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THE DARK HERALD IS MOVING

Blogs are s-o-o-o-o-o 2014. I'm heading to Arkhaven's Substack. I'm already a few years behind the power curve. It's way past time for me to get with the 2020s.Here's my new stomping ground.

Veilguard’s Director is Out On They/Them’s Butt

After 18's years at Bioware Corrine Busch is going to be pursuing new projects. Busche writes: "At the heart of it, this was about my own fulfillment. I did what I set out to do at BioWare. That is to come in and help right the ship. I love Dragon Age, and BioWare, so the chance to return the game to a proper quality single player RPG was the privilege of a lifetime."It was hard fought, as games with such...

This is Official Marvel Art – This Happened

RE:Animation – My Happy Marriage

BUMPED: (1/17/24) I pushed this up because season 2 has started. Frankly, an anime second season is definitely hit or miss. There are lots of different reasons for that but at the end of the day you don't know what you're getting until you see it. So far this second season is very promising. Miyo and Kudou are having to stay with his parents for reasons. His mother loathes Miyo on sight and makes her...

HardDrive-By: The Killing Antidote

As you’ve already guessed from the title, this is a Chinese game. As such there isn’t a lot of info on its studio MetalStar (or at least that’s not in Mandarin) so I’ll just be concentrating on the game itself. The Killing Antidote is a Resident Evil-like third-person shooter. Although it leans pretty heavily into Stellar Blade’s market. You play as “Jodi” an intrepid reporter who is trying to find the evil perpetrator Dr “Ryan” (I think).  Anyway, she sneaks into...

Diamond Comics Distributor Has Filed for Chapter 11

I’m honestly rather shocked it took this long.  But the company that is arguably the most responsible for the entire American comic book industry failing has failed itself. From Business Wire:Diamond Comic Distributors (“Diamond” or “the Company”), today announced that it has filed a voluntary petition for relief under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Maryland to facilitate the restructuring of its business. As part of the restructuring...

The Fall of Neil Gaiman

I've said this before and I'm saying it now. Power does not corrupt. Power only reveals. If you gain power you will do the things you always wanted to.It's finally happened. It was fascinating to watch the system failing to protect one of its chosen own. It tried for a while. After all, there were too many high-cost projects with Gaiman's name inextricably attached to them. It's been possible to bury revolting antics...

The Last of Us Season 2

F-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-R-R-E!!!Since I never got into the first game I never really cared about the second but I could certainly understand why the fans were furious. I also didn't watch the TV show because I can't keep up with all the sewage that is getting blasted out of Hollywood's broken pipe. People I trust said, yeah, it was kind of good for the most part.People who are plugged in know what to expect from season 2. The trailer makes...

The Dark Herald Does Not Recommend DC’s Creature Commandos

This show was weak.Given how little attention Gunn could afford to give it because of the crash program demands of Superman, it was always going to be weak. However, its worst problem was clearly a budget cut.  In the last episode, it just ran into a wall and stopped dead in its tracks. Worse still, the series commits the original writer’s sin of being completely predictable.  Gunn usually throws in a few twists here and there but not this time. ...

Jude Law Was NOT Kyle Katarn

I published a rumor from a new source back in July, long before Skelton Crew was released. I was more than a little leery about this new source. Normally I try to get some kind of confirmation that the guy is who he says he is but that isn't always possible. I shouldn't have run it but I did. I goofed, my bad, I own it.The rumor was that the Unnamed Force User, Jude Law was playing...