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What a bizarre journey Hellraiser has taken over the last 40 years. From its book beginnings to the breakout movie to the somehow nine (!) sequels and one pretty unconvincing reboot that followed, it's been more falling than raising for Clive Barker ...

If we're known for anything, it's probably either a) very, perhaps too long lists b) forced segues or c) being absolute hidden gem sickos who talk about games time forgot. Well, we asked you for your hidden gems, and you didn't disappoint, buddies. . ...

Office romance is difficult enough without worrying that your colleagues might discover how seriously you take games, cosplay or boys' love manga. Wotakoi: Love Is Hard for Otaku, also known as Wotaku ni Koi wa Muzukashii, sensibly concludes that ...

Video game merchandise used to be simple: a T-shirt, a poster, and if somebody really loved you, perhaps a plastic statue that would spend the next decade silently judging you from the top of a bookcase. Then someone decided gamers needed to know ...

Skipping lessons is supposed to spare you a few difficult questions. For Sakura Adachi, spending that time with Hougetsu Shimamura creates considerably more, particularly once friendship stops adequately describing what she wants. Adachi and ...

There's never been a better time to jump into the world of Ghost of Yotei. Much like Ghost of Tsushima's Director's Cut release on PS5 around a year after the original game's launch, this Complete Edition of Ghost of Yotei takes an already great game ...

Five Nights at Freddy's started with a security office and some deeply unsuitable children's entertainers. It now spans games, books and films, but they don't all follow the same timeline. But trying to unfurl everything is about as easy as getting . ...

Romance is supposed to arrive with fireworks, racing hearts and the sort of dramatic lighting manga artists keep conveniently nearby. Yuu Koito gets the confession but none of the expected feelings, which makes meeting the equally complicated Touko . ...

Misaki Ayuzawa has enough to manage as the first female student council president of a formerly all-boys school. Keeping her after-school job at a maid café secret would be easier if Takumi Usui didn't keep appearing there, looking far too pleased . ...

Video game tie-ins. Sometimes maybe good, most time maybe um not good. It's a cliche at this point. Short deadlines and smaller teams often means that games like Goldeneye and Spider-Man 2 are the exception. But what happens when a movie is bad and . ...