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History of: Captain Marvel

Carol Danvers has been a part of more teams than Wolverine and is even dubbed “Marvel’s mightiest Avenger.” But how did this powerful being known as Captain Marvel come to be? 



Input 2 S6E6: Flying with Dragons

Welcome back to this week’s episode of Input 2! We discuss the latest film in the How to Train Your Dragon series. While the movie does make several improvements to characters, there are still flaws. How does this stack up to the rest of the series? Find out this and more on this week’s episode of Input 2!



The progression of music in Capcom games

Music has always been a major part of video games. For some, it is a defining part of their brand. It brings emotion and feeling to the game. It breathes life into the world and characters of the game many people spent years working on. Not many people will take time to notice the music, but it is always there. With CAPCOM releasing all of their music, it gives the music a chance to get the appreciation and recognition it deserves.


Each Pokémon generation's starters ranked

There are already a lot of opinions about the three newest additions to the Pokédex. That is why, at this point, it only makes sense to pit them against the other generations’ starter Pokémon. Since we are unsure how these three will fare competitively, the rankings will be based on appearance.


Methods of the madness behind Disney's live-action remakes

As long as Disney’s film creators continue to use these methods of reeling us and our nostalgia in, it’s easy to see why they are delivering remake after remake. As the generation who grew up watching Disney films, it makes sense that producers will be trying to remake as many as they can in the next few years while we’re becoming adults and reminiscing over our childhoods.