Pancizza: IHOP Reveals Pizza-Style Pancake

IHOP, the artist briefly known as IHOb, has revealed three limited-time menu items that are essentially pancakes presented as pizza called Pancizza (pronounced Pan-keet-za) in celebration of National Pizza Day on February 9.

If you’re someone whose Venn diagram intersects perfectly between pancakes and pizzas, IHOP has set up pancizza.com with all of the pertinent information. There are three styles of Pancizza: Original Pancake, Cupcake and Bacon & Cheddar. Each costs $5, comes in a pizza box, is sliced into triangles, measures 7” and comes with four signature syrups: Old-Fashioned, Butter Pecan, Strawberry and Blueberry. They are available only from February 8-10.

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Get 38 Issues of Classic 1990s Spawn for $1

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Perhaps no superhero embodies the '90s better than Spawn. And thanks to a new Spawn Humble Bundle, you can relive those glory days - or experience them for the first time - for between just $1 and $15. And let's be honest, even as Spawn fans and children of the '90s, that's probably about the right price. Considering that gets you more than 100 digital comics valued at over $300 from legends like Todd McFarlane, Alan Moore, Frank Miller, and Neil Gaiman, that's (pardon the pun) one hell of a deal. Just make sure to grab this deal before February 20, when it goes away for good.

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Umbrella Academy Explained: What Is the New Netflix Superhero Series?

There's certainly no shortage of new TV shows based on comic books in 2019. But there's one series that seems to be on everyone's radar this year - Umbrella Academy. Based on the comic books from Gerard Way and artist Gabriel Bá, this new Netflix series puts a darker, quirkier spin on the X-Men formula.

If you're not sure why everyone is looking forward to the show's debut, it's time to brush up on all things Umbrella Academy. Here's everything you need to know about the premise, characters, and setting of this oddball superhero saga.

Umbrella Academy Explained: The Basics

The Umbrella Academy begins when 43 superhuman infants are suddenly born to mothers who had shown no signs of pregnancy beforehand. A wealthy inventor and philanthropist named Sir Reginald Hargreeves adopts seven of these children and raises them to be superheroes at the titular Umbrella Academy. Unfortunately, with Hargreeves being a ruthless taskmaster who cares only about results, these seven children grow up to be dysfunctional, psychologically damaged heroes.

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Opinion: I Miss When Battle Royales Were Boring

Battle royale as a genre continues to grow wildly out of control, and as it does new trends are starting to emerge within it. Compared to earlier BRs, the latest games are much faster-paced, usually with smaller maps that facilitate more action. And while that’s surely a positive for a lot of players, I can’t help but miss the boring stuff.

PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds and BRs as a whole are rooted fundamentally in military sims like Arma. At the start, that meant big maps, realism-based healing and looting mechanics, and a helluva lot of walking as the norm. But games like Call of Duty: Blackout and Apex Legends have shoved the status quo further away from the sim side of things and closer to the feeling of a traditional multiplayer FPS – even PUBG is introducing smaller maps like Sanhok with similarly action-packed goals.

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