The EXP. Point

The EXP. Point

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EVO 2026 | Top 8 Finalist & Commentator We're here to share experiences! We primarily focus on gaming but we also cover movies, cosplay, tabletop gaming, and tons more! Thanks for checking us out! Come by a stream and say hey: twitch.tv/theEXPpoint

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You may have noticed on our review posts some accompanying graphs that look like this. We review our experiences not on the standard scale of 1 to 10, but on a u-curve where a 10 (a masterpiece) and a -10 (a disasterpiece) are equal in terms of enjoyment.

[REVIEW] Street Fighter (2026) You know how Bumblebee starts off with an animated sequence that’s everything fans want in a film adaptation in decades which the rest of the movie doesn’t live up to? Yeah. Half of it feels like a love letter and the other half a parody.

It’s genuinely hilarious even if the tone is off (everyone is so horny for some reason!). Some of the casting and acting is spot-on and others are mind-bogglingly misrepresentative. Top it off with excellent, weighty fight scenes and amazing Easter eggs and cameos for hardcore fans. 7.5/10

[REVIEW] Persona 3: Reload You finally don’t have to go back to 2006 (or the 2007 expanded version or the 2009 portable... uh... port) to play the best Persona game (yeah, I said it)! If you’ve only played Persona 5, I urge you to play this.

It’s got my favorite characters, story, and music of the entire franchise. This remake also features quite possibly the coolest UI design I’ve ever seen, and the graphical, gameplay, and voiceover updates are all great. Just be warned, this one gets DARK. 9.25/10

[REVIEW] Tony This movie should’ve been called “Sex, Drugs, and Lobster Rolls”. I’m mostly kidding. It’s a raw and messy look into a raw and messy life, especially triggering if you’ve worked in a restaurant or struggled with addiction.

I’ve never seen a biopic where an actor embodied the person so accurately. It’s “Jamie Foxx as Ray Charles” levels here. Dominic Sessa truly nails the cadence of the late Anthony Bourdain, and this is Antonio Banderas in one of his best roles ever. Speaking of: watch Puss In Boots: The Last Wish.

[REVIEW] X-Men '97 (S2) You know, I never loved time travel shenanegi (yes that’s the correct plural form for shenanigans) but X-Men always managed to make it compelling without overcomplicating it. Let’s just hope they stay away from the plague that is the Multiverse.

As you‘d expect, it’s got stellar animation and both wholesome and devastating emotional moments. Though if I do have to complain, the ending cops out a bit. It’s a textbook example of “what you want” vs “what is right for the story”. 8.75/10

[REVIEW] PIG (Hurt People Tour 2026) I’ve been a KMFDM fan my whole life but never got to see PIG until now. The legend Raymond Watts (singer of both) came out and chatted with every single fan and was super engaging and friendly which he didn’t have to do.

And shoutouts to openers Cyanotic for making sick music that sounds like my favorite SEGA Genesis soundtrack for Adventures of Batman and Robin. Listen to that, and listen to them! 8/10

[REVIEW] Golden Boy Firstly, this show is super problematic. Its depiction of women is gross, and the insane horniness can (no pun intended) be a major turn-off. It’s also this absurd, over-the-top nature that makes it so funny.

This is some of the hardest I’ve laughed at an anime before, especially in the English dub. It’s absolutely unhinged. It’s also super short, thankfully. I watched this as a teen and finishing it today, its easy to see what has and hasn’t aged well. 8.25/10

It features a great story, the most endearing, magnetic team of them all (my life for Kotoha), and the action and effects are incredible considering their age. There’s not a single bad episode.

Anything negative I can say applies to EVERY tokusatsu series: It’s just too long. If and when Sentai comes back, they should do it like an anime. 13 or 26 episode seasons, the weekly schedule isn’t doing anyone any favors. 9.25/10

[REVIEW] Vanquish This is the worst Platinum game I’ve ever played! Clickbait aside, I say that because there technically has to be one. This is Platinum after all (my favorite developers ever) so it’s still a good time.

The worst things about this game are all the things that tether it to the era it released in. We’re talking all chest-high walls, and every dude is buff and gruff, takin’ a tough cigarette puff like he can’t get enough.

The premise (Coyote is suing ACME for their malfunctioning products) is genius, and the story of “little guy goes up against massive corporation” feeding into the meta backstory of this movie seeing the light of day is the most interesting part about it.

Don’t get me wrong, the animation is stellar, and it’s a love letter to 40 years of this franchise, including a tear-jerky sendoff to the late legend Peter Cullen.

But this being his last role, the heavy-handed messaging basically blaming Optimus for fighting against evil and oppression feels like a betrayal of his character. But maybe I’m missing something. Maybe there’s more than meets the eye? 6.5/10

You're not sure who or what is supposed to be important as it introduces a bunch of random new filler characters and plotlines that are too self-contained to really feel like they matter.

However, the plot that matters REALLY matters, and the animation and music continue to be top-tier. It’s easily the weakest season so far but still worth it. 7.25/10

This adaptation abandons all but the most basic aspects of Resident Evil lore in favor of lovingly recreating the experience of PLAYING Resident Evil The Videogame™.

And it rules. This movie is hilarifying. The humor? Those practical effects? Honestly, include it in the “best video game adaptation ever” conversation. 8.5/10

[REVIEW] Blank What if you played Mad Libs in therapy? I attended Prima Theatre’s production of Blank, an experimental work by Iranian playwright Nassim Soleimanpour where the actors (shoutouts to Jon Foley Sherman here) have never read the script, and the characters are people from the audience!

So I got to act on stage for the first time since middle school. We shared lifetimes of stories, we laughed, we cried, and honestly, this is what live theatre should be like. 8.75/10