Month: October 2019

Release Date: Oct. 1, 2019 Platforms: XBO (reviewed), PS4, PC, StadiaDeveloper: BungiePublisher: BungieGenre: Action MMO Bungie’s first major Destiny 2 expansion since splitting with Activision feels like the original Destiny—in the best and worst of ways. Here are the armor stats of the first game, but with more customization. And here too is Eris Morn, the morose ex-Guardian whose fireteam was devastated by the Hive.
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This article contains spoilers for the Crisis on Infinite Earths comic, and possibly the TV version. There’s an old saying in the DC universe: Red sky at night, sailor’s delight. Red sky at morning, sailors take warning. Either way, there’s probably a Crisis coming. That’s not really a saying, but for such a multiverse-shattering series
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Warning: this article contains awkward images of a journalist exercising in a room full of people. When Ring Fit Adventure was announced with that somewhat creepy trailer, many people assumed it to be a successor to Wii Fit or Wii Sports. Having had a chance to check out this new game at a packed-out Nintendo event
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This All American review contains spoilers. All American Season 2 Episode 2 All American Season 2 Episode 2 “Speak Ya Clout” delves more into the new kid at South Crenshaw and what happens when teenagers are left unattended. The episode begins with Coop (Bre-Z) playing around with some beats let me tell you, those beats
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The Marvel Universe is known for superheroes but it’s also home to some of the greatest classic monsters ever to shamble onto a comic book page. Beginning in the early 1970s, some scary residents moved in. Marvel has its own Dracula, its own Frankenstein Monster, its own Mummy, its own werewolf (two actually) and even
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This article comes from Den of Geek UK. In the realm of video games at least, the 1980s was a comparatively sunny period: it was the era that gave us bright and cheerful classics like Super Mario Bros., Bubble Bobble, and Monty Mole. Yet beneath that pleasant exterior stirred something darker and much nastier. Just
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“If you think Vision changed Vision forever, Batman/Catwoman will change Batman and Catwoman forever,” writer Tom King says of the 12-issue limited series that will conclude his four-year run on the character. While King has spent 85 issues physically and emotionally breaking the Dark Knight, it’s these final 12 issues that could very well define his run.  For those
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Alchemy and family swirl together in the cerebral new novel from prolific Seanan McGuire, whose wide-ranging novels have received acclaim across the worlds of science fiction and fantasy. Middlegame is a study of Rodger and Dodger, alchemically-influenced twins created to fulfill a dark destiny. At New York Comic Con this year, we sat down with
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Rich Briggs, senior brand director for Marvel’s Avengers developer Crystal Dynamics, recently spoke to Comicbook regarding the length of the upcoming game and the studio’s long-term ambition for the project. “We’re not putting exact numbers on it just yet, but you can expect something comparable to what we’ve done in the past,” says Briggs. “If you
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The end of Breaking Bad felt like the end of an era. The Golden Age of Television, marked by writer/creator-driven dramas focused on male anti-hero protagonists, arguably kicked off when Tony Soprano carried out a hit while on a college visit with his daughter, and ended when chemistry teacher turned meth kingpin Walter White took
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There’s never a bad season of the year for reading. Whether it’s winter, summer, spring, or fall, there’s a reading habit that goes oh-so-well with the season. But there’s something about fall—when the leaves are changing (at least in some parts of the world) and the nights are getting longer—that makes me want to curl up
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Being the oldest of the three major current console platforms, you’d think Nintendo would pay the most respect to its long legacy of much-beloved games and franchises. After all, the company has been trading for well over 130 years now, having entered the electronic era in the early 1970s before quite literally changing the game
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This Charmed review contains spoilers. Charmed Season 2, Episode 1 The first season of Charmed introduced us to Mel and Maggie, and their half-sister Macy who they only learned about after their mother’s death in the premier. It established who they were as individuals and how they fit together as a part of a powerful
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Fortnite‘s next update will seemingly be the start of a new era for the game.  This information comes from an apparent leak on the Italian iOS app store which showcases a screenshot of Fortnite that includes the words “Capitolo 2.” That translates to Chapter 2, which is s pretty bold phrase to use in relation
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The Secret Spiral of Swamp Kid, DC’s latest middle school graphic novel, is a perfect read for the Halloween season. The Secret Spiral of Swamp Kid has earned rave reviews from literary outlets such as Kirkus Reviews, School Library Journal, and Booklist who herald it as “a comedic win”, “an excellent and inviting foray into
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This The Good Place review contains spoilers. The Good Place Season 4 Episode 3 There comes a time in every Good Place season when the surprises of the finale have worn off, the premiere has had its say, and the new (though probably brief) status quo must be established. That new status quo arrives in full force in episode
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