June 2018

5 Minutes

Television | Reviews

Luke Cage: “Soul Brother #1”

T. Dawson June 22, 2018

The smartest thing that Luke Cage does in its season two premiere, “Soul Brother #1,” is start in the middle of the action. This has always been a show that embraces its setting more than most...

2 Minutes

Tech

EU Votes On Copyright Law That Will Ruin The internet

B. Simmons June 22, 2018

All the bacon in the world, couldn’t save you now. The European Union just passed an initial vote in favor of the Copyright Directive. Thankfully, that doesn’t mean it’s gone through, yet; it still...

1 Minute

Video Games

Minecraft Trailer Highlights Switch-Xbox Crossplay

B. Simmons June 21, 2018 1 Comment

Sony continues to be salty. Nintendo just reeased a new trailer for Minecraft on the Switch. Notably, it highlights the crossplay capabilities between the Switch and Xbox One. And not the PS4. The video...

2 Minutes

Tech

Supreme Court Votes in Favor Of States Collecting Online Sales Tax

B. Simmons June 21, 2018

Death and taxes. Today, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of allowing States to collect sales tax from online retailers. The decision strikes down a decades-old precedent that protected out of state retailers from...

1 Minute

Video Games

Shadowrun Returns Deluxe is Free on Humble Bundle

B. Simmons June 21, 2018

Dikote everything, Street Samurai. Humble Bundle has another freebie for you right now: Shadowrun Returns Deluxe. The Deluxe version not only gets you the base game, but also the Anthology DLC and the soundtrack...

1 Minute

Television News Video Games

Westworld: The Maze Brings a Take of Choose Your Own Adventure to Alexa

B. Simmons June 21, 2018

I see a red door and I want to paint it black. If you’re over a certain age, you might remember when Choose Your Own Adventure books were still a big thing. After the...

1 Minute

Movies Tech

AMC Takes on MoviePass With Their Stubs A-List Program

B. Simmons June 21, 2018

Shots fired! MoviePass has leaked a little blood into the water, and the long adversarial AMC took notice. Because now, they’re launching a competing service under their Stubs reward program titled Stubs A-List. For...

1 Minute

Movies

The Star Wars Story Films are Going on the Back Burner

B. Simmons June 20, 2018

Tie to speculate away, I guess. It’s not exactly a secret that Solo: A Star Wars Story has sort of underperformed at the box office. Doubly so when you consider just how much Disney...

1 Minute

Comics Television News

Funko is Making a Dead Yamcha POP!

B. Simmons June 20, 2018

He trained with King Kai, and then was basically never relevant again. Look, we all love a good dead Yamcha joke. Like, an 8th of Team Four Star’s thing for a while was just...

2 Minutes

Video Games

Sega and Atlus shine at E3 2018

J. Luis June 20, 2018

SEGA / ATLUS had an incredible showing at E3 2018. Leading up to the show, the company announced three new games headed to the West, including the highly-anticipated Persona 3: Dancing in Moonlight and Persona...

4 Minutes

Random Access Video Games

American Girl Now Offers an Xbox Gamer Set

B. Simmons June 20, 2018

Yeah, I’m as mystified as you are. Look, full honesty, I just spent about a week making fun of the sort of people that wear stuff that proudly proclaims that they both went to...

1 Minute

Television News

Next Generation Sequel May be in the Works

B. Simmons June 20, 2018

Engage. After the ouster of former Star Trek: Discovery showrunners Gretchen Berg and Aaron Harberts, Alex Kurtzman was chosen to replace them. And he brings with him a cornucopia of new Star Trek shows....