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Zombie fiction usually highlights the worst in humanity - so why did I leave 28 Years Later filled with hope?
Heads up: Part of this 28 Years Later review is going to be me venting at Danny Boyle and Alex Garland for making me cry at a horror movie
June 20, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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The Coldest Open: How Danny Boyle introduces an all new type of zombie (and an all type of new zombie movie) in 28 Days Later
Even before we meet Cillian Murphy's Jim or get a facefull of zombies that *can actually run,* Boyle and screenwriter Alex Garland hook us for what's become the most innovative zombie movie of this century (so far)
June 20, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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From Tomo-Chan to Oshi No Ko: How some of your favorite manga creators got their start in hentai [Popverse Jump}
Want to know who the next big manga star? Start reading some hentai. No we're not joking.
June 20, 2025
Trent Cannon
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28 Years Later ending explained: Danny Boyle returns to the Rage Virus, sets up The Bone Temple
What happens, who dies, and what's next in the long-anticipated zombie sequel 28 Years Later
June 20, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
Features
The case for listening to audiobooks: accents [If It Bleeds, We Read]
I'm a freak who likes to listen to audiobooks at 1x speed for good reason: to hear all the wonderful accents
June 19, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
Features
Before KPop Demon Hunters, these three fake bands topped our charts (That Thing You Do!, Josie & The Pussycats, Popstar) [For Your Consideration]
We love comedies with bands that we wish were real, and Popstar, Josie and the Pussycats, and That Thing You Do! delivered that thrill even before Netflix's new KPop Demon Hunters
June 18, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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What to Watch July 2025: Summer's bringing Sci-Fi and Sharks to Netflix, Prime Video, Hulu, Crunchyroll, and more
Star Trek, Shark Fest, and a whole lotta anime - get ready for a blockbuster summer from the comfort of your very own couch
June 17, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Meet Eric Pearson: Marvel Studios' unheralded fixer that helps save movies like Avengers: Endgame, Ant-Man, Fantastic Four, and Blade [Marvel Matters]
Some call Eric Pearson the MCU script doctor, the Marvel Studios closer. But for Marvel Studios, they just call him... frequently.
June 17, 2025
Chris Arrant
Features
Jurassic Park is about the hardships of working in academia, and it treats both scientists and nature with respect
Not to be an old man romanticizing the past, but the first Jurassic Park film captured why we need to listen to scientists now more than ever
June 17, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
Features
The new Spy x Family manga arc is the most badass Yor has been since the Cruise Arc in season 2
The Spy x Family manga continues to deliver great moments and stunning art - plus Yor Forger beating the snot out of an incel. What's not to love?
June 16, 2025
Trent Cannon
Features
Lord of the Rings' John Rhys-Davies hijacks our interview to talk Shakespeare, James Bond, and LotR (of course!) [Popversations]
John Rhys-Davies, who you might know as Gimli from Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings, schools us on how to be a gentleman actor at C2E2
June 16, 2025
Ashley V. Robinson
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Why we can't have a great Superman video game (and it isn't because he's too strong) [Gamify My Life]
The reason for Superman (and most of DC's) failure in gaming is because of Batman's overwhelming success.
June 16, 2025
Trent Cannon
Features
The Coldest Open: Sean S. Cunningham's Friday the 13th is un-campy camp horror with a killer score
In the first edition of The Coldest Open, where we judge the most infamous opening scenes of horror history, we're tackling the movie that introduces us to the Voorhees family
June 13, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
Features
The Summer Anime season return of Kaiju No. 8, Sakamoto Days & Dan Da Dan are forcing me to break my vow of watching less anime [Popverse Jump]
With the return of Panty & Stocking, Kaiju No. 8, and Dan Da Dan looming, plus new shows like Leviathan and The Summer Hikaru Died - and Demon Slayer and Chainsaw Man movies coming, I'll never have free time again.
June 13, 2025
Trent Cannon
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45 years ago, The Death of Phoenix changed the X-Men (and superhero comics) forever - or at least, until the next Marvel retcon changed everything all over again
Amazingly, the X-Men creators' original plan wasn't even to kill off Jean Grey for the Phoenix's genocidal actions - but then Marvel editor-in-chief Jim Shooter stepped in
June 13, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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From one generation’s Horror Stephen to another: introducing Stephen Graham Jones to my father [If It Bleeds, We Read]
My dad launched my lifelong love of horror with Stephen King, so I've returned the favor by introducing him to Stephen Graham Jones
June 12, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
Features
Lore Corner: How to Train Your Dragon character guide - The dragons (and riders) you need to know ahead of Universal's live action reboot
Sure you've heard *How* to Train Your Dragon, but do you know *Who* to Train Your Dragon? We'll let you know ahead of the DreamWorks live-action remake
June 12, 2025
Ashley V. Robinson
Features
Star Trek has my perfect disability story with Strange New Worlds' Captain Pike
It's not Star Trek's Captain Pike who can't accept his fate; it's everyone around him. In my experience, that's sooooooooo true to life.
June 12, 2025
Ollie Kaplan
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Donny Cates' Ultimate Spider-Man pitch was to create a Spider-Man for grown-ups and not the kids Marvel has with its other Spider-Men
Inside Donny Cates' goal to "break" Peter Parker "as hard as you can" with his Ultimate Spider-Man.
June 11, 2025
Chris Arrant
Features
Popeye, Scooby Doo, and Speed Racer walked (and drove) so that How to Train Your Dragon could fly [For Your Consideration]
Breathing live-action life into animated classics is hard. Here are three movies that did it even before How To Train Your Dragon: Popeye, Scooby-Doo and Speed Racer
June 11, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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The unrepentant queer love of HBO's The Last of Us is an act of resistance
HBO's The Last of Us shows that even in the most desolate and hopeless of circumstances, queer romance can be a source of strength and joy.
June 11, 2025
Avery Kaplan
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The business of the comic and toy business, according to Spawn creator & Image Comics co-founder/president Todd McFarlane
Todd McFarlane on the secrets of his success, the inspiration for Spawn, his desert island pieces of media, and more.
June 10, 2025
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
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Every difference between the live-action How to Train Your Dragon movie and the original animated version
Not much has changed between the 2025 movie and the 2010 animated How to Train Your Dragon, but a couple of differences have a big impact.
June 10, 2025
Trent Cannon
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The How to Train Your Dragon live-action remake doubles down on the original's emotional core by making one small (but important) change
The relationship between Hiccup and his father was always the emotional payoff in How to Train Your Dragon and the remake adds some scenes to highlight that.
June 10, 2025
Trent Cannon
Features
Why Doctor Doom isn't going to be in The Fantastic Four: First Steps, and why its the right move again for Marvel Studios [Marvel Matters]
Marvel Studios' The Fantastic Four: First Steps will be the first FF movie with no Doctor Doom, and the studio & the director have a good reason for that (but also a loophole).
June 10, 2025
Chris Arrant
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How the A24 horror movie Hereditary made me feel less alone following the unexpected death of my husband
The unlikely trauma bond I developed with Toni Collette's Annie from Hereditary.
June 10, 2025
Tyler Doupe'
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Ranking the likelihood of each Jedi's death on Charles Soule’s Star Wars: Trials of the Jedi book cover [Rebel Rouser]
It's the High Republic y'all, heads WILL roll in Charles Soule's Star Wars finale book, Trials of the Jedi
June 09, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
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The biggest hurdle to the Switch 2 isn't the high price of the console or games - it is the success of the Switch [Gamify My Life]
When the Switch launched in 2017, Nintendo had a library of great Wii U games that no one played that they could port over. The Switch 2 has a slightly different problem.
June 09, 2025
Trent Cannon
Features
I have a hunch why Mike Flanagan worked so much Back to the Future into The Life of Chuck
With the caveat that I do not fully comprehend the brilliance of The Life of Chuck's director Flanagan, or its author, Stephen King, I at least have a theory as to why one scene felt straight out of Hill Valley High
June 06, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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What do Aggretsuko and Chainsaw Man have in common? They're both about how much capitalism sucks [Popverse Jump]
An adorable red panda and a man made of chainsaws are both telling you that working in an office is terrible - if you're willing to listen to them.
June 06, 2025
Trent Cannon
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Batman: Dark Patterns feels both impossible and impressive
The current Dark Patterns miniseries from DC and creators Dan Watters and Hayden Sherman is a future classic Batman comic
June 05, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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M3GAN, meet W1ll1am, horror lit’s creepy new AI villain [If it Bleeds, We Read]
In honor of our scary android bestie M3GAN returning for M3GAN 2.0 this month, let's take a look at W1ll1am by Mason Coile
June 05, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
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Before The Life of Chuck, Stand By Me, The Running Man, and The Shawshank Redemption showed another side to Stephen King [For Your Consideration]
Stand By Me, The Running Man, and The Shawshank Redemption showed just how versatile movie adaptations of Stephen King books could be decades before The Life of Chuck wowed audiences
June 04, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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Jurassic Park: Where the cast is, 32 years later
What has the Jurassic Park cast been up to since 1993?
June 03, 2025
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
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Popverse Picks: The best trailers that are almost as memorable as the movies they're promoting - The Exorcist, Superman, Friendship, and more
From classics like Alien and The Exorcist to the latest from A24, we have strong opinions about trailers.
June 02, 2025
Trent Cannon
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My best game of 2025 so far is a relaxing game about running a purgatory tea shop called Wanderstop [Gamify My Life]
I bought Wanderstop to relax and run my own tea shop, but I fell in love with the existential crisis it gave me.
June 02, 2025
Trent Cannon
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Steel Ball Run is so different from every other JoJo's Bizarre Adventure arc that I never thought it would get an anime [Popverse Jump]
When the whole premise of the arc is that is completely unconnected to the rest of the series, it isn't surprising that Steel Ball Run remains one of the most divisive storyline in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure.
May 30, 2025
Trent Cannon
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"I'm not the bad boy of comics anymore": Inside the life of Donny Cates
Donny Cates revamped Marvel's Venom and almost did the same for Ultimate Spider-Man - but instead he spent the last two years rebuilding himself.
May 30, 2025
Chris Arrant
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Sliding into your DMs: Dimension 20 creator Brennan Lee Mulligan gets chatty ahead of Fantasy High and its Hollywood Bowl debut
Ahead of D20's Battle at the Bowl and Cloudward, Ho premiere, Dropout star and Worlds Beyond Number host Brennan Lee Mulligan sat down with us to discuss, among other things, a chicken fillet with googly eyes
May 29, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Ever wondered what the difference between a voice dub and a voice match is? Voice actress Kari Wahlgren breaks it down for you
Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man's Kari Wahlgren explains the various forces impacting a voice role performance
May 29, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
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Beyond binge-watching K-dramas on Netflix: There’s a new wave of short Korean crime novels translated into English
Korean arts and culture have never more influential around the world, and now this extends into the world of literature
May 29, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
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After two years, Marvel Comics' Knull co-creator Donny Cates begins his comeback this summer with a "very, very weird book" that is "the biggest thing I've ever done in my entire life"
Donny Cates talk about his Marvel past, his comics future - and if DC and Marvel are a part of it.
May 29, 2025
Chris Arrant
Features
Popverse Picks: LGBTQIA+ movies to watch for Pride month!
Celebrate Pride with these queer romantic comedy films
May 28, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
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The cast of AMC's Mad Men: 10 years after the series finale, here’s where they are now
Where is the cast of Mad Men now?
May 28, 2025
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
Features
DC Comics highlights the 100-year-old gay bar that has been in Gotham longer than Batman
Safe spaces, queer places: opening the doors to the 100-year-old gay bar you didn't know existed inside DC Comics' Gotham City.
May 28, 2025
Chris Arrant
Features
Ferris Bueller's Day Off, The Breakfast Club, and Over the Top all deserve the Karate Kid Legends treatment [For Your Consideration]
Why should The Karate Kid be the only '80s teen classic to get a full-scale revival? We have three other all-timers from the genre we'd like to nominate for similar treatment: Ferris Bueller's Day Off, The Breakfast Club, and Over the Top.
May 28, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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Marvel's Ultimate Spider-Man reboot is a "weird and lonely experience" for Donny Cates as its original writer because he now sees himself as its star Peter Parker
Donny Cates says he was developing the Ultimate Marvel reboot for five years before a near-fatal car accident took it away from him, and there's unresolved feelings seeing it now without him.
May 28, 2025
Chris Arrant
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Marvel Comics' original Ultimate Spider-Man reboot writer Donny Cates opens up on where he's been, where he's going, and how he's been
What really happened to Donny Cates, according to Donny Cates.
May 28, 2025
Dave Buesing
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Watch the Dan Fogler Live Q&A from London's MCM 2025!
Known for his roles in The Walking Dead and the Fantastic Beasts films, Dan Fogler took the MCM Main Stage to chat about his roles in some of the biggest fanbases on the planet
May 28, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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How I Met Your Mother: Where the cast is, 20 year later
What has the How I Met Your Mother cast been up to since the 2014 series finale?
May 27, 2025
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
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Fire Emblem star Brianna Knickerbocker dishes on her voice acting career, including Demon Slayer, Genshin Impact, Seven Deadly Sins, more at London's MCM
Brianna Knickerbocker talks about her VA career, ranging from videogames like Genshin Impact, Astral Chain, Catherine Full Body and anime like Demon Slayer, Re:ZERO and Carole and Tuesday.
May 27, 2025
Chris Arrant
Features
SpoilersThe Last of Us season 2 ending explained, what will happen in season 3, and why we think there's a season 4 ahead [Lore Corner]
What happened to Ellie, Dina, Abby & the rest in The Last of Us season 2 finale? We're going to tell you everything, so don't proceed unless you're ok with spoilers
May 26, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Nintendo hasn't cared about graphics as much as others since the Game Boy and that is why the Switch was such a success [Gamify My Life]
Nintendo hasn't tried to compete with Sony or Microsoft in terms of graphical power and the Switch 2 will be no different.
May 26, 2025
Trent Cannon
Features
Ru Paul's Drag Race stars Arantxa Castilla la Mancha and Scarlett Harlett took over the MCM Comic Con stage - and we filmed it all!
Our Spanish Hannah Montana and everyone's favorite cockney princess did their thing in MCM's Meet the Queens: Arantxa Castilla la Mancha and Scarlett Harlett.
May 26, 2025
Chris Arrant
Features
Watch In Conversation with David Tennant from London's MCM 2025!
The Doctor (or Demon, your call) was in as David Tennant takes the Main Stage for London's MCM Comic Con 2025
May 24, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning ending explained: What happens, who dies, and what's next after the latest M:I movie
Big spoilers ahead for the latest Tom Cruise actioneer. Don't read on unless you've already seen Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning (or want it all spoiled for you)
May 23, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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Tom Cruise slips up as Mission: Impossible gets lost in fan service with The Final Reckoning
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning plays out like a movie where filmmakers have become self conscious about the reaction to the last movie in the series and want fans' approval too much
May 23, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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Deadpool and My Hero Academia's All Might punching Thanos is still the best crossover team-up in Marvel history [Popverse Jump]
The Merc With A Mouth was never more relatable than when he was fanboying over teaming up with All Might in Deadpool Samurai
May 23, 2025
Trent Cannon
Features
The Sentry in Marvel Studios' Thunderbolts* is Spider-Man for depressed people like me
After years of feeling alienated from the MCU, I've found a hero I see myself in with The Sentry from Thunderbolts*
May 23, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
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How Giant-Size X-Men #1 rescued a franchise and changed the shape of Marvel’s publishing empire forever
Inside the giant-sized X-Men revamp that saved Marvel's mutants, using inspiration and rejected ideas from two DC projects.
May 22, 2025
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
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If It Bleeds, We Read: How the Hunger Games' Sunrise on the Reaping makes revolutionary ideas legible for YA readers
Suzanne Collins's latest Hunger Games prequel book doesn't shy away from political theory
May 22, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
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For Your Consideration: Before Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning, we uncovered perfect spy movies in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Skyfall, and... Confessions of a Dangerous Mind?!?
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning might put Tom Cruise into spy retirement, but we have some other agents worth your attention
May 21, 2025
Graeme McMillan
Features
Remember the fantastical & the failures of SEGA's Dreamcast
Sega created the PS2 before the PS2 with its Dreamcast - but that wasn't enough to avoid the death of Sega's console dreams. Here is that story.
May 21, 2025
Chris Arrant
Features
The blue collar Dark Knight of Absolute Batman is the Batman I need right now
When money is the one thing missing from Batman's toolbelt, Bruce Wayne is even more resourceful and more Batman.
May 21, 2025
Carl Waldron
Features
Watch the Nickelodeon Avatar: The Last Airbender cartoon reunion from London's MCM x EGX
Watch as Zach Eisen (Aang), Jack De Sena (Sokka), Michaela Jill Murphy (Toph), and Jenie Kwan (Suki) talk all things ATLA.
May 20, 2025
Chris Arrant
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Inside the mind & stories of Stephen King's detective for our time, Holly Gibney, ahead of his new novel Never Flinch
Here’s where to find the backstory for Never Flinch’s Holly, and why it’s worth catching up with her story.
May 20, 2025
Avery Kaplan
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Marvel Matters: The MCU has grown from movies to TV series & cartoons - but MCU comics? It's tougher than you think
The idea of MCU comics is as old as the MCU itself, but despite owning a comics company Marvel Studios hasn't been able to make it work (although they've tried).
May 20, 2025
Chris Arrant
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Elden Ring Nightreign fixes my biggest problem with the original and all the Soulsborne games - my overthinking and analysis paralysis
I am very acquainted with the bonfire of Elden Ring.
May 20, 2025
Carl Waldron
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Popverse Free Preview Week: Celebrate our 3rd anniversary by seeing all the articles, columns, and panel videos you're missing!
Get a Popverse membership at a discount and see what you've been missing.
May 19, 2025
Chris Arrant
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Lore Corner: HBO's The Last of Us season 2 rewrites Pearl Jam history, but it works
The Last of Us Part II players know that Pearl Jam's Future Days plays an important role in the game, but there's something you should know about how it was worked into the show
May 19, 2025
Ashley V. Robinson
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Hear your favorite video game music as you never have before with the Level Up! Vocal Ensemble from ECCC '25
Level Up! Vocal Ensemble: A Video Game Music Concert was filmed live at Emerald City Comic Con's Pine Stage. Put some headphones in and have a listen now
May 19, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Popversations: Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man's Kari Wahlgren walks us through voice acting career and her action figure collection
In our latest edition of Popversations, a members-only video interview series, Ashley V. Robinson talks to Kari Wahlgren about her career voicing characters in Marvel, DC, Star Wars, and beyond!
May 19, 2025
Ashley V. Robinson
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Watch the Blue Lock anime reunion with the voice actors behind Yoichi, Rin, and Megura from MCM x EGX
Ricco Fajardo, Matt Shipman, and Drew Breedlove talk Blue Lock at London's MCM x EGX.
May 19, 2025
Chris Arrant
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Gamify My Life: The most important part of The Elder Scrolls: Oblivion was always the bugs and I'm glad the Remaster kept them in
If the game isn't straining under the weight of the developers' ambition, it wouldn't be Oblivion.
May 19, 2025
Trent Cannon
Features
Popverse Picks: Asian Pacific American comics and books that break the mold
Celebrate AAPI Heritage Month with this edition of Popverse Picks
May 19, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
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James Tynion IV & Michael Walsh's Exquisite Corpses is gamifying a battle royale murder party - and it makes me want to play the game (if they make one!)
It's Clue meets Magic: The Gathering in the killer comic Exquisite Corpses
May 19, 2025
Carl Waldron
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Lore Corner: Who are the Seraphites? The Last of Us season 2 sets up a major big bad for season 3
Who are those cultists from The Last of Us season 2, episode 5, and what do those scars mean? Let's talk about the Seraphites
May 16, 2025
Ashley V. Robinson
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Watch NowWatch the Cosplay Central Costume Showcase from Chicago's C2E2 2025
See your favorite anime, video game, TTRPG, and even mascot characters come to life at the Cosplay Central Costume Showcase, filmed at C2E2 2025
May 16, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Watch NowNo city 'Yes, And's like Chicago, as the Second City improv troupe proved at C2E2 '25
Couldn't make the hysterical performance of Chicago's legendary improv program as they performed at McCormick Place? Don't worry, Popverse was there to catch the laughs
May 16, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Watch NowWatch as Red Dead Redemption 1 and 2 stars Roger Clark (Arthur Morgan) & Rob Weithoff (John Marston) saddle up one more time for a reunion from Chicago's C2E2 2025
It was high noon in Chicago as Roger Clark and Rob Weithoff came to C2E2 for the Outlaws for Life panel. But if you weren't fast enough on the draw, you can still see the whole thing here
May 16, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Watch NowWatch Patton Oswalt's new Effervescent comedy special from this year's C2E2
To be fair, we couldn't catch the smell, but we did record all of Patton Oswalt's Effervescent stand-up show at Chicago's premiere pop culture event
May 16, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Watch NowRelive the C2E2 Talent Show, 2025 edition, right here!
Popverse was there for all the singers, stand-ups, and spectacles... and we're bringing the event directly to you
May 16, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Ignore the marketing, Lazarus is not Cowboy Bebop 2.0 - and I'm thankful for that [Popverse Jump]
While it is easy to compare Shinichiro Watanabe's latest anime to his most iconic work, Lazarus is so much more than a rehash of Cowboy Bebop.
May 16, 2025
Trent Cannon
Features
Solo Leveling season 3 may take much longer than you think to get a release date, with Crunchyroll saying the studio is busy with other things
We're looking at a long delay for Solo Leveling season 3, despite most of the staff being up to work on it.
May 16, 2025
Trent Cannon
Features
ABC's Lost cast: 15 years after that series finale, here's where they are now
What have the Oceanic Flight 815 survivors been up to since Lost ended? We found out.
May 16, 2025
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
Features
For Your Consideration: Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Halloween and Scream perfected the horror sequel years before Final Destination: Bloodlines
Whether perfecting the formula, subverting it, or simply ignoring it, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Part 2, Scream 2, and Halloween III are some of the greatest horror sequels ever made
May 14, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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How Andor introduced a new kind of Star Wars hero
What Star Wars: Andor teaches us about everyday rebellion.
May 13, 2025
Gavia Baker Whitelaw
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The Alexandria RPG Library at PAX East connected me to the tabletop games of yore
The Alexandria RPG Library is a massive collection of out-of-print TTRPG books, and I went nuts at PAX East over them
May 12, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
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HANK: Drowning on Dry Land is Batman: The Animated Series, if Batman could manipulate time and was always drunk
Playing HANK: Drowning on Dry Land at PAX East 2025 brought me back to a beloved part of my childhood, while giving me something I haven't seen in gaming before now
May 12, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Carnies on Consoles: A shocking personal realization from PAX East 2025 concerning the connection between spectacles from ye olden days and now
Talk about "geek" culture! Get it? Because PAX East and carnivals both... nevermind
May 12, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Popverse Picks: The best Stephen King movie & TV (and more) adaptations, from one King fan to another
It's maybe the greatest horror movie of all time, but King himself doesn't like it - so let's just skip Stanley Kubrick's The Shining altogether and get into some other things based on Stephen's works, yeah?
May 12, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Tom Cruise's Final Reckoning - How the Mission: Impossible movies embrace time but reject aging
While time shapes the world around Tom Cruise's Ethan Hunt in the M:I franchise, it leaves the secret agent (and the actor) himself untouched.
May 12, 2025
Leon Miller
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Upend your ideas of what a "cozy game" is with this political indie game about post-colonial Southeast Asia
Compensation Not Guaranteed by Toge Productions is a gorgeous and hard-hitting look at post-colonial governments in Southeast Asia
May 11, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
Features
Affinity for complexity: A Wizards of the Coast executive revealed how they gauge how complex (or how simple) to make a Magic: The Gathering set like Final Fantasy
The Complexity Dial isn't a new card in Magic: The Gathering - it's an internal mechanic Wizards of the Coast uses to make the best product for fans.
May 11, 2025
Chris Arrant
Features
Magic: The Gathering's Final Fantasy set is more complex because Final Fantasy fans are already gamers, but is that what Final Fantasy fans want?
Magic: The Gathering’s crossover with Final Fantasy wants to be an entry point into both franchises for the two fandoms
May 10, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
Features
I have finally met the PAX Pin Man here at PAX East (and his iconic 40 pound trenchcoat full of over 1000 pins)
For 14 years, one man has sought to collect every pin that Penny Arcade & PAX has ever made. He has collected over 1600 in the past 14 years, and he wears it all on one trench coat - but he space for three last ones he's missing.
May 10, 2025
Chris Arrant
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4,000 cans of Red Bull, live art & more: Inside the novel PAX East creator lounge for artists, streamers, and creators
Red Bull cans say they will "revitalize their body and mind", and here at PAX East, they're doing that with the drink and a lounge for creators.
May 09, 2025
Chris Arrant
Features
PAX East 2025’s Pokémon booth has made me realize how old I actually am
“PAX East 2025 reminded me that Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire came out in 2003!” “Alright, grandpa, pack it in.”
May 09, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
Features
The Spy x Family ending is going to be Loid realizing he loves being a dad or I'm going to riot [Popverse Jump]
Twilight's journey in Spy x Family is inevitably heading toward him realizing that being a dad is important to him and I can't wait to see it happen.
May 09, 2025
Trent Cannon
Features
How to be a D&D Dungeon Master, according to Wizards of the Coast's game director James Wyatt and principal game designer James Wyatt
At MCM x EGX 2024, Wizards of the Coast held a TED Talk-level explanation of how to be a D&D DM - and we have it for you.
May 09, 2025
Chris Arrant
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