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No TV show is perfect. The great Rod Serling once said about The Twilight Zone (and I’m paraphrasing) that one-third of the shows were damn good, one-third were passable and the last third were dogs. With just 79 episodes in its total run, Star Trek: The Original Series may have beaten that breakdown slightly, thanks to an excellent first season and a lot of strong second season shows. But there were some clunkers along the way, leading up to the infamous third season and its large assortment of pretty crappy episodes....

The first generation of Pokemon has 151 unique creatures for players to capture and train. Even to this day, nearly every one of these Gen 1 Pokemon are considered some of the best Pokemon of all time, and all kinds of classic starters and legendaries from these original games and their remakes are still as popular as they were in the 1990’s. There are all kinds of Pokemon from the first generation of Pokemon that are also alarmingly overpowered, as original Pokemon Red & Blue had some terrible balance issues and game-breaking bugs....

Fans of The Dark Crystal have no doubt been enjoying the new Age of Resistance series available on Netflix. But there’s more where that came from, as a new tactics-themed game based on the series is on its way from En Masse Entertainment. First revealed during PAX West 2019, The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance Tactics is moving along swimmingly in development. And today, the team dropped a new trailer, highlighting some of the Heroes of the Resistance....

The Devil in Me is the latest installment in the ongoing Dark Pictures Anthology, a series of more digestible horror experiences from developer Supermassive Games. Like Until Dawn, the game which created the blueprint the Dark Pictures series would follow, The Devil in Me follows a core group of characters thrust into a nightmarish situation, with the player making the decisions that will affect whether they live or die in suitably gory fashion....

The Epic Games Store appears to be in full shift to Halloween mode now, and the free games of the week are telling signs. This week we have Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs and Kingdom New Lands, but there’s plenty more thrills packed into next week, too. We’ll run over everything you can expect in this week’s games and what’s ahead. As always, don’t forget to claim this week’s games before the promotion ends....

The Football Manager 2020 beta is available now to anyone who has pre-purchased the game. It was due to launch on November 5, but because so many of this year’s features are aimed at long term play, Sports Interactive decided to release the beta early. An extra week isn’t much time by Football Manager standards, with players often spending months playing through numerous seasons. But every bit of feedback the developers can get will help get the final game polished for its November 19 release....

Key Points: Athanasius Kircher (1602-1680), a prominent German Jesuit polymath, was a famous 17th century scholar who published around 40 works, most notably in the fields of egyptology, music, optics, magnetism, geology, linguistics and comparative religion.Kircher received visits or letters from scientists, royalty and clergy from all over Europe and beyond, together with a multitude of artifacts, curiosities of natural history and mechanical apparatus, which he later, together with his huge library, donated to a museum, which eventually became the famous Museum of the Roman College or Museum Kircherianum....

John Constantine is on his way back to the Sandman Universe. Simon Spurrier (The Dreaming, X-Men: Legacy) will be writing a John Constantine book for DC’s Black Label imprint with art by Marcio Takara called The Sandman Universe Presents: Hellblazer, which arrives on Oct. 30. Neil Gaiman kicked off his curated Sandman Universe label last year, and since then The Dreaming, Books of Magic, House of Whispers, and Lucifer have been continuing the tradition that Gaiman and his bevvy of dream-come-true-artists started decades ago in the pages of Vertigo’s Sandman....

Today Nihon Falcom announced that its recent JRPG The Legend of Heroes: Kuro no Kiseki is going to be released for PS5. The game, originally released only for PS4 in September 2021, will make the jump to the newer PlayStation console in Japan on July 18, 2022. The PS5 version will be rendered at 4K resolution and will run at 60 FPS. It will also include a high-speed mode that lets you set the speed individually for turn-based and action battles....

Bloober Team’s latest horror project, The Medium, has been positioned as one of Microsoft’s big holiday 2020 titles. Until now, the team has been sheepish on announcing an exact release date for The Medium. Bloober Team has broken its silence though, and the official launch date for PC will be December 10. That means that it misses the initial launch day for Microsoft’s new console, but a 2020 release is still welcome....

For the majority of Netflix’s limited documentary series, The Pharmacist, Dr. Jacqueline Cleggett is a name shrouded in mystery. There are limited photos of Cleggett, the former physician who established a shady medical practice outside of New Orleans, a practice that became a notorious OxyContin “pill mill.” Much of the footage that accompanies her name is hours of home video filmed outside her office by Dan Schneider, a concerned citizen, moralistic pharmacist, and grieving father....

This The Purge review contains spoilers. The Purge Episode 8 Having been writing about television for a decade at this point, I’ve seen a lot of “previously on” and “next week on” montages designed to fire up viewers about upcoming events, or remind viewers of pertinent past information. The opening reminder segment in “I Will Participate” has to be one of the best ones I’ve ever seen. Throughout this season, we’ve seen Joe riding around in a big Purge van, being a hero and saving lives, until last week he broke into the sealed home of the Betancourts and kidnapped Rick and Jenna....

With the 20th anniversary of The Sims franchise ongoing, there’s never been more talk about new features and a possible The Sims 5. It will be interesting to see which direction the game takes in the coming year, especially with the recent feedback form that EA sent to all players to ask about wanted features. It’s a great sign that the developers might finally be listening to major complaints. While waiting for any big, game-changing additions to arrive, it’s a good idea to rely on some of the fantastic custom content that dedicated fans have made....

The Sims 4 launched for Mac yesterday, but you may not know that if you own the PC version you’ll also be able to download the Mac version for free. “When you purchase any edition of The Sims 4, you gain access to both the PC and Mac versions,” EA explained. It is also possible to carry your PC game saves over to the Mac version, though Origin cloud storage isn’t supported....

The Sinking City won’t be officially released until June 27. However, players who pre-ordered have early access already. If you’re planning on grabbing The Sinking City now, then be forewarned that you might encounter a few technical issues and maybe some disappointments along the way. You can read more about these in our official review and technical review. Still, if you’d like to dive into the mysteries of Oakmont, then we’ve got this main story guide for you....

Bloomberg has claimed that the long-rumoured cheaper Nintendo Switch model will launch ‘by the end of June.’ Nintendo is also apparently looking to apply a ‘modest upgrade’ for the current version of the Switch this year, although a more powerful version of the console ‘is not in the works,’ says Bloomberg’s sources. This is hardly the first time we’ve heard murmurs about a new Switch. Just last week, the Nikkei reported that a cheaper version of the console will arrive later in the year, as well as a complete revamp of the existing hardware....

When you find a great game, hours can just slip away like minutes. Some games transcend even the initial honeymoon phase, staying with gamers for months and years after they’ve fallen out of vogue with popular media. © Roman Sigaev/Shutterstock.com It could be these games just have the right gameplay loop, proving to be engrossing and captivating with every minute. 2016 was home to some massive releases and some of these are still very worth your time....

Some games stay with us well past their release year. These 2018 games are special, and they remain fun and fresh even years after their release date. Some of these are hallmark titles, something beyond and above their peers. Others are near endless in what they offer up, with easy-to-grasp mechanics and a massive skill ceiling. © Vik Y/Shutterstock.com Whether it is their multiplayer action, story, or engaging mechanics these games are still in constant rotation with us....

The premiere of Jordan Peele’s modern take on Rod Serling’s classic anthology series has put The Twilight Zone back on everybody’s minds. The two reboots of The Twilight Zone that predate Peele’s current version don’t have as sterling of a reputation as their predecessor, but the ‘80s Twilight Zone remains a fascinating anomaly because some pivotal horror directors like William Friedkin, Joe Dante, and Tommy Lee Wallace all helm installments. Wes Craven even leads the pack and directs a whopping seven episodes, and George R....

Sit down summer child, because does George R.R. Martin ever have a story to tell. No, The Winds of Winter is not done yet. Nor will it be done this year. However, taking to his blog to confirm his good spirits and health, Martin revealed that the coronavirus pandemic has forced him to spend long hours trapped in a literal cabin writing about the lands of Westeros Essos. At long last, winter might finally be coming on the page....