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There are a lot of people proclaiming 2023 as the greatest year in gaming yet, but as long as 1998 still exists that’s a hard argument to accept. 1998 saw genres defined and legends release such as StarCraft, Half-Life, Metal Gear Solid, Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, and the year ending with The Legend of Zelda: The Ocarina of Time.

Over the weekend I Fleeted (all I do really is Fleet now because they vanish after 24 hours) a picture of the cover of The Brave and The Bold #93. Of course the fanbase who attacks anyone who dares to call them "toxic" sprung into action.

No, I’m not back and I really do not have time to devote to a site or podcast, but I still talk to people and hear some amazing things; such as this. Today I heard something from one of my longest sources about a cameo Marvel would like to happen. Apparently Disney/Marvel has begun the very preliminary communication with a former Fox Marvel star for a very tiny cameo to sort of peek into that universe and close the door on that version of this specific character.

In the months since my retirement there’s been a rapid increase in the amount of bullshit that’s been spread around and happily consumed by people who only want to be told what they want to hear. And hey, there are people more than happy to spoof feed them the bullshit they crave. WandaVision and the backlash when Fox’s Quicksilver, Mephisto, Reed Richards, and Doctor Strange didn’t appear is a perfect example of this. Now that seems to be repeating itself with The Falcon and the Winter Soldier.

Just over a year ago, SquareEnix released Crystal Dynamics’ Marvel’s The Avengers. The long-awaited game arrived to find a gaming audience who seemed to want it to be something that it wasn’t. From people who wanted to be based on the MCU and not the comics, to some who don’t like multi-player games, the title faced an uphill battle. It also didn’t help that it launched in the middle of the pandemic, which likely affected the timing of content and updates after launch.