Cynical nerds everywhere were baffled last week when Spider-Man: Homecoming turned out to actually be pretty good. “Ever since the teaser trailer dropped I’ve been waiting to hate-watch this thing,” grumbled Danny Goodman. “If I’d known it would actually be a coming-of-age tale filled with
In late 2014 Blizzard released the cinematic trailer for its upcoming game Overwatch, centering around the battle for Doomfist’s awesome gauntlet. We all watched that trailer and collectively thought, “That’s a cool glove. I wonder what Doomfist is like.” And then we waited. For over two
In a surprise move, Valve made an unexpected appearance at E3 2017. Even more stunning was the list of games they announced during the twelve second press conference. President of Valve Gabe Newell came on stage, pulled out a crumpled piece of paper, and just read a
After mercilessly being made fun of for an entire year because of their dismal showing at E3 2016, Nintendo has returned with a vengeance. “We’re fucking back, and we wanted to let you know we mean business,” said President and COO of Nintendo of America
“We’re very excited about this,” Spider-Man game director Brian Intihar said in an exclusive and totally not made up interview with Geek Melee. “We thought it was great being Batman and sneaking up on people and pressing R1 to quickly grapple around. But we thought, what
The rest of E3 should be canceled this year. Shut it down. Send everyone home. The entire 720,000 square foot Los Angeles Convention Center, all of the 5,600 parking spaces, the countless hours of press conferences and new game reveals, and the thousands upon thousands
In my previous Film Roundup articles (2015 and 2016) I’ve lamented the state of the box office. Every year spin-offs, prequels, sequels, reboots, and tired superhero flicks dominate the list of most profitable films. In an attempt to provide some alternatives to those usual suspects, I’ve collated
After six films based on the Resident Evil video game series over a span of 15 goddamn years, it appears the film series is getting a reboot because art is dead. Constantin Film, the production company responsible for the atrocities sometimes referred to as “films”,
After Nintendo made the baffling decision to halt production of the NES Classic, it appears a new rumor has cropped up about the company making an Super Nintendo counterpart for the holiday season. Although nothing is confirmed, I thought it would be fun to make
Right up front, I’m not a Ghost in the Shell aficionado. I’ve known of its existence for a long while, the picture of her with sunglasses and a gun in her hand always being the first thing I think of when the title is mentioned.