‘Cooking Mama’ Meets ‘Iron Chef’ In Steam’s Most Charming New Management Sim

Gambir StudioCooking in real life can be just as enjoyable as eating what you’ve made. Choosing ingredients, stirring, chopping, minding temperature — all the things you have to keep in mind to make a good meal also make it fun. But for all the games that feature...

5 Years Later, Tony Hawk Pro Skater 3+4 Improve The Original In One Important Way

In 2020, Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater made an unlikely return in the form of an excellent remaster of the first two games in the series. It had been five years since the abysmal Tony Hawk Pro Skater 5 left a sour taste in fans’ mouths, and developer Vicarious Visions did a...

38 Years Later, An Iconic Sci-Fi Parody Is Bringing Back Its Secret Weapon

MGM FilmsWe’re living in a new golden age of film franchises across Star Wars, Marvel, DC, Jurassic Park, and the dozens of other reboots, remakes, legacyquels, and prequels. That’s why it’s so surprising that it’s been a while since we’ve had a decent parody movie....

Pixar’s New Original Movie Is Borrowing A Clever Trick From ‘Into the Spider-Verse’

PixarDisney and its frequent collaborator at Pixar are known for their innovative spirit — at least, that was definitely the consensus a few years ago. Despite basically writing the book on the animated blockbuster, a formula that saw Disney dominating in the ‘90s and...

The Secret Reason Why Apple TV+’s Wild Star Trek Spoof Looks So Good

Apple TV+In Murderbot Episode 6, SecUnit (Alexander Skarsgård) has a near-fatal experience. Or, whatever you want to call a near-fatal experience for a SecUnit might feel like. But, within this episode, “Command Feed,” our hilarious hero takes solace, once again, in...

‘Stranger Things’ Big Spinoff Is Capitalizing On An Exciting Hollywood Trend

NetflixThe world of Stranger Things will never truly leave us, and that’s not just because the Duffer Brothers are determined to drag and Sony’s Spider-Verse films, two hugely influential additions to a new school of animation.Ever since Spider-Man: Into the...

Superman Finally Gives Us Our First Look At DC’s Most Surprising Superhero Team

DC StudiosThe wait for our new Superman is nearly over, and with his debut also comes our first look at James Gunn and Peter Safran’s DC Universe. Trailers have already teased a world much more colorful and boisterous than DC’s former Extended Universe, setting the...

16 Years Later, The Oldest Sci-Fi Show Is Reviving A Risky Strategy

BBC StudiosDoctor Who has always been a kids’ show, but things have shifted a bit, especially since the 2005 reboot. The show has developed a reputation for being a bit too scary for kids, forcing them to “hide behind the sofa,” a term that has become synonymous with...

Nintendo’s Switch 2 Upgrade Quietly Made The Original Game Worse

NintendoNintendo nonchalantly announced a bunch of Splatoon news this week in the strangest way possible. But those announcements bode well for the future of the series. Not only would the newly launched Switch 2 get an exclusive single-player spinoff game, but they...

Hatsune Miku Invades The Most Original Rhythm Game On Steam In A New DLC

Brace Yourself GamesBack in 2015, Brace Yourself Games released Crypt of the NecroDancer, an unlikely mashup of rhythm games and dungeon crawlers that worked way better than anyone could have predicted. It followed it up last year with Rift of the NecroDancer, a more...

Did James Gunn Just Reveal ‘The Batman Part II’ Is More Important Than We Think?

Warner Bros.The DC Cinematic Universe contains a bunch of pocket universes. There are the CW shows, the Snyderverse, the Nolanverse, and the multiple attempts to kickstart a franchise from over the decades. Now, however, there seems to be a formal delineation of what...

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The Legend Of Zelda’s $10 Switch 2 Upgrade Is Actually Worth It

NintendoWhen unpacking my Nintendo Switch 2 for the first time, I didn’t expect a 2023 game I had already sunk 70 hours into to be the title that pulled me in the most. But with its mostly one-note launch lineup (there’s only so much Mario Kart one can play before...

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