Bryan Menegus

  • How Warcraft Got Its Name

    I lost hours of my youth playing online StarCraft matches, nearly lost entire friendships to the scourge of World of Warcraft. In all that time, it never occurred to me why Blizzard uses that -craft suffix on those games, or what it could possibly mean. At last, I have the answer.


  • How Does X-Men’s Charles Xavier Leave His Own House?

    How Does X-Men’s Charles Xavier Leave His Own House?

    Image: Ultimate X-Men #49 It’s not a trick question. Based on various depictions of the Xavier School for Gifted Youngsters, Professor X — a paraplegic mutant telepath with a supposedly genius-level intellect — somehow forgot to add wheelchair ramps to his own home. So we asked artists who have worked on X-Men titles over the…