Tag: EDITORIAL

Geek Pick of the Week: Arcade1Up’s Mortal Kombat II Deluxe Cabinet

For our latest Geek Pick of the Week, we're diving back into Arcade1Up's line-up, with their Deluxe model release of Mortal Kombat II. As the Holiday season approaches, we’re bringing back our Geek Pick of the Week. Each week leading up to Christmas, we’ll be highlighting a cool product we’ve found that we feel would be the perfect gift for geeks of all kinds. Use...
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PlayStation at 30: 5 Best PlayStation Franchises That Need To Be Revived

Celebrating the 30th anniversary is fun for all PlayStation fans, especially with Sony sending us down a nostalgia trip with the original boot up sound on the PS1. Along with multiple videos celebrating their history and countless games that came about because of PlayStation. While certain franchises like Crash Bandicoot and Spyro started on PlayStation, they are no longer IP owned by Sony, but...
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Five Films Made Better For Ignoring Its Franchise’s Own Continuity

In an age where interconnected stories are all the rage, some of a franchise’s best entries were those who tossed continuity to the curb....
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Our Favorite Moments From DC FanDome

DC FanDome brought a full day’s worth of exciting panels and announcements. Our contributors have gathered to share their favorite moments. No one was...
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Should Older Blockbusters Get The Remaster Treatment?

As I've gone back to enjoy more and more older films over the past few months, an idea keeps sticking in my head: Would...
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Inception’s Ending is Still Perfect 10 Years Later

Today marks ten years since the release of Christopher Nolan's Inception. To celebrate, I'm looking back at it's most important moment... There are so many...
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Of Heroes and Failure: Revisiting The Empire Strikes Back’s Best Scene 40 Years Later

On the 40th anniversary of Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back, I take a dive into how it delivers on one of the most...
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The Pirates of the Caribbean Franchise’s Biggest Hurdle is Jack Sparrow

With the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise taking up the limelight at the moment, I take a look at how the central character became...
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Changes We’d Like in the PlayStation 5: Fixing Online Only Trophies

While the impending release of the next-generation is always exciting, there are some improvements we'd love to see. Today, we're talking about trophies. PS5...
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Oddworld’s Munch Deserves Another Chance at the Spotlight

The Oddworld franchise is filled with interesting characters and themes, but we make the case for why Munch deserves another chance to shine. With Oddworld:...
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From the Archives: Playing ‘Till the Cows Come Home: Why Stardew Valley is the Game of the Decade

Editor's note: This article first published on December 24, 2019. When asked to consider what I feel my “game of the decade” is I had...
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The Last of Us is Still the Perfect Halloween Horror Game

With Halloween upon us, I decided to take a look back at Naughty Dog's The Last of Us and how it manages to be...
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We Need More Films Like The Beach Bum

As we approach the Summer Movie Season and the various blockbusters it brings, we take a look at why The Beach Bum is exactly...
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Redefining the Action Genre: The Lasting Impact of The Matrix and Yuen Woo-Ping

The 90s provided a wealth of action movies from the campy to the iconic. At the tail end of the decade, however, The Matrix came in and changed the way action films appeared on screen and how they were made. Today, I’m taking a look at how it drastically altered the Action Movie genre, the key person behind it.

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