The growing difference between the performance of would-be blockbuster films in North America and in the rest of the world was in full view this weekend as Michael Bay’s Transformers: The Last Knight managed the oxymoronic task of "bombing" while topping the North American box office.

This week, Scott Thorne offers comments on this year’s Free RPG Day giveaways and lessons for next year.

This week’s home entertainment releases include an acerbic adaptation of Daniel Clowes’ graphic novel Wilson , the 2017 science fiction horror film Life, a complete set of all 39 episodes of the Brian K. Vaughan-created, Stephen King novel-based Under the Dome , and the last half of the fan favorite third season of the Sailor Moon anime.

In spite of some signs of franchise fatigue, Pixar’s Cars 3 won the weekend box office with $53.5 million, but that didn’t diminish the exceptionally strong third weekend showing by Patty Jenkin’s Wonder Woman , or the surprisingly potent debuts of the Tupac Shakur biopic All Eyez on Me and the survival/horror film 47 Meters Down .

Making the Game is a monthly guest column by Chris O’Neal of Brotherwise Games. Making the Game follows a year in the life of an indie tabletop publisher as they attempt to bring their third game to market.

This week, Bennett talks about the continued sucess of the Wonder Woman movie.

Valve’s Steam digital videogame platform has transformed the game distribution market. Are comics next?

This week, Scott Thorne takes a look at this year's Free RPG Day offerings.

This week’s home entertainment releases include the very funny LEGO Batman Movie , the very bloody John Wick, Chapter 2 , a bunch of interesting TV offerings like the second season of Dark Matter and the final seasons of Grimm and The Vampire Diaries , plus a new high-def version of the classic outer space western anime series Outlaw Star .

Patty Jenkins’ Wonder Woman posted an extraordinarily small second weekend drop of just 45%, trouncing Universal’s first Dark Universe movie, The Mummy in the process.

This week, Scott Thorne looks at the potential effects of the Asmodee NA / Alliance deal.

This week’s home entertainment releases include the biggest release of 2017 so far, plus the latest season of Doctor Who, the first season of SyFy’s Van Helsing , a thriller from the director of the best Pirates of the Caribbean movies, and a new edition of Katsuhiro Otomo’s science fiction anime classic Akira.