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The X-Men are here. After years of anticipation, the MCU has introduced its first X-Man into the primary timeline. Spider-Man: Brand New Day continues the story of Peter Parker (Tom Holland) after Doctor Strange erases his secret identity from the world’s memory. Yet the movie also doubles as an origin story for Jean Grey (Sadie Sink), presenting us with a version of her that’s unlike anything audiences have seen or read before. source https://www.polygon.com/spider-man-jean-grey-new-take-x-men/

The multiverse is one of the most popular plot devices in science fiction and superhero stories these days. Shows like Loki and Rick and Morty, and movies like Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness and Everything Everywhere All at Once, use it to examine the identities of their characters, with infinite variations revealing a person’s best and worst qualities and the traits that are most core to their personality. It’s also a way of ramping up the stakes, telling stories where characters are more likely to die — since there are plenty of doppelgängers to replace them — and entire worlds can be destroyed. Fans of the genre will get a fresh blockbuster soon with Avengers: Doomsday . But before then, you should check out one of the most thoughtful multiverse shows, which returns to Apple TV in three weeks. source https://www.po...

The final season of Netflix's The Witcher has been quietly delayed. While the show was previously expected to arrive in 2026, based on Netflix's marketing materials and the show's shooting schedule, The Witcher season 5 is now slated for a 2027 release, according to a report from What's On Netflix . source https://www.polygon.com/the-witcher-season-5-has-been-quietly-delayed/

Many games across various genres have explored speed as a concept in one way or another. Racing games like Forza Horizon 6 make it the byproduct of an intimate relationship between driver and car. In the Guitar Hero and Pump It Up! series, speed signifies proficiency, while in action RPGs in the style of Path of Exile 2, it translates into damage. But in Echobreaker , speed is the means to freedom. source https://www.polygon.com/echobreaker-steam-impressions/

Almost three years to the day before Doctor Who got its big revival series starring Christopher Eccleston and Billie Piper, DreamWorks Pictures released an ambitious science-fiction movie that pre-empted a major time-travel concept from the show. It wasn’t until 2008’s “The Fires of Pompeii,” when the 10th Doctor (David Tennant) took Donna Noble (Catherine Tate) to witness the fall of Pompeii, that the show crystallized one of its most important cosmic principles. The Doctor and his companions alter history countless times throughout the series, yet “fixed points in time” are events that must always happen. If they don’t, reality itself could rip apart. source https://www.polygon.com/time-machine-free-streaming-pluto-tv-doctor-who-fixed-points/

It feels like forever ago (cue up a cigarette drag), but looking back, 2025 was an uncharacteristically stacked year for new video games . Kirby Air Ride got a decades-overdue sequel ! Battlefield 6 was actually good ! Blue Prince redefined puzzle games ! Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 — can you believe that only just came out last year ? (Cue up another cigarette drag.) source https://www.polygon.com/hell-is-us-game-pass-hit/