Yearly Archives: 2018

Daredevil: Season 3, Episode 13: “A New Napkin” Review

We're still binging Daredevil Season 3, but if you've already watched the finale, episode 13, share your reactions in the comments, and we'll update this post with a full review once we've seen it!

In the meantime, you can follow along with our status and keep up with all the individual episode reviews we've posted so far in the list below!

Episode 1: "Resurrection" Review - COMPLETED

Episode 2: "Please" Review - COMPLETED

Episode 3: "No Good Deed" Review - COMPLETED

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Daredevil Season 3, Episode 12: “One Last Shot” Review

Warning: The following contains spoilers for Daredevil Season 3, Episode 12. If you need a refresher on where we left off, check out our review of Season 3, episode 11.

"I hurt people. My pride hurt people. And I need to make that right again."

Here we are at the penultimate episode of Daredevil Season 3 - perhaps even the penultimate episode of Daredevil as a series, if Netflix's recent Marvel show cancelations are meant to signal something dire - and... well, things don't quite work out for our heroes.

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Daredevil Season 3, Episode 11: “Reunion” Review

Warning: The following contains spoilers for Daredevil Season 3, Episode 11. If you need a refresher on where we left off, check out our review of Season 3, episode 10.

"I know who you are, Mr. Fisk. You’re a wolf too."

As we head into the home stretch of Season 3, "Reunion" reforms and re-galvanizes the show's core trio - Matt, Karen, and Foggy - while also finding moments of redemption for Sister Maggie and Agent Nadeem. It's a gripping boxed-in/search-and-rescue story - not unlike Season 1's "Condemned" - that places Matt and Karen in a pressure cooker while restoring Fisk to the mountain top.

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Daredevil: Season 3, Episode 10: “Karen” Review

Warning: The following contains spoilers for Daredevil Season 3, Episode 10. If you need a refresher on where we left off, check out our review of Season 3, episode 9.

"Mom lost again."

Yes, "Karen" represents a pause in the story, somewhat, for about two-thirds of this episode, but that time is spent in giant flashback to Karen's tragic past and not our present day characters pacing, blabbing relative dialogue, or hemming and hawing around actual story.

Boy, it's about time this series got around to illuminating certain aspects about Karen. Usually all we get are Matt-centric trips down memory lane. In fact, even with all the mentions of her brother this season, I still didn't expect this much focus on her. Yes, I thought the brother stuff would resurface in a big way, but I didn't figure we'd actually devote this much time and effort to Karen's dark past.

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Daredevil Season 3, Episode 9: “Revelations” Review

Warning: The following contains spoilers for Daredevil Season 3, Episode 9. If you need a refresher on where we left off, check out our review of Season 3, episode 8.

"You chose to hide the one thing that could have changed everything for me."

Once again, I have to say, I'm very pleasantly surprised at how increasingly great these middle chapters are. Even Season 1, the last season with full-tilt Fisk, didn't have the strongest midsection. These episodes are increasingly great, in fact. As in, Episode 8 is better than 7. Now Episode 9 stands taller than 8. Sure, it wraps up with the most cliffhanger-y ending so far, and that deflates the tires a touch, but "Revelations" is still really powerful all the way through. Most importantly, it makes me care about Nadeem.

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10 Best Dark Souls Bosses According to Fans

The launch of Dark Souls Remastered on Nintendo Switch will hopefully welcome a new generation of players to the beloved series.

What better way to celebrate the original game and open it up to newcomers than a look back at some of its best bosses? But there's a twist – this one was ranked by the IGN community.

For the full list with vote count, check out the gallery above, or keep scrolling to get straight to the IGN community's 10 favorite original Dark Souls bosses.

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10 Best Dark Souls Bosses According to Fans

The launch of Dark Souls Remastered on Nintendo Switch will hopefully welcome a new generation of players to the beloved series.

What better way to celebrate the original game and open it up to newcomers than a look back at some of its best bosses? But there's a twist – this one was ranked by the IGN community.

For the full list with vote count, check out the gallery above, or keep scrolling to get straight to the IGN community's 10 favorite original Dark Souls bosses.

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Marvel Isn’t Even Pretending That the End of Infinity War Mattered

SPOILER WARNING: We’re talking extensively about the end of Avengers: Infinity War here. If you haven’t seen it, get out while you still can.

Let’s get one thing out of the way: No one believes the end of Infinity War will stick. With a snap of his fingers, Thanos deleted half of all life in the universe and billions of dollars of profit from potential sequels, spin-offs, and merchandise. After that snap, pretty much everyone in the theater went “Oh, so Avengers 4 is about them undoing that.”

We all know it’s coming. This isn’t some great revelation. But while that’s about as safe a bet as saying “Venom won’t be in it,” it still feels incredibly strange to see Marvel, the studio who made the bold choice to end Infinity War this way, not even trying to pretend like that ending mattered.

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