Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse Is Kicking My Ass In The Worst Way
Paris is burning...down my fucking patience
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God Of War Laufey Collector’s Edition Doesn’t Include The Game, This Time On Purpose
After Ragnarok's special edition accidentally shipped without download codes, Sony seems to have taken inspiration
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Mike Flanagan settles a major debate about Carrie's season 1 finale
Mike Flanagan's new Carrie show ends with prom. Because of course it does. Ending Carrie in any other way would be sacrilegious. However, the Prime Video series makes plenty of changes to the source material, and these lead to one particularly ambiguous moment right at the…
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Dragon Quest Creator Has a New Game, but It's AI-Generated
Yuji Horii, creator of the Dragon Quest franchise, used Claude to develop and release a browser-based video game in less than an hour. While it resulted in some backlash, Horii expressed how impressed he was with the tool and praised AI for significantly reducing development…
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Doctor Who Is Getting a Christmas Special After All
When the BBC put Doctor Who up for competitive tender, it brought terrible news for Whovians who had been waiting for more information about the upcoming Doctor Who Christmas special. This year, there wouldn't be one, as both showrunner Russell T. Davies and production company…
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13 Years Ago, 'Rick and Morty’s Most Horrifying Episode Changed the Series Forever Forever
Rick and Mortymocked A Nightmare on Elm Streetin the series’ second episode, “Lawnmower Dog,” and the show has kept parodying horror movies ever since, most recently mashing up The Santa Clause and Prometheus in season 9’s “The Last Temptation of Jerry.” Most of these episodes…
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'The X-Files' Creator is Officially Releasing an Ambitious New Time-Travel Movie
Over the course of 218 episodes spanning 11 seasons, the landmark TV series The X-Files explored a wide array of science fiction concepts, including a few episodes that touched on the idea of time travel. There was the season 4 episode “Synchrony,” where an elderly time traveler…
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Critical Role's New Canon Campaign Will Feature VTuber Stars
Critical Role's newest collaboration could be its most unexpected yet. The media company, famous for turning Dungeon & Dragons games into a multi-platform entertainment phenomenon, is partnering with Cover Corporation's Hololive Production, the Japan-based virtual YouTuber…
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Prime Video's Epic New Game of Thrones Replacement Is Officially 3 Months Away
If that sounds like the premise of Game of Thrones, well, that's because it is. But it's also the set-up for Prime Video's thrilling new action drama from one of the 21st-century's most successful showrunners.
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Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse Is a Near-Perfect Metroidvania
Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse, the first mainline installment in over a decade, stabs this hypothetical through the heart, proving that Castlevania still has a lot more to give. By combining throwback appeal with razor-sharp gameplay built on the brilliant Dead Cells, Evil…
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Scarlett Johansson's Irresistible R-Rated Sci-Fi Thriller Is Now Free to Watch on Streaming
In the internet era, plenty of movies have gotten a sort of secondary fame by virtue of what you might call clip culture. One scene, or one joke, or even just one frame can go viral, independently of the movie that it's in. Everyone's seen that GIF of Chow Yun-fat giving a…
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20 Years Ago, the Best Sci-Fi Show of the Century Delivered the Most Epic Space Battle in TV History
Two decades later, this spectacle from Battlestar Galactica season 3’s “Exodus, Part 2” remains unforgettable sci-fi TV. It’s dazzling and horrifying, and still one of the coolest things ever broadcast on science-fiction television. From a tactical standpoint, the “Adama…
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VR Chat Community Dev Calls For Boycott Over ‘Rampant Plague’ Of AI
As one of its prominent community members starts protest, developers begin consultation by asking: how much is too much slop?
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Ben Affleck Calls Justice League ‘The Low Point’ Of His Career, Criticizes Warner Bros. For Using Zack Snyder’s Bereavement ‘As An Excuse’
Affleck referred to Warner Bros.'s treatment of Snyder during Justice League's production as 'one of the shittiest things' he's 'ever seen'
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GTA 6 Leaker Promises Escalating Mayhem As Meme Coin Crashes
Cyberleek is promoting escalating chaos in the month before launch
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Fans Accuse Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds Of Breaking Deluxe Edition Promise After Revealing FF7 DLC: ‘Paid $100 For This Sh*t, Guess I Learned My Lesson’
Players thought they'd be entitled to all of the year two racers as well
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Epic Games Forces Shocked Developers Into ‘AI-First’ Mode For Delayed Shooter Featuring Marvel And Star Wars Characters
Even artwork will be generated with AI
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Final Fantasy Meets Dragon Quest in Square Enix’s Latest ’90s Remake
Square Enix has found a lot of success in recent years revisiting the 1990s in a variety of ways, whether it’s the HD-2D remake 1994’s Live A Live back in 2022 or this year’s diorama-inspired 3D remake, Dragon Quest 7 Reimagined. The company’s first offering in this vein for…
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