House Of The Dragon Season 2 Just Had Its Most-Watched Episode

Following the Season 2 premiere of House of the Dragon in June, the first episode after a two-year hiatus suffered a 22% drop in viewers from the series premiere in 2022. But now, the fourth episode of Season 4 has given House of the Dragon its highest-rated episode of the year Come from South African Online Casinos .

Via The Hollywood Reporter, Episode 4 had 8.1 million viewers across HBO and Max, which eclipsed the Season 2 premiere’s 7.8 million. By comparison, the first episode of House of the Dragon had 10 million viewers, and the Season 1 finale had 9.3 million. So the series hasn’t managed to recapture all of those viewers, but there is positive momentum.

The reason for the uptick in viewers may have a lot…

Switch Copies Of Marvel Vs. Capcom Fighting Collection Are Just $35

The Nintendo Switch version of Marvel vs. Capcom Fighting Collection: Arcade Classics is down to just $35 at Amazon (was $50). This is a great chance to pick up an excellent collection of classic Capcom titles on a single cartridge.

If you’re not on Switch, or would prefer playing on a different platform, you can grab the PlayStation version for $40. The Steam version is also available for just $41 at Fanatical. An Xbox version is planned to launch later this year, but is not yet available.

The Marvel vs. Capcom: Fighting Collection includes seven classic Capcom fighting games and brawlers:

  • Marvel vs. Capcom
  • Marvel vs. Capcom 2
  • Marvel Super Heroes
  • Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter
  • The Punisher
  • X-Men: Children of the Ato…

Absolution, A New Southern Reach Novel By Jeff VanderMeer, Is Now Available

Jeff VanderMeer’s surprise fourth installment in the Southern Reach series, Absolution, is now available. The award-winning speculative sci-fi and fantasy…

The Penguin's New Designer Drug Is Based On A Real, Strange Fungus

This week’s episode of The Penguin introduced a new drug to Gotham–something to one-up the drug everyone was hopped up on in the The Batman, called Drops by its users, who were known as Drop-heads. The Penguin introduced us to Bliss, a red crystalline drug. Its source, though, has a fascinating if not exactly euphoric real-world origin.

Warning: This article contains spoilers for The Penguin, Episode 3, which aired on October 6.

Oz “The Penguin” Cobb sees a chance to make it big in Gotham. Carmine Falcone is dead, and the late mob boss’ family is in a state of disarray as it figures out how to handle it, with the aftermath of the Riddler’s bombing only adding to the confusion. We’ve been hearing about a game-changing drug, and now we finally get to see it.<…