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See AllI love that Cyclops is cool again
Plus Marvel's finally recanonizing the Punch Dimension, from what I've heard!
Witch Hat Atelier fixes the biggest problem with magic-focused anime
Excellent essay! Appreciate the effort to acknowledge that tropes are just tools, and that Witch Hat Atelier isn't necessarily better than Frieren because of its emphasis on the methodology of magic, it's just a different kind of good.
Forza Horizon 6 turns giant anime robots into a surprisingly emotional experience
Gareth eh, some folks just love looking for reasons to gripe
PlayStation adding player counts for PS5 games doesn't help anyone
Yeah, that's a very good point about the player count data potentially skewing folks into focusing less on quality and more on popularity of games. I think there's a loud and vocal minority of gamers who just like seeing games they like statistically vindicated and games they dislike be statistically reviled, and making those numbers more accessible is just going to exacerbate that toxicity
James Tynion IV never expected Something Is Killing the Children to become this big
Tynion's without doubt one of the best writers in the modern comic industry. I'm glad to see his original work getting the respect it deserves!