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Maul Shadow Lord Review
Reviews
Hugh Verheylewegen

Review – Maul: Shadow Lord

Created by Dave Filoni, Maul: Shadow Lord picks up after the events of The Clone Wars, which finds Maul (Sam Witwer) plotting to rebuild his criminal syndicate on a planet untouched by the Empire. There, he crosses paths with a disillusioned young Jedi Padawan who may just be the apprentice he is seeking to aid

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Kathryn Adams

Review: Hemlock and Silver

I had just taken poison when the king arrived to inform me that he had murdered his wife… It’s one hell of an opening line in T. Kingfisher’s latest reinterpreted fairytale. The king in this case is still grieving a horrific betrayal, and what he had to do in response to that betrayal, and now

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Kathryn Adams

2026 Hugo Awards – The Finalists

It’s Hugo nomination time! (Actually the nominees for 2026 were announced almost three weeks ago, but y’know, vacation…) I’ve read one novel and two of the novellas already this year. Check out the full list below with links to the Pixelated Geek reviews (which will be updated on a regular basis as I get around

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Reviews
Hugh Verheylewegen

Review – The Sheep Detectives

Directed by Kyle Balda, written by Craig Mazin and based on the 2005 novel Three Bags Full by Leonie Swann, The Sheep Detectives follows a flock of sheep who set off to solve the mystery of who murdered their beloved shepherd, George Hardy (Hugh Jackman). Every year there’s always one film that seemingly springs out

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Legacy of Monsters Review
Reviews
Hugh Verheylewegen

Review – Monarch: Legacy of Monsters season 2

Helmed by Chris Black and Matt Fraction, Monarch: Legacy of Monsters Season 2 follows the aftermath of the Season 1 finale, with Keiko, Cate, May, and Shaw returning to a 2017 Skull Island now controlled by Monarch in an uneasy partnership with Apex Cybernetics. The story centers on combating a massive new titan dubbed “Titan

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Binary System Podcast #505 – New York 2026, and the Amazing Digital Circus

It took ten years, but both the East Coast and West Coast branches of the podcast got to meet up in Manhattan once again for a weekend of museums, comic book shops, subway ficus, fancy islands, sidewalk cocktails, surprise concerts, private hot pot rooms, and treehouses. We also watched three episodes of The Amazing Digital

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Kathryn Adams

Binary System Podcast #504 – Pluribus episode 6

We’ve really got to hand it to the creators of Pluribus. This episode took a dark turn; the Hive Mind may be the vanguard of an alien invasion that’s either very efficient, or very much not efficient at all. Either way, steps have been taken to try to keep all seven point something billion hosts

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InvincibleSeason4 Review
Reviews
Hugh Verheylewegen

Review – Invincible Season 4

Created by Robert Kirkman, Invincible Season 4 continues the story of Mark Grayson (Steven Yeun) following the aftermath of the Invincible War and his violent fight with the Viltrumite, Conquest. While the world recovers from the global catastrophe of last season, a changed Mark struggles with guilt as he fights to protect his home and

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Gaming
Hugh Verheylewegen

Review – MOUSE: P.I. For Hire

Developed by Fumi Games and published by PlaySide Studios, MOUSE: P.I. For Hire is a 2026 rubberhose-style first-person shooter game set in a world inhabited by anthropomorphic mice in the 1930s. It follows private investigator Jack Pepper (Troy Baker), who must investigate a series of connected cases across the fictional town of Mouseburg. I don’t

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