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The Saddest Plot Twists in Video Games

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Red Stewart presents the saddest plot twists in video games… What can we say? Sometimes video game storytelling is so powerful, it touches us for the worse. We get so invested in a character or events, that when an unfavorable outcome occurs, we can’t help but feel morose. With so many games being narrative driven, […]

Creepy Video Game Characters Who Will Send Chills Down Your Spine

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Red Stewart presents five video game characters who will make you shiver… Sometimes the best way to distinguish a character from their surrounding cast is to give them a colorful personality. Take this one way and they’re the comic relief. Take it the other way, though, and you now have a borderline-sociopath in your setting: […]

Exclusive Interview – Co-writer Dave Sirus chats about The King of Staten Island

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Tai Freligh interviews The King of Staten Island co-writer Dave Sirus… Known for his early prank interviews as fictitious reporter Brick Stone with the Westboro Baptist Church, Dave Sirus has established a name for himself in the comedy world with his Emmy-nominated writing on Saturday Night Live and Triumph the Insult Comic Dog. Now, in The King of […]

The Biggest Baddest Best Boss Battles!

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Red Stewart presents 5 epic boss fights in video games… What is it about giant bosses that makes them so fun to fight? “The bigger they are, the harder they fall.” Well yes, but that doesn’t quite answer our question. Maybe it’s because of the whole ‘David vs. Goliath’ trope. The idea of you, a […]

5 Seriously Disappointing Boss Fights in Video Games

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Red Stewart presents a look at the most disappointing boss fights in video games… Boss fights don’t quite make or break a game, but they can definitely be a big plus. Fighting an enemy that requires smarter playing than usual can be a rewarding experience. And when a developer puts the time into it, these […]

Video Game Preview – Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout

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Shaun Munro digs into the closed beta for Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout… First announced at E3 2019, Devolver Digital’s Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout is a Battle Royale game with a difference; there aren’t any guns, and you don’t have to kill anyone. The 60-player online elimination game is instead presented as a game show-style obstacle course, […]

5 Heart-Wrenching Moments in Video Games

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Red Stewart presents 5 of the most depressing moments in video games…. I know everyone claims they want to just boot-up Mario, kick back, and forget about the melancholy of the world, but deep down we want to experience something that will draw an emotion out of us. Popcorn entertainment has its role, but it’s […]

5 Brutal Superhero Beatdowns

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Red Stewart presents five brutal superhero beatdowns… Long before comic books became mainstream, Joseph Campbell taught us about the archetypes of the superhero and supervillain, one of those being the triumph of good over evil. Prior to that happening, though, the hero has to undergo a crisis of faith wherein they hit rock-bottom and have […]

90’s Comic Book Movies: The Good, The Bad, The Awful | Flickering Myth TV

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EJ and Allen discuss the good, the bad, and the awful of 1990’s comic book movies in the latest episode of Flickering Myth TV… We’re truly in the Golden Age of Comic Book Movies right now, but it hasn’t always been this way… In the latest episode of Flickering Myth TV, EJ Moreno and Allen […]