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apps
Android users can finally watch Severance
I’m not someone who watches a lot of TV or movies on my iPhone or iPad, but I love knowing I have the option....
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gaming
Diablo 4 players discover a way to deal infinite damage with a new bug
A newly-discovered bug in Diablo 4 is causing some players to deal so much damage that the numbers don’t even matter anymore. Although the specifics...
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gaming / movie & tv
Netflix’s Devil May Cry makes a bold choice with a Limp Bizkit-powered opening
Netflix dropped a new look at its upcoming animated series based on Devil May Cry on Thursday, revealing the opening credits for Adi Shankar and...
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gaming
Rockstar Games co-founder teases his new game in absurd, Rockstar style
Rockstar Games co-founder and co-creator of the Grand Theft Auto franchise Dan Houser has been toiling away at his new studio, Absurd Ventures, for a...
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movie & tv
Viral comedian Vinny Thomas broke the one Star Wars improv rule while filming Ahsoka
When comedian, writer, and actor Vinny Thomas logged on to our Zoom call, one thing immediately jumped out: his background. Instantly recognizable from some of...
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movie & tv
Here’s where to buy The Expanse on Blu-ray before it leaves Prime Video
The Expanse is, by far, my favorite sci-fi series of the past decade. But unfortunately, select seasons of the series, which found a home on...
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celebrity
Hulu’s tense new sniper thriller has an excellent gimmick
Martial arts movie legend Scott Adkins was in four different movies in 2024 — a not unusual state of affairs for the famously prolific action star. Two...
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gaming
Critical Role’s third campaign finale is next week
The epic conclusion of Critical Role’s third campaign will air on Feb. 6 at 7 p.m. PST. This episode will be the longest one in...
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movie & tv
There’s weird streaming rights issues, and then there’s whatever’s happening with The Expanse
On Feb. 6 at 4 p.m. PST, The Expanse is reportedly scheduled to leave Prime Video — not all of it, mind you. Just the first three...
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movie & tv
This 1-minute ode to Hayao Miyazaki never retiring is adorable
Will Hayao Miyazaki ever lay down his pencil? A new animated short, produced by students of the Gobelins Paris art school in just five days (...
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gardening
Build yourself a memorable Valentine’s Day with these floral Lego sets
The sassy, carnivorous plant from Super Mario is now available as a 540-piece Lego set. The Lego Super Mario Piranha Plant comes complete with gold...
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gaming
This awesome Dragon Age video essay is longer than the original Star Wars trilogy
Most YouTube essays about video games dig into a single popular title. Some bring together a bundle of games to unpack a trend in design...
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gaming
Friendship is survival in Citizen Sleeper 2
Two hundred and thirty cycles. Enough time to drift and wither away in an asteroid belt. To leave footprints, both big and small, in the...
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job & work / movie & tv
Elliot Page working on a Beyond: Two Souls TV show despite past controversy
Elliot Page’s PageBoy Productions has acquired the rights to adapt 2013 adventure game Beyond: Two Souls into a television series, Deadline reports. Beyond: Two Souls...
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gaming
Read 1,500 classic game magazines online for free — including EGM and GamePro
Long before Polygon, video game lovers relied on print magazines to pass time at school, on commutes, and during slow days at work when the...
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movie & tv
One of the best 4K Blu-ray players is over $ 100 off
The Panasonic UB820 4K Blu-ray player is an ideal place to start if you’re considering becoming a champion of physical media. This player is...
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gaming
The best tools for building and painting miniatures, fast
When we award the Polygon Recommends badge, it’s because we believe the recipient is uniquely thought-provoking, entertaining, inventive, or fun — and worth fitting into...
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gaming
A skiing game that’s as relaxing (or stressful) as you need it to be
You take a deep inhale of the crisp air atop a mountain blanketed in untouched snow. Pines, ponds, and the occasional boulder the size of...
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gaming
Spider-Man 2 gets PC specs less than a day before launch
High Ray Tracing Very High Ray Tracing Ultimate Ray Tracing Average performance 720P @ 30 FPS 1080P @ 60 FPS 1440P @ 60 FPS 1440p @ 60 FPS 1440p @ 60 FPS 4K @ 60 FPS Graphics...
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movie & tv
Grand Theft Hamlet is at its best in the moments of pure mayhem
It’s only January, but the eccentric, ambitious documentary Grand Theft Hamlet will surely end up as one of 2025’s most interesting movies. During England’...
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movie & tv
The best movies leaving Netflix, Prime Video, and Criterion Channel at the end of January 2025
A new year has arrived, and while awards season is still at the front of everyone’s brains, one thing that might get lost is...
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gaming
Diablo 4’s newest season is a foundation for the future
Diablo 4’s latest season is the first time in a long time that the game isn’t being dramatically overhauled. Blizzard spent most of the...
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gaming
Where to pre-order Star Wars Unlimited: Jump to Lightspeed
The latest expansion for Star Wars: Unlimited, Jump to Lightspeed, doesn’t enter Hyperspace until March 14, but you can already pre-order the new set online....
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how-to
How to change your Crunchyroll password following hack reports
The anime streaming service Crunchyroll was reportedly hacked on Thursday. Details on the hack surfaced when an anonymous individual claimed to possess user information and...
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movie & tv
Nosferatu and every new movie you can watch at home this weekend
Each week on Polygon, we round up the most notable new releases to streaming and VOD, highlighting the biggest and best new movies for you...
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gaming
Get 75 games for $ 10 to support the Trans Empowerment Project
In the wake of Executive Orders meant to roll back protections against vulnerable marginalized communities, 40 game designers have donated their games to the Best of 2024...
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beauty
The 2025 Oscar movies (and snubs) that are actually worth watching
The Oscar nominations are out, and most of the nominees are already watchable online. But where to begin? Good news, friends. I’ve got you....
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gaming
What’s an ashcan — and why are people so excited about Austin Walker’s?
Austin Walker’s newly released Realis is a high concept tabletop role-playing game about how the language we use influences our reality. The former Waypoint...
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movie & tv
Yellowjackets’ season 3 trailer finally looks like the show we were promised
Yellowjackets has always shown a lot of promise — that’s part of the problem. Since the show premiered in 2021, the potential for chaos, conspiracy, and...
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movie & tv
The Colors Within takes the ‘forming a band’ anime movie in a colorful new direction
Anime director Naoko Yamada knows her way around stories about music. She directed more than 40 episodes of K-On! and worked as series production director for...
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movie & tv
Peter Dinklage’s ultra-gory Toxic Avenger movie is finally headed to theaters
2025 is going to be a big year for movies. This is true not just by nature of the sheer tonnage of stuff coming to theaters (...
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gaming
Warhammer 40K: Rogue Trader is 45% off, but this deal won’t last long
The galaxy of Warhammer 40,000 is vast and terrifying, full of extradimensional threats and hostile xenos. The Imperium of Man clings onto existence, slowly but inevitably...
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gaming
The Civ 6 Anthology on PC is a whopping 91% off
Civilization 7 is one of early 2025’s biggest upcoming releases. It’s the first new main entry in the popular strategy franchise since 2016, though long time...
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how-to
How to link your 2K account and unlock Napoleon in Civilization 7
Napoleon Bonaparte can be claimed in Civilization 7 by linking your 2K account to the platform you intend to play on. Napoleon Bonaparte returns as a...
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movie & tv
Taskmaster’s Alex Horne on Dropout collab rumors: ‘Right now, it’s just mutual respect’
It should come as no great surprise that there’s massive crossover appeal between comedy streaming service Dropout and British panel show Taskmaster. In addition...
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gaming
Metaphor: ReFantazio’s manga adaptation is weirdly different — and comedic
As soon as I saw Metaphor: ReFantazio was getting a manga adaptation, I figured this would be a good option for folks who don’t...
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gaming
Games Workshop announces an anthology concluding this enormous Warhammer 40K spinoff
The Horus Heresy was once a vague part of Warhammer 40,000’s past, a civil war invented as an excuse to explain why players might pit...
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how-to
Here’s how you remove the Switch 2’s Joy-Cons
A short, repeating video from Nintendo’s official Switch 2 website includes one small detail not included in the reveal: how to remove those fancy new...
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gaming
The race is on for MTG’s new Aetherdrift set, now available to pre-order
This is a great way to get into Aetherdrift, with 2 Collector Booster packs, 6 Play Booster packs, 20 foil Lands, 3 extended art cards, and more. Read More $ 50 $ 547%...
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movie & tv
The best sci-fi movies to watch on Netflix this January
2025 is well underway, and there’s a whole lot of exciting new sci-fi releases on the horizon to look forward to. Star Trek: Section 31, The...
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movie & tv
Our favorite memories of and tributes to the great David Lynch
On Wednesday, David Lynch, the avant-garde artist, musician, and director best known for Twin Peaks and Mulholland Drive, passed away. He was 78 years old. Words...
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movie & tv
The Owl House creator’s follow-up is a surreal sci-fi thriller
Dana Terrace, creator of witchy fantasy cartoon The Owl House, has a new show on the horizon and it looks sick as hell. Knights of...
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movie & tv
All the open-ended mysteries of Severance
[Ed. note: This post contains spoilers through episode 1 of Severance season 2. Read on only if you’re fine with one of your severed selves knowing...
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gaming
I’ll miss you, Nintendo Labo
Nintendo revealed the Nintendo Switch 2 yesterday, but beyond showing off the console – which I can safely describe as a bigger and presumably better Switch – it...
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movie & tv
Skeleton Crew found success in capturing the joy of discovering Star Wars
Star Wars: Skeleton Crew wore its influences on its sleeve. Despite being part The Goonies, part Treasure Island, and coated in a sweet, science-fantasy shell,...
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gaming
AI Dungeon Master experiment exposes the vulnerability of Critical Role’s fandom
A recently surfaced research paper has brought the contentious conversation surrounding artificial intelligence into the realm of actual play. Published in July 2024, a paper by...
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gaming
Warhammer 40K’s freakiest Space Marines take to the field with new codex and models
The Emperor’s Children are some of the strangest Space Marines to be found in Warhammer 40,000, and that’s quite impressive considering how many weird...
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gaming
Path of Exile 2 devs agree difficulty ‘is a bit too severe’ right now
Even though Path of Exile 2 will be a little more forgiving in a patch coming later this week, the developers at Grinding Gear Games aren’...
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gaming
Want to add a bigger SSD to your ROG Ally? Here’s how to do it
Do you want to add more storage to your Asus ROG Ally or Ally X quickly, affordably, and easily? Get a microSD card, slide it...
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gaming
D&D’s new Monster Manual changes stat blocks — here’s what you need to know
At the end of last year our family gave several of the leading meal services a try. Things we loved included being introduced to new...
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gaming
How to swap between battle passes in Marvel Rivals
Swapping between battle passes in Marvel Rivals is a great way to get seasonal rewards from a previous season if you’ve existed the current....
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gaming
The Helldivers 2 devs won’t have much to do with the movie, apparently
The upcoming Helldivers movie won’t heavily involve the developers of the game, according to Arrowhead Game Studios creative director Johan Pilestedt. Pilestedt was asked...
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gaming
Play tabletop games like a Muppet in The Land of Eem
When the folks at Exalted Funeral first pitched me on Land of Eem — the role-playing game equivalent of how the Muppets might play Dungeons &...
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gaming
Where to buy HeroQuest First Light
Since its 2021 rerelease, HeroQuest has had nine expansions tacked on to the base experience, but the dungeon-crawling miniatures game from Avalon Hill is getting a...
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gaming
Dragon Age: The Veilguard is discounted to its lowest price ever for consoles
Whether you’re a newcomer to the realms of Thedas, or you’ve seduced your way through the entire Dragon Age franchise, Dragon Age: The...
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movie & tv
If you can’t wait for Severance season 2, Netflix has Ben Stiller’s first thriller show
Later this January, one of the most intriguing science fiction shows of the 21st century will finally return. Nearly three years after its debut, Severance’...
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movie & tv
Doctor Doom is the hardest character to play in the MCU, says Marvel’s own Doom Guy
Fantastic Four writer (and Squirrel Girl writer, and Dinosaur Comics writer) Ryan North knows why Doctor Doom is the Cadillac of supervillains. “He’s got...
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gaming
Marvel Rivals is already breaking the idea of playing support with the Invisible Woman
The true test for how far a hero shooter is willing to go with its roster is how it handles its support role. Overwatch is...
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gaming
Civilization 7 system requirements for Windows PC, Steam Deck, Mac, and Linux
System requirements for Civilization 7 have been announced ahead of its release by developer Firaxis Games, which also confirmed that Civilization 7 is Steam Deck verified. Firaxis...
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gaming
This Gotham City RPG offers a game for every type of Batman fan
Holy crowdfunding campaign, Batman! Two years after raising nearly $ 1.5 million for the Batman: Gotham City Chronicles role-playing game, the team at Monolith Board Games is...
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gaming
The Retroid Pocket 5 is the handheld I’ve been waiting for
How does anyone choose which handheld to buy when better, cheaper hardware appears nearly every week? The answer (at long last) is the Retroid Pocket 5....
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movie & tv
Sleeping Dogs movie is dead, says star Donnie Yen
They say to let sleeping dogs lie, but one sleeping dog has lain down for a bit too long. Donnie Yen’s Sleeping Dogs adaptation...
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movie & tv
A new Adventure time comic series returns to the land of Ooo
Finn the Human, Jake the Dog, and the rest of their friends will return to comics this April, when a new Adventure time series kicks...
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gaming
Can anything beat GTA 6 for Game of the Year 2025?
If the 2024 Game of the Year race was defined by a relatively open field with no clear front-runner, then 2025 could not be more different — or...
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gaming / movie & tv
Brennan Lee Mulligan and the Questing Queens are grappling with consequences
As a long time tabletop role-player, watching Dimension 20’s Dungeons and Drag Queens is the same experience as introducing a friend to a favorite television...
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movie & tv
Creature Commandos is the better version of The Suicide Squad
With its season 1 finale, Creature Commandos has secured its spot for the strangest first installment of an interconnected cinematic superhero universe. And James Gunn’s...
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gaming
Master of Orion tabletop game to launch crowdfunding campaign next week
Polish tabletop board game manufacturer Archon Studio — one of the biggest miniatures studios in Europe, second only to Games Workshop — announced the upcoming crowdfunding campaign...
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movie & tv
A Dark Universe reboot in the year 2025? It might just work…
On May 22, 2017, Universal Pictures pointed to the heavens and said, “Witness the beginning of a Dark Universe.” By that fall, the Dark Universe had imploded....
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gaming
Epic gave a game away for free, then it blew up on Steam
Multiplayer World War 2 first-person shooter Hell Let Loose became free on the Epic Games Store earlier this week — a limited giveaway that benefited it on...
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gaming
The best tabletop role-playing games we played in 2024
2024, like every year since 2020, was a monumental year for tabletop role-playing games. While Wizards of the Coast put out the highly anticipated update to Dungeons &...
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books
R.F. Kuang’s Babel, one of our favorite fantasy books, is just $ 2 on eBook
R.F. Kuang’s Nebula and Locus Award-winning fantasy novel Babel: Or the Necessity of Violence is widely adored. Polygon considered one of the best...
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movie & tv
Bluey is getting some Lego sets
Bluey’s ascension in the pop culture canon continues. Not only will the Australian animated series about cartoon dogs aimed at young kids be turned...
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gaming / movie & tv
Every upcoming 2025 video game movie and TV show adaptation
Hollywood doesn’t have a consistent track record when it comes to getting video game adaptations right. But in recent years, there’s been a...
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gaming
These games are great, and you don’t need anyone else to play them
The hardest mechanic of any tabletop game is finding people to play it with. The logistical difficulties of organizing a group, the influx of high-quality...
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gaming
Starfinder Second Edition breaks through in a crowded year of releases
With 2025 promising a number of highly anticipated releases, the second edition of Paizo’s flagship sci-fi setting Starfinder is among the most exciting new additions...
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movie & tv
Andrew Garfield denies Spider-Man 4 rumors, fuels Spider-Man 4 rumors
I don’t blame The Amazing Spider-Man star Andrew Garfield for lying through his teeth for two years to preserve the secrecy of his role...
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gaming
Massive mod is the best new Command & Conquer game in over a decade
The classic real- time strategy franchise Command & Conquer has been largely neglected by its caretaker EA in recent years, but modders have used open-source...
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gaming
Judas ‘more reflective of player agency’ than BioShock, Ken Levine says
Ken Levine recently sat down with GamesIndustry.biz for a year-end discussion about storytelling in video games, during which he shared a lot of his...
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movie & tv
Superman and Fantastic Four could make 2025 a triumphant year for sci-fi’s best subgenre
Hollywood prognosticators and social media replies alike say that Superman and The Fantastic Four: First Steps are hobbled from the start. Superman is a boring...
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gaming
A bunch of game servers are shutting down in February
Nine games will no longer be playable online come February, according to a roundup by TrueAchievements. The eclectic group includes 3D platform fighter Divine Knockout,...
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gaming
Dungeons & Dragons gets an amazing pinball machine with Critical Role, Star Trek voice actors
Wizards of the Coast and Stern Pinball revealed Dungeons & Dragon: The Tyrant’s Eye on Friday, a new pinball table that captures the magic...
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apps / movie & tv
Watch the entire Apple TV Plus catalog for free this weekend
Apple is investing in your own personalized New Year’s recovery program. Starting on Jan. 3 and through Jan. 5, you can lock your doors, turn off...
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gaming
Infinity Nikki cosplayers show no outfit is too complicated (or too simple) to recreate
Players of Infinity Nikki can put together dazzling and adorable outfits with the click of a few buttons. The dress-up game allows players to tinker...
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gaming
GTA 6 photos leak from inside Rockstar Games office
The latest Grand Theft Auto 6 leak isn’t making headlines because of all the info it reveals but because of the baffling story behind its...
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movie & tv
The 50 most anticipated new movies of 2025
2024’s movie calendar may have closed a little bit softly, but 2025 opens with a bang and just keeps rolling. To get you ready for a...
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gaming
The most anticipated new board games of 2025
The board game industry has a tough challenge on its hands. The slate of 2024 releases was incredibly strong, and it’s difficult to imagine this...
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movie & tv
Nosferatu draws big box-office blood in a year when horror prevailed
Nosferatu, a remake of a German Expressionist vampire movie from 1922 packed with period costumes and grisly murder, does not scream “Christmas Day release.” (I would...
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movie & tv
Ex-Aquaman Jason Momoa to play Lobo in Supergirl movie
Who needs YouTube videos of people arranging objects in pleasingly symmetrical formations when Jason Momoa has been cast as Lobo in the upcoming Supergirl movie?...
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books
Atlas Six author Olivie Blake on what it’s like to be ‘a New Year’s resolution person’
Fantasy writer Olivie Blake jokingly tells me that she doesn’t know how to write a book. With eight adult fantasy novels and two YA...
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gaming
Every PlayStation title for the PC is on sale at Fanatical
Some of the greatest hits to grace the PlayStation 5 have thankfully been ported over to PC. If you missed the chance to play these awesome...
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movie & tv
Marvel’s What If…? was nothing more than a slew of missed opportunities
One of Marvel Comics’ oldest traditions has been the What If title, a series that aims to take the Marvel universe as we know it...
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movie & tv
Anora actor says his terrible gaming became a happy accident
Anora is one of 2024’s big indie success stories, an Oscar hopeful after winning big at the Cannes Film Festival over the summer, and among...
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movie & tv
Unfortunately, Wicked is the dawn of the Musical Theater Universe
Good news! It’s dead! The myth that audiences won’t stand for a true-blue big-screen musical is dead! The movie version of the Broadway...
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gaming
Hear ye, hear ye, this Team Fortress 2 comic is a holiday miracle
Before Overwatch and Marvel Rivals, there was another zany, character-based hero shooter that gamers adored: Valve’s Team Fortress 2. Team Fortress 2 is still a relevant...
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gaming
Why Marvel Rivals fans keep arguing about adding a role queue
It’s impossible to talk about Marvel Rivals without talking about Overwatch; the two hero shooters share a lot of the same DNA, and the...
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movie & tv
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 almost included a macabre Big the Cat cameo
I’ll admit, “macabre” isn’t the first word that comes to mind when I think of Sonic ally Big the Cat, but I don’...
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gaming
New Mistborn game helps Brandon Sanderson’s unique form of magic come to life
In Brandon Sanderson’s Mistborn series, some people have the power to metabolize metal to work magic, burning pewter to enhance themselves physically or brass...
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gaming
Star Fox 64 has a fan-made PC port and it’s great
Harbour Masters, the team responsible for the excellent PC ports of N64 classics like Ocarina of time and Majora’s Mask, have returned with an...
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gaming
War Thunder devs make Christmas wish: stop leaking military secrets
Classified details on the performance of a critical European military asset were leaked online again through the War Thunder forums, one of many similar leaks...
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movie & tv
Werewolves director on his practical monsters: ‘If the werewolves don’t work, the movie doesn’t work’
If you’ve ever complained about the dominance of digital special effects in modern Hollywood movies, Werewolves was made for you. The new action-horror movie,...
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gaming
Heavy Rain is actually hilarious when you fail every prompt
We all have videos that we keep saved as an emergency escape hatch for dark time s. You know what I’m talking about — the...
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movie & tv
Rankin/Bass’ holiday-special style makes 1977’s The Hobbit a great Christmas watch
Over the last 20 years, Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings trilogy has been enshrined as a winter time favorite by those craving spectacle and...
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gaming
D&D’s most cozy and most creepy settings are now pay what you want
Just in time for the holidays, Hit Point Press is making its acclaimed Dungeons & Dragons supplements Humblewood and Heckna! pay-what-you-want. Get cozy this winter...
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gaming
Warner Bros. just killed a bunch of Cartoon Network games
At least five games released under the Warner Bros. Discovery publishing label Cartoon Network Games have been delisted from digital stores, including Steam and the...
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gaming
Fan made Sonic the Hedgehog tabletop games have something for everyone
In the days since Sonic the Hedgehog 3 was released, I’ve been doing a diligent search for the best Sonic-inspired tabletop games out there. And...
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gaming
D&D’s most famous adventures (and some hidden gems) are on sale right now
If you’re looking for the next campaign to run for your Dungeons & Dragons campaign, look no further. Whether you play online or in...
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movie & tv
Meet Mister Terrific, the little-known hero who ‘has a big part’ in James Gunn’s Superman
James Gunn is excited to bring one particular DC Comics character to the big screen in Superman, and it’s someone who might surprise even...
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how-to
How to solve ‘Forced Perspective: Capturing the Thief’ in Infinity Nikki
“Forced Perspective: Capturing the Thief” is one of the many random quests in Infinity Nikki that involves taking pictures from certain angles to trick the...
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movie & tv
I made this Venn diagram to explain the year’s best animated movies
Polygon’s list of the best animated movies of 2024 is full of the best animation from around the world, ranging from surreal French movies to...
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movie & tv
Breaking down the Superman trailer, from heroes to villains
James Gunn (Guardians of the Galaxy) is in charge of DC’s film/TV universe now, and his direction is immediately clear: earnest, colorful, and...
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movie & tv
Every Spider-Man Universe movie Sony promised (or threatened) to make, and definitely won’t now
Arriving just 10 months after the disastrous Madame Web, Sony Pictures’ Kraven the Hunter landed in theaters in December with a resounding critical and commercial thud....
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gaming
Indy’s puzzles make me feel way too smart
Is it really a puzzle if you already know the solution just by looking at it? Triple-A titles often have simple brain teasers that range...
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gaming
The alien board game people are spending months translating
For many people, reading the rules to complicated board games can already feel like reading an alien language. City of Six Moons takes that one...
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gaming
Fellow Helldivers 2 players, I think Super Earth might be fibbing about the Illuminate
It’s a tumultuous time to be a Helldiver. Not only are the cowardly Illuminate back after a century-long disappearance, but they’re kidnapping Super...
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gaming
MTG bans – and unbans – some extremely potent cards to end a rocky year
On Dec. 16, Wizards of the Coast released the updated banned and restricted announcement, sharing which Magic: The Gathering cards are no longer allowed in competitive...
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gaming
Elden Ring Nightreign director says ditching 2-player co-op is a ‘balancing decision’
Elden Ring Nightreign is a cooperative spinoff with an asterisk. You can play it with a group of three or by yourself, but not in...
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gaming
iBuyPower’s Y40 pre-built gaming PC is powerful, and a great deal at $ 999
I love building PCs, but I get why pre-built gaming desktops are popular. They remove the guesswork of buying components and making sure they’re...
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gaming / movie & tv
Concord’s Secret Level episode needed to come out before the game
Easily the strangest facet of Prime Video’s Secret Level series is a short film based on Sony’s Concord, the first-person shooter that launched...
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movie & tv
Bluey is getting a movie in 2027
Bluey, the kid-friendly series that has made a name of itself by wrecking adults with stories of family, friends, and little life moments, is getting...
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gaming
D&D’s more attractive Swedish cousin inspired Helldivers 2
Earlier this year, Helldiver 2’s grip on gaming culture was unmatched. For at least a month, every corner of social media was brimming with memes...
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celebrity
As Kraven bombs, fans beg Sony to give up on Spider-Man
“Sony Needs To Lose The Spiderman Rights,” read the top story on the Marvel Studios subreddit on Sunday night. Despite punctuation failures, most seemed to...
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gaming / movie & tv
Secret Level’s Outer Worlds episode is missing a key part of the game
If The Outer Worlds could be summed up in three words, I’d go with “capitalism is bad.” That message is dressed up with silly...
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gaming
If Capcom wants to revive more dormant franchises, here are some suggestions
Capcom is officially ready to raid its vault of classics for new installments in long-ignored series, it announced on Dec. 13. This news follows the surprise...
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gaming
Dungeons & Dragons: Dark Alliance being pulled from stores, bringing an end to a botched revival
Wizards of the Coast’s attempt to revive the beloved Dark Alliance brand of hack-and-slash Dungeons & Dragons games is coming to the ends of...
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movie & tv
Sonic 3 post-credits scene appears online, teases arrival of more classic characters
The third Sonic the Hedgehog movie (where the heck does the time go?) is scheduled to hit theaters worldwide on Dec. 20, but leaks are somehow...
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gaming
These are the best luxury board games to add to your collection
We’ve rounded up the best board games of 2024, and went deeper to tell you about the best cozy board games. Now, we’re here...
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gaming
Campaign board games are shrinking, and it’s for the better
Back in May of 2023, I wrote this editorial sharing a frustration with the board gaming trend of adopting extremely lengthy multi-session campaigns. With the advent...
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movie & tv
Lord of the Rings: War of the Rohirrim makes oliphaunts terrifying again
I thought I had a handle on oliphaunts. You know, the massive war elephants of The Lord of the Rings, as featured thrillingly in Peter...
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gaming
Windblown uses friendship to get around roguelike dread
I have a confession: I’m a rampant roguelike uninstaller. Almost invariably, I reach a point with games like Balatro, Dead Cells, or Hades when,...
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movie & tv
Interstellar’s 10th anniversary collector’s edition is at Barnes & Noble
If you need further proof that time is just a flat circle (oops, that’s from a different McConaughey masterpiece), it’s been a whole 10...
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movie & tv / celebrity
The best thrillers to watch on Netflix this December
A new month means a new batch of thrillers on Netflix, and a new breakdown from us about which ones are worth your time . And...
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movie & tv
How War of the Rohirrim fits into Lord of the Rings lore
Shake off any misgivings you might have about animated adaptations of J.R.R. Tolkien’s work. The Lord of the Rings: The War of...
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gaming
Like my brother Geoff Keighley, I too cried at the Okami sequel trailer
During Thursday night’s Game Awards ceremony, founder and host Geoff Keighley surprised everyone by looking like he was going to burst into tears as...
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gaming
Witcher 4 trailer reveals Ciri as its playable progatonist
CD Projekt Red released a new trailer for the next Witcher game, codenamed “Polaris”, at The Game Awards on Thursday night. The game will be...
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job & work
Hearts of Iron board game feels like the strategy genre eating its own tail, but look closer
Hearts of Iron, the classic World War II strategy game from Paradox Interactive, will be adapted into a new board game by Steamforged Games. Hears...
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movie & tv
Wicked’s beautiful extended ‘Dancing Through Life’ scene could only work on film
Yes, Wicked: Part I is only the first act of the Broadway musical, and yes, clocking in at two hours and 40 minutes, it’s basically...
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gaming
The biggest game announcements and trailers from The Game Awards 2024
An avalanche of new game announcements hit at The Game Awards 2024, ranging from the returns of classic franchises (Okami, Turok, Virtua Fighter) to the reveals...
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gaming
Diablo 4 for just $ 10 is a hellacious deal
Despite the recent (and awesome) Vessel of Hatred expansion, Diablo 4 lost to Helldivers 2 at The Game Awards for the “Best Ongoing Game” award. Unfortunately, Geoff...
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gaming / movie & tv
Nickel Boys’ storytelling technique is radical for a movie — but common in games
Nickel Boys is one of the hot tickets of movies’ awards season this year. The first fiction feature film by artist, photographer, and documentarian RaMell...
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gaming
8BitDo’s Ultimate 2C seems like a great Switch or Steam Deck controller for just $ 30
8BitDo borrowed many of the features found in its great but pricey Ultimate Bluetooth controller, which is usually $ 69.99, and put them in its Ultimate 2C...
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gaming
The best board games we played in 2024
The world of board gaming enjoyed a bit of a respite in 2024. Supply chain issues and shipping costs stabilized for the most part, giving developers...
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gaming
Digital Extremes’ team is bravely letting me e-date Warframe 1999 baddies
Warframe is a game that’s full of surprises. At first glance, the team at Digital Extremes is simply making a free-to-play space ninja game....
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movie & tv
New Pokémon animation coming from Wallace & Gromit, Chicken Run creators
Animation studio Aardman, the creators of Wallace & Gromit, Chicken Run, and Shaun the Sheep, is bringing its stop-motion expertise to the world of Poké...
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gaming
Dungeons & Dragons, Kobold Press give away free adventures for the holidays
It’s the most wonderful time of the year: when tabletop companies give away free stuff in the name of festive generosity! Both Dungeons &...
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movie & tv
Twin Peaks: From Z to A is getting a re-release on Blu-ray in February 2025
Twin Peaks fans understand patience; they waited 24 years to see the continuation of the groundbreaking TV series following the movie Fire Walk With Me, which...
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gaming
The best characters in Marvel Rivals season 0
There are 33 different characters in Marvel Rivals, but not every hero (or villain) is equal. In the competitive shooter’s season 0, which is called Doom’...
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gaming
Excuse me, I’m busy running a hand-drawn tram trip for business cats
Some games are big, sprawling adventures that expect hundreds of hours from their player, and others are small, bite-sized little experiences. Short Trip is inarguably...
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gaming
Indiana Jones would’ve been a GOTY contender if not for timing
The Game Awards has a cutoff date for eligibility — Nov. 22 this year. To qualify for consideration, games must be publicly available by a date in...
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gaming
PlayStation Plus subscribers can spend December with Forspoken’s surprisingly good parkour
Forspoken probably isn’t destined for a comeback any time soon, but PlayStation Plus Extra and Premium subscribers on PlayStation 5 can try its surprisingly smooth...
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gaming
The best new tabletop RPG books of 2024
Dungeons & Dragons celebrated its 50th anniversary this year, a major milestone not just for Wizards of the Coast but for the entire tabletop role-playing...
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gaming
Today is your last chance to save $ 20 on a DualSense controller
If you hustle, there’s still time to save on a second DualSense controller for your PlayStation 5, or just an extremely pretty Bluetooth controller for...
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gaming
Magic: The Gathering plane name changed to avoid racist connotations
Wizards of the Coast has announced a major change to one of Magic: The Gathering’s most iconic planes of the last decade. In a...
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how-to
The Plucky Squire may have just fixed its hand-holding problem
Storybook- style adventure game The Plucky Squire received an update on Dec. 11 that adds a new “streamlined mode” for cutting down on its excessive, gameplay-stopping...
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gaming
What’ll it take to get board gamers into this 1920s tabletop role-playing game?
Among the swirling masses of Pax Unplugged, frantically running through the convention’s labyrinthine passages, I desperately search for Room 103. I am late to meet...
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how-to
How to unlock the Fishing Rod in Hello Kitty Island Adventure
The Fishing Rod is an equipable item in Hello Kitty Island Adventure. As its name suggests, you can use it to catch fish and other...
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gaming
Helldivers 2 players are alarmed by a new space time meter on the map
A big part of playing Helldivers 2 is checking the galaxy map aboard your Super Destroyer ship in order to get new missions from Super Earth...
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gaming / design
These solo tabletop RPGs will break your heart and put it back together
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movie & tv
Pulp Fiction’s 30th anniversary 4K Blu-ray collection is packed with goodies
Just like the PlayStation, Quentin Tarantino’s Pulp Fiction turns 30 in 2024 — and it’s getting the deluxe treatment that it deserves. A new limited edition...
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gaming
Lego Fortnite Brick Life map of Brick Bay locations
Lego Fortnite Brick Life takes place in a town called Brick Bay. Around the map, you’ll find lots where you can build your house,...
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movie & tv
Netflix recently added the weirdest sitcom you’ve probably never seen
It’s a common complaint of the streaming era that most new TV shows never get a chance to find their voice. Would Seinfeld or...
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gaming / how-to
How to unlock the Net in Hello Kitty Island Adventure
The Net is an equippable item in Hello Kitty Island Adventure that allows you to catch bugs and other critters around the island. If you...
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gaming / how-to
How to time travel in Hello Kitty Island Adventure, and why it’s risky
You can time travel in Hello Kitty Island Adventure, and while it’s one way to supercharge your playthrough, doing so comes with risks — to...
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movie & tv
Silo has been renewed until the end — so how will the show budget the books?
Throughout its run so far, Silo has been marked by taking its time . Throughout the first three episodes of the series, we jumped from one...
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gaming
Almost 50 years ago, here’s how Intellivision took on Atari
In the mid-’70s, Mattel Electronics started putting together a plan to release a game console that would end up taking on Atari, showing the...
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parenting
Skibidi Toilet and Plungerman are coming to Fortnite
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auto
One of the few horror movies to make me physically nauseous is leaving Hulu soon
Everyone’s horror pressure points are different. Either because of where or how you were raised, your lifestyle, or even just your own peculiarities, we...
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gaming
‘Live and Learn’ musician suing Sega over ownership of iconic Sonic the Hedgehog song
Yes, the beloved Sonic Adventure 2 theme song “Live and Learn” is in the upcoming Sonic the Hedgehog 3 — but the song is causing controversy elsewhere. Crush 40...
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gaming
Honkai: Star Rail 3.0 livestream codes
Honkai: Star Rail just closed out its version 3.0 livestream, teasing what’s to come in the next update, which launches the evening of Jan. 14. Alongside...
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movie & tv
Is Dune: Prophecy gonna midi-chlorian us?
Dune: Prophecy is a very complicated show. Sure, part of that is the fact that it has so many characters, plots, and counterplots commingling in...
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