Life is Strange is an episodic adventure game that first began in 2015. The original game won impressive awards after its release, including the BAFTA Games Award for Best Story, The Game Awards' Games for Impact Award, and a Peabody Award. Its sequels Life is Strange: Before the Storm (2017) and…
It's that time of year again, folks: Riot is officially adding another League of Legends pro to the illustrious Hall of Legends (think hall of fame in sports). First it was T1's Lee 'Faker' Sang-hyeok, in a shock to absolutely no one. Then, it was former EDward Gaming ADC, Jian 'Uzi' Zi-Hao. There…
The ending of A Gentleman in Moscow brings with it the conclusion of Alexander Rostov's story, with his 35-year stretch of imprisonment inside Moscow's Metropol Hotel coming to a halt. After returning home from Paris in 1918 to save his grandmother from the violence of Russia's Bolshevik…
Chicago Fire's difficult but necessary course-correction has started. Dick Wolf's Windy City-based franchise remains the king of Wednesday nights for NBC. However, while Chicago Med has been doing a good job in recent years, establishing itself as premier medical drama, the franchise's inaugural…
It’s been an incredibly difficult week for the Power Rangers fandom. After years of anticipation, Disney shockingly announced that its long-awaited Disney+ reboot of Power Rangers has been canceled. The project had been positioned as the franchise’s next major live-action chapter, and now that it’s…
The detective novel is one of the greatest forms in literature, and each of the books listed here deserves to be considered an essential part of the genre's canon. Unfortunately, for most readers, these novels languish in obscurity, or at least on the brink of it. That should change, starting with…
This article covers a developing story. Continue to check back with us as we will be adding more information as it becomes available. Robert Downey Jr. is getting double the Marvel fun in 2026. One of the most highly anticipated films of the year is Avengers: Doomsday, as Downey Jr. is making his…
Quake mappers are absolutely killing it in celebration of Quake's 30th birthday. The Quake community has been running map jams of varying themes all year. In the last few months there have been two 'Quickie' speedmapping jams, a 1024 Jam where contributors had to build maps of 1024 units cubed, and…
It's a rough life on the eternal midcard. In every big shared fictional universe, there's always someone whose "job," so to speak, is to get merked in order to establish a new threat's danger level. Star Trek fans, the architects of fandom, have successfully branded this as the "Worf effect," but…
Decades after their debut in Marvel's Star Wars comics, one long-forgotten anti-hero deserves to return to the spotlight in the two franchise's first-ever crossover. Franchise crossovers have a special place in pop culture, as even though most of them exist outside regular continuity, they grant…
There have been three distinct eras of the Star Trek franchise on the big screen, but which of them best represents the final frontier? While Star Trek will always be known for its numerous TV shows, there's no denying that the franchise has been a bona fide force at the movies for more than 40…
Cheers established multiple sitcom benchmarks that television has spent decades trying to recreate: the perfect place to hang out, an ensemble that feels like family, and perhaps most influentially, the will-they, won't-they romance. Cheers famously struggled in the ratings during its first season…
Across the many mainline Pokémon games, fans have been treated to a variety of richly detailed, excitingly vibrant, and utterly diverse regions to explore. While the Pokémon one catches within said regions serve as the compelling reward worth chasing, the region itself is often the star of the…
The Halo lore has come a very long way since the relatively simple struggle between the humans and Covenant in the first game, and it's now an expanded universe in its own right. The subsequent games have obviously driven that in a big way, but there are plenty of other mediums where releases…
The Zombies mode in the Call of Duty series has provided countless memories over the years, and with that in mind, we’ll take a look at some of its best and worst maps. Since its inception in 2003, the Call of Duty series has mostly been known for two major modes: its story campaign and its online…
Hideo Kojima enigmatically comments on the new Netflix movie that has proved to be a critical lightning rod. Louis Leterrier's The Last House, starring Wagner Moura and Greta Lee, premiered on the platform on August 7. The sci-fi thriller follows a family who must fight to survive when they are…
Harry Potter: Veiled By Pride Officially Announced & Available Now In Hogwarts Mystery Harry Potter is in the midst of its 25-year anniversary since the launch of The Philosopher’s Stone back on November 16, 2001, and the Wizarding World is packed with exciting upcoming projects. The celebrations…
Noah Schnapp is saying hello to a new role after Stranger Things said its goodbyes. ' Schnapp is best known for playing Will Byers on Netflix's hit Stranger Things. Schnapp originated the role in the show's kickoff in 2016, when he was just 11 years old. The Netflix show has taken up the vast…
Most things for sale on the internet don’t go viral or rack up tens of thousands of five-star ratings. But... some do. And these are the things that people are talking about. Shoppers are obsessed with these useful, clever, and cool products — once you see them, you’ll understand why they’re…
These entities tap into the most deep-seated human fears 5 most terrifying devils in all of Chainsaw Man Tatsuki Fujimoto’s Chainsaw Man never shies away from grotesque body horror. The story opens with the tragic, impoverished life of a teenager named Denji, who ends up making a contract with…
Saving Private Ryan might be one of the best movies of the 1990s, but the decade produced a slew of other war films that are just as incredible. War movies never go out of style, and filmmakers can't resist telling stories from some of history's greatest conflicts. Besides the sheer spectacle of it…
Newspaper comics have been a staple of the medium since before Superman put on his cape and Captain America picked up his shield. Without the likes of Mutt and Jeff, Dixie Dugan, and many more, the comic book would not exist. Literally. The first "modern" comic book, The Funnies, was little more…
After Five Years, An Impressive Mod That Remakes All Of Spelunky In Spelunky 2 Is Finally Out Image from HDMod. An incredible Spelunky 2 mod that remakes and expands on the entirety of the first game is finally available after being in the works for the past five years. If there’s one game in the…