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Sandman Universe: Nightmare Country #3 Preview: Agony and Ecstacy

| Mr. Agony and Mr. Ecstacy stalk their prey in this preview of Sandman Universe: Nightmare Country #3, in stores on Tuesday. Check out the preview below. SANDMAN UNIVERSE: NIGHTMARE COUNTRY #3DC Comics0422DC1570422DC158 – Sandman Universe: Nightmare Country #3 Francesco Francavilla Cover – $4.99(W) James Tynion IV (A) Lisandro Estherren, Andrea Sorrentino (CA) Reiko MurakamiIt's not in the Corinthian's nature to save a life—but if he wants to understand the nature of the Smiling Man, he's going to have to protect one of…

Strange Scaffold reveals “psychic nightmare” top-down ‘Witch Strandings’

Brand new “strand-type” game Witch Strandings was recently revealed during The Guerilla Collective digital showcase. The game comes from developer Strange Scaffold (development label of Xalavier Nelson Jr) and publisher Modern Wolf. Witch Stranding’s Steam description reads: “You are a strand of light in a top-down open world inspired by dark fairytales. Create pathways through the darkness, nurture the creatures of the Forest, repair ancient structures, and ultimately: confront the Witch who broke this place.”…

EV ownership is neither fairytale nor nightmare

Jason PerlowOn Sunday morning, I woke up to an email from my tech-averse mother – she had sent me a copy of The Wall Street Journal's latest hit piece on electric vehicles, written by the newspaper's main lifestyle writer, Rachel Wolfe, in which she chronicles a 2,000-mile trip from New Orleans to Chicago and back in a Kia EV6. I recently purchased a Polestar 2 Dual-Motor, Long Range version (which I also reviewed in December 2021), and I know my parents were skeptical of the purchase. "See! You can't go on a long

Libra, a Cyberpunk Nightmare in the Midst of Crypto Spring

With crypto winter finally over, I’ve turned my heart to the green shoots of spring. But my thoughts are not warm in this first article in the Dreams of Crypto Spring series. I break down the most talked about digital currency in history, Facebook’s Libra, and the dark shadow it casts over the future. ############################################ Facebook finally took the wraps off their long-awaited digital currency platform, called Libra. They released a whitepaper, a testnet and the breakdown of their digital wallet…

Danny Elfman Shoots Down ‘Nightmare Before Christmas’ Sequel Chatter

Danny Elfman has joined Tim Burton in destroying dreams of a Nightmare Before Christmas sequel. The composer supplied the music, certain voices, and Jack Skellington’s singing for Henry Selick’s 1993 holiday classic. While producer Burton has long been the Grinch of sequel talks, Elfman shared his own similar sentiments in an interview with ComicBook. “I don’t think so,” he said when asked about a Nightmare Before Easter, Nightmare Before Thanksgiving, or other potential sequel, spinoff, or offshoot. “I think Tim has…

Nightmare Alley and the best modern film noirs | Drama films

Our most enduring images and memories of film noir tend to be rooted in the 1940s and 1950s: say the words and monochromatic visions of fedoras, slinky satin gowns and unrestricted billows of cigarette smoke inevitably come to mind. That makes it a difficult genre to tackle in the present day, even if its themes and social corners are hardly era-specific. Lean too hard into the period styling and it feels like empty cosplay; update it too much and the shadowy romance dissipates.Guillermo del Toro’s snaky, seductive remake…