This article is sponsored by Macmillan Books. All views expressed in the article reflect those of the writer. It’s no secret that it’s a great time to be a fan of superhero storytelling. The biggest, most expensive movies in the world are about superheroes, and we’re getting to a point in comic book adaptation culture
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This article originally appeared at Den of Geek UK. Ring, Audition, Dark Water, Onibaba, House, Kuroneko... Ask most film fans to name a prominent Japanese horror, and one of those titles would probably come up. Ask most video game fanatics to name a Japanese horror game, and they’d probably reply with Resident Evil, Silent Hill,
This Van Helsing review contains spoilers. Van Helsing Season 4 Episode 5 “I don’t kill hope before it’s dead.” There have been numerous twists and turns in the Van Helsing, post-Rising apocalyptic saga, and while some clearly foreshadow later events, others appear quite unexpectedly. “Liberty or Death” takes us deep into Blak Tek’s sordid past
Halloween isn’t just for monsters anymore. For every Frankenstein Monster that comes to your door, there are probably sixteen Iron Men and a few Rocket Raccoons. It seems that Marvel (and DC) heroes have infringed on the monstrous monopoly of Halloween, but that’s OK, because to even things out, the Marvel Universe has its fair
I am Iron Man… for 10 minutes or so. After watching Robert Downey Jr. swoop around the big screen for over a decade, who wouldn’t want to step into the iconic red and gold armor to take flight in Iron Man VR? When the upcoming experience was being demoed on the show floor at EGX
“Nothing seems to bother my kids but tonight’s show, which I totally wash my hands of, is really scary.” For anyone who grew up watching The Simpsons, the Treehouse Of Horror Halloween specials are an annual horror staple, from spooky couch gag to horror-themed credits. You can learn an awful lot of things just from watching the show,
Mary Shelley‘s gothic novel Frankenstein is a story constantly being retold — but almost never has it been retold faithfully. In 2015, we got Victor Frankenstein, the latest in screen adaptations bearing the Frankenstein name, but having little to do with the original text. This habit of less-than-faithful adaptations of Shelley’s work goes back a long time. The history
When it was announced that The Outer Worlds would let you assemble a squad of companions, few people knew exactly what to make of that information. After all, the popular narrative surrounding The Outer Worlds concerned its status as the spiritual sequel to Fallout: New Vegas. While there were companions in Fallout: New Vegas, their
It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia is going to live well into its teens. In 2016, FXX renewed its underdog sitcom for two more seasons including It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia Season 14. That is almost an incomprehensibly long time for a show that began with three friends, a video camera, and some pocket change. But hey – quality
This article comes from Den of Geek UK. Ah, the ’80s. The decade of video nasties, The A-Team, Boy George, and Ronald Reagan. A time of conspicuous consumption and voluminous hair, the ’80s were also the decade when video games rapidly evolved, from the blocky 8-bit computers and consoles at its beginning to the more powerful
At 23 seasons old, Comedy Central’s animated classic South Park is already old enough to drive, vote, and drink. The only relevant benchmark left is its 25th birthday and the ability to rent a car. Back in 2015, Comedy Central renewed South Park through 2019. The end of that deal arrives with South Park Season
This article comes from Den of Geek UK. It may have only been six years ago, but it feels long ago. Pokemon X and Y were the first installments in the RPG franchise to launch on the 3DS, with Nintendo’s 3D-enabled handheld console having arrived on the market in 2011. The handheld’s ability to flick
This Nancy Drew review contains spoilers. Nancy Drew Episode 3 Even storms can apparently have a life of their own on Nancy Drew. As seems to be par for the course in Horseshoe Bay, pretty much any regular everyday event can somehow be tied to the supernatural, and thus is the case for an impending Nor’easter
Afterlife with Archie quickly went from high-concept gimmick to the most consistently entertaining comic on the market today. If we wanted to become overcome by hyperbole, we might have the cojones to say that the pairing of writer Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa (whose success with the title resulted in him being named Archie’s Chief Creative Officer) and artist Francesco Francavilla is the
We’ve stopped laughing long enough to bring you news that Bethesda is now offering a monthly (or yearly) subscription plan for Fallout 76. For either $12.99 a month (Hahahahaha) or $99.99 a year (Bwhahahahaha) you can access a premium Fallout 76 subscription plan known as Fallout 1st. What do you get for that tidy sum?
The following contains spoilers for Mr. Robot season 4. Angela Moss has always been one of Mr. Robot’s most fascinating characters. Granted, she doesn’t have multiple personalities, isn’t a world-class computer expert, and makes more than her fair share of mistakes. She’s perhaps the most normal person on the show and probably the one most viewers relate
Other than superheroes, one genre has ruled the comic book world. Of course, that genre is horror, and since Halloween is imminent, we thought we’d take this opportunity to pay tribute to some of the greatest horror comics ever published. Now listen, these are just some of the groundbreaking, vitally important horror comics that have
Goichi “Suda51” Suda (creator of No More Heroes and Killer 7) and Hidetaka “Swery65” Suehiro (creator of the infamous Deadly Premonition) are teaming up to work on a new horror game seemingly known as Hotel Barcelona. Everything about this announcement is strange, so you’re going to have to bear with us as we try to sort
This The Purge review contains spoilers. The Purge Season 2 Episode 2 The Purge has traditionally been concerned with that 12-hour period of mayhem and nothing else. There might be a little preparation beforehand as people flee the cities and lock themselves behind strong doors, but for the most part, what happens after the Purge has never been addressed
Expansion is one of the key impulses in space opera. Much like the Westward Expansion movement of U.S. history—where believers in and proponents of Manifest Destiny deemed it the fate of Euro-Americans to settle across the continent—space opera traffics in ideas of humanity’s movement into the stars, building new ways to live beyond the confines
Release Date: October 25, 2019Platform: PS4 (Reviewed), Xbox One, PCDeveloper: Obsidian EntertainmentPublisher: Private DivisionGenre: RPG Nostalgia can be dangerous. It encourages us to immortalize what was when we actually should be trumpeting how those things made us feel and pushed us to discover new experiences. We end up spinning our wheels in the same mentality while the world changes around
All American has successfully completed a Hail Mary, and is back for a Season 2! All American comes from CW favorite Greg Berlanti and his husband, former American soccer player Robbie Rogers. The show follows the real life story of former NFL football player Spencer Paysinger’s high school years. Daniel Ezra stars as Spencer James (Based
This article contains spoilers for The Dark Knight Returns and Dark Knight III: The Master Race. Frank Miller is on a roll. The celebrated comics auteur is sometimes quiet, but never forgotten. It took 15 years for Miller to revisit his most famous work, The Dark Knight Returns, with a sequel, The Dark Knight Strikes
Thanos has been modded into Super Smash Bros Ultimate, with fans working together to splice the Mad Titan into the beloved Nintendo Switch game. Who wouldn’t want to see Josh Brolin’s big purple baddie from Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame going toe to toe with Italian plumbers, cute creatures and other Nintendo characters? The
Editor’s Note: This post is updated monthly. Bookmark this page and come back every month to see what excllent TV comedies are being added to Hulu. Updated for November 2019. You can see a complete list of new Hulu releases here. The list of the best TV comedies on Hulu is essentially the list of
A three-time Hugo Award winner for her Broken Earth series, N.K. Jemisin is one of the most exciting and celebrated authors working in speculative fiction today. For the first time ever, Jemisin is working in the comic book medium, collaborating with artist Jamal Campbell on a new Green Lantern story that’s part of Gerard Way’s revived
It’s hard to be the less successful brother, and that’s pretty much what Capcom’s Darkstalkers series is. The series will always live in the shadow of the Street Fighter franchise…which is pretty appropriate because, you know, it’s all about darkness and shadows and stuff. Despite never getting a next-gen remake or real update, it’s still pretty impressive for
Silicon Valley Season 6 is definitely happening on HBO! Unfortunately it will be the show’s final season. Variety reports that HBO has announced that Silicon Valley Season 6 will be the final go-around for Pied Piper. This makes sense as the story has largely run its course and showrunner Alec Berg is moonlighting on Barry.
Steve Orlando must be incredible to work with, because he lands artistic talent like he’s already a comics legend. This isn’t meant to be a backhanded complement to Orlando. His writing is superb, and it has been since almost the moment he burst onto the scene – Virgil was one of the best comics when
It sounds like the cult classic Okami franchise isn’t quite done yet, as Okami director Hideki Kamiya and artist Ikumi Nakamura are teasing what sounds like a potential upcoming sequel. This one is a bit odd, but recently, Nakamura posted a video on her Twitter account which shows her standing with Kamiya in what appears to be the
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