I wasn't going to say anything more about the Travis Kelce-Taylor Swift wedding, but an item from Drew Lerner of Awful Announcing got the addled gears of my brain turning.
President Trump reportedly called FIFA chief to request a review.
Reboots and revivals seem to dominate every area of entertainment nowadays and the genre of adult animation is no exception. In 2022, Beavis and Butt-Head came back with its first new episodes since 2011. In 2023, Futurama returned after a decade off the air and the cult series Clone Highgot a second season 20 years after its first. But last year, every one of these revivals was outshined by the most pitch-perfect reboot of the decade.
This Fourth of July weekend wasn't a good one for well-known franchises at the box office. The poorly received Supergirl suffered a massive drop in its second weekend in theaters, while even Minions & Monsters came in under expectations with a weak opening.
Fantasy films have become remarkably good at looking epic. Massive armies. Ancient prophecies. Sprawling maps. Elaborate mythology. Increasingly dense lore. For much of the past 25 years, Hollywood has treated bigger worlds and larger spectacles as the clearest path to the next great fantasy blockbuster.
I’m not one to police how long a video game should be. Every game is different and begs design considerations that dictate runtime. It makes sense for Star Fox’s campaign to be quick but highly replayable, while 007 First Light needs most of its 20 hours to build its James Bond origin story.
After Yuji Itadori becomes a vessel for the undisputed King of Curses, Jujutsu Kaisen establishes Sukuna as its deadly endgame, with every battle paving the path for this inevitable final showdown. Sukuna’s remorseless malice feels especially heightened in relation to the grief that kids like Yuji have to shoulder, forced to function as a “cog” until such evil is eradicated from existence.
During the pre-release weekend for Magic: The Gathering’s Marvel Super Heroes, I walked into my local game store in the late morning to get a few packs for the new set. It was a ghost town during the store’s open play hours (prerelease events didn’t start until the afternoon). Off in one corner, a couple played a random board game. The rest of the store’s tables sat empty.
These days, it seems like you can’t load an online storefront without finding a 3D adventure game of some sort featured. There was a time when they were considerably less familiar, though. Developers had to find compelling ways to usher players through intimidating environments while teaching them a different way to play. Innovation abounded, and almost everything was new, including a helpful fairy named Navi who guided players through the wonder that was The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. Nintendo…
There's a lot of hype around Studio Trigger's upcoming Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2 series, but it's not the only project that the studio has in the works. We've also learned when we can expect more of Delicious in Dungeon and that some of Trigger's most prolific creators are working on something new.