According to a recent study from 2020, over 100 million households across the world chose to watch at least one anime on Netflix showing a growth of 50% over just one year. Whilst anime may have been a niche that only weebs or otakus watched just a few years back, it’s now a huge medium that attracts people from all over the world.

The term anime is often one that is met with either fondness or repulsion due to the variety of content that comes from this genre. Just like any sort of medium, there are mind-blowing works that just completely leave you spellbound and others that are just tasteless and tacky.

League of Legends, also referred to as LoL, is a team-based game consisting of more than 140 champions that players can use to create some pretty exciting and epic moments. You'll get some kills and also have fun at taking down towers as you work your way to victory.

Essentially, you'll have two teams consisting of five influential champions that will then face off in an attempt to destroy the other team’s base. But even in this fun and excitement, LoL is considered a challenging game to play. However, it's a game that can be enjoyed by amateur and experienced players alike.

LoL Tier Lists

If we had to move LoL up a notch and discuss the subject of LoL tier lists, then here we're referring to the LoL community that contains tier lists to display the competitive streak that each champion has. It also shows you each champion's strength in a specific meta.

Are you fed up of the cold, dark winter and just can’t wait for the warmer weather? If you answered yes – then we have the perfect Slots for you! These super-hot online Slots at Paddy Power are sure to get you warmed up. So, pack your suitcase, sit back and relax as you’re transported to paradise islands with endless sun, sea and golden white sand.

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Sunset Reels

This slot game not only allows you to zoom into the heat of the Nevada desert, but it gives you the option of whether you want to sunbathe or zoom back out and enjoy the authenticity of playing amongst other slot games in the heart of a casino hall. Either way, this game is sure to create some heat as you spin three reels, three rows and five paylines.

Nothing compares to playing on a gambling site that provides quality games and enormous returns, and with that being said, Roobet crypto casino is exactly that. With an easy-to-navigate design and a long list of gambling titles, this crypto casino holds a charm not found elsewhere.

The Roobet crypto casino experience is incredibly enticing, with the best software providers and bonuses to choose from. The more you play at Roobet, the bigger your returns, thanks to the incentivized loyalty program, bulky bonuses, and constant giveaways.

Is Roobet Legit?

Roobet operates under the laws of Curacao, proving the legitimacy of the site. With security a primary focus, this crypto casino has done a phenomenal job at keeping up to date with all the most needed safety and security features, including SSL and AML encryption.

Ever since technology has made gambling online possible, no business has successfully competed with the gambling industry. Because of the convenience an online casino offers, most land-based casinos have decided to have a bite of the global cake by having an online version of their casinos.

The ability to enjoy a perfect simulation of real casino games and gamble with real money without the drawbacks of real land-based casinos, such as etiquettes or having to tip, has made online casinos widely accepted. However, even online casinos aren't without their downsides, and the top of the list of these downsides is the issue of identity theft and data protection.

What is Identity Theft?

There are few places more sacred than our home. That sanctum sanctorum, that domicile of leisure, that haven from the world and its ever-present ills. The sense of defilement when the inviolability of our homes are robbed, vandalized or otherwise desecrated by uninvited intruders can be profound. Like Poe’s Prospero sealing his abbey from the Red Death, billions are invested annually in the name of home security, and from simple guard dogs to handguns to the latest state-of-the-art digital systems, we spare no expense to keep our private refuge safe.

Today, every American citizen dreams about becoming a millionaire. Unfortunately, not everybody’s chances are the same, mainly because the playing field is not even. Getting to at least one million dollars in net worth is a difficult goal to achieve.

The Number of Millionaires Living in the United States

Spectrem Group tried to estimate the number of millionaires in the country. In their market insights report, they revealed the following facts:

Delighted By Outpouring of Police Support, Eisner Winner Mike Baron Launches Second Campaign on Kickstarter

After quickly raising more funding than needed to self-publish his police-focused graphic novel Thin Blue Line, Eisner-winning writer Mike Baron and his creative team are moving the project to Kickstarter today to give others a chance to become a backer and get involved in supporting law enforcement in the US.

Among comic book readers, Mike Baron is best known for writing Star Wars, The Flash, Nexus, and The Punisher for Marvel Comics, but this graphic novel may turn out to be one of the only comics he's ever written to not be available at comic book shops, primarily because every publisher Mike reached out to said that making street cops the hero didn't align with their business model.

“The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown.”

                                        --H.P. Lovecraft

Horror stories, it has been contended, were likely the first types of tales created and told by humans. For primitive, cave-dwelling bands isolated in an unknowable, hostile world not of their making, surrounded daily by pain and terror and death, recounting ghastly events--both real and elaborately imagined--served to process their harsh surroundings in a way that not only entertained, but educated.

Do not venture into the valley over the next ridge, one aged Neanderthal says to the disbelieving youths of his tribe. If you do, you shall never return.

If you’re interested in anime or MOBA games, this article will provide you with a delicious MOBAnime cocktail. Spoiler-free, of course. The topics are Dota 2 and its related anime series, DOTA: Dragon’s Blood. Season 2 is scheduled to start on January 6^th on Netflix.

What is Dota 2

Dota 2 is a MOBA game with a passionate community of around 10 million people. It’s also an e-sport with a history that goes back more than a decade. Its tournaments are famous around the world and offer large prize pools, ranging from hundreds of thousands to millions of dollars.

Arrow Video presents another installment of its Giallo Essentials series with three suspense-filled Italian films, beautifully packaged in this stunning yellow slipcase box set.

Riding high from the praises of the previous RED Giallo Essentials set, Arrow bumped the packaging up a notch and added a few more well-known titles to this one, as well as giving the slipcase an outer sleeve that showcases key scenes from each of the films contained.

In Massimo Dallamano’s What Have They Done to Your Daughters? (1974), Inspector Silvestri (Claudio Cassinelli) and rookie Assistant District Attorney Vittoria Stori (Giovanna Ralli) investigate the apparent suicide of a teenage girl, leading them to a sordid prostitution ring whose abusers occupy the highest echelons of Italian society.

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The World Cup in 2022 will be a soccer tournament unlike any other seen before it. For a start, all matches will be played in November and December which is a change to the usual schedule which crams the World Cup group matches through to the final into a four-week period between June and July. That new schedule will impact soccer leagues and competitions in Europe and across planet football as they will be forced into a winter break lasting, at least, four weeks.

Why change the schedule when it has worked so well for so long? The reason for the late start is due to the tournament being held in Qatar. The region’s dangerously high temperatures during the summer months often make leaving the house difficult, never mind playing 90 minutes unshaded. When Qatar was awarded the World Cup in 2022 it was quickly realised that changes had to be made.

What can be said about the Matrix series that hasn’t already been said? It is almost an universal opinion among the fans that the trilogy started great with the first movie but was a bit of a let down by the third. Would the fourth movie return the series to greatness or continue the descent into mediocrity? While that is always a matter of personal opinion, I’ll be happy to share my opinion with you today, but be warned… I am always loose with spoilers.

We start off watching a scene unfold where the characters are unfamiliar and awkward. The cinematography felt off as the movie tried to recreate the old scene where Trinity escaped the agents in the beginning of the first movie. It’s a really hard scene to watch because it puts Resurrections into a position of direct comparison to the original masterpiece. Needless to say, the new movie did not compare very well at all.

It's a brand new year, and no doubt there nothing anyone wants to do less than to look back at 2021, the year that looked at 2020 and said, "Hold my beer."

But in terms of entertainment options, 2021 had a better turnout than its predecessor, due in part to the reopening of movie theaters (although a good number of great stories were told through streaming services as well). Likewise, there was many good things in broadcast and streaming series to capture the attention, and a swell of wonderful stories in the comic book industry, largely bolstered by a rise in indepently produced products.

So we urge you to take a deep breath for one more last look at the year, and select the best among the nominees below to determine which ones deserve a Critical Blast Best of 2021 trophy.

This voting also includes the voting or our annual Bombshell of the Year, selecting among the twelve cosplayers who were each spotlighted in our monthly Bombshell of the Month feature.

Do you prefer books or comics? Well, you're sitting on the couch or in the armchair in the evening, you're not tired yet, but you don't want to watch TV either. A book would be good because you wanted to read more anyway. You rummage through your shelves or reading piles that are scattered around the flat. Maybe you have already started 2-3 books. They were exciting, but you still don't feel like it. And then there's that comic book. Maybe about a superhero you like. Or with an imaginative, youthful story. Or an adaptation of a fairy tale. Take it, flip through it, enjoy the great colors and drawings. 

Dan Aykroyd, Kim Basinger, Jon Lovitz, and Alyson Hannigan star in Richard Benjamin’s offbeat 1988 comedy My Stepmother is an Alien, which is finally getting a long-overdue Blu-ray release in January 2022.

Panned by critics for casting Dan Aykroyd in a romantic lead, the movie failed horribly at the box office, grossing only $13.8 million dollars of its $19-million-dollar budget. Only after it was released on home video did it find an audience (mainly young teenage boys looking to catch a glimpse of the young starlet, Kim Basinger, in her alien birthday suit).

According to World Health Organization statistics, by 2030, one in six people will be aged 60 years or over, and by the century’s mid-point, the figure will exceed 2.1 billion. As the population of many western industrialized nations grays at an unprecedented rate, the urge to avoid the effects of older age has evolved into an ever-present multi-billion-dollar industry. There’s an endless array of pills and potions, creams and cleanses, ointments and therapies that promise to fend off Father Time, and to some there’s no price too high to prolong their youth.

In this digital age, there is practically no shortage of entertainment, especially for people who are fond of surfing the internet. However, there are two particular forms of entertainment that have been around for the longest time. First, there is gambling. This is a recreational activity that has been practiced by cultures and civilizations from the earliest dawns of history. Over the millennia, gambling has evolved to become one of the most lucrative industries in the world, especially when you take into consideration the proliferation of online casinos which have made the hobby more accessible and convenient for anyone with an internet connection. These casinos are filled with a bunch of different digital versions of traditional games that you would find in a typical land-based casino floor.

When deciding to use cloud storage to give your enterprise applications the flexibility and scalability they need, your company will face the choice of a particular cloud storage system. We suggest using a short tutorial to help you decide which type of cloud storage is best for your projects. Game Insider also advises on how to combine different types of storage to improve system functionality and save money.

There are three types of cloud storage today: block storage, object storage, and file storage. If we look at the features of such storage in the context of real tasks, we will see their advantages and disadvantages.

The comics-sphere is going to be abuzz this week with talk of the latest MCU joint venture, Spider-Man: No Way Home. Much of that buzz will come from people who haven't seen it yet and are excited to get to it, while those who have seen it try to hold the spoilery bits inside so they don't come across like the jackasses of the Internet.

Hee-haw.