It looks like Ronin’s time in the MCU has come to an end. Or has it? Ronin was/is the murderous, vigilante ninja-esque identity Clint Barton adopted in Avengers: Endgame (opens in new tab) following his entire family of four being removed from existence by Thanos’ Snap. In the now-completed (but …
Read More »Dolmen is a Soulslike whose opening level reflects the dreaded Blighttown
Dolmen is a Soulslike. Okay, fair enough, the game that was recently voted the greatest of all time casts a long shadow. As a fan of FromSoftware’s action-RPG series, and the genre it has since inspired, I’m hardly complaining. Throw a sci-fi setting into that mix and I am well …
Read More »RTX 3050 vs Radeon RX 6500 XT: which budget GPU is right for you?
The Nvidia RTX 3050 vs Radeon RX 6500 XT matchup is going to be hot stuff in 2022. And this was highlighted and confirmed recently when CES 2022 became a battleground for entry-level video cards looking to fight their way for market dominance on both sides. AMD announced the RX …
Read More »Hawkeye – what Yelena Belovas comics history could tell us about her MCU future
Yelena Belova, the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s current Black Widow, set out to kill Clint Barton at the behest of Eleanor Barton (via Contessa Valentina Allegra de Fontaine) – but… spoilers ahead… by the end of Hawkeye episode 6, the finale of the Disney Plus streaming series, she and Clint have …
Read More »15 movies like The Matrix to watch next
You’ve watched The Matrix. You’ve seen Reloaded and Revolutions, and you’ve blitzed through Resurrections already. So, what now? Well, where do we start? The Matrix directors, Lana and Lilly Wachowski, have a substantial filmography to dig into, for one thing. From their neo-noir debut Bound to their 2015 space opera …
Read More »Will there be RTX 30-series restocks over Christmas?
With Christmas coming ever closer as we burn through December, should you expect an RTX 30-series restock over the festive period? While we don’t have a definitive answer of things to give you, our time spent tracking the likes of RTX 3070 stock and RTX 3080 stock (among others) has …
Read More »Have you tried… a city builder without the chaos of, well, cities in Dorfromantik?
The majority of city builder games come with a generous helping of stress. Unsatisfied residents, death, disease, pollution, waste, looming energy crises… the list goes on. But with Dorfromantik, I’ve put it straight at the top of my list of the best city-building games because it comes with absolutely zero …
Read More »The 25 best Spider-Man moments from the movies
Tom Holland’s Spider-Man may be a young man, but the web-slinger’s cinematic history is long and storied. In fact, there are few characters who have been played by so many actors, and with Spider-Man: No Way Home now in cinemas, there’s plenty of reason to revisit the wall-crawler’s history. Below, …
Read More »Forspoken puts magic at the center of everything, from combat to exploration
In Forspoken, I watch as protagonist Frey darts and dives across an area of Athia. The soles of her sneakers illuminate with light over a dusty, barren landscape, and a translucent trail effect follows behind as she jumps across a gap between two mountain ridges. After landing on an open …
Read More »Superman & Lois: How the superhero show is putting a new spin on the Man of Steel
This article was first published in the March 2021 issue of SFX – republished online to mark the release of Superman & Lois on iPlayer. Absolutely no superhero can match the impact of Superman. Created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, the Man of Steel first appeared in 1938’s Action …
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