In the early 2000s, publishers everywhere were looking for their slice of the YA literature pie. Some folks were writing about magical schools, others were writing about dragons, but 9(ish) people were coming together to write something different. That "something different" was called 'Warriors' and it was different because it was about cats.

Clean your pelt and feed your kittypets as we head Into The Wild and cover Erin Hunter's Warriors series. There's stray cats, there's evil cats, there's wet cats, there's more cat names than your brain has room for.
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Recommended Reading:

• Warrior Cats Family Tree: https://warriorcats.com/clans-cats/family-tree
• Warrior Cats World Map: https://warriors.fandom.com/wiki/Map:The_forest_territories
• Warrior Cats Website: https://warriorcats.com/
• Warrior Cats TTRPG: https://warriorcats12.weebly.com/uploads/1/0/4/8/10487973/warrior_cats_adventure_game_quick_start_guide.pdf
• The Insane History of the Warrior Cats Series by Exits Examined: https://youtu.be/Td-TuC-UQj4?si=N770pYn5Yp9pqmgL
• WARRIORS // Complete Warrior Cats MAP: https://youtu.be/I1EtnWy4WvI?si=9S9ZM3_rNOhXYV_0

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It's been a big summer for fans of Detective Comics. James Gunn and his 2025 Superman movie has restarted the DC Comics cinematic universe and it's really good this time, we promise! Well, the execs over at Warner Bros. reached out to the folks at DT!HQ and asked for our help. They want to capitalize on their IP's new popularity by doing what every good IP holder has done. That's right, they want to make an always-online, battlepass-forward hero shooter! That's right, we're doing DC Rivals.

Andrew is taking us through the cinematic sins of DC's past. Kyle is taking us to a world of battles that definitely isn't called Battle World. Todd is doing DC Champions, a thing no one has ever done.

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Today we live up to our promise. Today, we talk about a DC movie!

Superman (2025) is the movie of the summer and it may just be the movie of our hearts. We've given you more than a month to watch David Corenswet and Rachel Brosnahan fall in love, so here's all of our thoughts on James Gunn's newest superhero flick.

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