Courtesy of Rare There are few first-person shooters as beloved as GoldenEye 007, a title for the Nintendo 64 that was a tie-in to a James Bond movie of the same name. Although this could have easily been a forgettable licensed product, developer Rare went above and beyond to turn GoldenEye 007 into a memorable […]
Monthly Archives: August 2026
Courtesy of SNK There are many storied Fighting Game franchises out there, from the traditional Street Fighter and Mortal Kombat games to the more experimental Under Night In-Birth or Guilty Gear titles. Although a great number of series within this genre have origins in the arcade, projects like the Super Smash Bros. games owe much […]
Image courtesy of Netflix Hollywood keeps making the same mistakes when it adapts Japanese anime for American audiences. First, big studios cast recognizable stars in roles built around a specific ethnic identity, hoping spectacle distracts from the gap. Then, they try to dumb down a complex mythology and expansive world, sometimes daring to fit full […]
While fantasy is a genre many people absolutely love, you might not be into it or just avoid it since it can seem complicated and exhausting. Depending on the movie, there are several elements and details that, if you’re just looking for something simpler, you can easily end up disappointed. However, fantasy doesn’t require a […]
Image Courtesy of DC Studios James Gunn’s DC Universe is stacking wildly different genres onto the same release calendar. Last year, Peacemaker delivered raunchy, R-rated comedy on HBO Max, just a few months after Superman aimed for four-quadrant family spectacle in theaters. Currently, Lanterns swapped cosmic superheroics for a grounded investigative thriller, pairing John Stewart […]
Kenner’s Star Wars line is highly coveted among vintage toy collectors. Released just after A New Hope, the initial wave featured 12 action figures, three vehicles, and a display stand. The line eventually expanded over time, with the release of more movies, including not only more character and starships, but also entire playsets. As the […]
Over the last decade, Marvel games have been pretty consistently solid. Seldom are they in the Game of the Year conversation, but seldom do they flop. To this end, over the last decade there has only been a single high-profile miss, and that was 2020’s Marvel’s Avengers. There was Marvel vs Capcom: Infinite in 2017, […]
Image courtesy of Marvel Television WandaVision premiered on Disney+ in January, 2021, becoming Marvel Studios’ first live-action series and the official start of the Marvel Cinematic Universe‘s Phase Four. The nine-episode series reunited Wanda Maximoff (Elizabeth Olsen) and Vision (Paul Bettany) weeks after the events of Avengers: Endgame, offering a supernatural mystery for fans to […]
Image Courtesy of DC Comics James Gunn and Peter Safran’s DC Universe has had an uneven start. Superman became the highest-grossing superhero movie of 2025 and a profitable project that filled fans with hope. However, Supergirl was a box office disaster, with a total haul lower than notorious bombs like Morbius and The Flash. Television […]
Image Courtesy of DC Comics Kingdom Come is one of the greatest moments in DC Comics history. This 1996 series came after painter Alex Ross had his big break with Marvels, telling the first stories of the Marvel Universe in his Norman Rockwell-esque style. Kingdom Come would take him to the end of the DC […]