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The biggest X-Men clue in Spider-Man: Brand New Day has nothing to do with Sadie Sink

Brian VanHooker — Sun, 02 Aug 2026 01:00:12 GMT

We already know that the X-Men are coming to the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Many of the stars of Fox’s X-Men movies have already been confirmed for Avengers: Doomsday, and casting rumors are swirling about who will be playing the newest version of the mutants going forward.

Anime's most overlooked sci-fi masterpiece is streaming free on YouTube

Ryan Epps — Sat, 01 Aug 2026 19:00:12 GMT

In just over a decade, Studio Colorido has quietly become one of anime's most dependable homes for heartfelt fantasy. Whether it's the shape-shifting romance of A Whisker Away, the emotional floodwaters of Drifting Home, or the more recent Cosmic Princess Kaguya!, Colorido has built a reputation for stories where extraordinary events crash into the everyday lives of children. Its films are defined by bright, expressive animation and a belief that growing up shouldn’t mean leaving behind your imagination.

Game of Thrones’ newest cast revealed

Tomas Franzese — Sat, 01 Aug 2026 18:00:12 GMT

The Royal Shakespeare Company has unveiled the cast for George R. R. Martin's Game of Thrones: The Mad King, a new stage play based on A Song of Ice and Fire that is set to open next week.

Sam Raimi's Spider-Man trilogy is leaving Netflix, and it's never felt more relevant

Maria Loreto — Sat, 01 Aug 2026 17:00:12 GMT

Superheroes are forever. While the collective’s obsession with the topic ebbs and flows, these stories have existed in some form or another for hundreds of years. This week is a big one for superhero fans; Spider-Man: Brand New Day is out, with many anxiously awaiting to see if the movie will provide the necessary reassurance for Marvel, proving that there’s a future for the genre. While Marvel is not what it used to be and likely won’t ever recapture the magic of its golden years, superheroes are forever, and these stories will always have a home somewhere.

Vampire: The Masquerade team’s plans after 6th Edition include Mage: The Ascension and Changeling: The Dreaming

Tomas Franzese — Sat, 01 Aug 2026 16:13:50 GMT

While Vampire: The Masquerade 6th Edition was White Wolf's big reveal at Gen Con 2026, the TTRPG publisher also teased the other World of Darkness games it wants to bring back next. Those plans include some surprising deep cuts, like Changeling: The Dreaming.

Lego Pokémon Smart Play sets are the best kids toy of summer 2026

Giovanni Colantonio — Sat, 01 Aug 2026 16:00:12 GMT

When I was a kid growing up in the late '90s, I had more Pokémon toys than you could imagine. Stuffed animals, bouncy balls with plastic monsters inside, gold cards — you name it. I still have some of my favorites on my nightstand to this day: a series of wheeled monsters that you could shoot out of launchers. At the time, that was the coolest thing in the world. If I had Lego’s new Pokémon Smart Play sets back then, I’m pretty sure my mind would have been permanently blown.

Spider-Man: Brand New Day includes surprising callbacks to another Spidey movie

Brian VanHooker — Sat, 01 Aug 2026 15:30:12 GMT

Having met two other versions of himself in Spider-Man: No Way Home, Tom Holland’s Spider-Man drew some inspiration from his doppelgangers with his new suit featured in Spider-Man: Brand New Day. Even in real life, Holland helped design the costume by researching what people liked about Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield’s spider suits. The result is the most comics-accurate Spider-Man suit to date, with bright, shimmering blues and without the added black sections that seemed to house the Stark tech in Holland’s previous get-ups.

Does Halo: Campaign Evolved have a post-credits scene?

Ford James — Sat, 01 Aug 2026 15:00:12 GMT

Did you know there is a secret Halo: Campaign Evolvedending? Well, it's more of a post-credits type of scene than an actual secret ending, but it implies that a certain someone is still alive, and it's done in a hilarious fashion. The non-secret ending also poses some questions, especially for anyone playing Halo for the first time.

Barbie 2 has a 2026 deadline it needs to hit

Tomas Franzese — Sat, 01 Aug 2026 14:52:05 GMT

The franchise potential of Greta Gerwig's Barbiewill never be realized if Warner Bros. can't finalize deals with the director and lead actors by the end of 2026.

Everything in this $10 Steam game is either a horse or a nightmare

Rebecca Corgan — Sat, 01 Aug 2026 14:30:12 GMT

Mutant centipedes. Ducks that are partially muscle cars. Many-legged dogs, sentient vehicles, and alligators with giraffe heads. In Horsey Game, most of what you see on the neon pixelated map is automatically categorized as “horse” (even if no biologist on earth would agree with that assessment). This results in a couple of very intriguing conclusions: