Loot Crate, which came out of nowhere to take the geek world by storm with its subscription gift-box service, has been finding out that overnight success can sometimes lead to a hangover.

This week, Scott Thorne comments on the passing of the trade magazine Model Retailer .

Illumination Entertainment’s Despicable Me 3 easily won the pre-4th of July weekend box office, but like the animated “threequel” Cars 3 a few weeks earlier, DM3 under-performed expectations in its debut.

This week, Bennett talks about the Wonder Woman movie and a new manga series reinterpreting The Justice League.

This week, Scott Thorne looks at the shut-down of Geek Chic and possible reasons why.

This week’s home entertainment offerings include the first blockbuster film to feature LGBT and autistic superheroes, the big screen adaptation of the CHiPs TV series, a twenty-years-on look at the characters from Danny Boyle’s Trainspotting , a horror film written by Guardians of the Galaxy helmer James Gunn, the third season of Guillermo Del Toro and Chuck Hogan’s underrated medical/horror series The Strain , and a major slate of anime release.

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.