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The Coven S5E2: All Parts of Bowsette

We're back witches, with another magical episode of The Coven podcast. This week, we're looking at Bowsette. What is going on with the internet's explosion over the sexualization of a female, personified Bowser? What does this event mean for the internet and why did it happen? All of this and more on this week's episode of The Coven.



How It's Played S2E2: Sony Caves to Cross-Platform

 In this week's episode of How It's Played, we are discussing cross-platform gaming. Sony finally caved to allowing cross-platform gaming in Fortnite. What does this mean for the gaming community? What all does cross-platform entail? All of this and more on this week's episode of How It's Played




Input 2 S5E1- The Movie That Kills

Welcome back to the new and improved Input 2. On this week's episode, we will be discussing the newly adapted Slenderman movie. How did this all start and where has it gone since the beginning? How did the movie hold up to the legend behind the Slenderman? All of this and more on this week's episode of Input 2.


‘The House with a Clock in Its Walls’ has a few springs loose, but still functions

 ‘The House with A Clock in Its Walls’ is a spooktacular Spielberg  throwback marred by some iffy effects and poorly-done punch-up. Jack  Black and Cate Blanchett absolutely steal the show with a surprising  amount of chemistry, the latter adding a necessary sense of heart that  the main narrative tries to pull off (to mixed results). Darker than  your average Autumn family flick, it makes for a perfect matinee and a  potential staple of yearly cable Halloween movie marathons for years to  come. Not as well-wound as it should have been, but even a broken clock  can still get the time right if the conditions are favorable.