This article contains nothing but spoilers for the first episode of HBO’s Watchmen. We have a completely spoiler free review right here. HBO’s Watchmen is a sequel to the classic comic book story by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons. That’s right, it’s a sequel, not an adaptation of the original work. And yes, you’ll note
Month: October 2019
Fans have helped rescue one of the great lost gems of PC gaming by making 1997’s Blade Runner playable on modern PCs. Let’s start with a little history lesson. In 1997, Westwood Studios released a Blade Runner video game that was strange for several reasons. First off, Westwood had just made a name for themselves
Among the many, many announcements that came from the recent League of Legends anniversary event comes an exciting rumor that Riot Games may be working on an action-RPG in the style of Diablo. The game in question is currently only being referred to as Project F, and Riot only showcased it and talked about it
This My Hero Academia review contains spoilers. “So then, who will be the next leader?” The season premiere of My Hero Academia was bogged down with backstory and playing catch up, but it’s an episode that still looked exclusively at the heroes of this world. The heroes in this show are obviously the focus, but
Move over, Batman, there’s a new hero in the DC Universe with a secret identity who wears black, sports black eye makeup, hangs out in a cavernous setting, and is associated with bats. Of course I am referring to Svengoolie, the horror movie show host who emerged from the gotham that is Chicago, and can
Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order may be the most important Star Wars game publisher Electronic Arts has ever released. After publishing an MMORPG and two multiplayer shooters, EA is finally releasing what many fans have been asking for since Disney bought Lucasfilm in 2012 and disbanded LucasArts’ development division: a story-focused, single-player Star Wars game. Traditionally,
This Van Helsing review contains spoilers. Van Helsing Season 4 Episode 4 Let’s be clear from the start. “Broken Promises” is a great episode. Vanessa’s stunning transformation and later reconciliation with Axel may highlight this chapter, but it’s the increased employment of mysterious psychic connections that really drives Van Helsing into fascinating unexplored territories. From
Batman is getting a new creative team in January, as James Tynion IV and Tony S. Daniel take over the book to stear the Dark Knight in a whole new direction. Unfortunately, that direction seems to lead to more pain for the Caped Crusader, who will be in the process of recovering from both his
If you were to paint the death of the Gothic horror film genre in the style of Julius Caesar’s murder, it would be tempting to portray Alfred Hitchcock as the man holding the bloodiest dagger. In the ‘50s, Hammer Film Productions successfully rescued the horror genre from promotional gimmicks and science fiction by reviving the
The Toys That Made Us Season 3 is coming soon, set to dispel the whole “8-part documentary series” mandate from its theme song. Indeed, the success of Netflix’s incisively entertaining toy industry series made it too good to keep in its proverbial packaging, leading the way for Season 3 to tackle more toy titans. Seasons
One of the most popular fantasy franchises of the literary world, The Wheel of Time, is getting a live-action television adaptation. Originally authored by Robert Jordan, the 80 million-selling 1990-2013 book series depicts a sprawling mythology, amalgamating feudal and magical tropes with elements of Eastern mysticism. Indeed, the books bear philosophical influences from European and
You walk down 42nd street as the rain falls slowly all-around you. You tip your hat lower to shield yourself from the rain and block your face from the strange faces that feel as if they suddenly know you. Eventually, you reach a run down theater manned by a dead-eyed attendant. Above you, upon the
BoJack Horseman Season 6 is coming whether BoJack can handle it or not.Thankfully, the show seems to agree that there’s not much more misfortune that BoJack can take. Netflix has announced that this will be the final season of BoJack Horseman. The Hollywood Reporter first reported that Netflix officially ordered BoJack Horseman Season 6. The
Stephen King’s novel The Outsider is becoming a limited series at HBO, which has given the adaptation a 10-episode order. The story of The Outsider puts a mind-blowingly monstrous twist on traditional murder fiction. Here, police detective Ralph Anderson fields an investigation in the fictional Oklahoma town of Flint City that upends the local populace when a well-liked local
If you choose to stick with Fallout 76 through 2020, you’ll eventually get to interact with human NPCs in the game’s Wastelanders expansion. This upcoming DLC will see other wanders come into the wasteland looking for a place to call home. While the full cast of NPCs hasn’t been revealed, it seems that it will
This Nancy Drew review contains spoilers. Nancy Drew Episode 2 The moment Horseshoe Bay became an iconic television location isn’t when Nancy Drew decided to basically confirm ghosts are real and its heroine is being haunted by a dead prom queen. Oh, no. It’s when the series reveals that the town’s major annual community ritual
When you’re looking for a creepy read this October, you might turn to your typical Stephen King or get nostalgic with a tattered copy of Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark. However if you’re looking for something different – something with a moody atmosphere, a culturally significant monster and enough drama to cement the
After spending the better part of the last month teasing the possibility, Paradox has revealed that they have been working on a sequel to the cult classic RPG, Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines. The appropriately named Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 is a full sequel to the original game and not a remake or
Jeff Smith’s Bone is one of those comics, like Calvin and Hobbes or the ’90s X-Men cartoon, that traces back to the very beginning of most comic fans’ interest in the medium. It is a timeless classic, pure fantasy with roots in equal parts Lord of the Rings and Carl Barks Disney comics. And now it’s getting an animated adaptation. Netflix announced today
We currently live in a world where powerful bigots “fan the flames of a racial fire” instead of stoke violence with their savage racism. Where everything shy of uttering a racial slur in anger is merely “denounced by some as racist” or “racially charged.” So it’s easy to be concerned, when you hear about a
Hardware manufacturer Analogue has revealed a new handheld device that may just be the best thing to ever happen to fans of classic handheld gaming peripherals. It’s called the Analogue Pocket, and the star of its show is undoubtedly the number of games it supports. This device is capable of playing the original cartridges from the
This Arrow review contains spoilers. Arrow Season 8 Episode 1 This episode of Arrow is more playful and fun than the show has been in a long time, and that’s not just the nostalgia talking. Sure, there’s the fun of bringing back so many old favorites for a victory lap, but we’ve all seen plenty of shows
This article contains spoilers for the Crisis on Infinite Earths comic, and possibly the TV version. There’s an old saying in the DC universe: Red sky at night, sailor’s delight. Red sky at morning, sailors take warning. Either way, there’s probably a Crisis coming. That’s not really a saying, but for such a multiverse-shattering series
Release Date: Oct. 1, 2019 Platforms: XBO (reviewed), PS4, PC, StadiaDeveloper: BungiePublisher: BungieGenre: Action MMO Bungie’s first major Destiny 2 expansion since splitting with Activision feels like the original Destiny—in the best and worst of ways. Here are the armor stats of the first game, but with more customization. And here too is Eris Morn, the morose ex-Guardian whose fireteam was devastated by the Hive.
As Marvel Studios and the Walt Disney Company gear up for the debut of Disney+, behind the scenes shifts promise to change the way major Marvel storylines are created across its platforms. And after transforming the way audiences view theatrical moviegoing, Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige is getting a new title as he prepares to
DC’s new Batman/Superman book is more than just a World’s Finest team up story. Instead, it’s a meditation on what makes Batman and Superman so different from each other, and a celebration of the shared values that make them heroes and friends. But it also explores the nature of heroism in the DC Universe, by
In an interview with Gamespot, Devolver Digital founder co-founder Graeme Struthers defends Steam in regards to their revenue split model and other business practices. “Every month we were getting paid, and you were being paid accurately,” says Struthers of Steam. “We’ve all got our horror stories about doing audits on our publishers and finding huge
This Black Lightning review contains spoilers. Black Lightning Season 3, Episode 2 Jefferson and Lynn remain confined inside an A.S.A. facility where Lyn is trying hard to find a cure for Maryam, a young meta who was given greenlight without her consent and consequently developed the power to camouflage. Because she is a human and does not
Resistance Reborn has a unique place in Star Wars novels: situated between The Rise of Skywalker and The Last Jedi, it’s one of the closest moments the canon has come so far to telling new stories set in the thick of the Sequel Trilogy. With about a year between Episodes VIII and IX and no
Controversial shooter series Postal is getting a sequel called Postal 4: No Regerts. Yes, that seems to be an intentional misspelling. Postal 4 is being developed by Running With Scissors and looks like about what you’d expect from a “classic” Postal title. In other words, you play as Postal Guy as he tries to make a