The Mummy review

However much of a trainwreck you think it will be, it's even more of one than that.

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TV/FILM

SpongeBob SquarePants Has Always Been Anti-Capitalist

“Every crab’s goal in life is to earn a million dollars,” says Bikini Bottom’s restaurateur, Mr. Krabs. So begins SpongeBob SquarePants season three, episode 13: “Clams.” In gratitude, this blowhard of a boss thanks his reliable workers, SpongeBob and Squidward by taking them on vacation. What unravels in the next eight minutes of Jaws…

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In ‘Highfleet,’ the Imposing Interface is the Point

Getting into Highfleet takes some doing. It starts with a tutorial for moving its hulking airships across the desert world, sort of, but there’s a reason the game labels that segment a “prologue,” since you’ll likely come out the other end with only a slightly less fuzzy grasp of the…

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The Terror: Infamy, “A Sparrow in a Swallow’s Nest” Review

The Terror, Dan Simmons’ horror/sci-fi novel on which the first season of AMC’s horror anthology series of the same name was based, is so titled as a play on the Royal Discovery Service ship Terror, aboard which much of the season occurs. The show’s second season, subtitled Infamy, is still…

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REVIEWS

Lost Judgment Side Cases – Locations, Kappa Statues, & Answers

Yagami has enough on his plate as it is, but that won’t prevent the citizens of Lost Judgment from asking for help. As you roam the streets of both Kamurocho and Ijincho, you will encounter townsfolk in need of detective work. There are a total of 42 substories across all…

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Lost Judgment Side Cases

GUIDES

Every Destiny 2 Raid, Ranked From Worst to Best (2022)

Destiny raids are the bread and butter of the series for a great many players. And you’d be hard pressed to find a bad one in Destiny 2! After years of developing the six-player activity in the first game, Bungie really found its footing in the sequel, delivering a great…

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LISTS

Genshin Impact Kokomi Guide: Best Build & Team for Patch 2.1 (September 2021)

She couldn’t land a Critical Hit if her life depended on it, but Sangonomiya Kokomi’s ability to shoot tiny Hydro fish whilst gracefully floating in the air totally makes up for it. She’s the leader of the Resistance Army against the Vision Hunt Decree (not exactly best friends with Raiden…

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GUIDES

Mastering the Chief: The Evolution of Halo’s Iconic Hero

If you only ever played the first Halo game, Halo: Combat Evolved, you’d be forgiven for thinking the franchise has a rather one-note protagonist. From the outset, Master Chief appears as just another typical military commando, but if you dig deeper you’ll discover a whole host of weird facts and…

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Fans Want Classic Paper Mario, and Bug Fables Proves it Still Works

Conversation around the Paper Mario franchise in recent years has been tense at best, but usually full of frustration from longtime fans. It’s a long-standing grievance of the Paper faithful that the franchise has “died,” giving up the core components that initially defined it. It’s easy to dismiss these concerns…

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Bug Fables

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Why are there so many elves in videogames?

How did elves get so popular, and why are so many tall, fancy, Tolkien-esque ones into our videogames? History has a few answers.

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How Tony Schiavone’s AEW Comeback Saved His Reputation

I can’t think of another person in wrestling who has had the career trajectory of Tony Schiavone. Yes, wrestling has seen a million comebacks, but this is more than a comeback. Imagine working at a career for over a decade and a half and leaving at your lowest point, at…

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WRESTLING

Remember When Keanu Reeves Played Hamlet? Slings & Arrows Remembers

Everyone’s favorite dog-loving, Matrix-thwarting, time-traveling movie star Keanu Reeves is back in the press thanks to John Wick 3. He’s been especially talkative this go ‘round, reminding us (as if we needed reminding) of why we love the guy so much. In particular, he reveals a lot of information in…

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