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90’s Horror TV Shows That Ended Too Soon

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Marvelous Videos with seven 90’s horror TV shows that ended too soon… Horror may appear most prominently through movies and video games, but it’s had just as successful a life on television as those other mediums. You go back to the Gothic-inspired soap opera Dark Shadows to the FX anthology series American Horror Story. The 90s, in particular, […]

Best Sword And Sorcery Anime That Are Exceptionally Good

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Marvelous Video presents some fantasy anime worth a peek… The Medieval Times weren’t any more unrealistic than any other era in human history, yet for some reason an entire genre of speculative fiction has formed around simple concepts like gentry, knights, and kingdoms. They romanticize it to ridiculous heights, throw in epic lance fights, and […]

Oni: The Lost Cyberpunk Child of Bungie and Rockstar

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 CryMor Gaming presents a look into the troubled history of a little game called Oni… Creating a memorable cyberpunk title is a hard-sell for indie developers, but you would think major companies like Bungie and Rockstar would have no problem with it right? Well, they actually took a swing at this concept back in 2001. […]

How Nicalis Crashed The 90’s Arcade Racer

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CryMor Gaming on Nicalis and The 90’s Arcade Racer… It’s always sad when a game genre dies. Sometimes it’s because its mechanics haven’t aged well, other times it’s because of pure oversaturation in the market. But still, there are other times wherein it’s a company that has deliberately ruined any goodwill that could be gained […]

The Rise and Downfall of Gearbox Software

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CryMor Gaming presents the rise and downfall of Gearbox Software…. Can you separate the art from the artist? This is a debate that has hit every single medium known to mankind, from literature to movies to, yes, even gaming. We all have our favorite franchises and series, but we have to acknowledge that sometimes the […]

8 Great Peter Weller Movies That Aren’t RoboCop

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Marvelous Videos presents 8 hidden gems from Peter Weller’s filmography… Corporate marketing, hyperviolence, overly-optimistic hope in the future. It wasn’t hard to see what director Paul Verhoeven and writers Edward Neumeier and Michael Miner were trying to tackle in iconic 1987 picture RoboCop. American society had been so consumed by these aspects that it begged someone […]

Yakuza, Gambling, and Love Hotels?! The Crazy History of Nintendo Revealed

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CryMor Gaming presents a look into the backstory of the Nintendo Company… When you think Nintendo, images of family friendly, coop fun probably swarm your head. Super Mario Bros., Zelda, Donkey Kong, heck even the darker franchises like Metroid and Star Fox don’t run into the gritty trend seen from other game companies like Sony and Microsoft. And yet, […]

Long Live the King: Underrated Stephen King Adaptations Worth Your Screams | Marvelous Videos

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Marvelous Videos presents 10 underrated Stephen King adaptations…. It’s appropriate that author Stephen King has such a last name- he has been widely credited with both pioneering and expanding on the horror genre, significantly building on the contributions of such authors as Charles Brockden Brown and H.P. Lovecraft. King’s name is so iconic in the […]

Tears in Rain: Rutger Hauer’s Underrated Film Gems | Marvelous Videos

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Marvelous Videos with a selection of cult classics from Rutger Hauer’s filmography… The “Tears in Rain” monologue from Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner stands as one of the best speeches in film history. It perfectly captured questions of humanity, existentialism, and mortality that we all think about at some point or another. And yet, it would not […]

8 Modern Blaxploitation Movies Worth Checking Out | Marvelous Videos

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Red Stewart presents modern blaxploitation films that capture the genre…. In the 1970s, Shaft helped launch an entire cinematic movement focused on simultaneously embracing, turning, and cash milking stereotypes about African Americans. This came to be known as “blaxploitation,” a portmanteau of the words “black” and “exploitation” (the latter referring to a B-movie subgenre of […]