WWE Recap: Who’s Left?

I don’t pretend to understand why WWE does the things they do; decisions seem to be made like a freshman year film major writing their first script. It’s whatever seems most shocking in the moment, regardless of how it will serve them in the long run. Last weekend, they released…

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WRESTLING

Teamfight Tactics Set 2 Classes Guide – All TFT Classes as of Patch 9.22

Take everything you know about Teamfight Tactics and throw it out of the nearest window. With Patch 9.22, Riot Games is launching TFT Set 2. It comes with an entirely new cast of champions with few exceptions. Because of this, most of the previous classes, champions, and more have all…

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GUIDES

Nicolas Cage in a Post-Ironic Universe: On a Decade of Cagesploitation

Nicolas Cage is an actor forever associated in the popular imagination with his most outrageous scenes. In 2016’s Dog Eat Dog, for example, Cage sprays ketchup and mustard bottles on a shirtless Willem Dafoe. In 2018’s Between Worlds, his character reads from the book “Memories by Nicolas Cage” while he…

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FEATURES

The New Day and Black Power In WWE

I need to begin this piece by acknowledging that I am not the right person to write it, that despite my own marginalization I am a white woman and, as such, regardless of whether or not I am seen as a woman or a man, the institution of American policing,…

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Does the Gaming Industry Miss Having E3 Around?

In this week’s episode of Spawn on Me, host Kahlief Adams shares his thoughts about his favorite and most anticipated games from Summer Game Fest. He also digs into the conversation around whether E3 still has a space to flourish in the current gaming coverage climate. (You can also listen…

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PODCASTS

Teamfight Tactics Patch 9.22 TFT Patch Notes – Set 2 Champions, Items, Classes

The end of Teamfight Tactics Set 1 is near! With TFT Patch 9.22, Riot will officially launch Set 2: Rise of the Elements. There are a ton of changes in store including an entirely new batch of champions, classes, and origins. Alongside that we’ve also got some important item and…

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Timothy Thatcher: An American in Oberhausen

It’s October 8th, 2017 in the Turbinenhalle in Oberhausen, Germany and the bell has just rung to signify a finish to the main event of wXw’s World Tag Team League. Standing in the center of the ring are two men who just won the wXw World Tag Team Championships, covered…

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Booker T, the Glass Ceiling, and the Life Lessons of Being a Black Wrestling Fan

I. I became a wrestling fan in the downstairs den of a North Carolina group home. The only other kid staying there at the time was sitting in front of the television set while I was still processing what led me to this group home; the pyro of WCW Monday…

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Revisiting Midsommar in 2022: Still a Folk Horror Masterpiece

We were honored this week by the presence of Stacie Ponder (aka Finalgrrl!) — co-host of the Gaylords of Darkness podcast — for our discussion of Midsommar. We are doing “Join Us June” all month on You Love to See It (our movie podcast!), watching movies about cults in some…

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TV/FILM

“Spider-Man: No Way Home” Review: Greatest Hits

The Spider-Man film franchise has the dubious distinction of having been rebooted twice in the space of a decade. The first Spider-Man trilogy, directed by Sam Raimi and starring Tobey Maguire, launched in 2002 and defined the superhero film genre for a generation. The hasty 2012 Amazing Spider-Man relaunch led…

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TV/FILM

Animal Crossing: New Horizons 2.0 Villager Tier List – New Best Villagers

Okay, listen. Ranking every single Animal Crossing villager is a nearly insurmountable task. Everyone has their own opinions, and comparing every single villager isn’t even the most useful idea short of knowing who’s the best of the best. Most villagers are going to fall into the mid to low ranks…

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GUIDES

Animal Crossing: New Horizons Personalities & Hobbies of Every Villager

Personalities are a well known part of Animal Crossing: New Horizons. There are jocks, cranky villagers, snooty villagers, and many more. You probably know this. What you may not know is that each villager also has their favorite hobbies. This is why you’re very likely to encounter Skye singing at…

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GUIDES