For Companion hero Iris (Heretic’s Sophie Thatcher), the movie begins as a fairy-tale romance by way of rolling fruit: She and Josh (Jack Quaid) lock eyes in a grocery store produce aisle. He tries to be smooth, but fumbles and knocks over an entire display of oranges. They laugh together,...
All your questions about the Fantastic Four’s cosmic baby Franklin Richards, answered
In the opening scene of Marvel Studios’ Fantastic Four: First Steps, Sue Storm (Vanessa Kirby) discovers that she’s pregnant and breaks the news to her husband and fellow superhero team member Reed Richards (Pedro Pascal). Reed freaks out about normal parent stuff, like babyproofing their retro-futuristic home/headquarters, the Baxter Building....
The best weapons in Assassinâs Creed Shadows
The best weapons in Assassin’s Creed Shadows give you the proper tools to smack all the nasty ronin and unfriendly bandits you’ll come across.As each legendary weapon has a unique gameplay perk — not to mention the usually higher stats — they’re typically more useful than lower-quality weapons. Together with...
Absolute Martian Manhunter’s mind-bending finale stunt only works in physical copies
All of DC Comics’ Absolute titles have been swinging for the fences. The line, featuring classic characters reinvented for a darker universe than the main DC timeline, has been packed with stellar work. This past Wednesday, though, the final pages (or… page?) of Absolute Martian Manhunter #1 took things to...
Deltarune is the Switch 2âs sleeper hit
It’s been a winding road for the quasi follow-up to indie RPG darling Undertale. Deltarune’s episodic release has left fans waiting for a long time between installments, with Chapter 1 hitting in 2018, Chapter 2 releasing in 2021, and Chapters 3 and 4 available in 2025. The fifth part is...
Hades 2 has earned as many ‘final’ patches as it needs
Supergiant pushed another final Hades 2 patch ahead of the roguelike’s eventual 1.0 launch — yes, another final update, after the previous final update on July 2. I was ready to crack a joke at this latest patch, comparing Supergiant to certain musical artists who perform a dozen farewell tours...
Landfill Layer Banandium Gem locations in Donkey Kong Bananza
In Donkey Kong Bananza, the Landfill Layer is the tenth layer and it’s full of, well, trash. But scattered amid the rubbish is a bunch of Banandium Gems. Inside this heap of garbage, you’ll need to search behind metal scrap, dirt, and loads of debris to to collect all of...
Racing Layer Banandium Gem locations in Donkey Kong Bananza
In Donkey Kong Bananza, the Racing Layer is home to the Diddy Kong and Dixie Kong and, of course, Banandium Gems. The duo finally make their appearance on the eleventh layer where you can find them racing alongside Rambi and a bunch of other rhinos. The bananas on this layer...
Could the next Among Us be this co-op game about an Irish urban legend?
The burgeoning “friendslop” genre isn’t prepared for its scariest — and most personal — entry yet. Eyes of Hellfire is an upcoming co-op horror game in which 3-5 players must collectively survive in a house of horrors while working to deduce who they can and cannot trust, and the developers...
Every MCU movie, ranked
The latest installment in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Fantastic Four: First Steps, launches Phase 6 of the MCU, after the wrap-up on the messy, delayed, heavily revised Phase 5. First Steps points toward a cleaner, simpler direction for the MCU: It takes place in its own alternate universe (“Earth 828,”...