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Startopia: A Kooky Simulator of the Industrial Cosmos

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MRIXRT presents a look at Startopia… During the 1990s, a genre of video games called simulation titles came to be beloved by the masses. They featured an interesting concept- whereas a conventional video game would be escapism, simulation titles would be based on realistic prospects like running a business. The SimCity franchise is the most […]

Games Where You Have to Destroy the Game? Yup, They Exist | CryMor Gaming

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CryMor Gaming presents games that have self-destructive goals… Video games have been around for so long that it can be hard to come up with an original idea. The problem is not that everything has been done, it’s that everything has been done in a way that mutually befits a gaming goal. You can’t have […]

Animal B-Horror Movies That Are Pure Entertainment

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Marvelous Videos presents animal B-horror… Humans didn’t make their way to the top of the food chain easily- it was a horrendous struggle of man vs. nature and man vs. beast, culminating in evolution and survival of the fittest taking its course for better and for worse. The results have had a genuine impact on […]

Horror Movie Remakes That Did Justice to the Originals

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Marvelous Videos with a selection of great horror movie remakes… Remakes and reboots get a bad rep. When you have an established product that resonated with a lot of people, it can be hard to replicate that feeling. Most of the time, it seems studios try to compensate for the lack of charm with more […]

The Lost Crusade: The Truth About Arnold Schwarzenegger and Paul Verhoeven’s Abandoned Epic

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Marvelous Videos explores the story behind the abandoned historical action epic Crusade… We have all heard or advocated for something that has ultimately never gotten produced. Zack Snyder’s Justice League aside, the reality is such cases of fan advocacy leading to actual development of a long-awaited project are few and far between. No matter how […]

The Most Maniacal Villains From the Judge Dredd Universe

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Marvelous Videos on the most maniacal Judge Dredd villains… Judge Dredd is one of those characters who has weaved his way into pop culture through hard grit. As part of the British comic book series 2000 AD, Dredd had a hard enough time competing against other popular titles by popular writers and artists, and yet […]

Mind-Bending Cerebral Sci-Fi Movies That You Must Watch

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Marvelous Videos presents cerebral science fiction to scramble your brain…. In his review of Ex_Machina, film critic Matt Zoller Seitz remarked that real sci-fi was about ideas, and we can’t help but mostly agree. Science fiction, at its core, is about challenging our perceptions of the real world- expanding our horizons if you will. Some auteurs […]

The Most Powerful Monsters in the Godzilla Universe

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Marvelous Videos delves into the most powerful kaiju of the Godzilla universe… Godzilla kickstarted the kaiju genre with his successful debut in 1954, ensuring giant monsters would become a mainstay of pop culture for decades and decades to come. That doesn’t mean it’s fall fun and games though. The great giant radioactive monster has had to […]

Devious Horror Villains From the VHS Era Who Deserve More Love!

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Marvelous Videos with a selection of devious horror villains who deserve more love… Back when Blockbuster was still a retail force to be reckoned with, readers may recall the horror section of the shop. This was an unofficial “adults only” area that was meant to be a showcase for all kinds of terrifying thrillers, ranging […]