The year has been tough for Pokémon after being blindsided by the massive popularity of PalWorld, a new creature-collecting game. And in spite of the many flaws with PalWorld and the accusations of stealing art assets from Pokémon, it quickly took the internet by storm in the first couple of months of the year. And […]
Archives for March 2024
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire: Does Hollywood Seriously Think We Won’t Notice Their Sex Programming?
Columbia Pictures’ latest Ghostbusters film features a lesbian romance between a fifteen year-old girl and a friendly forlorn ghost. The relationship is tame enough that some viewers might be able to overlook the romantic overtones of their relationship, at least until the fifteen year-old girl starts trying to figure out a way to ‘touch’ her […]
Young Artist Drops Disgusting DMs from Ed Piskor of Cartoonist Kayfabe: “I Felt Like He Was Trying To Groom Me”
Ed Piskor of the Cartoonist Kayfabe channel has been one of the darlings of the mainstream comic industry for years. His channel features interviews with top-tier creators and deep dives into comic history. Jim Rugg and Ed Piskor have created a cottage industry of content and a community that props up mainstream comics. Now, DMs […]
Xbox Doubles Down On DEI Agenda Following Sweet Baby Inc Backlash
The Game Developers Conference (GDC) has now come to a close, but many of the topics that were discussed there remain a mystery. Following right on the heels of the Sweet Baby Inc backlash, the GDC could not have been scheduled at a more inopportune time for DEI activists in the games industry. While much […]
Kotaku’s Alyssa Mercante Appears To Be Cozying To Melonie Mac, For What Reason?
This week, Kotaku senior editor Alyssa Mercante, yes that Alyssa Mercante, who wrote the Kotaku hit-piece against gamers while covering for Sweet Baby Inc., expressed her desire to write another sleazy hit-piece; this time, her target is popular streamer Melonie Mac. Although Melonie Mac wasn’t mentioned by name, Mercante did post on X: “There’s a […]
Top Ten Video Game FPS Shotguns (Part I, the 1990s)
The Coach Gun, the Trench Broom, the Boom Stick, the Brixton Typewriter? (Seriously?) Most commonly called the shotgun, it is all but harmless at a distance yet so terrifying at close quarters that the Kaiser’s Wehrmacht tried to get it banned by the Geneva Conventions. (Silly Germans, America has never signed the Geneva Convention.) It is still […]
A Retrospective Look At Godzilla vs. Charles Barkley From Dark Horse Comics
Godzilla vs. Charles Barkley, Dark Horse Comics You’ve seen Godzilla vs. Megalon and Godzilla vs. King Kong twice, but have you read Godzilla vs. Charles Barkley? Mike Barron and Jeff Butler, the iconic duo that created the hit comic Badger, were tasked with bringing this wacky idea to life. Perhaps you’re skeptical of this showdown […]
Pokémon Goes All In On DEI Indoctrination
If the events of the Sweet Baby Saga, or GamerGate 2, have managed to show the games industry anything it’s that their customers are mostly and quite strongly opposed to woke ideology in the form of DEI. Reflector Entertainment purged their Steam Forums and conducted mass bans over any mention of being associated with Sweet […]
Kabrutus & Grummz Urge Game Developers To Come Clean About Sweet Baby Inc. Involvement
In the wake of the recent scandal surrounding Sweet Baby Inc. and their harassment campaign against Kabrutus, the curator of the “Sweet Baby Inc. Detected” Steam group, which kicked off GamerGate 2.0, the gaming community once again finds itself at the forefront of the push back against forced DEI and other industry malpractice and the […]
Battletech Owners Catalyst Game Labs Admits To Firing Reddit Mods Over Politics
In the wake of controversy over Battletech going woke, with the company blocking a vast number of its customers on X, Catalyst Game Labs fired most of its staff in a Stalin-esque purge. This comes soon after creator Blaine Pardoe whistled about the operation and how Catalyst Game Labs has fallen to new lows in […]
George Lucas Turns to the Dark Side
The Dark Herald examines George Lucas Backing Bob Iger over Nelson Peltz, and other Lucasfilm news, including the Acolyte “Creating magic is not for amateurs. I remain a significant shareholder because I have full faith and confidence in the power of Disney and Bob’s track record of driving long-term value. I have voted all of […]
Happy 93rd Birthday To Star Trek Legend, William Shatner
Today marks a momentous occasion in the world of entertainment as fans around the globe celebrate the 93rd birthday of the legendary “William Shatner.” As an actor, author, director, and cultural icon, Shatner has left an indelible mark on the world of media and beyond, earning a place in the hearts of millions with his […]
