Do you enjoy kicking some butt? Does the idea of shooting a fireball from your first directly into the face of your opponent get you all excited? Thankfully, fighting games are back in a big way. Starting with the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, fighting games found themselves back at the forefront of the gaming world. Now that the PlayStation 4 is winding down its lifecycle, it’s time to take some retrospective looks back at the console generation that was....

Breaking Bad still represents some of the best television ever made. It helped popularize the style of anti-heroic crime drama that was first pioneered by the likes of The Sopranos and The Wire . Created by Vince Gilligan, Breaking Bad featured breathtaking performances by Bryan Cranston, Aaron Paul, Dean Norris, and Anna Gunn, all of whom brought their A-game and delivered some of the best scenes in TV history. With Walter White as lead protagonist, most of the best scenes involve him to some degree—but one of the greatest aspects of Breaking Bad is how much development is afforded to side characters, and how these characters come to lead their own amazing scenes....

If there’s one type of video game that there’s no shortage of, it’s zombie games. From all the way back to the days of Entombed for the Atari 2600, video games featuring the living dead have been incredibly popular. It makes sense; zombies are the perfect fodder enemy for players to slaughter. Not only that but if done correctly, zombies can make for genuinely scary bad guys. Because zombies have been such an important part of video game history, it’s only fair that we run them through the mental machine and rank the ten best games featuring the shambling dead....

I’ve participated in a fair share of game nights, and over the years I’ve come across all kinds of people. What have I learned through all of it? That board gamers are a super diverse group of people that range all kinds of backgrounds and personalities and quirks—yet always seem to fall into one of several archetypes. This list is in no way scientific or comprehensive. However, I do think that the types of board gamers I’m about to list are the most common types, and they can be found all around the world....

Action-packed anime series often involve bloody fights and violent scenes where arms and legs are strewn about after a battle. That’s when medics, doctors, and healers come into play. Sadly, the main characters and big hitters in a story are usually the ones making violence, while the healers are usually relegated to being side characters who have little to no development. Only a handful of anime series place real importance on their healer characters, and a few of them even have healers as main characters....

Puzzle games exist to confuse you, to get your gears turning, and even to frustrate you. But when you finally complete that puzzle you’ve been struggling to solve, you feel an immense wave of satisfaction. As much as puzzle games irritate you, they can also serve as a sort of relaxation. Try out one of these mind-boggling puzzle games the next time you want to challenge yourself. 12. The Turing Test Take on the role of Ava Turing, an astronomical engineer tasked with researching Jupiter’s moon, Europa....

The 1960s marked a turning point for many things. Music, drugs, sexuality, work, culture, fashion, art. Oh, and cinema. But is it possible to capture the unique vibe of this revolutionary decade in modern films? Yes, it is! There are so many top-notch movies today that give us a taste of the 60s with their wardrobes, soundtracks, and famous figures. From the Civil Rights Movement to the Vietnam War, from Beatlemania to London gangsters, here are the best movies set during the 1960s!...

Like being scared out of your mind? Horror books are pretty good, and horror movies are even better, but horror video games provide a unique kind of thrilling terror because they’re interactive. Horror games put you at the center of the action and force you to live out the frightening sequences waiting in the shadows—and the PlayStation 4 is jam-packed with quality horror games. Looking for the most dreadful, terrifying, and heart-pounding gaming experiences?...

Good movies have all kinds of different characters that captivate us, usually in the form of protagonists who show off their beauty, intellect, determination, resolve, and perseverence. But in a great movie, the protagonist is matched with an even greater antagonist who stands in their way—and in modern cinema, villainy is no longer just a man’s world. Female villains in movies are often better than their heroic counterparts, whether in beauty, in talent, or in sheer badassery....

Anime heroes may hog the spotlight, but anime villains are the ones who keep the story going and spice it all up. And many anime villains are deep, interesting, complex, and sympathetic. What drives a character to become a villain? We often assume that villains just want to make the heroes’ lives miserable, but it’s not always that simple—especially in a top-notch anime series. Away from your usual anime villains are those who have deeper, noble intentions....

Board games are great for so many reasons. They’re social, they’re tactile, they can last a long time if you take care of them—and they can be an educational experience for all ages. There are so many great board games out there that are truly unique, so much so that they’ll force you to start thinking in new ways and develop your brain and creativity. And, more recently, there have been some amazingly educational board games built using real-world concepts and themes, that’ll teach you things as you play....

Stealing is bad! But in anime, the ability to steal someone else’s ability is cool, useful, and badass. Ability stealers make for some of the most troublesome opponents. No matter how strong you are, they can take your strength from you and use it against yourself. Even the most powerful characters must be wary. And that’s why ability stealers make for great characters. They add to the tension by challenging our protagonists, and they often lead to extraordinary fight scenes that are unlike any others....

Few anime series have had a bigger impact on the anime industry and anime culture than the Dragon Ball franchise. What started out as a simple gag manga to follow up on Akira Toriyama’s successful Dr. Slump series grew into a worldwide phenomenon that has captured generations of fans—going beyond just manga and anime, but also into toys, movies, and video games. Dragon Ball is the most well-known shonen anime/manga property of all time, with almost 500 chapters in the original manga run and nearly 300 original anime episodes before it was later revived as Dragon Ball Super in 2015 (nearly two decades after the original went off the air)....

“Sex, drugs, rock and roll”—there’s never been a better phrase that describes what outsiders think about the music industry. We all know that musicians are inherently sexy and are allowed to have an attitude unbecoming of regular folks, just so long as they blow you away when you see them live in concert! Right? Well, there have been several documentaries about musicians and the music industry that have lifted the curtain and given us a peek into the world of music making and the insane stories therein....

What does it take to craft a compelling couple on television? A couple that stands out and is not only accepted but loved by the audience? It can be a challenging task for even the most experienced TV writers. When it comes to sitcom TV, the complicated love interest between two main characters is a time-honored tradition. Ever since Sam and Diane on Cheers , audiences have always expected some kind of glimmer of romantic hope within the principal cast....

Sporting excellence demands a level of dedication and precision that few are able to reach, let alone master. Seeing great athletes wholly committed to their sport, putting their bodies through pain and suffering for the sake of competition, is one of mankind’s great levelers. The blood, sweat, and tears that come from passion and hope is, at its very core, human drama at its peak. For fans, watching an athlete or team achieve victory is the ultimate celebration....

Nintendo consoles have always been great if you wanted to play Nintendo’s games. The same hasn’t been true of third-party titles. While the SNES had plenty of third-party support, the consoles that followed were much more spotty. That is, until the Nintendo Switch came along! Now there are so many games available for the system that it’s tough to separate the wheat from the chaff—but it isn’t impossible. Here are my picks for the absolute best Nintendo Switch strategy games worth playing on the hybrid handheld gaming console....

Not every great movie—whether classic or modern—scored great box office figures. In fact, some of the most loved films in cinema history were complete commercial failures upon release. From mopey critics to huge money losses, these legendary movies would eventually garner critical acclaim but started with doozy initial receptions. Only by surviving the test of time were they able to gather fans who unearthed appreciation over the years. Here are several iconic movies that were box office failures when they first came out, but eventually grew into beloved hits....

There are a billion ways to watch movies online these days, but the vast majority of them focus on newer movies. That’s cool, but what if you’re a fan of older films? Sure, you can buy or rent them digitally, but what if you’re not sure what you want to watch? For a few years, FilmStruck was the best service for classic movie buffs, but that service has shut down....

Digital console games are the future. After all, digital games come with one major advantage: they give you immediate access to gameplay. Instead of having to drive to the store, you can simply buy a game online and play it within seconds. But if you’ve bought digital games for your console, you’ll notice how expensive they are when compared to physical copies. You’d think that physical games would be more expensive to account for the production of the game case, cover art, and disk, but they’re still the same price (and sometimes cheaper)....