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The genre of the “Exploration Platformer,” or “Platformer Adventure,” or you know what, let’s just call it like it is, the Metroidvania – or just “Metroid-like” if you’re a purist – is one that has truly blossomed over the last decade or so and spawned some truly incredible 2D games, …

Editor's Note 3/19/2022: With the Hogwarts Legacy video game receiving a fresh round of promotion ahead of release, Harry Potter fans are once again questioning how to grapple with their love of the Wizarding World in the face of J.K. Rowling's transphobic rhetoric, so we're resurfacing this article on the …

With the recent news that Netflix's live-action Avatar: The Last Airbender adaptation has finally revealed the core cast and creative team, we figured it was the perfect time to reflect once again on how perfect the original series finale was. Read on for our thoughts on that classic episode… Full …

Warning: this article contains minor spoilers for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker! While Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker delivered some big revelations that rocked the foundations of the Skywalker Saga, it was one innocuous, blink-and-you-miss-it moment featuring two unnamed characters that left me reeling. It came as the …

They say it’s a new Golden Age for TV, and you know what? It’s true. In fact, the biggest problem we have these days is finding the time to actually watch everything that’s worth checking out. And 2019 continued the trend of TV’s ascension in the pop-culture pantheon, with streaming …

It's been a wild year in the world of pop culture, from games of yesteryear returning with surprisingly excellent remakes to some of the biggest cinematic events in recent memory. There's so much Peak TV now that we basically don't sleep anymore, and there is a consistently great array of …

IGN's Best Action TV Series category focuses on the shows that featured crazy space battles, epic "long nights," martial arts mastery, and more. But hopefully the best of the best of them also featured great stories and characters that made the viewer actually care about the action in question.This is …

IGN's Best New TV Series category is a celebration of the greatest shows to debut in 2019, from drama to fantasy to superhero and beyond. These are the shows, pulled from cable, Netflix, or other streaming services, that we hope to see many more seasons of in the years to …

IGN's Best Comedic TV Performance category assembles the top actor and actresses from the past year of funny television, from hitmen turned actors to fleabags to gals destined to live (and die) the same day over and over and over…This is our winner for the Best Comedic TV Performance of …

2019 was a great year for movies, TV, comic books, and anime, from Avengers Endgaming to Watchmen returning to amazing runs on the page for characters like the Dark Knight and Thor. So now, as we prepare to close out the year, it's time to once again pick our favorites …