Author: Heath Andrews

Last year we reported that Aerosmith was going to be wrapping things up with a farewell tour in North America. Titled, Peace Out: The Farwell Tour, it was going to be the swan song for one of rock and roll’s most enduring bands. However, the tour was postponed in September of 2023 due to problems with lead vocalist Stephen Tyler’s vocal cords. It now appears that those problems are too severe to overcome, and Aerosmith is officially retiring. The announcement was made on Aerosmith’s official website and social media to declare that the band was officially going to “retire from…

As the (in)famous video game music track states, “Daytooooonaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa! Let’s go away!” Though I don’t think the singer meant for 15 to 20 years for illegal possession of firearms. If the previous two sentences make you feel like you don’t understand anything at all anymore, that’s okay, we’ll walk you through this odd tale of contraband and arcade cabinets. You may want to pause for this Daytona USA musical interlude first though. That song you may or may not have just listened to is the theme from Sega’s 1994 arcade title, Daytona USA. If you weren’t around at the time,…

It is with a very heavy heart that we report the end of an era in video games and journalism. Game Informer, one of the longest running print publications dedicated to gaming, has shut down, effective immediately. If you go to their website, instead of the landing page you’d normally see, everything is reduced to a farewell message that announces the magazine’s closure along with the image below. Fans of Game Informer (like this article’s writer) are probably both shocked and not surprised by this in some ways. Over the last few years Game Informer’s parent company, GameStop has not…

Fans of the original Mortal Kombat game can easily recite to you the names of the seven main fighters. Hell, even if you’re not a fan you could probably name them from them being listed off in the first film’s unforgettable main theme. “Kano, Liu Kang, Raiden, Johnny Cage, Scorpion, Sub-Zero, Sonya… MORTAL KOMBAAAAT!” Of course, the series mythology and lore has grown since then, with “Mortal Kombat 2” introducing some key characters, with Princess Kitana being one of the biggest players. Now we’ll get to see how big a role she plays in the film franchise as revealed in…

Well, humanity has finally peaked. It has taken millennia to accomplish but sure enough, we as a people have plateaued. And what grand accomplishment have we reached to put us at this point? What crowning achievement have we attained that will never be surmounted? It’s the establishing of the most inspired casting in the history of Broadway with Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter, Bill and Ted themselves, taking the lead roles in “Waiting for Godot.” Written by Samuel Beckett and premiering in 1953, “Waiting for Godot” was a landmark play in terms of surrealism and absurdism. The premise itself is…

To many ’90s kids, the idea of a bunch of piloted robot vehicles coming together to form a giant humanoid robot will evoke images of “Might Morphin’ Power Rangers.” And why shouldn’t it? The show was a pop culture phenomenon in the states, based off of the Japanese “Super Sentai” series. But kids who grew up through the early ’80s will remember another form of combining robots, also based off an animated Japanese series, “Beast King GoLion.” Otherwise known in the West, as Voltron. It’s been a few years since we had a fresh Voltron interpretation but it appears we’ll…

How many times has it been said or referenced that humans are the real monsters? Its been a theme in literature, film, video games, and real life for millennia. Take climate change for example, and what it’s doing to the Earth; indeed we are the real monsters causing that. In a recent turn of events to rival Florida man, some of the recent California wildfires have been caused by the actions of humans. More than that, you would not believe the ridiculousness that caused them. The Flora Fire in the North Bay region of California. Authorities recently discovered the cause…

We’ll be the first to admit that we have a great fondness for “Star Trek” around these parts, in all its myriad forms. Animated series “Star Trek: Lower Decks” was cancelled earlier this year. The Paramount+ exclusive series will be airing its final episodes later this year. But come to find out, it’s not quite the end for the crew of the USS Cerritos. The adventures will be continuing in comic form from IDW. San Diego Comic-Con (SDCC) has played host to a lot of announcements this year, but this go around managed to throw Trekkies a bone. “Star Trek:…

It seems like far too often we have to report that streaming platforms are axing shows for a number of reasons. It’s no secret that there’s been a scramble amongst the big players, Netflix, Paramount+, MAX, etc. to trim the budgets and cancel what’s not seeming to bring in the ratings. But if Prime Video is feeling the heat they’re certainly not showing it; at least not in the animation department. At San Diego Comic-Con, Prime Video revealed that at least three of its programs have the greenlight for more seasons. “Invincible” Of the three shows, maybe the biggest no-brainer…

Ever since “American Idol” aimed to find America’s best undiscovered singing talent back in 2002, the world has seen more than its fair share of competition based talent shows. We’ve got shows that cover dancing, tattoos, make-up artistry, cooking, baking, think there’s one about forging weapons in there… point is, there’s a lot. One field that hasn’t been tapped yet for this field of programming is the realm of animation, but Skybound is looking to change that. If the name Skybound doesn’t resonate with you, then maybe the name of its founder will- Robert Kirkman. If you don’t know his…