Ultimate United Squid

08/06/2022

Something has survived.

Share via: Jurassic World Dominion has a lot riding on it. At least for me, personally. Like pretty much every kid who grew up in the 90s, I was enamored with the original Jurassic Park. My sisters and I would quote the movie endlessly and repeatedly act out certain scenes. Trust me, we’ve shaken ...

06/02/2022

Share via: Nintendo and GameFreak are currently enjoying a very successful launch of Pokémon Legends Arceus on the Switch. The title has broken sales records for the series, even surpassing Pokémon Sword & Shield‘s first-week sales numbers with over 6.5 million copies being sold already. And luc...

16/11/2021

The things we do for love.

Mothers and daughters often share an unbreakable bond, but how far are some people willing to push that bond? For one woman, apparently that bond transcends into her love life. Social media influen…

27/10/2021

Hey look, a space alien!

Buzz Lightyear wasn’t kidding when he exclaimed “To infinity and beyond!” nearly three decades ago. The spaceman from Toy Story is receiving his own solo film directly from Pixar itself, and a new …

29/09/2021

Carnotaurus has seen something of a resurgence in popularity recently. After having bypassed the T-Rex as the primary antagonist of Disney’s animated film Dinosaur in 2000, Carnotaurus kind o…

26/09/2021

Wow.

As Bandai Namco celebrates the 40th anniversary of gaming icon Pac-Man, fans have been treated to lots of fresh content and merchandise to the legendary series. It started with the release of Pac-M…

26/09/2021

My desert. My Dune.

There’s a lot riding on 2021’s Dune film adaptation. Not only does it have to live up to the expectations of faithfully bringing Frank Herbert’s groundbreaking, genre-defining 196…

03/09/2021

Roughly 800,000 children go missing every year in the United States. It’s a tragic statistic, but many of them do eventually find their way back home. However, most of them do not return with…

02/09/2021

Little did Belgian nature photographer Yves Adams know when he set out on a two-month trip to Antarctica that he would be the first to ever take a picture of one of the world’s rarest birds: …

02/09/2021

As the old saying goes, “never judge a book by its cover”. And the wolffish is living proof of that statement. Despite their creepy-looking faces and menacing teeth that often protrude …

02/09/2021

An elephant never forgets.

Once thought to be merely wild beasts of burden, the spectrum of emotions available to many animals has become harder to ignore over the years. Two elephants have given us yet another recent exampl…

31/08/2021

It’s an exciting time to be a Metroid fan. With the announcement of the October release of Metroid Dread, the fifth and reportedly final installment of the core Metroid saga, as well as confi…

18/05/2021

While fans of the Pokémon trading card game have been enjoying exclusive KFC promo cards while they patiently wait for the highly anticipated Chilling Reign expansion due in June, The Pokémon Compa…

13/05/2021

After years of waiting, Pokémon fans will finally be able to get their hands on Sylveon for the first time in the popular Pokémon GO app. Developer Niantic announced the final Eeveelution will be a…

13/05/2021

Pokémon: Gotta catch ’em all! Just not at Target Stores, apparently. Target, a major US retail store chain, announced it would no longer be stocking or selling Pokémon cards at its brick-and-…

11/05/2021

Pikachu, I lick you!

As if headlining a virtual Post Malone to perform a cover of a Hootie & the Blowfish song in a special Pokémon-themed concert wasn’t enough to celebrate the franchise’s 25th anniver…

11/05/2021

Pokémon is currently celebrating its 25th anniversary, and the series’ longevity is no mistake. Every game is chock-full of easter eggs and secrets that keep fans coming back for more. The la…

10/05/2021

Good old 2012. I remember the year fondly. It was a simpler time. Nowadays we have to endure the horror of seeing the world collapsing and all of our previously trusted institutions along with it b…

21/04/2021

By now everyone knows the Pokémon series was largely inspired by the bug-collecting and battling days of creator Satoshi Tajiri’s childhood days. But it’s often forgotten what an outsiz…

20/04/2021

In a world where the past is increasingly being either forgotten or re-written to suit modern tastes and sensibilities, many characters from America’s most sacred pop culture institutions hav…

19/04/2021

This year marks Sonic the Hedgehog’s 30th anniversary, and Sega is doing everything it can to celebrate the blue blur’s birthday properly. As if launching his own energy drink, releasin…

19/04/2021

Everyone’s favorite twisted visual novel series is coming to iOS and Android devices! Danganronpa is currently in development for mobile devices as a port of the third installment in the seri…

19/04/2021

Pokémon Snap remains one of the most charming games of the Nintendo 64 era. The quirky photography game was ahead of its time, long before Instagram and social media in general made casual photogra…

16/04/2021

Tattoos are an art form in and of themselves, and some of them carry sentimental value. After a young boy brought a crude drawing home from school, his mother thought it would be sweet to have it f…

16/04/2021

Larry Sanger, co-founder of the most popular online encyclopedia Wikipedia, is not a fan of the site and has become one of its most vocal critics. Last year, Sanger wrote a scathing critique and an…

16/04/2021

After decades of delighting (and terrifying) audiences around the world, Godzilla will finally be taking his thrills outside of the cinema and into an amusement park this year. The popular Kaiju wi…

15/04/2021

Just when you thought it was safe to visit the countryside, chickens started to devolve back into their dinosaur ancestors. … Okay, not really, but you still might see some chickens running a…

14/04/2021

Everything was looking up for the Detective Pikachu series. The film adaptation of the unique talking Pokémon mystery game was a veritable hit, raking in over $400 million at the box office, and a …

14/04/2021

Voice acting legend Hank Azaria has gone on record multiple times to publicly disassociate himself from one of the many characters he portrayed on the long-running animated sitcom The Simpsons. For…

14/04/2021

Asian and Asian-American actors and actresses are commonly seen starring front and center in major films these days, whether it’s the recent Mortal Kombat film, last year’s live-action …

08/04/2021

Once upon a time it was a universal truth that, with little to no exceptions, movies based on video games were guaranteed to suck. And vice versa. Gradually, however, film adaptations of video game…

08/04/2021

As life slowly begins to return back to normal in a (hopefully) post-pandemic world, one of the first activities people will likely want to return to on a regular basis is traveling. Specifically, …

31/03/2021

Godzilla has been very busy lately Between starring in both American and Japanese films these last couple of years, with his most recent theatrical offering being Godzilla vs. Kong which has not on…

31/03/2021

After smashing records at the box office, it’s almost a guarantee for any movie to receive a sequel these days, and Godzilla vs. Kong should be no exception. The film has been off to a great …

30/03/2021

Earlier this year McDonald’s hopped aboard the Pokémon hype train with the release of limited-time 25th Anniversary Pokémon cards, and now another fast-food restaurant has thrown its hat into…

29/03/2021

As Godzilla vs. Kong has ignited more than the giant reptile’s atomic breath, the new blockbuster crossover has also reignited my interest in the Godzilla franchise. I started looking back at…

25/03/2021

A woman was left bewildered by an unusual note and present left outside her home, apparently from a secret admirer. A neighbor called attention to a white envelope protruding from the front door of…

25/03/2021

After shocked reactions to an eyebrow-raising message written on top of a cake, a group of bakers in Boston claim they were just following orders. The wedding venue isn’t fully convinced thou…

25/03/2021

With the release of Godzilla vs Kong, there’s no better time to binge the vast library of Kaiju films featuring everyone’s favorite prehistoric reptile. Of course, there are over 30 God…