Are we living in the age of the ensemble? It would certainly appear so. Gone are the days when a single star was expected to bring audiences to theaters in droves. Now, a whole herd of A-listers is needed to make a movie worth watching – or so the major studios …
Read More »You season 3: Netflix release date, trailer, cast and everything we know
You season 3 is on its way to Netflix imminently – that’s right, the hit show finally has an official release date and the wait is nearly over. We’ve got the lowdown on the latest trailer and what it might mean for the episodes ahead, as well as a full …
Read More »eFootball 2022 preview: hands-on with Konami’s football revolution
Who among us doesn’t have a sick Master League anecdote ready at the slightest provocation? Even before it eclipsed FIFA on the pitch, and it did, PES was a wily master of getting us all invested in its longform modes. Year after year we’ve embarked on quixotic campaigns with, oh …
Read More »Call of Duty Vanguard multiplayer hands-on is heavier, harder, and yet somehow more approachable
Call of Duty: Vanguard will likely feel very different for players coming from Black Ops Cold War and Warzone – and it’s not just because of the WW2 setting. During my Call of Duty: Vanguard multiplayer hands-on, it’s clear that developer Sledgehammer Games is bringing gunplay and movement mechanics that …
Read More »She-Hulk, Martian Manhunter, and the Marvel – DC trade that almost was
In 2021, DC and Marvel Comics are walled kingdoms, separated by 3000 miles and two time zones and ultimately controlled by parent corporate giants Warner Bros. Discovery (the name of the proposed AT&T spinoff) and The Walt Disney Company. For decades there was rivalry and competition between DC and Marvel, …
Read More »Clid the Snail wants to make a trigger happy mollusk PlayStations next icon
If there was ever proof that there’s still room for weird in the world of gaming, this twin-stick shooter centering around a trigger-happy mollusk might be it. Clid the Snail is a strange, almost nightmarish mix of Dark Crystal fantasy aesthetics, top-down gun violence, and trippy storytelling. It’s hard to …
Read More »Captain America: The First Avenger at 10: How the overlooked origin story became one of the MCUs most important movies
Cast your minds back to 2011. The Avengers had yet to assemble, Thanos was a name only comic book readers would recognize, and the Hulk was Edward Norton. That year, Captain America: The First Avenger hit the big screen, and though it wasn’t obvious at the time, this film would …
Read More »Loki: The Time-Keepers in Marvel comics explained
Loki season one has now concluded, and episode 6 reveals the truth of the power behind the Time Variance Authority (TVA) and their false leaders the Time-Keepers, who were revealed as mindless androids in episode 4. But what’s the real story behind the Time-Keepers in the MCU? And what does …
Read More »Loki: He Who Remains in Marvel Comics explained and his MCU future explored
Loki episode 6 is now streaming, and the season finale delivers on the promise of the previous episode’s cliffhanger by bringing Loki and Sylvie past The Void to meet who and what dwells at the end of time – but they seem just as surprised as viewers might have been …
Read More »The top Marvel Comics character debuts – 1961 to 1969
The Marvel Universe launched in 1961 – exactly 50 years ago. Though it all started with a simple quartet of heroes in Fantastic Four #1, in the five decades since it’s grown to include thousands of heroes, villains, and others – saying nothing of the pre-Marvel Universe characters such as …
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