Dynasty

It’s hard to square martial arts main man Donnie Yen’s increasing entanglement with the Chinese Communist party with the concern for China’s ethnic minorities on show in his first directorial effort for 20 years. Playing Qiao Feng, top dog of the ragamuffin Beggars’ Gang during the Song dynasty, he finds out that his parents were in fact hairy Khitan nomads from the steppes. With the scenes of Khitan refugees being mistreated by callous military goons, you can’t help but think of the plight of the Uyghurs.Things don’t…

The founding of the Ketsuyama Bakufu Toplitz has announced Sengoku Dynasty, the Japan-centric follow-up to Render Cube’s 2021 survival crafting game, Medieval Dynasty. Sengoku Dynasty is a bit of a cross between a typical survival game and a survival city builder like Banished. Considering how popular both genres have been in the market, it’s not surprising that they crossed eventually. Rather than just try to stay alive in the wilderness alone or with friends, you build up a settlement for NPCs and try to help them…

Benedict Cumberbatch recently announced that Doctor Strange will be back in the MCU very soon as he is involved in an upcoming Marvel project in 2024. While it’s currently unknown what that project will be, fans began to speculate about his role in the Multiverse Saga and how it will impact the events of Avengers: The Kang Dynasty. Over on the r/MarvelStudios subreddit, fans discussed what Doctor Strange‘s role could be during the events of Phase Five and Six. The last time we saw this Marvel sorcerer was in Doctor…

Photo via Marvel Studios The MCU has found itself on unexpectedly shaky ground in 2023. The year began with the distinctly underwhelming Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, whose release was shortly followed by Jonathan Majors’ arrest in New York. Things picked up with Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, though even that failed to join the billion-dollar club as expected. Then came the Writers’ Strike, which resulted in delays to the entire Marvel Studios slate. So it’s understandable that some fans are asking for…

Photo via Marvel Studios Disney has been dealing with a lot lately — whether it is the writers’ guild strike, the whole Ron DeSantis fiasco, the lukewarm response to Quantumania, or the fact that another Marvel actor has joined Jonathan Majors in the controversy club. It was a matter of when and not if the Mouse House would delay its upcoming slate of content and it was a no-brainer that of all the Marvel Studios servings, Avengers: The Kang Dynasty was bound to join the delays.  The film was first announced…

Image via Marvel Studios Marvel Studios writer Jeff Loveness has come to the center of everyone’s attention following claims that he was responsible for leaking the Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania script days before the film’s official release. The writer could have stayed silent and waited for this brewing conspiracy theory to blow over. However, the writer decided to clear his name on social media. This kicked off when one Twitter user questioned if Loveness was Marvel leaker @thewatcher_2099. The leaker’s…

Image via Marvel Studios A Marvel Studios rumor has fans down on their knees, praying that it’s true, especially when you look at this person’s past work in the franchise, and question how they could pull off an important milestone MCU film. Jeff Sneider shared some insider knowledge that Jeff Loveness, known for his work for Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantimania, that he is no longer involved in Avengers: The Kang Dynasty. His departure supposedly happened before the writers’ strike. However, all of this is…

via Marvel Studios If you’ve watched Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (if you haven’t, you should turn away now – unless you don’t mind spoilers), you know Peter Quill is on his Live Laugh Love era as he backpacks across Earth in an attempt to finally find himself, healing from toxic past relationships and trauma, eating delicious food, and meditating in spiritual retreats. Okay, that’s not exactly what’s happening, but it’s close enough. Essentially, Quill is back home turf, reuniting with his human family, and…

Take no Shitieshou Koei Tecmo has proudly announced that its period piece action-adventure Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty has surpassed one million shipments and sales since its initial release. The Team Ninja-developed adventure hit PlayStation, PC, and Xbox platforms on March 3. According to the publisher Wo Long, which sees a mysterious protagonist battling demons against a stylized take on the Han Dynasty, has been played by 3.8 million players so far, taking into account its availability on the Xbox Game Pass service. For…

MIT took all five top spots in the William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition for the third year in a row and won the prize for the top woman for the fourth time in as many years. Seventy of the top 100 in the December event were MIT students, including 21 of the top 25. The competition, held annually by the Mathematical Association of America since 1938, is an intense six-hour exam featuring 12 proof-based problems. A total of 3,415 students from 456 institutions participated, with teams from Harvard and Stanford…