Last year we got the emotional heft and massive action of the Oscar winning Godzilla Minus One but on the other end of the spectrum is the recently released Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire, which delivers ridiculous and dumb but fun monster action as the latest chapter in the Monsterverse.

We rained down destruction in Nuke ‘Em All, explored a dark version of Camelot in King Arthur: Knight’s Tale, and duked it out in turn-based competition in Hex Gambit: Respawned.  Check out what we played for this month for the Gamebox.

Jake Gyllenhaal steps into the shoes of Patrick Swayze to try and clean up a rowdy bar in the Florida Keys in the “reimagining” of the 80s classic Road House, which recently hit Prime Video.

Six One Indie is an independent video game network that aims to boost the presence of rising creators and their games. They have set up the Six One Indie Showcase as a bi-annual digital presentation dedicated to uplifting independent developers who may not have the means for traditional industry spotlights. For their latest show, they are gathering 39 Indie game developers to showcase their latest projects and ideas, all within 60 minutes.

As one of the largest gaming events, PAX East promises an unforgettable experience filled with exciting exhibitions, captivating panels, thrilling tournaments, and much more! Our preview guide is a quick rundown of things to see and do, plus what makes this event so fun that everyone looks forward to each year.

While she’s battled Vecna and demogorgons on Stranger Things, Millie Bobby Brown battles a dragon in the new Netflix movie, Damsel.

Director Denis Villeneuve continues the epic sci-fi storytelling to the first part of Dune in Dune: Part Two, which is a visually stunning, tremendously acted, and thrilling sci-fi movie that stands toe to toe with other giants in the genre, like Star Wars or The Matrix.

This month in the world of games, we became a cog in the machine in CorpoNation: The Sorting Process, revisited one of the greatest PC games ever made with Free Stars: The Ur-Quan Masters, started a mob war in Of Murder and Moonshine, and more.

While Sony’s Spider-Man Universe™ has given us the absolute highs of the animated Spider-Verse, it’s also given us slop like Morbius and, somehow, Madame Web is even worse.  In fact, it’s one of the worst superhero/comic book movies ever made.

Matthew Vaughn returns to the world of espionage with Argylle but unfortunately, the movie prioritizes plot twists at the expense of everything else, like interesting character development.

It’s finally 2024 and that means getting our hands on the games to start the year off right. We raced Micro Machines in VR, became investigators for Bahnsen Knights and Card Detective, and went on a vampiric quest in The Transylvania Adventure of Simon Quest. Check out these game reviews and more in the January Gamebox 2.0