News: Lara Croft Gets an Endless Runner

Square Enix released Lara Croft Relic Run yesterday, a free-to-play endless runner with a Tomb Raider twist.

The mobile game sees the titular heroine running, jumping, swinging, diving and shooting her path through different corners of the world, collecting coins, relics and upgrades á la Temple Run. Unlike its endless runner predecessors, Lara Croft Relic Run has multiple maps to choose from, which open the further players progress through the game.

Marvel's Agent Carter: "Snafu" Review

That one was a doozy.

The penultimate episode of Agent Carter hit us with several big payoffs and saw a major character death.

Marvel's Agent Carter: "A Sin to Err" Review

It’s clear after this week’s episode that the momentum is building towards Leviathan’s endgame. "A Sin to Err" saw some pretty big developments for Peggy and the S.S.R. with some fun action scenes and entertaining twists.

I was really satisfied with one of the early scenes in this episode where Peggy tries to get information out of Dr. Ivechnko before being scolded by Chief Dooley. It stood to show that sexism isn’t just an undertone in this show – it’s a central theme. Peggy’s mistreatment in the workplace has been subtle enough that it hasn’t overshadowed the looming threat of Leviathan, but overt enough that, towards the end of the season, I think viewers can expect a huge payoff.

Marvel's Agent Carter: "The Iron Ceiling" Review

Marvel’s Agent Carter sends Peggy to Russia in an episode that smartly connects the series with the larger Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). A great team-up between Peggy and Lieutenant Thompson not only brings some welcome depth to the duo’s relationship, but also forces Peggy to face gender inequality in the workplace head-on.

In last week’s episode, Peggy discovered that Howard Stark was keeping secrets from her, and with her secret mission to clear Stark’s name on pause, Peggy finally decides to address the discrimination she has been subjected to by agents of the S.S.R. It was so much fun to see Peggy decode the Leviathan encryption in front of Dooley and Thompson, but their yeah-so-what expressions came as no surprise.  Of course Peggy won’t get off that easy!

Marvel's Agent Carter: "The Blitzkrieg Button" Review

Howard Stark returned to shake things up in this week’s episode of Marvel’s Agent Carter as the S.S.R. inch closer to the truth behind the elusive organization, Leviathan.

Carter and Jarvis infiltrate a train yard to find Howard Stark smuggled into the country in an appropriately lavish train cart. Stark needs Peggy to recover one of his inventions, the titular Blitzkrieg Button, from the S.S.R., but it became obvious pretty quickly that both he and Jarvis were withholding information. This created some nice tension for the episode as well as some internal conflict for Peggy. With Captain America out of the picture, Peggy is led to believe that Stark is the only person who believes in her. Setting up the plot so that this foundation was shaken was a clever move; breaking her down will allow her to build herself back up.