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Console do-overs through the ages Nintendo’s newly unveiled Wii Mini (opens in new tab) might have provided momentary distraction from the company’s touch screen-toting big-ticket release, but the downsized budget-console hardly came as a surprise. After all, the one-size-only GameCube was the exception to a long-standing rule–one established in the …

This means war Two of the biggest shooter franchises unleashed their latest entries into their respective series this holiday season, which automatically spurs the question, “Which one is better?” Treyarch’s Call of Duty: Black Ops II brings the setting to the near-future, improves the multiplayer systems, expands on the popular …

The Hatching Dante subtly shifts gears into horror movie territory as the Gremlins hatch out of their slime-laden cocoons. The scene is all the more effective thanks to the terrified Gizmo, who watches in horror from the safety of a motorcycle helmet. Aww. The New Batch While it isn’t quite …

Mystery, Inc. The Detectives: Talk about the ‘spirit’ of the 1960s – four kids and their talking Great Dane drive around in a psychedelic Chevrolet Sportvan unmasking crooks disguised as monsters. Why They’re Cool: Regardless of the specific merits of the live-action Scooby-Doo (2002) and its sequel, be honest – …

Crossovers happen in games all the time. Capcom fighting games have been at it for years, and SoulCalibur (opens in new tab) has taken the idea to ridiculous lengths (Kilik vs. Darth Vader, anyone?). But that’s not the stuff we’re talking about here. That stuff never approaches canon legitimacy. It’s …

Amidst endless videogame journalism controversies (opens in new tab) and “Fake Geek Girl” controversies (opens in new tab) , it’s easy to forget that Twitter’s just a bit of fun sometimes. We can’t imagine ever tiring of Damon Lindelof’s endless trolling of people who abuse him on Twitter, for example: …

A quick look at gaming’s increasingly cinematic AAA blockbusters makes it abundantly clear that mainstream games are trying harder to emulate movies all the time. But the thing is, they needn’t bother. Because as games become an ever more mainstream medium, films are increasingly taking cues from them. While the …

Join us as we chart the history of the Call of Duty series via the visual medium of Call of Duty box art, from 2003 to 2012. Along the way we will discover many fascinating things and make many artistic observations. You might learn something. You might not. But one …

“PS” is a perfect example of the sort of little character moments at which Doctor Who excels. Intended as a DVD extra, but not filmed due to time constraints, it’s an epilogue to “The Angels Take Manhattan”, written by Chris Chibnall and with a voice-over by Arthur Darvill. It’s a …

We know President Obama’s health care reforms weren’t very popular with the Republicans, but we’re not sure he suggesting that a vote for Mitt Romney was a vote for voluntary euthanasia the age of 30. But his impression of Box from Logan’s Run is uncanny… • More Attack Of The …