From Scavengers Reign to Star Trek and Star Wars, the io9 crew looks back on the year's dearly departed characters and shows.

Year of the RPG. Be it action RPG, turn-based RPG, or tactical RPG, role-playing games dominated the landscape these last twelve months, as did the epic fantasy genre that is its bread-and-butter.

Director Naoki Hamaguchi clears up the long-standing debate on Cloud and Aerith’s relationship in Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth.