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Knock at the Cabin’s original ending was much darker

By Tasha Robinson
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The DCU plans do what Marvel can’t anymore: adapt comics

By Joshua Rivera
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The Legend of Vox Machina made one of Critical Role’s biggest moments even better

By Madison Durham
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Trigun Stampede had to completely transform Trigun to be faithful to Trigun

By Toussaint Egan
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Gamefound fell short of its goals in 2022, but still ate into Kickstarter’s lead in tabletop

By Charlie Hall
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James Cameron and Hayao Miyazaki’s beautiful cursed dreams

By Yussef Cole and Vivian Chan
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Nicholas Hoult plays the ‘passionate’ fan as a form of evil in The Menu

By Gita Jackson
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Tabletop funding was down on Kickstarter in 2022, but more campaigns succeeded overall

By Charlie Hall
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TV’s most comforting show confronts despair like only it can

By Ethan Warren
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If you ever want to read The Winds of Winter, pray for the New York Giants

By Joshua Rivera
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Velma puts the girls (and their queerness) front and center

By Marley Crusch
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From The Last Jedi to Glass Onion, Rian Johnson keeps murdering the past

By Collin Preciado
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A messy era of gay comedies is finally paying off

By Nico Deyo
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Overtraining is a problem in competitive video games, too

By De'Angelo Epps
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How The Last of Us became ‘the greatest story that has ever been told in video games’

By Cameron Kunzelman
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Gaming YouTubers say their videos are being demonetized due to profanity policies

By Ana Diaz
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Avatar’s unkillable Colonel Quaritch could be the perfect villain for an eternal war

By Tasha Robinson
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The viral sensation Skinamarink is this generation’s Blair Witch Project

By Soham Gadre
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Breaking down the Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania trailer

By Susana Polo and Austen Goslin
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The hell of making Avatar 2 totally paid off

By Matt Patches
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Tár and Marcel the Shell With Shoes On are basically the exact same movie

By Tasha Robinson
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Xbox Games With Gold lived in Game Pass’ shadow in 2022

By Owen S. Good
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The new PS Plus still couldn’t compete with Xbox Game Pass in 2022

By Owen S. Good
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D&D will change to defend itself against crypto and other forms of exploitation

By Charlie Hall
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Chainsaw Man’s episode endings tell the whole story of the anime adaptation

By Kambole Campbell
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The year of violent denial

By Joshua Rivera
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I personally love watching Kobeni fail on Chainsaw Man

By Gita Jackson
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PlayStation Plus’ free games for 2022: The most value for the least cost

By Owen S. Good
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How NFT video games crashed and burned

The NFT gaming community only grew more niche and scam-filled in 2022

By Ryan Broderick
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What does Santa the action hero stand for?

By Andy Crump
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Willow has become what all queer fantasy love stories should feel like

By Rachael Conrad
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Avatar court: The case for and against Spider

By Matt Patches and Zosha Millman
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