Heroes and Monsters

Who would have thought it, but the seventh movie in the Despicable Me franchise may be the best one yet, as Minions & Monsters uses those little banana-loving dudes to make an ode to early Hollywood and to the power of cinema and storytelling.

Cleveland: Home of Heroes — A new exhibition in Cleveland explores how the city inspired the creation of Superman, Miles Morales, and many other comic characters.

D&D Fiends & Foes explores the origins of Tiamat, Acererak, Lolth and more in a sweeping new book.

Pokémon Trading Card Pocket is getting a new booster pack called Paradox Drive next week, which will add Ancient and Future Pokémon to the mix.

Monster Hunter Outlanders will take some effort to learn–a lot of things are hidden in really weird spots in menus, and though there are a lot of “how to’s,” there isn’t always a good explanation of the why. But, I find the things I need to put effort into to be the most rewarding, which is absolutely the case with Monster Hunter in general.