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Dispatch ending explained: How to get the Hero, Antihero, and Everyman endings
There is no right or wrong way to play Dispatch, but AdHoc Studio gave us plenty of options to make the ending perfect for you.
Trent Cannon
Members Access
Watch Marvel's Fantastic Four movie reunion with Ioan Gruffudd & Michael Chiklis from NYCC 2025
New York Comic Con 2025 obviously took place in the hometown of the Fantastic Four, and while Gruffudd and Chiklis were there to reminisce about their time in the blue suits, Popverse was there to capture the conversation
Grant DeArmitt
Inside Date Everything: Ms. Marvel co-star Anjali Bhimani on voicing a bathtub woman in the year’s weirdest romance game
Bhimani, who plays Bathsheba in the game where you get to... well, Date Everything, figures she probably got a similar call to all of the other Critical Role and Dimension 20 stars that are in the dating sim
Grant DeArmitt
Members Access
The people crave a Berserk anime but the story's bizarre structure makes that nearly impossible
I love the Golden Age arc as much as anyone but there is so much more to Berserk that should be in an anime adaptation.
Trent Cannon
Made in '87: Rewinding to the movies, comics, games, and TV shows that define pop culture to this day
Why 1987 became one of pop culture’s most important years across movies, games, TV, and comics.
Chris Arrant
How to watch the big NYCC 2025 panels
Popverse members get to watch the big panels from NYCC 2025 before anyone else, including panels for Hazbin Hotel, Critical Role, the new Game of Thrones prequel, and more.
Chris Arrant
Latest
How farts can help you find your soulmate, according to Bob's Burgers cast
Forget love languages: Bob’s Burgers stars say the only dating rule that matters is “don’t fear the fart”.
Celia Rose Gooding gets candid about saying goodbye to Strange New Worlds: “We’ll cry later — right now, we still have a universe to save”
As Strange New Worlds enters its last chapter, the crew reflects on their Star Trek legacy: “This family lives far beyond the series."
Kiefer Sutherland wouldn’t mind if The Lost Boys was remade today: It's "a compliment”
For Kiefer Sutherland, the continued interest in The Lost Boys isn't a bad thing
The Daggerheart romantasy campaign With Love and Magic is coming “fast” as Critical Role tests a digital-first release strategy
After Critical Role's Matt Mercer announced it earlier this year, we've been waiting on details regarding Daggerheart's With Love and Magic campaign. And at PAX unplugged 2025, we got to ask for details from the developers
To me, my X-Men cast! Watch as Professor X star James McAvoy and Kitty Pryde Eliot Page reunite at NYCC 2025
Kitty Pryde (Page) and Charles Xavier (McAvoy) made New York Comic Con 2025 their own X-Mansion, and Popverse was there to record it
The future of live play isn’t “another Critical Role” or Dimension 20 says Anjali Bjimani— it’s whatever wild new thing creators dare to try
Why the next era of TTRPG live play will reward the weird, the risky, and the unapologetically original.
DC Comics' Absolute Batman succeeds because “new and legacy can coexist” — unlike the 'New 52' era says Scott Snyder
Scott Snyder believes DC went against its instincts with the New 52 and those mistakes are being avoided with the Absolute line
Predator was defined by the man behind the effects of Aliens, Terminator and Jurassic Park
The only monster ugly enough to make a xenomorph look cuddly could've have had an entirely different (and probably worse) design. Thankfully, the man who designed the Terminator, Stan Winston, had other plans
DC never stopped making Vertigo books, the only thing that disappeared was the logo says DC's Chris Conroy
Vertigo editor Chris Conroy says the DC imprint never went away; they just stopped using the logo
The Princess Bride cast discuss why the 1987 movie remains so funny today: "Comedy is serious business"
Playing it straight might not be the most natural thing to do in a comedy, but it is what makes The Princess Bride work so well
Critical Role's Matt Mercer and a bit of restraint are the secret sauce to making Shroud the biggest villain of Dispatch Season 1
AdHoc Studio devs say they're surprised they're "not getting more shit for" how little Shroud is in Dispatch Season 1, but they found the right amount of Matt Mercer to give us.
AdHoc Studio explains why the Dispatch game's comics are still canon — even when they contradict the game
AdHoc Studio knows that the comics present the death of Mecha Man differently than the Dispatch game, but that doesn't mean they aren't canon.
RoboCop looked so good because the movie had almost no budget, declares director Paul Verhoeven
RoboCop director Paul Verhoeven believes the film’s tight budget forced them to get creative
Voice acting legend Jennifer Hale believes Hollywood is overlooking voice actors and doesn't understand why
The Metal Gear Solid and Mass Effect star says that Hollywood isn't taking advantage of the massive talent that voice actors have for the live action remakes coming out.
Is Predator a horror franchise? The original filmmakers had to keep it from slipping into a different genre
Predator producers did not want audiences thinking they were watching a war movie despite hiring actual soldiers, the A-Team stunt guy, and the folks that did Commando
DC Comics' Absolute bosses "touched live wires" during the 'New 52' — now they’re using those lessons to avoid old mistakes
DC’s Absolute imprint is soaring, and its editors credit hard-won experience during 'The New 52' for shaping a smarter relaunch.
How Spider-Man’s Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade balloon was saved by a fired Marvel boss — and Ronald McDonald
The chaotic true story behind Spider-Man’s 1987 Macy’s parade balloon and the Marvel fight that fixed it.
“Happy as a pig in shit”: Paul Giamatti says his Starfleet Academy role fulfills a lifelong Trek dream
For years Paul Giamatti wanted a Star Trek role, and thanks to Starfleet Academy, it’s finally happening
DC Comics has a message for the Absolute Batman TikTok guy: “We love it. Thank you.”
The team behind Absolute Batman has been overwhelmed by the series success on TikTok
NBC had concerns about The Golden Girls cast, until they realized Bea Arthur’s roughness and Betty White’s sweetness cancelled each other out
NBC was worried that Bea Arthur would be too mean for The Golden Girls, until they realized Betty White’s sweetness cancelled her out
Star Trek’s Melissa Navia loves playing Ortegas because, unlike Spock or Pike, she gets to chart her own course
Melissa Navia says creating a brand-new hero in Strange New Worlds is freeing — and producers already have big plans.
Why DC thinks 2026 is the perfect time to bring Vertigo Comics back: "It’s for all the genres superheroes can’t touch"
DC bets on a bold Vertigo relaunch as Chris Conroy says comics still need a home for the strange, smart, and unruly.
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To me, my X-Men cast! Watch as Professor X star James McAvoy and Kitty Pryde Eliot Page reunite at NYCC 2025
Kitty Pryde (Page) and Charles Xavier (McAvoy) made New York Comic Con 2025 their own X-Mansion, and Popverse was there to record it
Grant DeArmitt
WATCH: Tubi presents Breaking Bear, starring Brendan Fraser, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Annie Murphy, and Elizabeth Hurley, at NYCC 2025
Before they star in Tubi's newest animated adult comedy, Breaking Bear, Fraser, Gellar, Murphy, and Hurley were at New York Comic Con 2025 to tell fans all about it. Popverse was there too, and we were filming
Grant DeArmitt
Superman's optimism, the possibility of Dispatch season 2, and the Matt Mercer effect - What the Dispatch developers say about the hit superhero game
Adhoc Studio's Dispatch devs explain how optimism, streamers, and risk shaped their breakout success.
Trent Cannon
Emerald City Comic Con
Star Trek legend William Shatner will beam into Seattle for Emerald City Comic Con 2026
Trekkies and Trekkers, listen up! William Shatner will be a guest on Friday and Saturday at Emerald City Comic Con 2026
Jules Chin Greene
Fallout and Twin Peaks star Kyle MacLachlan is returning to the Pacific Northwest for ECCC 2026!
The Fallout, Portlandia, Blue Velvet, Showgirls, and Twin Peaks icon will be at Seattle's Emerald City Comic Con 2026 on March 7 and 8, and you can join him
Graeme McMillan
Yellowjackets stars Sophie Nélisse and Courtney Eaton are flying up to Seattle's Emerald City Comic Con 2026
The stars of the Showtime series Yellowjackets will be appearing at ECCC 2026 Saturday and Sunday during the four-day pop culture event in the Pacific Northwest
Graeme McMillan
All the guests, panels, booths, coming to Seattle's ECCC 2026 (announced so far, at least!)
From Critical Role to X-Men writer Chris Claremont and more, here's everything coming to Emerald City Comic Con 2026 in Seattle.
Chris Arrant
Made in '87
Kiefer Sutherland wouldn’t mind if The Lost Boys was remade today: It's "a compliment”
For Kiefer Sutherland, the continued interest in The Lost Boys isn't a bad thing
Jules Chin Greene
Predator was defined by the man behind the effects of Aliens, Terminator and Jurassic Park
The only monster ugly enough to make a xenomorph look cuddly could've have had an entirely different (and probably worse) design. Thankfully, the man who designed the Terminator, Stan Winston, had other plans
Grant DeArmitt
The Princess Bride cast discuss why the 1987 movie remains so funny today: "Comedy is serious business"
Playing it straight might not be the most natural thing to do in a comedy, but it is what makes The Princess Bride work so well
Trent Cannon
RoboCop looked so good because the movie had almost no budget, declares director Paul Verhoeven
RoboCop director Paul Verhoeven believes the film’s tight budget forced them to get creative
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
Dispatch
Critical Role's Matt Mercer and a bit of restraint are the secret sauce to making Shroud the biggest villain of Dispatch Season 1
AdHoc Studio devs say they're surprised they're "not getting more shit for" how little Shroud is in Dispatch Season 1, but they found the right amount of Matt Mercer to give us.
Trent Cannon
AdHoc Studio explains why the Dispatch game's comics are still canon — even when they contradict the game
AdHoc Studio knows that the comics present the death of Mecha Man differently than the Dispatch game, but that doesn't mean they aren't canon.
Trent Cannon
Dispatch game devs say fan distrust of Blonde Blazer shows how cynical modern superhero stories have become
What Dispatch and Superman say about our increasingly cynical world.
Trent Cannon
How the Dispatch season 1 ending was changed at the last second to call players out for their romance choices
Dispatch devs reveal the hilarious late-game twist they added after players tried romancing everyone.
Trent Cannon
Critical Role
The Daggerheart romantasy campaign With Love and Magic is coming “fast” as Critical Role tests a digital-first release strategy
After Critical Role's Matt Mercer announced it earlier this year, we've been waiting on details regarding Daggerheart's With Love and Magic campaign. And at PAX unplugged 2025, we got to ask for details from the developers
Grant DeArmitt
Critical Role's Darrington Press turns limitation into invitation with new TTRPG - "If it doesn't fit on a card, it's not Daggerheart"
I'm quoting producer Elise Rezendes and lead codesigner Rowan Hall here - both of whom explained Daggerheart's less is more philosophy at PAX Unplugged this year
Grant DeArmitt
Critical Role’s Daggerheart team explains what makes a great TTRPG adversary in new monster pack reveal
Specifically, we asked designers Rowan Hall and Spenser Starke, plus producer Elise Rezendes, what makes for the best beast. And it isn't the "tiny numbers" on their stats page
Grant DeArmitt
D&D icons are rebooting Acquisitions Incorporated with a fresh Daggerheart-powered adventure
Dungeons & Dragons titan Jeremy Crawford announced at PAX Unplugged '25 that the first real actual play show (arguably) is switching TTRPG systems to Critical Role's own Daggerheart
Grant DeArmitt
Stranger Things
How Stranger Things season 5 could be waking up in an American Chernobyl for the town of Hawkins, Indiana
The end of Stranger Things season 4 featured ominous imagery reminiscent of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster
Jules Chin Greene
Stranger Things star David Harbour on the Netflix show’s fearlessness in hitting those Star Wars and Lord of the Rings “power chords”
The Netflix hit doesn't really try to reinvent the wheel; instead, Stranger Things tries to borrow the wheels invented by Star Wars and Lord of the Rings.
Trent Cannon
All the Stranger Things melee weapons ranked using Dungeons & Dragons rules
The characters in Netflix's Stranger Things have used all kinds of weapons to fight monsters. Which one is the best melee weapon?
Jules Chin Greene
Sadie Sink's Max Mayfield Is the True Hero of Stranger Things — And could be the heart of the show’s series finale
Sadie Sink's character, Max, is Stranger Things's most heroic character, because of her fight against Vecna in season 4
Jules Chin Greene