Interview: Jennifer Miller Hammel’s radio show ARCADE is the place where Zelda and Beethoven coexist in musical harmony
A new challenger approaches…and it’s Mozart.
THE LAST OF US S2x03 Recap: An attempt at recovery
BEWARE! This post contains significant spoilers for The Last of Us season 2, episode 3! The Last of Us, HBO’s award-winning adaptation of the hit video game series of the same name, continues its second season this week. Over the next four weeks, until May 25th, we at The Beat will deliver episode recaps for […]
MoCCA Fest 2025 Report by the numbers
A look back at MoCCA Festival 2025, including transportation, layouts and some of the biggest panels.
Review: The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remaster is an RPG gem for 2025
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remaster brings new gameplay but the same old feeling that players have loved for 20 years
Announcing the Diablo X Berserk crossover
Blizzard’s immensely popular Diablo franchise is teaming up with the much loved Berserk manga for gameplay and cosmetics
Monomythic: The Monomyth explained as seen in The Last of Us and more (Part One)
A breakdown of how Monomyth and The Hero’s Journey works as seen in the video game The Last of Us and two more examples from comics and film.
Bookscan 2025: End of the Trail
Due to internal changes at Circana BookScan, we will no longer be able to do our annual analysis of comics sales
Q CON 2025: Prism Comics’ queer comic convention returns for its 4th year
Prism Comics LGBTQIA+ comic book convention, Q Con, is returning for its fourth year. Check out everything it has to offer!
Star Wars Celebration Japan recap, days II-III
Zero Company, a Ninth Jedi series, and Jaxxon making his first appearance outside the comics are among the last two days’ announcements.
Drop | Review
‘What’s your poison?’