Anime has now hit a level of not just ubiquity, but full-blown acceptance and enthusiasm in the mainstream public consciousness that has never been seen before. It’s difficult to nail down exactly how ...

The gaming industry in 2025 is more diverse than ever. With billions of active players across platforms, genres evolve quickly — shaped by cultural trends, technology, and new ways of interaction.

Leeanne M. Krecic is a Kansas City-based webcomic creator and a graduate of the University of Missouri-Kansas City. Her comic “Let’s Play” has had over 7 million worldwide readers and has since been ...

If I had to crown a genre as the most popular gaming niche of the year, I’d be tempted to pick roguelikes. They’ve dominated the gaming world in 2025, with subgenres like casino roguelikes, ...

Webtoon Entertainment will bring a batch of stories that originated on mobile phones to life as animated projects under a new deal with Warner Bros. Animation. The companies intend to enter into an ...

“Chinese Democracy” finally arrived in 2008. Guns N’ Roses burned through ten guitarists and $13m recording the album, and 15 years had passed since the American band’s previous studio offering. By ...

There are a ton of different subgenres within fiction. If you want to dive into a novel to escape to another world, there are seemingly endless ways to do just that. Some genres (and subsequent ...

Webcomics—digital comics designed for vertical scrolling on smartphones or computers—have seen dramatic growth of late. Much of it has been boosted by the surging popularity of streaming series and ...

GRAND FORKS – Audiobooks and “romantasy” genres are increasingly popular with teens, according to the Grand Forks Public Library. Audiobooks are the most checked-out format for Young Adult (YA) books, ...

The 1990s were an incredibly diverse decade, musically speaking, with a vast assortment of genres that ranged from grunge, á la Nirvana, R&B, á la Mariah Carey, and a rising rap and hip-hop scene that ...