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Nothing pulls the rug out from a great show like killing off a fan favorite character. Done right, that kind of death can become one of a show’s defining moments — a tragic but memorable twist that fans talk about for decades. But done wrong, a single bad character exit on TV can undo years…

Nothing pulls the rug out from a great show like killing off a fan favorite character. Done right, that kind of death can become one of a show’s defining moments — a tragic but memorable twist that fans talk about for decades. But done wrong, a single bad character exit on TV can undo years…

First impressions may count for a lot, but lastimpressions are arguably even more crucial where video games are concerned, because how a game closes out will surely influence how we view the entire experience.

I didn’t know when I started watching it that I was watching “anime.” This was the 1980s. We didn’t have Crunchyroll. Hell, we didn’t have Internet. This was the era when the Atari 2600 was considered state-of-the-art gaming.

Remember rushing through dinner on a Tuesday to catch the 8 p.m. episode of your favorite show? The shift from scheduled TV to endless streaming has transformed viewing habits and production schedules, leaving some fans nostalgic for the predictability of weekly episodes. A redditor wrote their TV hot take on r/unpopularopinion: “Streaming has ruined TV…

I get a lot of suggestions for articles and this is one of them. A few months ago someone suggested I do a piece laying out exactly how and why entertainment journalism has gotten so bad. It’s a question I didn’t even know the answer to 100% until I started looking into it. But like…