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Disney Loses Lawsuit Against Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis
31.1.2024
On January 31, a district court in Florida dismissed The Walt Disney Company’s lawsuit against state governor Ron DeSantis. The lawsuit was filed against DeStantis after he and the Florida government took control over a special district last year that contained Disney World.Read more
5 Years Later, I Still Haven’t Emotionally Recovered From Kingdom Hearts 3
31.1.2024
Like almost any child born in the ‘90s, I was obsessed with all things Disney. When Mulan came out on VHS I would watch it, rewind it, then immediately watch it again. There was only one other thing I’d obsessively spend that much time on: Final Fantasy. After my introduction to Final Fantasy...
Mario Helped Break Disney’s 7-Year Box Office Streak
4.1.2024
For the first time since 2015, Disney wasn’t at the top of 2023’s global box office. And while there are a few different factors and reasons for the Mickey Mouse empire slipping from first to second, a significant reason for the shift is because of the super-successful Super Mario animated film....
Steamboat Willie’s Mickey Mouse Goes NFT After Entering Public Domain
2.1.2024
One of the first depictions of the Mickey Mouse character has finally entered the public domain, and it is now immortalized in a non-fungible token collection. A limited edition of 2,000 NFTs featuring the famous mouse in one of its first animated shorts, “Steamboat Willie,”...
Mickey Mouse Game Changes Name After Antisemitic Accusations
2.1.2024
If you haven’t heard, the Steamboat Willie version of Mickey Mouse is officially in the public domain, and Nightmare Forge Games wasted no time announcing a horror game starring that version of Disney’s mascot called Infestation 88. However, upon announcement, the team was met with immediate...
Mickey Mouse Is Out Of Copyright And Straight Into Horror (Update)
2.1.2024
The New Year brought the excellent news that Steamboat Willie-era Mickey Mouse has finally entered the public domain, after decades of Disney, er, convincing Congress to keep extending its copyrights. With that, derivative works that don’t directly contravene Disney’s trademarks are now allowed...
‘I’m Bullish on Bitcoin’ — Ted Cruz Champions Bitcoin’s Boon for Texas and Power Grid Boosts
9.9.2023
Ted Cruz, the U.S. Republican senator from Texas, expressed his optimism on Friday, stating he’s “bullish on bitcoin,” after a recent interview with Forbes released on September 8. During the conversation, Cruz highlighted emerging reports indicating that bitcoin mining...
Disney's Magic: The Gathering Clone Now Has A Fan-Made Digital App
22.8.2023
Lorcana, Disney’s trading card game, has transformed from a physical experience to a digital one thanks to a fan-made app out now on PC.Read more
Disney's Magic: The Gathering Clone Now Has A Fan-Made Digital App
22.8.2023
Lorcana, Disney’s trading card game, has transformed from a physical experience to a digital one thanks to a fan-made app out now on PC.Read more
Disney Kills An Iconic Dragon After Fire, Show Delayed Until 2024
27.7.2023
Disneyland Park’s popular Fantasmic! special effects show is delayed until 2024 following an April incident where its Maleficent dragon animatronic caught on fire. The Snow White animatronic will not return when the show resumes next spring, though Fantasmic! will continue to prominently feature...
New Mickey Mouse Platformer Is A Great Metroidvania That Ditches Combat
27.7.2023
Disney Illusion Island isn’t technically a Mickey Mouse solo adventure, as it features Goofy, Donald Duck, and Minnie Mouse, too. But after nearly a decade without a proper Mickey Mouse platformer in the vein of popular games like Castle of Illusion or Epic Mickey: Power of Illusion, we’ve finally...
Put These July 2023 Game Releases On Your Radar
4.7.2023
Summer is upon us, and the heat’s on the rise.. This year has already seen a number of great games, but there are still more to come. While July’s release slate isn’t packed with household names, there are more than a few titles you might recognize here. Read more
Another Final Fantasy Character Is Finally As Powerful As Donald Duck
29.6.2023
Donald Duck is considered by many fans to be the most powerful mage in all of Final Fantasy and Kingdom Hearts. For a long time, his reign as the supreme magic user in the franchise was unchallenged. But that’s changed with the release of Final Fantasy XVI, because now there’s finally another mage...
How They Ended Up Making A Mickey Mouse Metroidvania
15.6.2023
When you’re working with a character whose legacy is as long and storied as Mickey Mouse’s, there’s a lot of history to contend with. But according to Disney Illusion Island creative director and Diala Studios CEO AJ Grand-Scrutton, the House of Mouse was willing to play ball on his studio’s ideas...
Dress-Up RPG Has Loophole That Lets Disney Princesses Wield Guns
27.3.2023
The most beautiful thing about the 2021 follow-up to dress-up role-playing game Love Nikki, Shining Nikki, is its arcane strangeness. The clothes are pretty, too—glittery dresses with skirts shaped like a tulip petals’ cup, tiaras with knots of pearls like dollops of cake frosting, one implausibly...
Video Games, Please Stop Making Me Craft Crap
10.11.2022
If I was playing a video game this year, odds were high that I was also dealing with some sort of crafting system. Sometimes I was fighting off zombies in a large open world. Or killing monsters and bandits in God of War Ragnarök. Or fighting bad guys on the mean streets of Gotham City as Batgirl....
Screw Mickey, Disney Dreamlight Valley Villains Make The Game
26.10.2022
Disney’s been on a naughty streak lately. Not long ago, there was the Western port of the Twisted Wonderland game, in which characters based on classic villains turn into pretty anime boys who fight each other. More recently, at the House of Mouse’s big D23 fan event, Disney teased that it...
Disney Dreamlight Valley's Big Scar Update: All The Changes You Should Know About
19.10.2022
Today, about two months after its initial early access release, Disney Dreamlight Valley has received its first major content update. This new patch adds the evil Lion King baddie Scar as well as some spooky, villain-themed decorations and clothing. But many players will likely be more excited...
Disney Dreamlight Valley Cooking Guide: 3 Tips To Master Even The Trickiest Recipes
19.9.2022
Hey, no judgment if you burn your toast, I still occasionally eat dinosaur chicken nuggies. We don’t all have what it takes in the kitchen, but the life simulation game Disney Dreamlight Valley lets everyone take control of their destiny.Read more
4 Easy Disney Dreamlight Valley Tips To Level Friendship Fast
13.9.2022
Friendship is important all the time, even in the farming sim Disney Dreamlight Valley. Here, raising friendship levels rewards you with new locations, characters, and items like gray overalls—because the true meaning of friendship is when an unblinking Mickey Mouse iteration rewards you with...