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Is “That Scene” in The Pendragon Cycle Racy?
There is a huge debate going on about The Pendragon Cycle and, as arguably its biggest cheerleader since the beginning, I cannot let it go by without weighing in. The debate circulates around nudity and intimacy as depicted on the show, specifically with the character Charis, played by Rose Reid. The complaints revolve around whether scenes during which…
That’s Not a Community, That’s Just Funding Someone Else’s Fallout Shelter
Last month, AndyPants Gaming put up a video just under ten minutes long called GTA 6 is feminist slop, and a million people watched it. This is a man whose public file has become exceedingly long and tiresome: the flip from the old Andy Xbox posts that praised diversity and Starfield to an anti-woke cadence that actually pays; the
Final Fantasy VII Revelation’s “Physical” Edition Needs the Internet to Work
Final Fantasy VII Revelation, the third and final chapter in Square Enix’s decade-long remake trilogy, is shipping April 8, 2027 with a disc in the box and a catch buried in the fine print: that disc alone won’t run the game. Square Enix confirmed at Sony’s September State of Play that Revelation will ship on a single Blu-ray across PS5 and Xbox, but a …
Ed Brubaker Is Getting Sued For Everything Under The Sun By A Diversity Hire
A former production assistant on Amazon MGM’s upcoming series Criminal has filed a 12-count lawsuit against showrunner Ed Brubaker, executive producer Phillip Barnett, Big Indie Pictures, Big Indie Gemini, MGM, and Amazon, alleging a hostile work environment built on sexual harassment, racial harassment, religious harassment, disparate treatment, intentional infliction of emotional distress, assault, battery, negligence, defamation, and aiding and abetting. Ijaaz Noohu, hired in February 2023 to work as Brubaker’s personal assistant, is seeking unspecified damages and a jury trial.
Amazon Cancelled Spider-Noir After One Season, Yet Rings of Power Is On Its Fourth.
Prime Video declined to renew Spider-Noir for a second season, ending Nicolas Cage’s run as Ben Reilly after a single eight-episode run that pulled 851 million viewing minutes in its first week, landed at No. 2 on Nielsen’s US Top 10 for original series, and walked into this year’s Creative Arts Emmys with 11 nominations, more than any other Prime Video…
Hasbro’s CEO Just Took Direct Control of D&D and Magic: The Gathering, And Here’s What That Means
Wizards of the Coast has no president right now. John Hight stepped down from the role effective September 1, moving into a one-year advisory position under a “Transitional Advisory Services Agreement” first disclosed in a July 27 SEC filing. Rather than naming an interim replacement, Hasbro confirmed to Polygon that “the Wizards leadership team will re…
Lanterns Episode 4 Is the Best Yet, Until HBO Can’t Help Itself
Lanterns hit its high point with episode four, “The Weenie,” an hour that finally locks into a straightforward investigation plot instead of the detours that slowed down earlier episodes. The hour opens with Hal Jordan visiting his imprisoned former mentor Sinestro, who needles Hal about grooming John Stewart as his replacement and lays out a plan to us…
The John W. Campbell Letters, Volume I Is A Treasure Trove For Science Fiction History
The John W. Campbell Letters, Volume I gathers the correspondence of John W. Campbell, Jr., who edited Astounding Science Fiction, later renamed Analog, from late 1937 until his death in 1971. Editors Perry A. Chapdelaine, Sr., Tony Chapdelaine, and George Hay assembled the 610-page paperback in 1985 from letters Campbell wrote to or about 283 science f…
David Gerrold Urges Against Canceling Harry Potter Because It’s Too Big To Fail, Even Though He Calls J.K. Rowling A “Bigot”
Over the last few years, rabid activists have done everything they can to try to cancel JK Rowling since she refuses to accept that men who pretend to be women are, in fact, women. Actors get constantly shamed for taking roles in Harry Potter productions; a board game company was shaken down and forced to apologize for even creating the game, but Gerrold urges his readers not to engage in cancel culture in this instance, as he deems Harry Potter too big to fail. This is in stark contrast to the cancel culture brigade he ran against the Sad Puppies who wanted to influence The Hugo Awards.
Netflix Is Turning D&D Into a Romance Show, and Old-School Fans Have Every Reason to Be Furious
Netflix just canceled its Forgotten Realms series, the D&D adaptation built around the game’s flagship setting and its most recognizable character, Drizzt Do’Urden, and replaced it with something built entirely around “tragic romance.” The new series is called Ravenloft, and according to Netflix’s own description, it’s a “prestige fantasy series where adventure collides with gothic horror and tragic romance,” chronicling “the making of the vampire Darklord Strahd von Zarovich” through “power, love, obsession, and undead transformation.” Alfonso Cuarón, the Oscar-winning director of Roma, Gravity, and Children of Men, is producing. John August, the writer behind Corpse Bride and Frankenweenie, is writing it. Neither has any real background in tabletop gaming or Dungeons & Dragons specifically.