Month: July 2021

Back in 2018, host Laura Beil began the awarding-winning podcast Dr. Death on Wondery. Debuting amidst a sea of true crime podcasts, Dr. Death stood out for its focus on the crimes of Dr. Christopher Duntsch, whose surgeries maimed several patients and killed two. This hospital-set story is unique for the true crime genre, with the monster at hand practicing his horrific
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Indie farm life sim Stardew Valley has become a modern classic in gaming with its combination of mechanics from Animal Crossing and Harvest Moon and graphics ripped straight out of retro gaming. This success stems from surprisingly addictive gameplay, much like the similarly relaxing Farming Simulator games, though its colorful veneer likely makes it a bit more appealing than that
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Super Monkey Ball Banana Mania has a new trailer showcasing several worlds from the original three games, remastered in HD. The official Super Monkey Ball YouTube channel released the “Wondrous Worlds” trailer, which highlights courses from the Jungle Island, Bubbly Washing Machine and Dr. Bad-Boon’s Space Colony worlds. The trailer also shows off new playable characters as well as
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Warren Worthington III has had a rather turbulent history, ever since his transformation into Apocalypse‘s Horseman of Death. For a long period after his initial transformation, Archangel retained his blue skin and metallic wings. However, even after Warren got his original feathered wings back, his story as Archangel was far from over. In 1987’s X-Factor #14, by Louise
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Fans of Cyberpunk 2077 are flooding the game’s subreddit with custom-made statistics posters to tease CD Projekt Red‘s ongoing marketing campaign. The onslaught of mockery stems from a series of images posted to the official Cyberpunk 2077 Twitter account. Each of the tweets includes imagery from CD Projekt Red’s latest RPG alongside a statistic meant to demonstrate the game’s popularity. While
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The Persona franchise is currently one of the top names in JRPGs, eclipsing other franchises including the Shin Megami Tensei series that it spun off from. Persona is turning 25 this year, and to celebrate, Atlus has teased that seven new announcements related to the series will be made between this September and Fall 2022. While it’s likely not all of these will be
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In the Pokémon games, Ground-type Pokémon have often been overlooked despite being the ultimate Electric-counter and the typing of the powerful move Earthquake. However, in the anime, there have been plenty of strong showings from Ground-type Pokémon over the years. RELATED: Pokémon: 10 Best Bug-Types In The Anime, Ranked While this representation is often in the form of dual-type Pokémon rather
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A promo for The CW’s Superman & Lois offers viewers a sneak peek at Clark Kent’s harrowing struggle with his own superpowers. The new clip previews episode 13, “Fail Safe,” which arrives next Tuesday. In it, Clark confides in Lois and meets with Tal-Rho as he deals with the burden of keeping his extraordinary abilities under control. Related: Superman & Lois: Alex Garfin
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For a time in the ’90s, the Yu-Gi-Oh! trading card game and associated anime rivaled even the likes of Pokémon. Though it didn’t have Pokémon‘s staying power, the TCG is still considered one of the most popular in the world. Today, many modern fans will likely have discovered the series long after the original anime concluded, but the TCG is a different
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Jessica Lange’s memorable performances in the horror anthology series American Horror Story garnered her much attention and praise, including two Primetime Emmys and a Golden Globe award. The morally complex and tortured characters she played quickly became fan favorites, so it came as a shock to audiences when the actor announced she would not be
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Digimon‘s creature designs are both legendary and legendarily weird — especially the evolutions that can turn normal-looking creatures into something totally wild in the blink of an eye. One of Digimon Adventure 2020‘s highlights has been seeing many of these designs once again, often with new, modern flourishes. However, these only scratch the surface of the
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