You could go outside. Button up your winter coat and venture into the February air to watch the first spring flowers burst through frost-rimed soil as proof of life’s continual, surprising triumph against the cold and the dark. But really, is that worth the bother? Inside is where it’s really happening. Inside is where the…
For all that fans have, and will ever continue to, argue about what is canon in the world of Doctor Who, the fact remains that it is a world of fuzzy edges, edges will only get fuzzier now that Russell T Davies has introduced “the Doctor-verse”. The TV series itself is like a piece of…
With changing release dates, surprise announcements, and an ever-fluid development landscape, it can be a challenge to keep track of every single video game coming out in a given year. 2024 may not have titles like Baldur’s Gate 3 or Spider-Man 2 on the horizon, and Sony has confirmed it won’t be releasing any new…
They’ve all done it. Agatha Christie invented Ariadne Oliver. Kurt Vonnegut invented Kilgore Trout. Stephen King invented Paul Sheldon… Novelists can’t resist putting novelists at the centre of their books, often for sly satires on fandom, fame and the publishing world itself. Now, mega-successful crime author Richard Osman has written a book about a mega-successful…
This post contains spoilers for Scarlet Witch & Quicksilver #1. Who are Quicksilver and the Scarlet Witch? Most would say that they are Marvel superheroes, twin members of the Avengers and, sometimes, the X-Men. And while those answers aren’t wrong, the truth has always been a bit more complicated when it comes to these two….
As an over-40 on the Gen X/Millennial cusp (I’m Generation Catalano, for census purposes), modern teenagers unsettle me. On screen. On buses. On the street with their midriff out and no coat on. I feel a powerful urge both to protect them and for them to stay 100 metres away from me at all times….
This Madame Web article contains spoilers. “With great power comes great responsibility” might be the most important line in superhero fiction. It crystalizes a theme present in the best superhero stories even before Spider-Man‘s debut in 1962’s Amazing Fantasy #15, Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster’s Superman tales and Bill Parker, and C.C. Beck’s Captain Marvel…
Since its launch on February 8, Helldivers 2 has become the talk of the gaming world. While the first Helldivers was seen as a fun cooperative action title, it never really rose above the level of a cult classic. Comparatively, Helldivers 2 is quickly setting both player count and sales records. It’s also getting people…