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Shroud calling Robert out for trying to be a player at the end of Dispatch Season 1 was a last-minute addition by @adhocstudio.com based on how choices people were making in the game.

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How the Dispatch season 1 ending was changed at the last second to call players out for their romance choices
Dispatch devs reveal the hilarious late-game twist they added after players tried romancing everyone.
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November 26, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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What if we told you that the most influential thing about the original Legend of Zelda wasn't in the game, but in the game itself? That little battery opened a whole new world for developers to explore.

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The hidden hardware hack that made the original Legend of Zelda a breakthrough for the NES and all game systems
Being able to save your game seems totally normal now, but Nintendo had to work around the limitations of the NES cartridges to make it happen.
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November 26, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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Hazbin Hotel creator Vivienne Medrano opened up about how the show will play with more serious tones in the future
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Hazbin Hotel creator sometimes wishes the show "could go darker," but don’t expect anything on par with Invincible
Vivienne Medrano, the creator of Hazbin Hotel, has opened up about how the show's art style supports its darker themes
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November 26, 2025 at 12:33 AM
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Kiefer Sutherland was keen on upping the ante of The Lost Boys' violence while they were shooting the film
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The Lost Boys would have been bloodier and more violent if Kiefer Sutherland had his way
Kiefer Sutherland pushed director Joel Schumacher to make the bonfire scene in The Lost Boys all the more gory
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November 26, 2025 at 12:24 AM
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Metal Gear Solid voice actor Jennifer Hale shares the unpredictable nature of video game voice acting.

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Metal Gear Solid voice actor Jennifer Hale shares the unpredictable nature of video game voice acting
The legendary voice actor Jennifer Hale reflects on how difficult it is to know if a game like Metal Gear Solid will be a hit - or if it will even come out at all - while it is being made.
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November 26, 2025 at 12:10 AM
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NBC did not want Bea Arthur for Golden Girls, but the creator wouldn’t accept anyone else.

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NBC did not want Bea Arthur for Golden Girls, but the creator wouldn’t accept anyone else
NBC wanted Elaine Stritch to play Dorothy on Golden Girls, but the creator was adamant about getting Bea Arthur
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November 26, 2025 at 12:09 AM
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AT @c2e2.bsky.social 2022 the original cast of the OG OG TMNT animated series, Barry Gordon (Donatello), Cam Clark (Leonardo), Rob Paulsen (Raphael), and Townsend Coleman (Michaelangelo), celebrate a decade of meeting fans at comic cons! 👀 Watch this clip for the celebration!!
November 25, 2025 at 11:29 PM
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Inside Date Everything: Ms. Marvel co-star Anjali Bhimani on voicing a bathtub woman in the year’s weirdest romance game.

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Inside Date Everything: Ms. Marvel co-star Anjali Bhimani on voicing a bathtub woman in the year’s weirdest romance game
Bhimani, who plays Bathsheba in the game where you get to... well, Date Everything, figures she probably got a similar call to all of the other Critical Role and Dimension 20 stars that are in the dat...
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November 25, 2025 at 10:38 PM
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How MCU and Overwatch star Anjali Bhimani avoids revealing spoilers — even for her own characters.

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How MCU and Overwatch star Anjali Bhimani avoids revealing spoilers — even for her own characters
Ms. Marvel star Anjali Bhimani isn't worried about getting in trouble for spoiling her many, many voice acting projects. I guess that's a benefit of being able to "Men in Black" yourself
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November 25, 2025 at 10:35 PM
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Critical Role's Darrington Press turns limitation into invitation with new TTRPG - "If it doesn't fit on a card, it's not Daggerheart."

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Critical Role's Darrington Press turns limitation into invitation with new TTRPG - "If it doesn't fit on a card, it's not Daggerheart"
I'm quoting producer Elise Rezendes and lead codesigner Rowan Hall here - both of whom explained Daggerheart's less is more philosophy at PAX Unplugged this year
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November 25, 2025 at 10:33 PM
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Critical Role’s Daggerheart team explains what makes a great TTRPG adversary in the new monster pack reveal.

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Critical Role’s Daggerheart team explains what makes a great TTRPG adversary in new monster pack reveal
Specifically, we asked designers Rowan Hall and Spenser Starke, plus producer Elise Rezendes, what makes for the best beast. And it isn't the "tiny numbers" on their stats page
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November 25, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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Marvel Comics fired its longtime boss Jim Shooter in 1987 - and it might have been because he threatened to sue over unpaid royalties to creators.

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Marvel Comics fires their longtime boss Jim Shooter in 1987 - and it might have been because he threatened to sue over unpaid royalties to creators
Jim Shooter kept quiet about why he was fired from Marvel for decades - was it because he'd tried to sue the company and failed?
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November 25, 2025 at 10:10 PM
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The Dungeon Dudes' Kelly McLaughlin has already run a cozy TTRPG campaign in D&D's Forgotten Realms - you'll just never see it.

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The Dungeon Dudes' Kelly McLaughlin has already run a cozy TTRPG campaign in D&D's Forgotten Realms - you'll just never see it
The Dungeon Dudes' next campaign, Seasons of Silence, will start their characters in a cozy, Shire-like setting. And for McLaughlin, that won't be an unfamiliar place at all
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November 25, 2025 at 10:08 PM
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Critical Role's Daggerheart is perfect for horror, say the Dungeon Dudes (which is why they're moving Dungeons of Drakkenheim over to it).

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Critical Role's Daggerheart is perfect for horror, say the Dungeon Dudes (which is why they're moving Dungeons of Drakkenheim over to it)
Dungeons of Drakkenheim, the longrunning 5e campaign that's been core to the Dungeon Dudes' YouTube channel, is officially coming to Critical Role's D&D rival. And apparently, it's got a lot to do wit...
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November 25, 2025 at 10:06 PM
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Tales from Woodcreek creators want a bigger, bolder season 2... if the show can secure a budget for it.

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Tales from Woodcreek creators want a bigger, bolder season 2... if the show can secure a budget for it
Dungeon Dudes Kelly McLaughlin and Monty Martin would love to team up with Deborah Ann Woll for another adventure in Woodcreek, but even a high Charisma modifier won't change real-world production exp...
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November 25, 2025 at 10:02 PM
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D&D icons are rebooting Acquisitions Incorporated with a fresh Daggerheart-powered adventure.

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D&D icons are rebooting Acquisitions Incorporated with a fresh Daggerheart-powered adventure
Dungeons & Dragons titan Jeremy Crawford announced at PAX Unplugged '25 that the first real actual play show (arguably) is switching TTRPG systems to Critical Role's own Daggerheart
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November 25, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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I am still largely on a social media break (and let me tell you, it is great) but I am here to tell you that I interviewed two devs from @adhocstudio.com about Dispatch.

The game, as you know, is very rad.
November 25, 2025 at 9:29 PM
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The 1987 Justice League reboot that made superheroes weird, hilarious, and unexpectedly human.

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The 1987 Justice League reboot that made superheroes weird, hilarious, and unexpectedly human
If you've ever thought DC's Justice League was a bunch of buttoned-up superheroes who never have any fun, Justice League International would like a word
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November 25, 2025 at 9:15 PM
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Adhoc Studio's Dispatch devs explain how optimism, streamers, and risk shaped their breakout success.

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Superman's optimism, the possibility of Dispatch season 2, and the Matt Mercer effect - What the Dispatch developers say about the hit superhero game
Adhoc Studio's Dispatch devs explain how optimism, streamers, and risk shaped their breakout success.
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November 25, 2025 at 9:12 PM
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Mary Jane Watson slept with Batman the night before she married Spider-Man (according to Marvel’s former Editor in Chief).

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Mary Jane Watson slept with Batman the night before she married Spider-Man (according to Marvel’s former EiC)
Former Marvel editor-in-chief Joe Quesada says Mary Jane Watson slept with Batman before she married Spider-Man (and he has evidence)
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November 25, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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For Metal Gear Solid IV, David Hayter made one big change to how he recorded his lines to make them better.

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For Metal Gear Solid IV, David Hayter made one big change to how he recorded his lines to make them better
The long-time Solid Snake voice actor insisted that he and the other actors be given more context to their performances for future Metal Gear Solid games.
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November 25, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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Sorry Full House fans, but the cast says that their iconic intro sequence is a lie.

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Sorry Full House fans, but the cast says that their iconic intro sequence is a lie
The Full House intro sequence is not what you think it is.
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November 25, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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Inside the chaotic rise and fall of The Lost Boys TV series that never made it to air.

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Inside the chaotic rise and fall of The Lost Boys TV series that never made it to air
From the creator of Veronica Mars and the director of the first Twilight film - The CW almost reimagined cult hit The Lost Boys for the small screen. Here's what went wrong
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November 25, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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Watch the official Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake cast panel from NYCC 2025.

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Watch Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake cast from NYCC 2025
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November 25, 2025 at 8:42 PM
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Blue's Clues star (and beloved internet icon) Steve Burns is coming to @c2e2.bsky.social 2026.

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Blue's Clues star (and beloved internet icon) Steve Burns is coming to C2E2 2026
The original host of the beloved Nickelodeon show Blue's Clues is headed to Chicago as Steve Burns is announced for C2E2 2026.
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November 25, 2025 at 8:40 PM