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Physical media on its final breath

If you listen closely with an ear to the east on a warm, summer morning over the next few weeks, you’re likely to hear the sound of construction vehicles warming up. While we are in the midst of traffic cone season here in our great commonwealth, I am referring to the bulldozer that Sony is currently warming up to plow ahead with its recent plans to end production of physical Playstation games beginning in January 2028. Sony received plenty of backlash from its fans online when it first made the announcement a few weeks ago, and it hasn’t really gotten any better for them since, ...

‘Smash Bros’ film no ‘pipe’ dream

In case you haven’t been paying attention, or didn’t pick up your GO+TV magazine in this weekend’s edition of the Mirror to check out the local listings, Nintendo had a new movie come out this week, “The Super Mario Galaxy Movie,” a sequel to the “Super Mario Bros. Movie” that came out in 2023. I have plans to go see it this weekend with my brother and nephews ahead of the Easter holiday and my 34th birthday this Sunday, but I’m sliding slightly into spoiler territory this week to discuss the growing possibility that Nintendo could potentially be gearing up for ...

‘Dragon Ball Super’ anime set for return

Fans of the “Dragon Ball” series have been left in a bit of a lull since the end of the most recent series, “Daima,” which aired in 2025. While Son Goku and his friends’ trip to the demon realm was an enjoyable side story experience, set between the end of “Dragon Ball Z” and ...

Grieving for Lane, family, friends

The Mirror and the local sports community mourned one of its pillars in the wake of former sports editor Jim Lane’s passing Monday at age 85 (see obituary here). Jim was long retired by the time I joined the sports desk as a part-timer nearly 10 years ago, but he was still a regular in the newsroom. I always appreciated our time together when we’d get to talk about sports, the times he helped me work on stories when I was still green and figuring out how I fit in a space that, at the time, was entirely foreign to me. He was a wealth of knowledge and a grandfather-like presence at ...

For John Cena’s farewell, the time is now

The last time is now. Dec. 13 marks the end of the line in the career of one of the best professional wrestling has ever had to offer. John Cena will enter a WWE ring one final time Saturday night to take on Gunther, winner of “The Last Time is Now” Tournament, at Capital One Arena in ...

Cena, Styles leave no doubt

John Cena’s WWE career retirement tour is winding down with only four more in-ring appearances left for one of professional wrestling’s GOATs. It wasn’t very surprising when fans learned that Cena would face AJ Styles at last weekend’s premium live event, Crown Jewel, in Perth, Australia. It’s especially hard to believe that it has been nearly a decade since Styles first arrived in WWE, hot off the heels of an amazing run with New Japan and, before that, as one of the major faces of TNA Wrestling. The pair had a series of matches, culminating at 2017’s Royal Rumble, where ...