Clair Obscur leads the AP’s list of 2025’s top video games

November 26, 2025

It’s been a difficult year for the people who create video games, with layoffs persisting while the tech industry tries to force us to use artificial intelligence for everything. But great games emerged nonetheless — and I can’t imagine AI ever being able to deliver the kind of thrilling, rewarding adventures we’ve seen in 2025. The biggest story this year was the release of Nintendo’s new console, the Switch 2. It’s a terrific piece of hardware, but it doesn’t yet have the killer app that makes it essential. The second biggest story was the arrival, seemingly out of ...

Rick Atkinson’s Revolutionary War trilogy to be adapted into graphic editions

November 26, 2025

NEW YORK (AP) — Prize-winning military historian Rick Atkinson, a comic book fan growing up, hadn’t imagined his own work being suitable for the illustrated format. Ten Speed Graphic announced Tuesday that a graphic edition of “The British Are Coming,” the first volume of Atkinson’s acclaimed Revolutionary War trilogy, will be out next June, shortly before the country’s 250th anniversary. Five more graphic books are planned, to be written by Nora Neus and illustrated by Federico Pietrobon, with Atkinson in close collaboration. “They are entirely amenable to my ...

It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s a rare Superman comic book! And it fetched $9.12M!

November 26, 2025

A copy of the first Superman issue, unearthed by three brothers cleaning out their late mother’s attic, netted $9.12 million this month at a Texas auction house which says it is the most expensive comic book ever sold. The brothers discovered the comic book in a cardboard box beneath ...

What to Stream: ‘Stranger Things,’ ‘Mickey 17,’ Kevin Hart and ‘A Grand Ole Opry Christmas’

November 24, 2025

Bong Joon Ho’s “Mickey 17,” a new batch of “Stranger Things” final season and Kevin Hart debuting a new comedy special on Netflix are some of the new television, films, music and games headed to a device near you. Also among the streaming offerings worth your time this week, as ...

‘Wicked: For Good’ is even more popular than the first, soaring to a $226 million global debut

November 24, 2025

Universal Pictures’ two-part “Wicked” gamble continues to defy gravity at the box office. Just a year after part one brought droves of audiences to movie theaters around the country, even more people bought opening weekend tickets to see the epic conclusion, “Wicked: For Good.” ...

Otto Bookstore’s Dog Man Day delights kids and families in Williamsport

November 20, 2025

WILLIAMSPORT — More than 150 parents, grandparents and children filled the Community Theatre League and surrounding streets on Saturday as The Otto Bookstore’s Dog Man Day delivered a wildly successful celebration of reading, creativity and community. The event featured an in-person ...