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Black Lightning Season 3 Premiere Review – “The Book of Occupation: Chapter One: Birth of Blackbird”

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Red Stewart reviews the season 3 premiere of Black Lightning… I’ve been trying to wrap my head around what exactly it is I just watched on TV last night. The thing that aired was supposedly the season 3 premiere of Black Lightning, yet to call it anything resembling good writing would be to drop the […]

Batwoman Series Premiere Review

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Red Stewart reviews the premiere episode of Batwoman… Whenever I look at the Rotten Tomatoes scores for The CW’s various superhero shows, I can’t help but wonder if television critics have slipped into a soft bigotry of low expectations. What I mean is, these long-lasting serials have had a real opportunity to revolutionize the comic […]

5 Xbox Game Pass Games You Should Be Playing

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Despite all the criticism Microsoft has been getting for its lack of exclusives this generation, the Xbox One continues to boast one strong feature over its competition: the Xbox Game Pass. Described by Forbes as the “Netflix for Video Games,” Game Pass has over 250 titles from past generations of Microsoft consoles, giving players access […]

5 Marvel Video Games You Need to Play

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With Phase Three of the Marvel Cinematic Universe drawing to a close in just a few short weeks with the release of Spider-Man: Far From Home, we at Flickering Myth have decided to look back at Marvel Comics’ history with video games. The result was a mix of amazing and not so spectacular games, but […]

Exclusive Interview – Dynamic Music Partners talks Young Justice: Outsiders, The Zeta Project, and DC music

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Red Stewart chats with Dynamic Music Partners…. Kristopher Carter, Lolita Ritmanis, and Michael McCuistion are a trio of composers who have been working in the animation, film, and television industries since the mid-90s, late-80s, and early-90s respectively. They are best known for their long-standing compositions for animated DC projects, most famously those in the DC […]

VA-11 HALL-A – Great Games That Aren’t That Great

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VA-11 HALL-A is a self-described “cyberpunk bartender action” game that swept up audiences back in 2016. It focused on a bartender named Jill and her day-to-day interactions with a diversity of clientele, each with their own unique backstory and adventures. By combining a hi-tech dystopian society with this slice-of-life feel, the game managed to make […]

Video Game Review – Claybook

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Red Stewart reviews the video game Claybook for Nintendo Switch… Many of us who couldn’t afford to buy video games back in the day found escapism through other venues. There were those who played sports, those who read, and those who fantasized about being in an imaginary world. And then there were those of us […]

7 Reasons NOT to Look Forward to Assassin’s Creed III Remastered

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With the upcoming compilation Assassin’s Creed III Remastered announced, we thought we’d take a look back at the fifth major instalment in the Assassin’s Creed franchise. Full of things to do, historical characters to talk to, and a gorgeous open-world to explore, it was sadly hampered by plenty of issues that prevent us from completely […]

Black Lightning Season 2 Finale Review – ‘The Book of the Apocalypse: Chapter Two: The Omega’

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Red Stewart reviews the season 2 finale of Black Lightning… What in the world happened to this show? I remember when the teaser trailer first debuted and, while I wouldn’t call it anything revolutionary, it was still an indication that this was going to be a good serial- The CW’s response to Luke Cage in some ways. […]