I replied, I was going to watch anyway, why not. And then they said Mario was coming to Animal Crossing. And now I don’t get to sleep. Ever again.Read more
Mario Stuff Comes To Animal Crossing: New Horizons March 1
17.2.2021
You know what was missing from Animal Crossing: New Horizons? Official Mario stuff. Bricks. Question boxes. Flags. Costumes. All that and more comes to your furry island paradise on February 25 as part of a free update celebrating the plumber’s 35th anniversary. Read more
What's Star Wars Going to Do With All This Gina Carano Merchandise?
17.2.2021
Toys and Star Wars are almost inextricably linked. From the days of the Early Bird preview set to modern collectibles lining the shelves and desks of ardent fans, the galaxy far, far away’s relationship with merchandise is as old as Star Wars itself. But what’s going to happen when paraphernalia...
Bowser’s Fury Co-Op Sucks, But Super Mario 3D World’s Is Amazing
17.2.2021
Nintendo’s first big release of 2021, Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury, packages together a re-release of a seven-year-old game alongside a new, yet bite-sized, adventure. The main draw is the latter, which offers a showcase of what an open-world Mario game could be. What’s more, Bowser’s Fury...
Friendship Ended with Azeroth, Now Final Fantasy XIV Is My Best Friend
16.2.2021
I’ve done it. I’ve finally begun my journey with Final Fantasy XIV, after six years of aborted attempts I made it through the still strangely unfriendly onboarding process and am now roaming free in the world of Eorzea.Read more
You Can Instantly Summon Bowser In Bowser’s Fury With An Amiibo
16.2.2021
The most infuriating part of Bowser’s Fury is Bowser himself. King Koopa’s arrival can both ruin your day and grant access to previously inaccessible areas, meaning the bite-sized Bowser’s Fury is somewhat of a waiting game. But you don’t have to wait for Bowser to do his thing. You just need...