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Matt Dinniman's Dungeon Crawler Carl takes one of fantasy's oldest setups and throws it into a blender with reality television, apocalyptic horror, and video game logic, creating a series that has evolved into one of the biggest breakout hits in modern speculative fiction. The premise is fairly simple, starting with a fight for survival inside an alien-dominated game show that escalates into a sprawling saga of bizarre monsters, convoluted mechanics, and a talking cat with an ego to match. source https://www.polygon.com/every-dungeon-crawler-carl-book-ranked-by-their-goodreads-score/

Yesterday, news broke that Sir Patrick Stewart died at age 86. With his background performing Shakespeare and his incredible sense of dignity and gravitas, Stewart is being celebrated primarily for his work as Captain Jean-Luc Picard on Star Trek: The Next Generation , as well as being the perfect man to portray Professor Charles Xavier in the X-Men films. But while he was beloved for the dramatic weight he brought to his roles, it's worth acknowledging that the man pulled off some incredibly memorable comedic performances, one of the first was on The Simpsons , where he guest-starred in the season 6 episode, “Homer the Great.” source https://www.polygon.com/patrick-stewart-the-simpsons-guest-star/

The best twist endings in video games change what you thought you were playing. A great one makes you want to start over to spot the clues, and a perfect one hides those clues in plain sight: in dialogue, in chapter titles, perhaps even the controller you’re holding. These ten games span three decades and nearly every genre, from horror to puzzle-platformers to a Game Boy adventure about a dream. But they all have one thing in common: Every one of them had us totally fooled the first time. source https://www.polygon.com/best-video-game-twist-endings/

One of the great things about Star Trek: The Next Generation is that you never quite knew what kind of adventure you were going to get. One week, the Enterprise might be facing an enemy capable of destroying the Federation. The next, Captain Picard could be living an entire lifetime on an alien planet. And occasionally, Worf would find himself dressed as one of Robin Hood's Merry Men, looking like he'd rather be anywhere else in the galaxy. source https://www.polygon.com/best-star-trek-next-generation-episodes-ranked/

Scarlett Johansson has spent years playing some of sci-fi ’s most recognizable women. Luc Besson transformed her into something approaching a god in 2014’s Lucy , and the much-maligned live-action Ghost in the Shell gave her a fully cybernetically enhanced body to play around with in a near-future Newport City. Of course, there’s also Black Widow, the former assassin who became one of the Marvel Cinematic Universe ’s most dependable heroes across nine films, from Iron Man 2 to Black Widow . Johansson has built a career playing characters who straddle the line between human and something otherworldly, but you’ve never seen ScarJo quite like this. source https://www.polygon.com/scarlett-johansson-under-the-skin-sci-fi-movie-leaving-netflix-november-2026/

In Buffy the Vampire Slayer , Halloween is the one night a year when monsters think it’s cliché to go out and torment the Hellmouth. As Buffy elegantly puts it: Halloween is “like, dead for the undead.” But 29 years ago, one evildoer decided to wreak havoc in Sunnydale on the one night no one expected. The result was an episode that explored the characters' deepest insecurities and gave the Scooby Gang an unexpected hero: Rupert Giles (Anthony Head), the fussy librarian who until then had served as Buffy’s moral compass and cheerleader. While he ended up saving the day, the episode added a wrinkle to his character, introducing his mysterious past as "Ripper." source https://www.polygon.com/buffy-halloween-season-2-rupert-giles-ripper/