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The very first live-action Marvel movie, a 15-part series called Captain America, premiered in theaters on February 5, 1944. At the time, these kinds of serials were popular – short chapters shown before the main movie, with each episode ending on a suspenseful cliffhanger. This encouraged viewers to come back every week to find out what happened next. Dick Purcell played Captain America in the serial, making it the first time a Marvel character appeared in a professional movie. Despite being a significant financial undertaking for Republic Pictures, the movie didn’t follow the comic book story very closely. Without knowing the title, modern fans might not even recognize it as a Captain America adventure.

During today’s Nintendo Direct, Bandai Namco announced that Time Stranger is coming to Switch. Surprisingly, the Switch version will offer players a choice between two graphics modes: a ‘Quality’ mode at 30 frames per second and a smoother ‘Performance’ mode at 60 frames per second. This announcement left players on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S a bit confused, as those versions don’t have this option.

Fans can now watch the 2001 comedy Black Knight on Hulu, as the Martin Lawrence film became available on February 1st. Though it’s gained a dedicated following over the years, Black Knight never got a sequel. The story follows a theme park employee who accidentally travels back to 14th-century England. There, he has to rely on his modern-day skills to survive and team up with a woman and a knight to defeat a cruel king. The film also stars Marsha Thomason, Tom Wilkinson, Vincent Regan, and Kevin Conway. It’s similar in spirit to Mark Twain’s classic novel, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court.

As a strategy game fan, it’s tough to talk about how hard a game really is. Sometimes a brutal boss fight feels as draining as a super long, intense match of something like Starcraft. When I think about challenging strategy games for this list, I’m focusing on the ones that really push you – games that don’t hold your hand, or have unique rules that make things way harder than usual. I’m talking about stuff like losing key characters for good, having super limited ways to win, or just generally making it tough to plan ahead. It’s that extra layer of difficulty that sets them apart from other strategy games.