One Marvel's Spider-Man 2 Side Mission is an Important Change of Pace

Summary Marvel’s Spider-Man 2presents Peter Parker and Miles Morales with some of their greatest challenges yet. New York has once again been flung into mortal danger, thanks to the likes of Kraven, Venom, and the Lizard. It makes for a grand story with even greater consequences, but it’s in stark contrast to an essential part of the webhead. Ever since the character’s inception, his tagline has been that he’s the “Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man,” highlighting how he’s just like any other service worker....

August 3, 2025 · 4 min · 750 words · Vincent Carroll

Overwatch 2 Director Aaron Keller Discusses Jeff Kaplan's Departure

MostOverwatchfans view Jeff Kaplan as the backbone of the franchise and, therefore, blame him for the game’s failures and praise him for its successes. So naturally, it took most of them off guard when, last week, Kaplan announced his departure from Blizzard — and by extension his position asOverwatch’s director — with little to no explanation as to why. It didn’t help that he dropped the news while in the middle ofdirectingOverwatch2’s development....

August 3, 2025 · 2 min · 397 words · Natalie Chambers

PlayStation User Has Earned a Trophy a Day for 3000 Days Straight

For somePlayStationgamers, trophies are a neat background service that may not do much more than help them know what games they’ve played. As for other people, trophy hunting onPlayStationis a passion, with one player showing the extreme of this, having earned at least one trophy daily for 3,000 days in a row. Trophies made their debut way back during the PS3 days, a few years after Xbox introduced achievements and gamerscore....

August 3, 2025 · 3 min · 469 words · Emily Bennett

Pokemon and Toyota Team Up With Pikachu Car Project

Recent Japanese trademark filings suggest that Toyota andPokemondevelopers are teaming up to create a special Pikachu car. Called the Pi!car! project, the car seems to serve as a proof-of-concept for environmentally-friendly cars of the future. ThePokemonfranchise is no stranger to partnerships with major brands. For example, Pikachu served as a mascot for Japan in the FIFA World Cup 2014, andPokemon GOpartnered with the child-focused charity UNICEF in 2018. What is unique, however, is the timing....

August 3, 2025 · 2 min · 419 words · Diane Boyd

Pokemon Fan Makes Impressive Koffing Claymation

APokemonfan created a claymation showcasing one of the series' Poison-Types, Koffing. There are many forms of artwork featuring Nintendo’s creatures, including different types of animated videos. Fans have been makingPokemonanimationsfor some time, creating amazing pieces dedicated to the franchise. Koffing was first introduced inPokemon Red and Blue. It is one of the first Poison-Type creatures to be introduced in the series along with its evolution Weezing. The pocket monster was the main member of James' team in thePokemonanimeand was featured in a number of episodes....

August 3, 2025 · 3 min · 446 words · Gerald Martinez

Pokemon Scarlet & Violet: How to Evolve Ekans into Arbok

Quick Links Pokemon ScarletandPokemon Violet’s Teal Mask is part 1 of The Hidden Treasure of Area Zero Expansion Pack. Among the new Pokemon, evolutions, characters, and more, The Teal Mask brings back Pokemon from previous generations. Those looking for a Poison-type Pokemon may want to consider Ekans and Arbok. Poison-type Pokemon gained a new type effectiveness against Fairy Pokemon inPokemon X/Y. With few weaknesses, this gave Poison-types a newfound respect in thePokemonworld....

August 3, 2025 · 4 min · 738 words · Jermaine Gonzales

Resident Evil 4 Fan Finds Leon's Likeness on Cheap Gun Toy Packaging

AResident Evil 4fan has found the image of franchise protagonist Leon Kennedy on the packaging of a cheap toy gun. The packaging itself indicates that the toy gun is the kind one can pick up at any pharmacy store for a low price, and theResident Evil 4protagonist can be seen in the bottom right corner of the packaging. Way back in early 2005,Resident Evil 4was released on the Nintendo GameCube, and it has since been praised as one of the franchise’s best installments and helped bring in a new era for the series....

August 3, 2025 · 2 min · 408 words · Joshua Salazar

Rumor: Honkai Star Rail Leak Teases Highly Anticipated Character Release

Summary A new leak fromHonkai: Star Railis hinting at the upcoming release of one of the most highly-anticipated members of the Penacony cast, teasing Sunday’s release window. The launch of the HoYoverse RPG’s newest playable world of Penacony brought a plethora of new characters to the game, with multiple party members debuting during each update. Characters like Sparkle, Black Swan, and Aventurine have already joined the game’s cast, withVersion 2.3 set to add both Fireflyand Jade....

August 3, 2025 · 3 min · 558 words · William Lane

Smartest Characters In Kaguya-Sama: Love Is War

Back in 2019,Kaguya-Sama: Love Is Wartook the anime community by storm. The anime offers a series of unique characters andwitty comedy momentsthat have not been seen for a long time, at least not sinceThe Disastrous Life of Saiki KandTeasing Master Takagi-sana year prior. RELATED:Kaguya-Sama: Who’s Set to Win This Game of Love & War? These types ofanimedo not compare to the depth ofKaguya-Sama’sstory though, which offers a unique premise all its own — all the characters attend Shuchi’in Academy where only the most intelligent (and richest) people in Japan can attend, which is the setting for the anime’s romance-backed showdowns of psychological warfare....

August 3, 2025 · 5 min · 988 words · David Oconnell

Star Trek: Discovery is Doing all Post Production at Home

Star Trekhas always been a trendsetter for both television and cultural milestones, breaking new ground in all sorts of areas. Just recently, one of the IP’s more recent projects,Star Trek: Discovery, is making new strides yet again, changing how television is made. With the completion of Season 3,Star Trek: Discoveryhas become the first show to have its post production handled entirely by artists working from home. This probably wasn’t intended, of course,with the Coronavirus pandemicushering in a serious shift to how TV can be made....

August 3, 2025 · 2 min · 386 words · Daniel Cruz MD

Stardew Valley Player Turns Pelican Town into Slime-Filled Nightmare

Stardew Valleyis a slice-of-life farming game that offers so much more than just planting seeds and making friends with the townsfolk. Theamount of dedication to detail from developer Eric Barone, who goes by ConcernedApe, doesn’t stop at the farming aspects of the game. Instead, players are treated to an extensive amount of ways to approach a playthrough, and one player saw this as an opportunity to re-imagine the quaint and peaceful Pelican Town as a slimy nightmare....

August 3, 2025 · 3 min · 457 words · Kim Hubbard

The 10 Creepiest Cults In The Fallout Series

A cultby definitionis a group of people with beliefs that are considered strange or extreme to the majority. Since theFalloutseries exists in a wide and varied world full of different ideologies, cults are an inevitability. Some worship nature or follow the guidance of a seemingly altruistic or very charismatic leader. RELATED:Fallout 4: 10 Junk Items You Should Never Leave Behind Other factions, however, operate in a more ominous manner. There are those who embrace radiation or believe in dominating humankind....

August 3, 2025 · 5 min · 1011 words · Sophia Koch

The Last of Us HBO Series Reveals Pilot Director

The much-anticipated live-actionseries adaptation of the critically acclaimed game,The Last of Usnow has a director for its pilot episode. The Last of UsTV series was announced this past March to be in production at HBO, with one of the game’s original creative directors, Neil Druckmann (the other being Bruce Straley,who left developer Naughty Dogafter a long sabbatical a few years ago). Druckmann is also developing the show with the creator of last year’s critically acclaimed HBO miniseriesChernobyl,Craig Mazin....

August 3, 2025 · 2 min · 370 words · Sherry Petersen