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Made in '87: Rewinding to the movies, comics, games, and TV shows that define pop culture to this day
Why 1987 became one of pop culture’s most important years across movies, games, TV, and comics.
Chris Arrant
Critical Role is taking their love of John Constantine, Castlevania and more gothic horror into new Daggerheart campaign
An addition to Daggerheart's first expansion book, Hope & Fear, Dark Heart of Andaluria will tie together some of your favorite monster tropes into a hauntingly beautiful world, says co-designer Rowan Hall
Grant DeArmitt
Getting inside Calliope Games' Tsuro 20th Anniversary Edition and new games Martian Dice and Roll For It! Going Big
Calliope Games' art director Nicki Wiehrs joined Popverse backstage at PAX Unplugged and talked about the new games Martian Dice and Roll For It! Going Big, and the highly anticipated 20th anniversary edition of their flagship game, Tsuro.
Chris Arrant
Members Access
The people crave a Berserk anime but the story's bizarre structure makes that nearly impossible
I love the Golden Age arc as much as anyone but there is so much more to Berserk that should be in an anime adaptation.
Trent Cannon
How to watch the big NYCC 2025 panels
Popverse members get to watch the big panels from NYCC 2025 before anyone else, including panels for Hazbin Hotel, Critical Role, the new Game of Thrones prequel, and more.
Chris Arrant
Sadie Sink's Max Mayfield Is the True Hero of Stranger Things
Sadie Sink's character, Max, is Stranger Things's most heroic character, because of her fight against Vecna in season 4
Jules Chin Greene
Latest
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
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
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 dating sim
How MCU and Overwatch star Anjali Bhimani avoids revealing spoilers — even for her own characters
Miss 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
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
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
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 with the fear factor
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?
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
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 expenses
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
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.
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
Dispatch ending explained: How to get the Hero, Antihero, and Everyman endings
There is no right or wrong way to play Dispatch, but AdHoc Studio gave us plenty of options to make the ending perfect for you.
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)
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
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
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.
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
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
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
Watch Marvel's Fantastic Four movie reunion with Ioan Gruffudd & Michael Chiklis from NYCC 2025
New York Comic Con 2025 obviously took place in the hometown of the Fantastic Four, and while Gruffudd and Chiklis were there to reminisce about their time in the blue suits, Popverse was there to capture the conversation
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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.
Trent Cannon
Watch Marvel's Fantastic Four movie reunion with Ioan Gruffudd & Michael Chiklis from NYCC 2025
New York Comic Con 2025 obviously took place in the hometown of the Fantastic Four, and while Gruffudd and Chiklis were there to reminisce about their time in the blue suits, Popverse was there to capture the conversation
Grant DeArmitt
Watch the Bob's Burgers team - H. Jon Benjamin, John Roberts, Kristen Schaal, Eugene Mirman, Dan Mintz, Larry Murphy and creator Loren Bouchard - grill up memories at NYCC 2025
The Belchers - that is Bob (Benjamin), Linda (Roberts), Louise (Schaal), Gene (Mirman), Tina (Mintz), and pal Teddy (Murphy) - joined creator Loren Bouchard at New York Comic Con 2025 to talk about what's coming to Bob's Burgers, and Popverse was there too, hungry for more
Grant DeArmitt
Emerald City Comic Con
Star Trek legend William Shatner will beam into Seattle for Emerald City Comic Con 2026
Trekkies and Trekkers, listen up! William Shatner will be a guest on Friday and Saturday at Emerald City Comic Con 2026
Jules Chin Greene
Fallout and Twin Peaks star Kyle MacLachlan is returning to the Pacific Northwest for ECCC 2026!
The Fallout, Portlandia, Blue Velvet, Showgirls, and Twin Peaks icon will be at Seattle's Emerald City Comic Con 2026 on March 7 and 8, and you can join him
Graeme McMillan
Yellowjackets stars Sophie Nélisse and Courtney Eaton are flying up to Seattle's Emerald City Comic Con 2026
The stars of the Showtime series Yellowjackets will be appearing at ECCC 2026 Saturday and Sunday during the four-day pop culture event in the Pacific Northwest
Graeme McMillan
All the guests, panels, booths, coming to Seattle's ECCC 2026 (announced so far, at least!)
From Critical Role to X-Men writer Chris Claremont and more, here's everything coming to Emerald City Comic Con 2026 in Seattle.
Chris Arrant
Made in '87
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
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
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?
Graeme McMillan
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
Jules Chin Greene
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)
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
Critical Role
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
Grant DeArmitt
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
Grant DeArmitt
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
Grant DeArmitt
Critical Role is giving us all a free RPG in 2026, as Darrington Press' Dying Spire comes to Free RPG Day next year
The Critical Role team is bringing more Daggerheart to Free RPG Day in 2026, continuing the story that began with Marisha Ray & Grant Howitt's one-page adventure, A Familiar Problem
Grant DeArmitt
DC Absolute Universe
DC to reveal the secret history of the Absolute Universe. and how it changes Superman's place in it all
Absolute Hawkman is coming back, and he's got a few things to say to the latest version of DC icon Superman when he gets here
Graeme McMillan
The Green Lantern reboot in Absolute DC is built on one thing: we don't know who the Green Lanterns are
The writer of Absolute Green Lantern, Al Ewing, unpacked what makes the Absolute Universe's version of the character different
Jules Chin Greene
How the Joker and DC's Absolute villains' cadre are upsetting the balance of what a DC superhero universe 'should' be
The heroes aren't banding together in the Absolute Universe, but the villains are, says Absolute Evil writer Al Ewing
Jules Chin Greene
DC's reboot of Hawkman for the Absolute Universe is "probably" the most thought-out revamp in all of Absolute DC
Absolute Evil writer Al Ewing dishes on what went into designing the look of Absolute Hawkman for DC Comics
Jules Chin Greene
Stranger Things
How Stranger Things season 5 could be waking up in an American Chernobyl for the town of Hawkins, Indiana
The end of Stranger Things season 4 featured ominous imagery reminiscent of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster
Jules Chin Greene
Stranger Things star David Harbour on the Netflix show’s fearlessness in hitting those Star Wars and Lord of the Rings “power chords”
The Netflix hit doesn't really try to reinvent the wheel; instead, Stranger Things tries to borrow the wheels invented by Star Wars and Lord of the Rings.
Trent Cannon
All the Stranger Things melee weapons ranked using Dungeons & Dragons rules
The characters in Netflix's Stranger Things have used all kinds of weapons to fight monsters. Which one is the best melee weapon?
Jules Chin Greene
Sadie Sink's Max Mayfield Is the True Hero of Stranger Things — And could be the heart of the show’s series finale
Sadie Sink's character, Max, is Stranger Things's most heroic character, because of her fight against Vecna in season 4
Jules Chin Greene