Summary Quick Links Netflix’s anime library just added another record to its shelves, with Yuto Suzuki’s beloved mangaSakamoto Daysdebuting to record-breaking numbers and garnering 8.6 million views within the first week. The series has surpassed long-standing Netflix anime benchmarks, standing tall as one of themost-watched shows in the streaming giant’s history—Squid Game. It’s a remarkable feat for a debut series, particularly when it’s challenging industry stalwarts likeBaki HanmaandDragon Ball: Daima....

Summary Quick Links When Sakamotodecided to leave his career as a hitmaninSakamoto Days, many in the field and those he had grown close to were very surprised. It was not something they were expecting, especially since he was known as one of the best hitmen to ever live. However, his reasoning for leaving this career was due to the fact that he had found true love. Just as unexpected for Sakamoto, he met Aoi, and immediately fell in love with her....

Summary One day beforeMarvel’s Spider-Man 2goes live on Steam and Epic Games Store, PC port developer Nixxes detailed some of the game’s new features, including ultrawide resolution support, raytracing, and upscaling technologies. Nixxes also revealed the PC specs that players would need to runMarvel’s Spider-Man 2at different settings. Originally released on the PS5 in October 2023,Marvel’s Spider-Man 2is the critically acclaimed sequel toMarvel’s Spider-Manand a follow-up toMarvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales.Insomniac developed all the ongoingMarvel’s Spider-Mantitles, with Nixxes helping with the respective PC ports....

Roosevelt is a bandit and the leader of the Commissary that players first get introduced to duringthe Deal with the Devil main mission ofStalker 2. To get Roosevelt’s stash, you’ll need to kill him and loot his corpse to find his PDA and locate the stash. This can be done even if you choose to spare Roosevelt during the mission. However, reaching the stash in its location can be a bit tricky....

Tales of the Shire: A Lord of the Rings Gameis set to take place in the village of Bywater in the Shire, and stands alone as a game in the world ofThe Lord of the Ringsbecause it’s a cozy game rather than an action-oriented game. Rather than engaging in combat,Tales of the Shire’s main premise keeps the player within the bounds of the Shire, homesteading, foraging, and building relationships with the local hobbit inhabitants....

Summary Licensed gameshave evolved over time. Typically, they weren’t very good in the 80s and 90s, although there were some standouts, especially when proven developers got on board. Konami and Capcom are two great examples who handled cartoon and movie games well. However, licensed games have improved, and some of the best games on the Nintendo Switch are licensed. From cartoons to movies, these are still some all-time greats that every Switch owner should cherish....

Summary The planet is on fire. Rising sea levels, melting ice caps, droughts, and more frequent hurricanes and tornadoes constantly make the headlines. Some artists have responded by creating works about a bleak, post-apocalyptic future. Others, though, create more hopeful works, which depict humanity using technology as a solution to the climate emergency. This is what thesolarpunkmovement imagines; a world where humanity successfully lives in balance with the natural world, and seeks sustainability....

Legacy goals are an interesting aspect ofState of Decay, andState of Decay 3can add even more flavor to them. Like any roguelike,State of Decayneeds plenty of ways to make sure that no two playthroughs are the same. Item spawns, enclaves, and newly generated survivors are all a part of this plan.State of Decay 3can take things even further with its own take on legacy goals. Though they already provide plenty of extra missions,State of Decay 3can add even more flavor to its legacy goals by honing in on their replay value....

Summary Recently, Warner Bros. Pictures and DC Studios announced that Matt Reeves’ upcoming sequelThe BatmanPart II,which will feature the triumphant return of Robert Pattinson as the titular superhero, was delayed to Jun 03, 2025. To put that into perspective, this would be roughly five and a half years since the release of the first film, and over 10 years since Reeves signed on to helm the first film, which would also come along with its own established shared universe that would eventually include numerous spinoff series on HBO, officially kicking off withThe Penguin....

Quick Links Summary When it has a movie coming out soon, Marvel Studios can be counted on as one of Super Bowl Sunday’s biggest advertisers. WithThunderboltsdue to hit theaters in just a few months, Marvel didn’t let its fans down. This time, the newThunderbolts trailer shed quite a bit of light on the actual story beyond just a team of misfits coming together. One of the biggest clues the latest teaser revealed was the first look at the “big bad” in the second MCU moving coming this year....

Summary It’s a great idea to center a TV season around a stalker. Viewers are immediately drawn into this scary and mysterious storyline and it sets up all kinds of fun twists, turns, and reveals. I love thatWednesdayseason 2 will be about a figure messaging and chasing Jenna Ortega’s character Wednesday Addamsand think it’s the right direction for the hitNetflixseries. Fans have theories about Wednesday’s stalkerand I enjoyed reading them all....

Simulator games, by their very nature, a weird. They often simulate mundane parts of life or busy work, likepower washing a backyard. Or they help players experience something that would otherwise be impossible for them like flying through the Grand Canyon inMicrosoft Flight Simulator. But sometimes simulators put players in the strangest situations. And some of the weirdest simulation games out there can be found on Steam. Some Steam simulation games are janky cash grabs, but there are absolutely amazing simulator games that players should definitely try - weird simulator games that push the boundaries of the genre and are 100% worth playing....

Summary Warner Bros. have provided no explanation for this out-of-character move. The company has been criticized in recent years for canceling finished projects, like theBatgirlfilm, and the live-action cartoon hybridCoyote v. Acme, before they could be released to the public. Some have viewed this as a goodwill gesture from the company, after these controversial decisions. Perhaps this is simply Warner Bros. attempting to increase accessibility to its large catalog without a paywall, while also recouping some revenue from Youtube’s advertising system....