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DC’s Pennyworth: A Spoiler-Free Review of the Pilot

By SiddeeQah Love “Pennyworth? Why does that name sound familiar? Is this another Kingsman thing?” Questions I asked myself as I prepared for a screening of EPIX new show, DC’s Pennyworth.  As a self-titled Marvel girl, I often forget many aspects of the DC Universe I enjoyed much more as a child, however, this was something that I never knew. I assumed Alfred was a mononymous superbutler who assisted Batman. Maybe there was more to his story, but how can one explore Alfred while being distracted by the……Batman. My curiosity was immediately piqued when I read that Pennyworth was indeed not a Kingsman thing and in fact a show exploring the backstory of Alfred Pennyworth, who is definitely more than a “mononymous superbutler”.  Alfred Pennyworth (Jack Bannon, right ) and Thomas Wayne (Ben Aldridge) in a suspenseful moment. Pennyworth is an enjoyable show exuding the conservative charm of 1960’s London contrasting with the gritty city life of its inhabitants. Alf

21 Things To Do At Otakon

The head of Otakon 2019 Guest Relations, Ethan Kick, has taken the time out of his busy schedule to provide us a list with some highlights ahead of this year's event, which also marks the 25th anniversary of Otakon. Otakon List of Awesome! by Otakon Guest Relations Head Ethan Kick 1)              We have so much music this year, everyone! Come check out the amazing funk rock band Bradio, followed by the Tribute to Nujabes Concert later that evening in our Main Events room. That’s not all, though.  We also have an exciting and new project, “RPG National Anthem Variations” Guitar Concert with Sam Griffin and Eric Roth. But that’s not even our final form. Make sure to check out TAKU from M-Flo, who will be performing Saturday night at the Otakon Dance. Then to round it out, check out both Diana Garnet and nano perform on Sunday. 2)              That’s not all for music, though. We have incredible composer Kaoru Wada joining us to talk about his works over the years.

Mario Maker 2 Review

            SuperMario Maker is a series of games that seemingly provide endless fun and engagement to fans of the Super Mario franchise. With the comparatively miserable performance in terms installs base of the WiiU, Mario Maker’s sequel is a very welcome addition to the Switch’s library, enabling thousands of new players to discover the joys of level design, new challenges and ways to play one of the most enduring franchises in the world. Now, Nintendo released Super Mario Maker 2 introducing new mechanics and seemingly endless possibilities to its level designing antics. Two state blocks, slopes, claws, snake blocks, autoscrolling, and even clear conditions just to name a few. This powerful toolset allows players and budding level designers from all over the world to create, play and share new Mario levels rightfully earning the title of “The Mario game to end all Mario games”. This review will take a look at Mario Maker 2’s Story Mode, Level Builder, an online mode, dubbed “

What a Beautiful Night to Have a Curse Bloodstained Ritual of the Night Review

After a long wait and successful Kickstarter campaign, “ Bloodstained Ritual of the Night ” is finally here! Is this game what we hoped for? Is it going to finally scratch that Castlevania itch that’s been eating me alive all these years? Well, we are going to talk about that and more. This is a supplementary review, if you want to see my first impressions of the game right after I was done playing it, go check the video down below. Bloodstained Ritual of the Night is a Metroidvania game developed by ArtPlay for the PS4, Xbox One, PC and Nintendo Switch. The development was led by the one and only Koji Igarashi, former Castlevania series producer. Bloodstained is a spiritual successor to the Castlevania series to a point that a retro 8bit game, “Bloodstained Curse of the Moon”, was released ahead of this game. Maybe we’ll talk about this one some other time. Fans of Castlevania asked for another Metroidvania game for years now and Mr. Igarashi dec