As It Turns Out, Solo Leveling Hid Away Igris' Tragic Backstory... Until Now

Quick Links Warning: Contains spoilers for Solo Leveling.Anyone who’s read or watchedSolo Levelingwill know that it’s not a narrative-driven story. There’s an overarching plot, and the characters go through varying degrees of development, but both aspects tend to be very minimal as the story’s focus tends to be doing whatever it can to set up the next big fight scene for Jinwoo and the occasional ally. Solo Levelinghas never been a story with a large focus on its narrative, and a character who best exemplifies that idea isIgris the Bloodred....

July 25, 2025 · 4 min · 843 words · Stacey Miller

Assassin's Creed Shadows Boss Fights Highlight The Game's Biggest Weakness

Assassin’s Creed Shadowshas a lot going for it, especially when it comes to itsdual protagonist approach, but the boss fights aren’t frequently among the strong points. As a relatively minor aspect of the game, it’s not surprising that the average boss encounter doesn’t prove especially memorable. While I wouldn’t ask for fights to be souped up into multi-stage showdowns in climactic combat arenas, I’m still a little disappointed by how incomplete the game’s solution to these challenges feels....

July 25, 2025 · 4 min · 810 words · Kristen Hunt

Below Deck: Aesha Scott's Age, Job, Relationship, Instagram, & Everything We Know

Aesha ScottfromBelow Deck Mediterraneanhas an interesting personality and a bright future ahead of her. The Tauranga native made her reality TV debut in 2019 when she joinedBelow Deck Mediterraneanseason 4 as the second stewardess, alongside Hannah Ferrier as the chief stew, Anastasia Surmava as the third stew, and June Foster as the replacement stew.Aesha enjoyed filming her debut seasonand made many friends. However, she alsodisagreedwith certainBelow Deckcrew members, including former Bosun JoãoFranco....

July 25, 2025 · 4 min · 742 words · Angela Mercado

Boom Is Turning 20, So Here's 10 Must-Read Comics From the Hit Publisher

After twenty years,BOOM! Studioshas become one of the biggest independent publishers in comics. With four successful imprints - BOOM! Studios, BOOM! Box, KaBOOM, and Archaia - BOOM! has turned out a diverse range of comics for demographics all across the board. Whether it is a haunting horror story, an endearing coming-of-age tale, or an action-packed thriller, BOOM! Studios most likely has it. There are countless BOOM! Studios comics to check out, especially after two decades of publication, butten stand out among the amazing comics from BOOM!...

July 25, 2025 · 10 min · 2029 words · Eric Allen

Brightburn Director Addresses Possibility Of Reuniting With James Gunn For The DCU After Previous "Punk Rock Anti-Establishment" Approach To Superman

Director David Yarovesky addresses his collaboration with James Gunn on the Superman-inspired horror movieBrightburnand reveals whether he’d like to reunite with Gunn on aDCUproject. In 2019, David Yarovesky directed and James Gunn wrote the superhero horrorBrightburn, which centers around a kid with very similar powers to Superman. But instead of using his immense power to protect people and fight crime, Brandon Breyer attacks his adoptive family and causes a major tragedy in his hometown....

July 25, 2025 · 4 min · 666 words · Brittany Buck

Dafne Keen Addresses Captain America MCU Crossover Hopes After Deadpool & Wolverine Return

Dafne Keen wants to continue playing X-23 afterDeadpool & Wolverine, and the actress already has a crossover in mind for her possibleMarvel Cinematic Universefuture. Keen’s take on Laura in 2017’sLoganmade her one of the fan-favorite stars of the past decade in superhero movies. At just 20 years old, the actress could be part of many of theMCU’s upcoming filmsas the franchise gets ready toreboot the X-MenafterAvengers: Secret Wars. With the multiverse allowing for exciting crossovers, Keen knows what characters she wants X-23 to meet....

July 25, 2025 · 3 min · 603 words · Jennifer Silva

Daredevil Really Is Connected to the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Here's How

TheTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtlesare one of the biggest comic book properties of all time, but they probably wouldn’t exist if it weren’t forDaredevil. Peter Laird and Kevin Eastman’s little black-and-white indie comic took the world by storm, growing from a small-press book to a global franchise that is still going strong to this day, so it’s wild to think that the title started as a loving homage to Marvel’s vigilante, Daredevil....

July 25, 2025 · 6 min · 1261 words · Robert Kelly

Dragon Ball Daima's Strongest Characters, Ranked

Dragon Ball Daimahas impressed fans with its amazing fights and powerful figures, and it’s shaking up the power rankings to boot. With the introduction of new characters like the Tamagami and improvements to existing characters, the title ofDaima’s strongest is certainly up for grabs. Ranking the characters ofDaimaby strength is a tricky task.Many of them haven’t had the chance to fight each other yet, making it difficult to firmly establish certain characters as stronger than others....

July 25, 2025 · 9 min · 1750 words · Emily Humphrey

Even Star Trek Klingons Can End Up Like Kirk & Picard

Warning: SPOILERS for Star Trek: Lower Decks Season 5, Episode 4 - “A Farewell To Farms” Star Trek: Lower Decksshows how even Klingons can share an unhappy fate that befell Captain James T. Kirk (William Shatner) and Admiral Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart). In its fifth and final season on Paramount+,Star Trek: Lower Deckssees the USS Cerritos investigating quantum fissures in space that lead to alternateStar Trektimelines. One dimensional portal opened up in Klingon space, which ledLieutenants Beckett Mariner (Tawny Newsome) and Bradward Boimler (Jack Quaid) to the Klingon homeworld, Q’onoS....

July 25, 2025 · 4 min · 797 words · Kaitlin Wilson

Every Whedonverse Actor In 9-1-1 and Lone Star

Throughout9-1-1and9-1-1: Lone Star, there are many faces that fans of Joss Whedon’s shows will recognize. Co-created by Tim Minear,9-1-1follows a group of first responders as they deal with life-or-death situations in and around Los Angeles. Part way into its run, it was joined by9-1-1: Lone Starand featured intense rescuesthat took place in Austin, Texas. Unfortunately,9-1-1: Lone Starhas since come to an end after five seasons.9-1-1lives on, however, and will continue later in the year, with more spinoffs potentially in the works....

July 25, 2025 · 9 min · 1894 words · Carrie Kennedy

Everything In The ARK: Aberration Ascended Expansion Pack

Ark: Survival Ascended’sAberrationexpansion pack is out now, bringing a wide variety of new features to the game. Most prominent is the introduction of a new, expansive map, consisting of various layers of cave passages flooded with mutating radiation and strange new creatures. However, there are also plenty of new plants to grow, new recipes to craft, new tools to use, and, of course,new dinos to tame. Aberrationis thethird DLC map released forASA, and one of the largest yet -not just by surface area, which is indeed significant, but also by new features introduced....

July 25, 2025 · 7 min · 1427 words · Rebecca Santos

Evil Geniuses adds BcJ and Ethan to its Valorant roster

Valorant News Evil Geniuses has added some firepower to its roster that will help them compete in the 2023 Valorant Champions Tour. Evil Geniuses entered Valorant at the start of 2021, but only one member of its original roster remains. That member is Christine “potter” Chi, who holds the Head Coach position. She has made it her goal to create a top tier Valorant squad for Evil Geniuses and may have just done so....

July 25, 2025 · 2 min · 321 words · Brenda Rice

Ghost Rider's Most Extreme Redesign Shows How to Reinvent Him for the MCU

Ghost Rider’smost extreme redesign offers a surprisingly perfect method for reinventing the character for an MCU adaptation. Eventually, a future Phase of the Marvel Cinematic Universe will see the Spirit of Vengeance brought back to the big screen, and when that happens,Ghost Rider’s redesign from 1998’sTimeslipwould the perfect way to pull it off. Ghost Rider’s redesign was part of Marvel’sTimeslippublishing initiative, which sought to deliver readers bold new takes on some of Marvel’s biggest characters, by top talent of the day....

July 25, 2025 · 3 min · 530 words · Monica Thomas