Scarlett Johannson Cries To Media, Kurtzman By The Numbers - Fandom Pulse Daily Briefing
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An Introduction To Land & Sea By Blaine Leed Pardoe (Book 1 Review)
Before Fandom Pulse had established itself as a pop culture site and when much of the pop culture zeitgeist was still in denial about pop culture’s downward trend or cancel culture itself, there came a canceling in the realm of tabletop gaming and military sci-fi. What looked like a career-ending victory for woke ideologists turned into a resounding suc…
Brian Jacques' 'Redwall' Series No Longer In Development At Netflix
A new report alleges that Brian Jacques’ Redwall series is no longer in development at Netflix and the company has lost the rights as well.
Alex Kurtzman’s Star Trek By The Numbers: The Case Against A New Deal
The debate around Alex Kurtzman’s tenure running Star Trek has never lacked for opinions. Fans have argued about the creative direction for years, the serialized storytelling, the visual overhaul, the politics baked into every script. But opinions don’t renew contracts. Numbers do.
Castalia Library Is Translating Japan’s Greatest Historical Novelist
Vox Day’s Castalia Library is quietly doing something the mainstream publishing world has largely ignored: translating major works of classic Japanese literature into English for the first time. The latest release is The Secret Scrolls of Naruto: The Edo Scroll
Hollywood’s “It’s Hard Being a Woman” Press Tour Keeps Producing the Same Results
Scarlett Johansson and Milly Alcock are the latest actresses running what has become a recognizable Hollywood press cycle: the pre-release gender grievance tour. Both women made comments in the same week that generated headlines, social media debate, and the same question the industry never seems to ask: does this strategy ever actually work?
Ashes of Creation’s $3.2 Million Collapse: The Most Damning Financial Document in MMO History
When Ashes of Creation shut down 52 days after its Early Access launch in February 2026, the gaming community had questions. Where did the money go? How does a game that raised $3.2 million on Kickstarter, sold 300,000 copies at $49.99 apiece, and attracted millions more in investor funding collapse before its first full year of operation?
After the Undiscovered Country: The Star Trek Novels That Tried to Close the Book on Kirk’s Crew
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country gave the original crew the sendoff they deserved. The Khitomer Accords signed, the Enterprise flying into the sunset, signatures scrawled across the stars. Gene Roddenberry died three days before it opened. It felt genuinely final.
Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End Prelude Light Novel Review
The first thing worth knowing about Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End Prelude is who wrote it, which is not Kanehito Yamada, the manga’s author. The light novel prequel was written by Mei Hachimoku, a separate writer brought in for the project. Yamada supervised, credited as having consulted on the material to keep things consistent, but his voice is not th…
FFXIV’s Self-Inflicted Wounds: How a Beloved MMO Turned on Its Own Community
Final Fantasy XIV was once the comeback story of gaming. A catastrophically failed 1.0 launch became the foundation for one of the most beloved MMOs ever made, built on community goodwill, generous development philosophy, and storytelling that genuinely moved people. Now, as FanFest 2026 approaches in Anaheim on April 24-25, the game faces a crisis that no patch can fix.
Reclaiming The Shire: The Right Wing And Christian Soul Of The Lord Of The Rings (Part 3)
We started a retrospective on Tolkien’s rise to superstardom, which began with a left-wing movement in the 1970s appropriating his work, and has slowly migrated over time to people realizing how right-wing and Christian Lord of the Rings is. Now, we continue.