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Marvel Tokon's rocky launch is the perfect excuse to return to Dragon Ball FighterZ
It's one of the best Dragon Ball games around
One of Stephen King's greatest movies proves we've misunderstood him
Before The Shawshank Redemption and Stand by Me, one King movie proved he was more than horror
New Steam game is Where's Waldo except about finding a cute French bulldog
You’ll come across farm animals, aliens, a cult, and more while searching for your lost pup
Only one Game of Thrones video game matched the intensity and intrigue of HBO’s show
Game of Thrones fans won't want to miss Telltale's adventure in Westeros
36 years ago, the best cyberpunk saga ever made got a second shot at a happy ending
"There must be a future that we can choose for ourselves"
One of the best games on Xbox Game Pass is from a studio Microsoft is potentially shutting down
South of Midnight is a Peabody Award-winner you shouldn't overlook
16 years later, Fullmetal Alchemist still sets the standard for shonen storytelling
A breathtaking manga that brought profound emotion and depth to the genre
Assassination Classroom is still one of anime’s most unique sci-fi stories and it’s hitting Netflix in June
The anime’s critique of academic pressure still feels relevant today
3 anime snubbed by the 2026 Anime Awards that should have won instead
Mainstream hits swept the ceremony once again, but these 3 anime left a far bigger impact
The only thing cooler than a living sword is a living sword that’s also a god (of swords)
You need to read Donny Cates' God Country
To understand My Hero Academia you really have to watch its perfect spinoff
My Hero Academia: Vigilantes is a necessary complement to Kohei Horikoshi's shonen masterpiece
5 fantasy books that can replace Harry Potter in your life
Fans feeling betrayed by author J.K. Rowling have novels to turn to for more inclusive, but still magical stories
The Nintendo Switch 2 already has a killer FPS, and a sequel is on the way
And it ain’t Metroid Prime 4
31 years later, the original Mortal Kombat movie still does one thing better than most of the games
It's still heralded as one of the greatest video game adaptations of all time, and now Mortal Kombat 2 looks to replicate its success
Prime Video's forgotten 8-part thriller is so good you'll finish it in one sitting
The underappreciated miniseries transforms the global drug trade into nail-biting television
Netflix's trippy crime-thriller series is a perfect weekend binge
Nicolas Winding Refn leans fully into mood, myth, and stillness in a supernatural saga that resists conventional storytelling.
Mortal Kombat and all the other great games we're playing this weekend
Go watch some fatalities in the theater, then perform some at home
Go with the Clouds, North-by-Northwest is one of the most engaging mystery manga in years
And it's getting an anime adaptation next year