Month: June 2021

WARNING: The following contains spoilers for Loki Episode 3, “Lamentis,” streaming now on Disney+. Marvel Studios released a Loki poster featuring the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s Time-Keepers doing what they do best: monitoring the timeline. The poster, which was uploaded to the show’s Twitter account, offers a better look at the statues supposedly modeled after the

Famicom Detective Club brought the Japanese visual novel classics The Missing Heir and The Girl Who Stands Behind to Western audiences through the recent Nintendo Switch remakes, which released to positive reception. While the games themselves are from the ’80s, for some gamers, they have piqued interest in the visual novels genre. Visual novels have long been popular in Japan, but have

WARNING: The following contains spoilers for Fantastic Four: Life Story #2 by Mark Russell, Sean Izaakse, and Nolan Woodard, on sale now. Fantastic Four: Life Story takes place in an alternate reality where time moved relatively realistically for the heroes of the Marvel Universe. And Fantastic Four: Life Story # explores how this world’s FF

Eagle-eyed fans made a surprising discovery in the official Halloween Kills trailer: a clever callback to a lesser-known film in the franchise, Halloween III: Season of the Witch. Considered one of the worst entries in the Halloween series, it’s shocking to see this film referenced, but, as is par the course with scary movies, there’s always

WARNING: The following contains spoilers for My Hero Academia Chapter #317, “Scars, Blood, Filth” by Kohei Horikoshi, Caleb Cook and John Hunt, available now in English from Viz Media. Deku’s new costume in the My Hero Academia manga has continuously been looking worse for wear ever since he left U.A. Initially, the suit’s darker look was

The Avengers are some of Marvel’s most prominent heroes, working to protect the entire world. But sometimes, they end up recruiting members of other teams — notably including a distinct number of mutant heroes from the X-Men. Although they’ve occasionally recruited mutant adjacent figures — such as Deadpool, Quicksilver, and Scarlet Witch — they’ve also

WARNING: The following contains spoilers for F9, now in theaters. In the Fast & Furious series, Vin Diesel’s Dominic Toretto is considered the engine of the franchise, stringing everyone together, doing a lot of heavy-lifting and rallying the troops to build an unshakeable movement. It’s why most movies revolve around him turning his criminal life around and later

WARNING: The following contains spoilers for One Piece Chapter #1017 by Eiichiro Oda, Stephen Paul and Vanessa Satone, available in English now from Viz Media. As any One Piece fan will tell you, one of the best feelings you can get while reading the series is when an apparently unremarkable moment in the past suddenly gets expanded

It’s taken some time for video games to gain the same level of popularity as movies and television, but the growth that the industry has seen over the past decade is unbelievable. Video games are always looking forward and ready to push technology to exciting, new places that allow them to evolve in crucial ways.

John Lithgow will be making a return to his role as the Trinity Killer in Showtime’s revival of Dexter. Deadline reported that the Oscar-nominated actor is gearing up to reprise his portrayal of the homicidal Arthur Mitchell in the limited series, having just completed his work on the first season of HBO’s remake of Perry Mason. Related: Dexter

Global pre-registration for the upcoming open-world action RPG Marvel Future Revolution will officially open this month. Announced by Marvel, pre-registration for Future Revolution will open on June 29 and will be available for all players on both Android and iOS. Fans who sign up will be given priority access to the game when it eventually launches and will receive

“Nintendo hard” is a well-known term for retro gamers who grew up with the original Nintendo Entertainment System. The term specifically refers to those early entries on the NES that had insane difficulty. Before the NES, video games were typically available only at arcades. Being in the business of making money, arcades needed gamers to

There are a lot of popular video game mascots and series that have built a legacy over time, but there are very few that can compete with the notoriety of Nintendo’s Mario. Nintendo is a company that prides themselves in their innovations towards the video game industry, which is often done through their ambitious hardware

The recently solicited cover for the upcoming Cable Reloaded #1 By Al Ewing and Bob Quinn, a tie-in to the upcoming Last Annihilation event confirmed that the classic adult version of Cable will be returning to the Marvel Universe and apparently wielding a crucial Marvel weapon. Since Cable debuted in Rob Liefeld and Louise Simonson’s New Mutants #87,

Life Is Strange is a fairly popular indie game by DONTNOD Entertainment that was published by Square Enix in 2015. It’s not a conventional game by any means, but it still garnered a dedicated following for its skillful handling of serious topics, including depression, suicide, divorce, and homosexuality. Life Is Strange follows the life of

Part of what makes Netflix’s Castlevania adaptation shine so brightly is its terrific ability to exceed any and all expectations placed on it. Video game adaptations have an infamous history of not working in film, but Castlevania manages to thrive in a streaming television format by taking the time and effort to flesh out its characters

A fan has shared a video of John Cena’s in-ring reaction to CM Punk’s WWE suspension following the latter’s infamous pipebomb promo. The revelation of the 2011 video came on the 10-year anniversary of CM Punk dropping his controversial promo on John Cena and the WWE Universe. The video shared on Twitter is captioned, “John

WARNING: The following contains major spoilers for Season 2 of Black Summer, now streaming on Netflix. The Walking Dead’s Negan did awful things, not just to his enemies, but also to his crew. He put them in terrible working conditions, didn’t care about how they risked their lives and even took what was theirs. Still, the tyrant

Marvel has long been known for having some of the greatest heroes out there, respected by all and hailed as saviors and role models. These paragons of virtue have redefined heroism multiple times, proving to the world what superheroes should be. However, not every hero out there is a person with an impeccable moral code;

With performances spanning from critically acclaimed arthouse films to some of the biggest blockbusters on the planet, Scarlett Johansson has proven herself to be one of the 21st century’s genuine movie stars. Before Black Widow comes out in theaters and on Disney+ Premium Access on July 9, here’s a list of Scarlett Johansson’s 10 best

The Justice League of America wasn’t the first superhero group during DC’s Silver Age. That label goes to a team of 30th-century teens known as the Legion of Super-Heroes. Introduced in Adventure Comics #247 by Henry Boltinoff, this lineup became a huge entity during most of the 1960s. RELATED: The Best Adult Legion Costumes From The 2000s, Ranked

In 2017, Sonic Mania brought back the 16-bit era of Sonic in classic fashion. This fan-made adventure got the series back on track with a totally original story, showing that Sonic isn’t out of the race yet. The game is available for free on the Epic Games Store until July 1, allowing gamers to explore yet another Sonic

WARNING: The following contains spoilers for S.W.O.R.D. #6 by Al Ewing, Valerio Schiti, Marte Gracia & VC’s Ariana Maher and Guardians of the Galaxy #15 by Al Ewing, Juan Frigeri, Federico Blee & VC’s Cory Petit, on sale now. The Hellfire Gala took a major turn when it was announced that the mutants had found out

When Stan Lee created Marvel‘s heroes, he was living in New York, so he placed his characters in the place he knew and loved. The X-Men lived in Westchester, Spider-Man was based in Queens, and Avengers Mansion was right in the heart of Manhattan. RELATED: Marvel: The 10 Strongest Superhero Teams But the problem with

The popular metal band Ice Nine Kills is teaming up with Z2 Comics for an original graphic novel tying in with their latest studio album, bringing the band’s cinematic storytelling to a new medium. Titled Ice Nine Kills: Inked in Blood and tying into The Silver Scream, the graphic novel is written by band lead

WARNING: The following contains spoilers for Loki Episode 3, “Lamentis,” streaming now on Disney+, and for Season 2 of Netflix’s Ragnarok. In the Loki TV series, it’s safe to say that Tom Hiddleston’s God of Mischief is undergoing a transformation. Whether or not it’s for the better remains to be seen, but he’s showing a

Webtoon has become an increasingly popular source of comic entertainment, first reaching new international audiences arguably as part of the ‘Korean Wave’ of the 2010s. One of the most popular Korean webcomics on the service for many years was The Sound of Your Heart, a zany autobiography about an ambitious cartoonist that went on to take both Webtoon and

There are many different terms and phrases in anime fandom and culture, many of which, like shonen or shojo, have to do with the series’ genre or demographic. Another incredibly common term is OVA, a term that has become so ubiquitous it’s often bandied about without explanation. Either an independent work in its own right

While Rick and Morty portrays Rick as an all-powerful god among men, there are several characters throughout the series that would easily (and have) put Rick in his place. Rick is usually the smartest man in the room, but sometimes he is outwitted and oftentimes he’s severely outmatched physically. RELATED: Rick & Morty: Their 15 Most WTF Gadgets