Capcom’s major Street Fighter 5 tournament ditches PlayStation consoles for PCs
Video Games May 11, 2023
The Capcom Cup is back for the first time since 2019 and will only use PCs. Image: Capcom Capcom will exclusively use PCs to power its upcoming Capcom Cup tournament, which has the world’s top Street Fighter 5 players battling it out for a $300,000 prize pool. In a... Read more
Image: John Harper | Lumpley Games | Stockholm Kartell | Loot the Room | Jesse Ross If you’re into tabletop games, you’ve probably heard a lot about Dungeons & Dragons lately. After io9 leaked the draft of D&D’s new Open Gaming License, the fandom immediately pushed back and forced Wizards... Read more
Image: Epicmedia/Courtesy of Sundance Institute The only non-English language film in the Midnight section of this year’s 2023 Sundance Film Festival, In My Mother’s Skin is a gut-wrenching horror story about a girl placed in a desperate situation who makes a choice she quickly regrets. It takes place in... Read more
Screenshot: Adult Swim Here’s the answer for all the Rick and Morty fans who were wondering what was going to happen to the popular Adult Swim series after it came to light that its co-creator and distinctive voice actor, Justin Roiland, had been charged with felony domestic violence: Roiland... Read more
I Am Legend 2 Won’t Follow the Original Film’s Ending
Movies February 18, 2023
Will Smith will return for I Am Legend 2. Image: Warner Bros. Believe it or not, the long-rumored I Am Legend sequel is indeed on the way but it’ll be oddly at odds with the 2007 original. Producer and co-writer Akiva Goldsman just signed a new deal with Warner... Read more
Let’s Guess Disney’s Next Kajillion Secret Movies
Entertainment January 30, 2023
Image: Disney Here’s a fun thing you can do if you’re Disney and own virtually all of the top studios and major movie franchises that exist: you can spew your releases over the yearly box office like an invading army, determined to decimate all foes. And thus, Disney has... Read more
How The Last of Us’ Opening Was Improved by Reshoots
Entertainment January 30, 2023
Gabriel Luna as Tommy in The Last of Us. Image: HBO The word “reshoots” means different things to different people. Some assume they’re a sign of a troubled production, one that needs to fix its own mistakes. Others see them as a blessing, a rare chance to go back... Read more
Game of Thrones’ Emilia Clarke Explains Why She Won’t Watch House of the Dragon
Entertainment January 30, 2023
Emilia Clarke arrives at the 71st Emmy Awards on September 22, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. Photo: Emma McIntyre (Getty Images) HBO’s Game of Thrones set many of its stars on the path to fame, including Emilia Clarke. Over eight seasons she played Daenerys Targaryen, becoming one of the... Read more
The X-Men’s Deadly New Threat Is Coming From Within
Entertainment January 30, 2023
Image: Lucas Werneck, David Curiel, and Clayton Cowles/Marvel Comics At one point in this week’s Immortal X-Men #10, Charles Xavier ponders the the true nature of his X-Men—and how he shaped warriors out of children to police his own people. It’s a chilling re-examination for a “practical idealist” like... Read more
Image: TNT/Tomorrow Studios TNT’s Snowpiercer series has been steadily chugging along since 2020 and managed to secure a niche for itself across three seasons. If you were someone watching the show and waiting for its fourth and final season to air so you could finally see how things would... Read more
