Month: January 2025

As an anthology of games from SNK’s simpler days, the 40th Anniversary Collection offers a variety of classics that are more fun than you might expect given their age. The simple-looking Vanguard (1981) may not give off a rousing first impression, for example, but play it a bit and you begin to discover that its dynamic scrolling system and proclivity for handing out invincibility power-ups make it more than a predictable space shooter. This and many other entries show a glimpse of a company developing its prowess for making arcade games, and it’s fascinating to take it …

After decades of trying to get Megalopolis made, director Francis Ford Coppola put up $120 million of his own money for the film. But the promotional campaign is off to a rocky start after the trailer was pulled by Lionsgate because fans discovered that it quoted fake reviews for Coppola’s earlier movies.

Megalopolis was already facing bad buzz after its festival screenings. The trailer seemed like it was designed to counter that by quoting contemporary negative reviews for The Godfather, Apocalypse Now, and Bram Stoker’s Dracula. The implication was that critics w…

Peter Walczak didn’t identify as a “car guy,” which makes his hobbyist superproject of choice all the more surprising: building a functional life-size version of the iconic Warthog jeep from the Halo games. By his own admission, the retired Navy test pilot has poured untold hours and thousands of dollars into this amazing prop, which he hopes to feature in Halo fan films someday in the future.

Walczak grew up playing video games, but his interest in the hobby waned as he got older. However, when a coworker told him about a hot new video game console called the Xbox…

Like the Olympics or the crowning of a new British monarch, a new animated Gundam series isn’t something you see all too often. After a seven-year gap, Mobile Suit Gundam returned in 2023 with The Witch from Mercury, the fifteenth mainline entry in the franchise. If you missed it, you can now check out a pretty great Gundam show when it heads to Blu-ray, as both seasons are available to preorder now on the Crunchyroll Store ahead of their September 10 release. You can even save 25% on your preorders right now.

Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Me…

Since Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II launched in 2022, people have made their feelings known about the Santa Sena Border Crossing multiplayer map, and not everyone likes it. The map features a lane in the middle filled with vehicles, and they can explode in chain reactions. Players caught in the damage area can get wiped out without ever seeing an enemy soldier. With the newest update to the game, that’s changing.

The official patch notes for Season 4 Reloaded, which goes live today, list a major change for Santa Sena Border Crossing. Vehicles on the map will no l…