Fantastic Universes

The Marvel Cinematic Universe has been an ongoing saga for about 17 years running. Apart from the the Avengers' adventures, it is really interesting to see how their superheroics affects their in-universe politics and just how absolutely crazy it is. When you take a step back and look at their line of US Presidents, one has to wonder what is the how the US government still functions as well as it does. Not an exaggeration, but every US president in the MCU had momentous disruptions under their administrations that was full of destruction of major historical landmarks, bouts of fascism, and multiple high-ranking officials being revealed as traitors or killers.  President Ellis' Administration     2013's Iron Man 3 introduces our first President of the United States: Matthew Ellis. Now Ellis himself is not anymore corrupt than a typical politician. Yes, he has made shady back-alley deals to not punish some big-money oil tycoons for white collar crimes, but that's par for ...

By Fay Clark Part 1 - The Overview If you are anything like me, you will be aware of the hit 90's TV show Charmed . T hree sisters discover that they are descendants of a line of female witches and that they are destined to fight against the forces of evil, using their combined powers of witchcraft. Season 1 Episode 1 - The Power of Three I was obsessed with this show and I still am. It ran for 8 seasons and has 178 episodes. It was filled with love, laughter and good life lessons. Charmed showed you the true meaning of sisterhood in every iteration you could think of, and even a few that you were unlikely to dream of. Prue, Piper and Phoebe Halliwell were in their early-mid 20s when they discovered their true destiny, and powers. Anyone who followed the show would know that there was a cast change after the 3rd season finale in 2001. This meant that the eldest sister Prue was no longer in the show, and a new half-sister was introduced in the character Paige Matthews (we will get ...

Press Release by Adam Ray DC: Dark Legion Unveils March Release Date, Opens Pre-Registration We've heard rumblings of a mobile gaming epic coming to our shores some time 2025. We've finally been given the date of March 14th as the official release. The Pre-Registration is open right now, and it offers eager players exclusive rewards for signing up ahead of time. FunPlus , one of the world’s largest independent game companies, today announced that  DC: Dark Legion , the upcoming strategy game set in the DC universe, will launch on  March 14, 2025  for iOS, Android, and PC. Starting today, players can visit the  App Store ,  Google Play  and  dcdarklegion.com  to pre-register for the game to earn rewards at launch and help reach player milestones that unlock rewards for the whole community: 1 Million – Weapons Optional Gift Pack (contains 1 of 5 iconic weapons) 2 Million – 100x Green Mother Boxes (giving the chance to obtain full heroes, hero fragme...

Review by Adam Ray It's no secret that I love games. With the big annual ritualistic gift giving ceremony just ended, I was bequeathed a great many experiences to be enjoyed over a night of tabletop fun. One such title I've wanted since I saw the box art's charming little Mushroom creatures, and the dynamic movement of the centre piece has to be Mycelia.   Designed by Daniel Greiner and published by Ravensburger, this charming deck builder has quickly become one of my all time favourites! Mycelia  is a deck-building, action point game. That's fancy gamer nerd lexis for a game where you take cards to add to your personal deck which lets you do certain things to help you win. In the story of the game, the forest is flooded with dewdrops, and the living mushroom people all need your help to clear those dewdrops. Your cards primarily either grant you more leaves (this game's version of currency) or manipulate the dewdrops, by moving them around or removing them from the...

Review by Adam Ray The Professor has returned! With a sequel to the cosmic classic Apequest album. We can see our bringer of Steampunk songs going full force to broadcast new and masterful sounds akin to that of School of Whimsy  with all the progressive storytelling elements of the original Apequest album and welcome inclusions of many Amazing Friends . Trophy Room.  The album starts with a lively sequel to The Attic that masterfully weaves together references to philosophy, comics, and his old songs. Most albums open with the hit, and this single track perfectly blends the Professor's rap skill with shows there's a real progressed as a rapper, a lot of technical skill. What Could Possibly Go Wrong perfectly interludes the songs in with the time travel story. Pirates Hate Me  is a welcome look into how best the Professor handles pirates. The second time they've featured in a time travel album after This Means War. The frontman of The Cog is Dead, a very talented steamp...

  Chris Claremont is arguably the most influential X-Men writer and one of the most important superhero comics creators in general. His command of prose, deft use of subplots, and willingness to let characters grow in unexpected ways put a definitive stamp that few has been able to replicate since. Come and see how X-Men rose from obscurity into the a global pop culture phenomenon primarily under the pen of this one man. "Greater Love Hath No X-Man"  Uncanny X-Men #100 Writers: Chris Claremont Artists: Dave Cockrum Review by Eric Lee Previously on X-Men:  The Sentinels have captured half the X-Men, but the other half of the team hijacked a space shuttle to rescue them from the Sentinels' floating space base. As the team navigates through the villain base, they run into the original X-Men team and a unusually bloodthirsty Professor X commanding them to kill the new team. Lets take a moment to admire the cover. Not only is the cover image highly iconic with the...