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This post contains plot details from “I’m In Love,” the series finale of Crazy Ex-Girlfriend.

Every rebooted franchise plays off our longing for the past—the implicit promise that it can make us feel just like…

“Thanksgiving’s always been a little bit bewildering to me because it’s not a religious holiday,” Mystery Science…

This week’s entry: Qiu Jin

A 2013 article in The Atlantic asked a very good, non-rhetorical question: “Why is Sweden so good at pop music?” The…

It’s easy to forget in the age of Rick And Morty, Too Many Cooks, and Family Guy reruns, but the original Adult Swim…

This week’s entry: List of entertainers who died during a performance

1. Kim Carnes, “Bette Davis Eyes”
2. Diana Ross & Lionel Richie, “Endless Love”
3. Kenny Roger, “Lady”
4. John Lennon,…

This week’s entry: Robert Smalls

Underneath all the melodramatic cutscenes and ornamental belts, even today’s flashiest JRPGs are often built on a…

With new games of all sizes filling real and digital shelves every week, it can be near impossible for anyone to…

Note: This interview discusses plot points of Mission: Impossible—Fallout.

Bionic Commando was a game that flew in the face of its own era. When it reached Nintendo’s Famicom on this day in…

We turn today to Toad. He is some sort of mushroom man? This is about as legit a description as exists in Super Mario…

The venue’s security checked the guest list one more time. HG Locks wasn’t on it. It slowly began to sink in: No one…

Playing the recently released remastered—excuse me—“re-mars-tered” edition of Red Faction: Guerrilla hammers home…

I asked some friends to help me piece this together—or at least, make a reasonable guess for a song like this. Get…

1. Wings, “Silly Love Songs”
2. Elton John & Kiki Dee, “Don’t Go Breaking My Heart”
3. Johnnie Taylor, “Disco Lady”
4.…

When 2015’s Ant-Man arrived in theaters after a notoriously tumultuous production process, there was a lot of…

With new games of all sizes filling real and digital shelves every week, it can be near impossible for anyone to…