Don’t Call It a “Friendslop”, It’s Been Here For Years
With these waves come subtle shifts in how people talk about games, and some early signs show that we may...
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Batman of Two Worlds Takes the Dark Knight and His Doppelganger to Parallel Perils
Regardless of the in-universe explanation for it, there have been a lot of versions of Batman over the years… often...
Physical, Forever: Boktai’s Advanced Cartridge Turned Sunlight Into Gameplay
If we’re going to celebrate the miracles and majesty of physical media here—and why wouldn’t we?—we can’t not talk about...
From the Archives: Xenodrifter
Limited Run Games quickly followed up on the dizzying retro-futurism of Futuridium with an entirely different (yet equally on-trend) form of...
To Love Persona 4 Revival is to Love the PlayStation Vita
Sega and Atlus are putting a lot of push-power behind Persona 4 Revival, the modern day revamp of 2008's Persona...
Sonic X Shadow Generations: There's Still More Stuff in The Box
This time around, we’re looking at some of the other non-statue goodies in the Sonic X Shadow Generations Collector’s Edition....
This Just In: New Arrivals for the Week of July 30
Welcome back, my friends, to another This Just In. We’re so glad you could attend! Come inside, come inside.
Can You Believe Optimus Prime has Been Dead for 40 Years?
Transformers: The Movie celebrates its 40th anniversary this year. For a lower-mid-budget animated feature designed to sell toys, the film...
The Five Star Weekend Confirms Jennifer Garner as the Queen of Heartbroken Smiles
Peacock’s drama series The Five Star Weekend appeared out of nowhere a few weeks ago to become one of the...
Video Game Life Lessons: Suikoden’s Real Roots
You can learn a lot from video games. It’s funny—game developers used to bend over backwards to create “edutainment” games...
How ArtDink’s Train Obsession Led to One of the PS1’s Unsung Mascots
Gaming mascots come and go. Every now and again, though, one of them scratches an itch that the world didn’t...
Lara Croft’s G.I. Joe Collaboration Brings Together 50 Years of Pop Culture Tradition
In addition to Lara Croft putting in an appearance in the ongoing G.I. Joe comic series, she’s also putting in...
Physical, Forever: Epoch’s Cassette Vision Stuck an Entire Console in A Cartridge
One of the wildest dates back to 1981, when a toy and games company called Epoch began selling Japan’s first-ever...
Meccha Chameleon: Paint, Laugh, Die
With Meccha Chameleon, two guys in Japan have made the next mega-hit by harnessing other people's imaginations. An art-based hide-and-seek...
30 Years Ago, Game Boy Pocket Saved Nintendo’s Bacon by Ignoring Conventional Wisdom
Game Boy is the only console in history that not only started obsolete but also had a second wind seven...
SDCC Week: Live, Die, or Heel Turn? Our Avengers: Doomsday Guess List
Now that the next Avengers film, Doomsday, is almost here, how will it make good on its namesake by making...
Sonic X Shadow Generations: The Lasting Appeal of Sonic
another Sonic X Shadow Generations statue update consisting of “the manufacturer is still fine-tuning the production samples.” That’s not a...
SDCC Week: In 2004, Scott Pilgrim Reinvented Comics for a World Dominated by Video Games
When Scott Pilgrim’s Precious Little Life arrived in book stores in 2004, it was like nothing anyone had ever seen before....