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I love the Dodgers. And right now, I hate being a Dodger fan.If you relate to that statement, read no further. You understand the Santa Ana windstorm of emotions that October brings if the Dodgers play well enough in the summer to advance into fall baseball. And the Dodgers have played really well in a lot of summers lately, earning their spot in the playoffs 10 seasons in a row. That’s an incredible run.Even more incredible is what the Dodgers did in their 162-game season this year. For most teams, winning 90 games in a…

Photo via Prime Video It’s strange to think that we’ve already seen three-quarters of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power on Amazon Prime Video. Depending on who you ask, the Amazon adaptation is either an enjoyable ride or an unforgivable slander to J.R.R. Tolkien. One thing’s for certain: many will hold their breath for the finale to the $1 billion venture that has left mouths agape in wonder and amusement. As Amazon Prime Video prepares fans for the conclusion to the first season of their ambitious…

Next month Image Comics and Skybound will release I Hate This Place #5, the final issue of the first arc of the supernatural horror series from writer Kyle Starks, artist Artyom Topilin, colorist Lee Loughridge, and letterer Pat Brosseau. Ahead of the issue’s final order cutoff next Monday, Skybound has released an unlettered preview for I Hate This Place #5. The publisher has also revealed that the series will return for another five-issue arc at an unspecified time in the future. Here’s how Skybound describes I Hate…

Advertising for the McPlant burger, a plant based vegetarian alternative to more traditional meat burgers by fast food giant McDonalds on 11th July 2022 in London, United Kingdom.Mike Kemp | In Pictures | Getty ImagesShares of Beyond Meat fell 6% in morning trading after J.P. Morgan said McDonald's ended its U.S. test of the McPlant burger, which uses Beyond's meatless patties.The fast-food giant confirmed to CNBC Thursday that the McPlant test concluded as planned. Neither McDonald's nor Beyond Meat has announced any…

The following article includes significant spoilers for All Those Who Wander. Star Trek: Strange New Worlds has never been ashamed to tip its hat to the stories it’s riffing upon, some more obviously than others. This week’s episode, All Those Who Wander, might as well just have been called “Screw it, we’re just going to do Aliens.” Thankfully, it’s so good that you won’t have time to care about the xeroxing from James Cameron’s 1986 original. This is the best episode of Strange New Worlds yet, raising the bar, and the…

Following the surprise announcement that series creator Ron Gilbert would be returning to Monkey Island for the first time in over 30 years, it looks like Return To Monkey Island will be a one-off. Confirmed earlier this year, Return To Monkey Island is a direct sequel to 1990’s The Secret Of Monkey Island and 1991’s Monkey Island 2: LeChuck’s Revenge. While three more Monkey Island games followed, they didn’t involve Gilbert. However, according to the official website, this reunion will be short lived. A description…

THIS WEEK: The latest in a long line of event comics that just lead directly into the next event, Shadow War: Omega leads directly into Justice League: Road to Dark Crisis #1. Note: the review below contains spoilers.  If you want a quick, spoiler-free buy/pass recommendation on the comics in question, check out the bottom of the article for our final verdicts. Shadow War: Omega #1 Writer: Joshua WilliamsonArtists: Stephen Segovia, Mike Henderson, and Howard PorterColors: Hi-FiLetterer: Troy PeteriCover: Jonboy Meyers…