This week, Scott Thorne looks at the recent news of layoffs at book retailing giant Barnes & Noble.

This week’s home entertainment releases include Takashi Miike’s blood-soaked adaptation of Hiroaki Samura’s innovative Blood of the Immortal manga, the most successful family drama of 2017, two animated features inspired by the 1960s Batman TV series, plus the Filmation Superman and Batman shows from the 1960s and 1970s, every episode of Doctor Who featuring the 12th Doctor, as well as the first season of the gritty HBO period drama The Deuce .

The Sun & Moon series continues with the Forbidden Light expansion set coming to the Pokemon Trading Card Game.

This week's home entertainment offerings are anemic, but there are some items of interest this week, especially the fire-fighting drama Only the Brave , and there are some interesting TV offerings including the latest season of Homeland , a "mostly complete" Ren & Stimpy set, and The Complete Duckman.

This week, Scott Thorne briefly comments on background checks for game judges, then looks at the role of designers in selling games.

This list of the Top 100 Games for 2017, ranked in dollar sales order, was released by Diamond Comic Distributors. It’s based on sell-in to comic stores by Diamond.

These are estimates of the sales on Graphic Novels by Diamond U.S. to comic specialty stores during the full year 2017.

This week, Scott Thorne looks at the issues raised by counterfeit games.

The Pokemon TCG: Sun & Moon Trainer Kit – Alolan Sandslash & Alolan Ninetails and the Legends of Johto GX Premium Collection will release this spring.

. This week, Thorne looks at some recent news stories and what they mean for his store.