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How Magic: The Gathering Crafts Its Zaniest Sets
Magic: The Gathering is arguably weirder than it ever has been, whether it’s in its epic tales of spell-slinging Planeswakers in its primary card sets or its crossovers with everything from Street Fighter and Fortnite to Warhammer 40K and Lord of the Rings. But the series is often at its weirdest not when playing with…
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The Bad Boy of Karate Speaks! We Chatted With Cobra Kai’s Sean Kanan
In a show about the villain of the first Karate Kid movie that features the villain from the Karate Kid sequel, you just knew the villain of Karate Kid part three had to show up eventually. And this year? Cobra Kai delivered. The fifth season of the hit show is now on Netflix and it includes a…
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Pantheon Weaves a Sci-Fi Mystery About Grief and Morally Slippery Technology
Somehow Pantheon is AMC Networks’ first traditionally animated series, a style that contrasts with its near-future tale of technological horrors — and how love just might be able to transcend them. Based on short stories by multiple Hugo-winning author and translator Ken Liu (“The Paper Menagerie,” The Dandelion Dynasty), the eight-episode series boasts a tremendous…
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The Future of He-Man Is Fabulous, Mostly Secret, and Powerfully Tantalising
The defender of the secrets of Castle Grayskull isn’t He-Man, at least not today. That honour currently goes to PJ Lewis, who’s been leading the Masters of the Universe franchise into multiple toylines and animated series over the past few years. He-Man is presumably taking a well-deserved break for his 40th birthday, which will be…