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Where to Watch 'Twisted Metal' (and What You Should Know About It)

Twisted Metal is an adaptation of a 1995 PlayStation video games series that you probably remember, provided you were between the ages of 10 and 16 at the time. Within the universe of the game, Twiste...

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse's Best Gag Was 56 Years in the Making

[photo1]Marah EakinEveryone knows the Spider-Man meme. In it, a cartoon Spider-Man points at an identical Spider-Man who, in turn, points right back. It's from a 1967 episode of the Spider-Man animate...

Lumari is a new social sandbox game with cute creatures, building capabilities and more

Gaming startup Proxima emerged from stealth earlier this week, announcing its funding round as well as its inaugural game, Lumari, a social sandbox adventure game that appears to be a cross between An...

The Diablo IV (not) review

This is not a review of Diablo IV. It can't be. During the review period, the game was missing a key feature: the shop. Which, if you consider what happened the last time (and with Diablo Immortal), b...

Street Fighter 6 is worth it for the brilliant new campaign alone

It's been clear to me over the last week or so that my hands are just too old for fighting games. Contorting my fingers into a claw to pull off a special move or combo has been a painful reminder of m...

Looking Glass taps ChatGPT for holographic cartoon animals

Two things have always felt true about Brooklyn-based 3D display startup Looking Glass. First, their technology is really cool. I've seen it in person several times over the years, and it always impre...

How to Empty Your Food Processor Without the Blade Falling Out

I'm not a big fan of The Rich, but I have a soft spot for Martha Stewart. Maybe it's the prison time, her terrible food pics, or her refusal to portray herself as anything other than insanely wealthy ...

When You Should Consider Buying a Fixer-Upper (and When You Definitely Shouldn't)

Fixer-uppers may typically be considered the domain of house flippers, but prospective homeowners are also getting into the game of buying and restoring properties in need of TLC.
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This Site Teaches You How to Build Weird Shit in 'Tears of the Kingdom'

There is so much to do in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, but you don't have to do any of it if you'd rather just fuck around and make weird shit. And certainly many players are coming up w...

The Ted Lasso Fandom's Push for Polyamory Just Makes Sense

[photo1]Marah EakinThere's a moment in this week's episode of Apple TV+'s Ted Lasso, "La Locker Room Aux Folles," when player Jan Maas points out that if 10 percent of the population is gay, statistic...

Netflix's Sweet Tooth feels too confined in season 2

Netflix's Sweet Tooth is Bambi meets The Last of Us. It inserts adorable animal characters into an increasingly harrowing world, where the skin of civilization is being pulled back by the nails of abn...

Star Wars Jedi: Survivor review: An immense sequel that aims high and hits

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Marvel's new fitness app Marvel Move brings superheroes to your workout routine

If you've ever wanted to listen to Hulk yelling into your earphones while you run, here's your chance. Today, Marvel announced its new mobile fitness app, Marvel Move, featuring immersive audio-based ...

Renfield doesn't deserve Nicolas Cage's Dracula

There are a handful of moments sprinkled throughout director Chris McKay's Renfield that are so inspired and ridiculous (in a good way) that you can kind of understand why Universal greenlit the proje...

The Right Way to Use 'Honor Among Thieves' Characters in Your Next D&D Campaign

If you're among the many fantasy fans blown away by Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, there's now an easy way to bring the film's characters and magical items into your own pen and paper D&D ca...

The Out-of-Touch Adults' Guide to Kid Culture: Is the Mario Movie Actually...Good?

This week's Out-of-Touch Adults' Guide explores two of the main forces shaping young people's lives in 2023 America: Corporate-created culture like The Super Mario Bros. Movie and Barbie, and grassroo...

Why the World Needs a Rampaging, Murderous Winnie the Pooh

[photo1]Will BedingfieldWhen the trailer for Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey hit the internet last year, it produced a mild viral hysteria. The angriest Pooh fans accused director Rhys Frake-Waterfie...

Anthropic introduces Claude, a "more steerable" AI competitor to ChatGPT

On Tuesday, Anthropic introduced Claude, a large language model (LLM) that can generate text, write code, and function as an AI assistant similar to ChatGPT. The model originates from core concerns ab...

Final Fantasy XVI Is What Happens When Developers Grow Up

[photo1]Megan FarokhmaneshAging is a funny thing. For Final Fantasy XVI producer Naoki Yoshida, who turns 50 this year, it has taught him a simple lesson. "I've lived through this world enough to...

Endless Seinfeld episode grinds to a halt after AI comic violates Twitch guidelines

Since December 14, a Twitch channel called Nothing, Forever has been streaming a live, endless AI-generated Seinfeld episode that features pixelated cartoon versions of characters from the TV show. On...