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Last month, we passed along Modern Vintage Gamer’s (MVG) confident assertion that Doom is functionally impossible to run on the Neo Geo, owing to the console’s sprite-based display hardware and lack of a frame buffer. We all should have known better than to tell a dedicated group of hackers that something is “impossible,” though, as…

DC Comics has been putting out superhero stories since before World War II started, giving readers the colorful adventures of some of the greatest heroes ever created. Back then, superhero names were rather simple (did you think Superman, Batman, or the Flash were complex?); they described the hero pretty accurately most of the time. They…

Nintendo’s lawyers are flexing their legislative brains as I write this. I’ll take this opportunity to introduce Sakumon, an all-new monster-collecting title that has just launched on mobile platforms, but it comes with a twist. It’s a toys-to-life game, which means you collect little figurines and link them to your device, unlocking the pocket-sized creatures…

There are a ton of great things to enjoy in 2022’s “The Batman.” It makes Bruce Wayne (Robert Pattinson) a legit detective in trying to unravel the rot at the heart of Gotham; and it manages to flesh out its world without rehashing things like Bruce’s parents’ deaths, which so many films have done before. Our…

Marvel Comics did a fantastic job of incorporating science fiction and more cosmic storytelling into their books. DC had been doing cosmic stories for years, with Superman, Green Lantern, Adam Strange, and numerous others all having adventures in the cosmos. Cosmic Marvel stories were quite different from DC, though; there was a scope to them…

Description (from Kirkus Reviews): When Marjane Satrapi’s graphic memoir Persepolis is abruptly pulled from classrooms in Chicago Public Schools, a diverse ensemble of teens at Curtis Tech express their outrage. Best friends Aoife and Kendall plan a walk-out protest. Student journalists Xochitl and Jackson are determined to use the power of the press to make…

This article contains spoilers for My Adventures with Superman season 3 episode 5

Texas (KTRK) – A 13-year-old boy playing video games was shocked in the stomach when lightning struck his Texas home

Some anime are one-and-done. Others? They pull you back in the moment you hear the opening theme. Suddenly, you’re telling yourself you’ll “just watch one episode, and before you know it, it’s 2am, you’re emotionally attached all over again, and somehow Episode 19 has broken your heart for the second (or fifth) time

Superheroes are many things. They are embodiments of all of our best traits, excellent examples of skills and power, and some of the most fashionable people in fiction. Superhero costumes have been an essential part of their comics since the very beginning. Superman’s costume was designed to resemble a circus strongman’s uniform, standing out and…