How Nintendo’s Handhelds Define the Company’s Legacy

Through good times and bad, Nintendo’s handhelds have been the company’s most consistent gift to gamers. However, the Game & Watch devices were each only programmed to play a single game. Nintendo wanted to create a portable system comparable to its globallysuccessful Nintendo Entertainment Systemwith interchangeable game cartridges. Game Boy Goes Color By the 90s, gaming technology had improved substantially. So, Nintendo began development on a smaller, color display variant of the Game Boyby 1992....

May 24, 2024 · 2 min · 265 words · Taylor Tran

How Pixar’s Inside Out 2 Deals With Riley’s New ‘Gen Z Emotions’

Director Kelsey Mann and producer Mark Nielsen map out the expanding emotional landscape of Inside Out 2. This article appears in the new issue ofDEN OF GEEK magazine. you’re able to read all of our magazine storieshere. He was like, Its open. Riley could be any age. It could be about anything. Its really up to you. So I started with that. Its a front row seat, Nielsen jokes. I brought him in, and I said, Which emotions show up at this age?...

May 24, 2024 · 2 min · 328 words · Susan George

Knives Out Sequel Title ‘Wake Up Dead Man’ Promises A Darker Benoit Blanc Mystery

Jesus, Jesus help me, sings Bono, front man of the classic Irish rock band U2. Im alone in this world, and a fucked up world it is too. He spoke freely about his anger at God for failing to fix a world of meaningless suffering. It came as no surprise that Johnson would choose a pop songs name for his movies title. Obviously, the movie has nothing to do with the song, he stated....

May 24, 2024 · 1 min · 183 words · Jay Lee

Link Tank: Party with The Martin Monster Show at NYC ‘Horror Prom’

Grab your tickets for the NYC Horror Prom! The Martin Monster Showis hosting a horror-themed prom party in NYC this weekend featuring live music and prizes. Not bad, eh?! Live music, robot alien DJs, prizes, horror-themed cookies, and more! Come hang with the ghoul kids! What hasKillers of the Flower Moonstar Lily Gladstone been up to since her Oscar nominated role? I said this as a joke on KimmelI was like, I dont particularly love actors....

May 24, 2024 · 1 min · 135 words · Katie Owens

Netflix’s Atlas Is the AI Love Letter We Never Needed (and Still Don’t)

The Netflix movie Atlas praises AI while at the same time demonstrating everything wrong with AI. This article containsfull spoilers for Atlas. When Smith asks what she wants to call the flower, Atlas responds with an uncreative name: Planty. At the same time, this dull bit of nomenclature illustrates the way AI destroys creativity. Which seems an apt metaphor for the movie its in. Subsequently, most of the conflict inAtlasinvolves the Lopez characters distrust of all AI, especially Smith....

May 24, 2024 · 2 min · 350 words · Emily Woodward

Stranger Things: How The Barb Phenomenon Still Haunts the Show

Even all these years later, Stranger Things fans can’t quit Barb. Stranger Thingsrabid internet fandom leads to some fascinating places. But oneStranger Thingscharacter from season 1 has had an uncommon staying power in the fandom. Why is this benign, barely visible side character a vital part of the shows legacy? How does her death still impact the remaining Hawkins residents all these years later? To get to the bottom of these questions, one must look at Barbs life through multiple literary angles....

May 24, 2024 · 1 min · 156 words · Randy Morales

The Beauty of Furiosa Ending with a Tree

This article has some pretty bigFuriosa: A Mad Max Saga spoilers. For 18 years and 148 minutes of runtime, Furiosa simply wants to go home. After all, none of Millers characters have ever called their world a home, much less a country. Which brings us back to the finale of the film and how that tree is finally planted. Such is the fate Furiosa finds herself staring down at the end of her own origin story....

May 24, 2024 · 2 min · 379 words · Russell Butler

The Dad Movies That Defined the ’90s Dad Thriller Genre

Few types of movies sum up the 1990s quite like dad thrillers. Yes, such movies often feature men being really good dads, but its about more than that. Some were theatrical hits but most of them found a home in living rooms everywhere. Though the phrase dad thriller may sound somewhat demeaning, thats not necessarily the case. Some are good, some are bad, and some have a face only a dad could love....

May 24, 2024 · 3 min · 554 words · Ricky Weber

Why the Summer Is a Great Time for Horror Movies

In the heat of summer, a good horror movie can provide the right chill. The darkness enveloped me, and despite the summer heat outside, the air in the building was cool. I sat in silence, intently focused, anticipating what happened next, but not quite prepared. I tensed up upon seeing the spectral woman directly ahead of me. Rather, summer is a great season for a ghost movie. Nor was it the first....

May 24, 2024 · 1 min · 117 words · John Harrell

Animated Movies Need to Stop Celebrity Stunt Casting

For the last 30 years what once seemed like a novelty has turned rotten. Every time I see that trailer attached to whatever movie, an unenthusiasm washes over. Its mainly a byproduct of Chris Hemsworth and Brian Tyree Henrys casting as pre-Adams-apple-dropped versions of their respective characters. And make no mistake, they did not change their voices at all for these roles. Its not justTransformers Onethats the butt of this phenomenon though....

May 23, 2024 · 2 min · 330 words · Phillip Murphy MD

Bad Boys: Ride or Die Directors on the Return of the ‘Best Duo in Cinema History’

This article appears in the new issue ofDEN OF GEEK magazine. you’ve got the option to read all of our magazine storieshere. Because also in those last four years, five years, we have learned so much. I think that we became better filmmakers. The film was not officially completed until March 2024, just three months before the movies June arrival. So we were very excited to see what would happen with these characters in the next movie....

May 23, 2024 · 1 min · 172 words · Charles Jackson

Beetlejuice 2 Trailer Promises to Remember Michael Keaton Plays a Demonic Villain

Its easy to be jaded in the year of our lord 2024 about legacy sequels. Hollywood studios continue to be hellbent on dragging from the grave every 1980s and 90s pop culture relic. Although we imagine theBeetlejuiceanimated seriesthat premiered in 1989 had something to do with Beeltejuices domestication. Dont ever say that name!If you say his name three times, he will appear. And one act of youthful rebellion later, the Big B indeed returns....

May 23, 2024 · 1 min · 115 words · Emily Doyle

Best Diablo 4 Builds: Most Broken Season 4 Builds For Every Class

These broken Diablo 4 builds will help you survive Season 4’s most punishing content. Diablo 4s massive Season 4 update has been out for a couple of weeks. No matter how hard they try, Blizzard just cant keep that class down for long. The heart of this build is rather simple. On their own, those Dust Devils arent especially powerful. Its like picking up a screen-clearing smart bomb in an arcade game....

May 23, 2024 · 3 min · 433 words · Robert Horton