How David Ellison Took Control of Paramount And Changed The Hollywood Landscape
The Skydance-Paramount merger closed quietly. The restructuring of Hollywood’s accountability system did not.
Month: February 2026
Streamers Raise Concerns Over Discord’s New Age Verification Policy
Upon hearing about Discord’s new age verification policy, I felt very much 50/50 on the new rules. On one hand,…
Print is a Dying Art: A Sad Reality
Growing up, I would always dream of one day having my photos printed and displayed in art galleries around the…
Bracket 3 MTG Commander Tournament:
My LGS, Sci-fi Factory is holding a bracket 3 commander tournament the entire month of March. The winner of the…
Scarborough Renaissance Faire 45th Annual Season:
(Photo by me from the 2025 season taken on Ilford color film) “Since 1981, Scarborough Renaissance Festival has been a…
LEGO Pokémon Set Sells Out as Resale Prices Soar
LEGO’s first-ever Pokémon theme set featuring Venusaur, Charizard, and Blastoise sold out within a day, with resale prices on eBay reaching nearly double retail. The limited-edition 18+ collector’s item
World of Warcraft: Midnight Officially Launches
World of Warcraft: Midnight officially launches on March 2, 2026 at 3pm PST (6 pm EST). Epic Edition players can…
Late to the Game: My Run-Through so Far in Expedition 33
(screen shot taken during game play) Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 was released on April 24, 2025. Why did I wait…
Xbox Has a New CEO. Gamers Hear “AI.” Seamus Blackley went on record saying he believes Xbox is being “sunsetted” in favor of AI. Microsoft and Xbox are Over.
Microsoft gave Xbox a new boss and the internet reacted the way it always reacts when you change the pilot…
The Backrooms Trailer Made Me Feel Hopeful, Which Is Rude
I went into the Backrooms trailer with the emotional posture of a person opening a group chat titled “IMPORTANT.” I…
Marathon Gameplay Leaks: Early Access Footage, Meta Shifts, and What Bungie’s Extraction Shooter Actually Feels Like
Featured image: The UESC Marathon overhead. (Source: marathonthegame.com) For months, Marathon discourse has lived in the abstract: trailers, feature lists,…
Sony’s New PS5 Deals Run Through March 9, 2026 — Here Are the Hardware, Game, and PS Plus Highlights
Featured: PS5 console + DualSense. (Image: Wikimedia Commons) Sony has kicked off a major PlayStation 5 promotional push in the…
Aimee’s Top Summer Tours: 5 Artists Sure to Rock the Arena
Going to concerts was not a huge part of my upbringing. As I got older and gained more freedom, I…
The Highly Anticipated Ninja Turtles MTG Set Looks Like a Major Disappointment
First Look at the Set: Upon first glance at this new Magic the Gathering set, it seems like Universes Beyond…
The Slop Era: How AI Laziness is breaking Democracy (and how Veribeat is fixing it)
The modern newsroom is quieter than it used to be. The chaotic, smoky, adrenaline-fueled hum of the mid-20th century beat…
The Dragon Without Fire: Amazon’s Yakuza Betrays the Spirit of Yakuza Game Series
Kamurocho’s real-world DNA: Kabukichō at night. (Image: Wikimedia Commons) The franchise origin point. (Image: Wikimedia Commons) To adapt Yakuza—Ryu Ga…
Mentally Challenged Space Cadets Unite! Starfleet Academy is the End of Competence
There was a time when Star Trek was about the smartest people in the galaxy solving impossible problems with wrenches,…
The Seven-Hundred Dollar Question: Who is the PS5 Pro Actually For?
PS5 Pro’s new three-stripe silhouette. (Image: PlayStation.Blog) When Mark Cerny appeared on screen for the technical presentation of the PlayStation…
Dragon Age: The Veilguard Almost Destroyed AAA Gaming: the Death of Grit
Dragon Age: The Veilguard key art. (Image: BioWare / EA via The Verge) There was a specific texture to the…
Revisiting Switch 2 Rumors vs What We Got
Nintendo headquarters, Kyoto. (Wikimedia Commons) Yeah, we heard a lot of rumors. But what were we wrong about? Let’s re-visit…