PIXEL & POPCORN

Pixel & Popcorn

Games, movies, basketball, bad opinions. One person, one laptop, one magazine by Marcus Okafor, out of Brooklyn.

Pixel & Popcorn

What we've been into.

23 articles, March 13 – October 25, 2026.

Walker Kessler's Laker Debut Was Loud, Simple, and Exactly the Point

October 25, 2026

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 Launched Into the Busiest Month in Years, and That Is the Point

October 25, 2026

What Project Hail Mary Got Right About Sci-Fi That Hollywood Forgot

The 2026 NBA First Round Has Been Better Than the Whole Regular Season

The 12 Best Games of 2026 So Far, Ranked With Actual Reasons

The Wembanyama Problem: When Your Generational Star Can't Stay Healthy

The Lakers Are Sweeping the Rockets and Nobody Saw This Coming

Mario Kart World on Switch 2: The Best Mario Kart Has Ever Been

April 23, 2026 9.0 / 10

Project Hail Mary Is the Best Sci-Fi Movie Since Arrival, and It's Not Close

April 22, 2026 9.0 / 10

The GTA 6 Delay Saga: A Long Wait, Examined Honestly

Pokemon Pokopia Review: The Cozy Pokemon Game I've Wanted for 25 Years

April 19, 2026 9.0 / 10

The Age of the Endless Delay: GTA 6, Silksong, and the Patience We've All Lost

The Quiet Death of the Streaming Bundle, and What Comes After

28 Years Later: The Bone Temple, Reviewed: Nia DaCosta Stuck the Landing

April 15, 2026 8.5 / 10

Hades II Is the Rare Sequel That Improves on a Modern Classic

April 12, 2026 9.5 / 10

The NBA Offseason Picks That Will Actually Matter

Black Myth: Wukong, Reviewed After 40 Hours and One Minor Breakdown

April 11, 2026 9.2 / 10

Elden Ring's DLC Is Both Its Greatest Triumph and Deepest Failure

April 8, 2026 8.8 / 10

Ranking the 10 Greatest Basketball Legends By the Eye Test

The 20 Best RPGs of All Time, Fully Ranked

A24's Horror Hot Streak Has Finally, Maybe, Broken

Five Indie Games That Deserve Your Weekend

Streaming Fatigue Is Real and I Have the Receipts