Batman: The Killing Joke – Official Trailer The biggest problem with Batman: The Deadly Joke is that it is unforgettable. The same cannot be said for Alan Moore’s 1988 graphic novel of the same name, which shocked me so much as a teenager that I started reading Nietzsche. Its plot, reenacted in the second half ...
Princess Zelda has a huge toolbox The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom. With a wand, she can summon perfect copies of anything from a household pot to a living, moving monster to fight for her. These objects, called Echoes, help her navigate the terrain and fight villains. And while it’s not a master sword, ...
Picture: Disney/Warner Bros./Universal/Kotaku In films, robots are often portrayed as harbingers of something evil, whether they are evil and want to take over the world (Terminator, Me, robot, The Matrixetc.) or are exploited by people (Blade Runner, Ex Machina, AI Artificial Intelligenceetc.). But robots aren’t all bad – they can also be fun, cute, and ...
In the opening scene of Alfred Hitchcock’s rear windowA panning camera shows the outside of buildings and allows the viewer to look inside the apartments. From the floating vantage point, you can watch the neighbors’ proceedings as they start their day. The look into the camera helps set the scene, but its voyeuristic view of ...
Caroline Kwan is tired, but you can’t tell. The political fundraiser-turned-actress-turned-Twitch streamer sits across from me in a TwitchCon conference room on the last day of the convention. Wearing pink overalls and sneakers, her hair combed back from her face, she looks clear and alert. “This year it was like, oh my God. Day one: ...
The recent success of Space Marines 2 means that many people are becoming more concerned with these heavily armoured, transhuman soldiers of Warhammer 40K and all the war crimes they commit in defence of the Imperium of Mankind. A newly released Warhammer 40K fan animation called The Awakeningby Gabriel Christtiane, spends almost an hour watching ...
If you have played action adventure game Dead Risingyou probably remember the moment when you enter the large outdoor park of the shopping center and encounter a group of prisoners in a military jeep. The group chases a woman and an elderly man, the wild prisoners kill the man and then the cutscene ends. Then ...
When Derek Yu, the creator of Speleologyhas teamed up with a team of brilliant designers to bring out a collection of 50 games (yes, 50 Video games!) I assumed I knew the outcome: I would lose my job, fail as a father, and be discovered in a few years in an abandoned cabin in the ...
Today, Grand Theft Auto Online has received an update that finally adds anti-cheating software to the PC version of the crime simulation. But not everyone is happy, because this update now makes it impossible to GTAOnline on Steam Deck. 23 years later, the influence of GTA III is still unavoidable It may be hard to ...
Picture: Discotek Media 2000s Digimon: The Movie is notorious for its complicated development, its incredible ska and punk soundtrack, and the decades of memes it has spawned. Looking back at scenes like the giant, tense rabbit Wendigomon Dancing to “All Star” by Smash Mouth is a bizarre time capsule of a moment in anime movies. ...
