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Maybe my most successful tweet ever was this one, four images from episode five of Andor accompanied by my reaction: “Whoa.” In those images, young Karis Nemik, the most intellectually engaged member of the small band on Aldhani planning a massive heist of Imperial wealth, passionately imparts some of his ideas to Cassian Andor, who is undergoing his own reluctant political awakening. “So much going wrong,” Karis says, “so much to say, and all of...

Matt Reeves’ Batman universe is far from a silly one, but apparently one source of inspiration for The Penguin’s look is on the sillier side. Colin Farrell, if you didn’t know, doesn’t typically look how he does in The Penguin. No, it’s done by this thing called special effects make-up, as impossible as it might be to believe, obviously transforming the actor in such a way where you probably wouldn’t know it’s him...

Oh dear; 2019’s Joker was a box office hit, raking in $1 billion at the box office, but Folie a Deux has failed to beat even Morbius in its domestic opening weekend. You know, I never quite understood how Todd Phillips’ Joker did so well at the box office, even as popular as the character is. Like, a billion dollars? Seriously? The guy that made The Hangover made a movie that successful? So...

Don’t freak out, Over the Garden Wall fans, but a new short is on the way to celebrate the series’ 10th anniversary. It’s kind of impressive how even 10 years on, people are still talking about a 10 episode long mini-series with each episode only running at around 11 minutes a pop. Still, it’s undeniable that Over the Garden Wall has become a staple of the fall season, with many fans rewatching the...

If you’re worried about whether the Silent Hill 2 remake might affect how you feel about the PS2 classic, the original director has this to say: don’t be. The thing about remakes, particularly when it comes to games as beloved as Silent Hill 2, is that the conversation can be muddied around the original version. Some people might say that a remake replaces the original, others might say the same thing but negatively,...

Over the weekend, Chinese Tekken 8 player xiaochenchen (XCC) made a scorching run through the bracket at Thaiger Uppercut. To call this an unexpected result is an understatement. People know that there’s a fighting game space bubbling away in China, but fairly or unfairly, it’s not held in the same regard as other countries. XCC was set to potentially throw a brick through such misconceptions, but was unable to. Due to the rules of the...

Throughout Metaphor: ReFantazio’s roughly 80 hours, the RPG’s protagonist carries a novel with him as he travels through the fantastical world of the United Kingdom of Euchronia. The book depicts an idealized metropolis of skyscrapers where equality is written into law. It’s clear this story envisions a pristine vision of our own world, and as our hero reads through its pages, he’s filled with a drive to try and make his world a place that...

Image: Motion Twin In the past decade, Metroidvanias have seen a massive resurgence thanks to the indie scene. There have been dozens of new entries in the genre that introduce their own twists on the formula, and one of the best examples of this is Dead Cells. Released in 2018, the title from developers Motion Twin and Evil Empire has gotten numerous updates over the years that have kept it feeling fresh and fun. If...

Image: Sega / Creative Assembly On Monday, Sega and Creative Assembly announced that after a decade of fans asking and pleading for an Alien: Isolation sequel, it’s actually happening. However, it’ll still probably be at least a year or two before we’ll see the highly anticipated horror game. The Best Resident Evil Goes VR And More New Releases | The Week In Games To mark the 10-year anniversary of the release of Alien: Isolation, the...

Image: Star Wars / Disney Star Wars is a mess at the moment. There are unvarnished bright spots like Andor, and then there’s everything else. There’s always a new hope though, and right now that’s seeing Obi-Wan Kenobi get a second season and go full live-action Clone Wars with flashbacks galore. Despite no confirmation of a season 2 from Disney, star Ewan McGregor says it’s still “exploring” ideas for what such a season might look...