Analysis

Phil Spencer is right: AAA games are in big trouble

By Chris Plante September 22

/ new

The John Wick movies have always lived by video game rules

By Dylan Roth September 22

/ new

Ahsoka has finally made Star Wars more fantasy than sci-fi

By Austin Gorton September 21

/ new

A live-action Thrawn should be a big deal... right?

By Matt Patches September 20

/ new

Microsoft’s major court leak pierces through the hype

By Nicole Carpenter September 20

/ new

Xbox kills physical media with its new Series X — for real this time

By Oli Welsh September 20

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The tiny time-travel movie Aporia answers Oppenheimer’s big questions, badly

By Tasha Robinson September 19

/ new

Foundation season 2 finds its focus in Demerzel’s battle

By Caroline Cao September 15

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The Blackening’s big twist is just being kind to its horror-movie victims

By Tasha Robinson September 12

/ new

The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon lets Daryl be his true self: Wolverine

By Daniel Dockery September 10

/ new

The My Big Fat Greek Wedding movies understand family like few other franchises

By Joshua Rivera September 8

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One Piece’s best live-action arc isn’t as good as the manga, but it’s for a great reason

By Austen Goslin September 8

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Why Riot removes League’s popular new game modes

By Cass Marshall September 8

/ new

Baldur’s Gate 3 just made the future of Xbox Series S a bit more uncertain

By Oli Welsh September 6

/ new

All the Jaws sequels made one basic mistake

By Daniel Dockery September 2

/ new

One Piece, Our Flags, and the modern pirate media revolution

By Kayti Burt September 1

/ new

The Ernest & Celestine sequel is, improbably, one of 2023’s best political movies

By Andy Crump August 30

/ new

Armored Core 6’s big doofus boss lets you feel like a mech god

By Michael McWhertor August 27

/ new

Armored Core 6’s Balteus is the Margit, the Fell Omen of the mech world

By Michael McWhertor August 25

/ new

Warhammer’s Old World setting is coming back, and you had better like painting textiles

By Charlie Hall August 24

/ new

Riverdale died as it lived: with teen angst and multiversal time travel

By Zosha Millman August 24

/ new

Is Magic: The Gathering’s new set intentionally similar to Disney Lorcana?

By Charlie Hall August 15

/ new

D&D’s worst book needs an update, and that’s an opportunity for creators of all stripes

By Charlie Hall August 14

/ new

Strange New Worlds season 2 shows how far Star Trek has come

By Devin Meenan August 11

/ new

All of Christopher Nolan’s movies are about exploring what scares him most

By Justin Jones August 9

/ new

D&D’s next iteration needs to keep things simple, too

By Charlie Hall August 9

/ new

One Piece’s Gear 5 transformation does more than just get Luffy closer to his dream

By Daniel Dockery August 7

/ new

Movies

Oppenheimer undoes decades of American denial about The Bomb

How Hollywood finally made The Bomb personal

By Joshua Rivera July 28

/ new

Secret Invasion’s politics can’t be trusted

By Zach Rabiroff July 26

/ new

Barbie and Oppenheimer share a single clear theme

By Charles Bramesco July 24

/ new

Every Futurama finale was of its time

By Ryan Gaur July 24

/ new

Dead Reckoning Part One was the inevitable Mission: Impossible comedy

By Matt Patches July 13

/ new

Analysis

Phil Spencer is right: AAA games are in big trouble

The John Wick movies have always lived by video game rules

Ahsoka has finally made Star Wars more fantasy than sci-fi

A live-action Thrawn should be a big deal... right?

Microsoft’s major court leak pierces through the hype

Xbox kills physical media with its new Series X — for real this time

The tiny time-travel movie Aporia answers Oppenheimer’s big questions, badly

Foundation season 2 finds its focus in Demerzel’s battle

The Blackening’s big twist is just being kind to its horror-movie victims

The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon lets Daryl be his true self: Wolverine

The My Big Fat Greek Wedding movies understand family like few other franchises

One Piece’s best live-action arc isn’t as good as the manga, but it’s for a great reason

Why Riot removes League’s popular new game modes

Baldur’s Gate 3 just made the future of Xbox Series S a bit more uncertain

All the Jaws sequels made one basic mistake

One Piece, Our Flags, and the modern pirate media revolution

The Ernest & Celestine sequel is, improbably, one of 2023’s best political movies

Armored Core 6’s big doofus boss lets you feel like a mech god

Armored Core 6’s Balteus is the Margit, the Fell Omen of the mech world

Warhammer’s Old World setting is coming back, and you had better like painting textiles

Riverdale died as it lived: with teen angst and multiversal time travel

Is Magic: The Gathering’s new set intentionally similar to Disney Lorcana?

D&D’s worst book needs an update, and that’s an opportunity for creators of all stripes

Strange New Worlds season 2 shows how far Star Trek has come

All of Christopher Nolan’s movies are about exploring what scares him most

D&D’s next iteration needs to keep things simple, too

One Piece’s Gear 5 transformation does more than just get Luffy closer to his dream

Oppenheimer undoes decades of American denial about The Bomb

Secret Invasion’s politics can’t be trusted

Barbie and Oppenheimer share a single clear theme

Every Futurama finale was of its time

Dead Reckoning Part One was the inevitable Mission: Impossible comedy

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