POWER-UP looks back at 25 years of the Sega Dreamcast and why it’s still such a great console. Plus, an inside look at the next installment in the Fatal Fury series! And we got to play it at Summer Game Fest earlier this year! Want to dive into even more about Sega Dreamcast history after watching the episode? Finally, we ranked the very best Dreamcast games of all timehere. Ad content continues below...
2018sVenomwill go down as a bizarre footnote in the history of superhero movies. Theyre not part of the MCU itself, yet are still connected to its multiverse. And theyre sure to confuse future generations of geeks. The thing is, we could have had a similar situation play out decades ago. Now that the dust is settled on the Venom movies, how does this potential original compare? Once this series ran its course, Marvel spent years trying to have its cake and eat it too....
Theyre played by Swedish actor Nathalie Merchant, Danish actor Joannes Lassen, and Norwegian actor Ines Asserson. Her character teams up with conspiracy theorist and campervan owner Angus inShetland. Shetland series nine airs on Wednesdays at 9pm on BBC One and iPlayer.
DI Calder’s back on Shetland for another multi-threaded murder mystery. Warning: this review contains spoilers forShetlandSERIES 9, episode 1. Draught rattling under your door? Ice on the inside of your window? DI Ruth Calder (Ashley Jensen) is back on the isles. Thats the neat opening scene forShetlandseries nine. Ad content continues below He doesnt phew. Who killed Annie Bett? And for maximum shock value, perhaps we should add little Noah himself as a potential suspect....
Netflix has released the episode titles for Stranger Things' fifth and final season. Here is what we can glean. Thats why weve always appreciatedStranger Things dedication to the episode-naming craft. Feast your eyes on the teaser video below. Perhaps the Hawkins kids will give their mode of transportation the same name. It also holds a small place inDungeons & Dragons loreas a deity in the Greyhawk pantheon. The most interesting title, however, is undoubtedly the name of the finale: The Rightside Up....
Will they or won’t they? Daryl Dixon season 3 really needs to make a decision about Caryl once and for all… This Walking Dead article has spoilers for Daryl Dixon. Well, that all depends on who youre talking to. This, of course, isnt the first time Zabels spoken against romance. When talking toSFX magazine, he said turning Daryl and Carol into a couple would be a mistake. For Caryl shippers, its disheartening news....
Hes doomed to spin out irretrievably into the endless, unforgiving canvas of deep space. This was no run-of-the-mill cancellation. But it also carries the kernels of surprising and touching configurations of optimism, passion, hope and resilience. Which is why its a story worth telling. Gary is a great many things: plucky space cadet; former felon; Clouseau-esque clod. Hes equal parts bumbling daydreamer to hopelessly loquacious romantic. As a child, Olan had an audience of two: his father and his brother....
The character of Mr. Reed frightened Scott Beck and Bryan Woods years before they knew he looked likeHugh Grant. Nonetheless, the idea never left them, especially after Woods married into the Mormon religion. It was fascinating to us that its one of the newer religions in American culture. There was a turning point, Woods confides, which was my father passed away. And for Scott that was also like losing a father, because weve known each other for so long....
There has never been a fully faithful adaptation of the bookFrankenstein. Yet one cinematic offering, at least, made a serious attempt at doing the book justice. And to be sure,Mary Shelleys Frankensteinwas a ragingKenneth Branaghspectacle when it came out 30 years ago today. ThinkThe Age of Innocence(1993) andLittle Women(1994). And in principle, BranaghsFrankensteinhews closer to its source material than Coppolas vampire bacchanal ever did. However, little else from the novel ever makes it to the screen....
But is this the game that finally puts the legendary RPG studio back on the map? The intro ofDragon Age: The Veilguardis something of a revelation. The games opener is one of the most spectacular things youll see in a video game this year. Running through Minrathous is a feast for the eyes. But content-wise, it was thin and repetitive. Veilguardsees BioWare go back to whats always worked. And the drop-dead gorgeous environments are laid out in a way that recalls the organic level design ofKOTOR....
A giveaway for the second Pokemon film upended the schoolyard trading card economy for good. But sweeten the pot it did anyway, because Pikachu loves us. To this day, the Ancient Mew card remains one of the most striking trading cards ever printed. In fact, I dont have to imagine it. I was one such kid! It all represented a quicker and more complete instruction on economics than anything a grade school could offer....
The Penguin episode 7 answers what happened to Oz’s brothers… This Penguin article contains spoilers. Oz Cobb is now in full descent into villainy inThe Penguin. In fact, this weeks episode, titledTop Hat,gave Cobb a brand-new origin story. With it, the shows penultimate episode gave the Penguin his most villainous turn yet. In the comics, Esther Cobblepot was Oswalds overprotective mother. When Sofia Gigante (Cristin Milioti) probed a confused Francis using the methods ofDr....
The review contains spoilers forThe Penguinepisode 7. 1994sGreen Lantern #54changed superhero stories forever. The end ofThe Penguins seventh episode tips right up the edge of Women in Refrigerators territory. Sofias gambit works, driving Oz to bargain for his mothers life. Hell give Sofia the Bliss if she gives him Frances. Ad content continues below Thankfully, Oz does not pull back the coat to find Francess body. Instead, its a bomb about to explode, leaving Ozs headquarters in shambles andThe Penguinwith ill-advised 9/11 imagery....
