A new wave of basketball movies is aimed at expert-level fandom
Ben Affleck’s Air, Adam Sandler’s Hustle, and a courtful of new sports dramas focus on a bigger picture
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Ben Affleck’s Air, Adam Sandler’s Hustle, and a courtful of new sports dramas focus on a bigger picture
Stories about fans being overly devoted towards a particular group or person and taking things too far have existed in popular culture for years. At their best, these tales provide an interesting look to how warped fan culture has become over the decades. And even when they don’t really work or come across as overly…
Beloved nerd, noted horror/comedy actor, and internet handsome man Rahul Kohli is going to be in a video game. I don’t mean he’s going to be voice acting (although, you know I wouldn’t hate that at all), but he’s actually going to be featured on a new Trooper Card in the upcoming English version of Sega’s Like a…
So you waited until the 11th hour and it’s now too late to order holiday presents online. Thankfully, there are several stores where you can still scavenge in-person for the perfect last-minute geeky gift for the fan in your life. Pro-tip to speed up your quest even more: order pick-up exists!
As of late, the games industry has felt a little all over the place. We’ve seen countless acquisitions: Microsoft bought ActiBlizz, Sony acquired Valkyrie Entertainment, Quantic Dream was more recently acquired by Netease Games, and the list continues.
Acquisitions haven’t just been limited to the likes of developers and publishers, however, with the host of various fan wiki pages – Fandom – acquiring Giant Bomb, GameSpot, MetaCritic, GameFAQs, Comic Vine, Cord Cutters News, and TV Guide.
Fandom is something that’ll be familiar to most of us. There’s a rather high chance then when you googled that character in that Rings of Power show everyone is talking about, you wound up on a Fandom webpage. It now appears that Fandom is stretching its wings and approaching pop culture media with open arms, literally.
Pop culture wiki service Fandom has acquired a whole bunch of gaming and entertainment sites including media sites GameSpot and Giant Bomb, the company announced today. As part of the deal with Red Ventures, Fandom also gain Metacritic and GameFAQs, along with broader entertainment coverage through Comic Vine and TV Guide. The cost of the purchase wasn’t disclosed.