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Word of the Nerd

‘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 ...

‘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 the ...

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 ...

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, ...

Console wars may see tide changing

The winds of change may be coming in the long-running video game console wars. My college roommate reached out to me last week asking my thoughts when he said he and his wife were considering getting a Playstation 5. After rolling back over and going to sleep for a few hours because I’ve ...