Everything STAR WARS Borrowed From DUNE
Star Wars is one of the biggest and most beloved pop culture franchises of all time. It’d be impossible to name every bit of art influenced by the galaxy far, far away since the release […]
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Modiphius to publish the first Discworld RPG in nearly three decades
Terry Pratchett’s hilarious Discworld series has been a fantasy mainstay in books, movies, and television for decades, even after the author’s death in 2015. But for something that’s so important to a popular genre, it’s […]
How to modernize your retro game collection in a few convoluted steps
I have a large collection of physical video games. Each passing year, this somewhat prosaic characteristic becomes more and more notable, both in terms of uniqueness and — considering the age of much of my […]
Soldiers Film Disc-Shaped UFO Filmed Hovering Over Ukraine
iStockphoto Soldiers in Ukraine recently captured a disc-shaped UFO on video hovering in the sky, leaving them completely perplexed as to what they had just witnessed. While doing some a reconnaissance with one of their […]
4 Low-Tech Tricks People Used for High-Tech Entertainment
You’re looking at a screen capable of displaying anything imaginable, from live footage of places continents away, to interactive simulations created by the device itself. You are currently using it to read text. This would […]
Hulu Films & Sitcoms To Watch For Black History Month
February is Black History Month, and while the month is almost over, there’s still a few days to celebrate. Source: Gilbert Flores / Getty In honor of BHM, Hulu has provided a curated collection of […]
5 Questions About U.S. Landmarks We Bet You Can’t Answer
What color is the White House? The Kennedy Space Center is named after which U.S. president? These are questions that you, the well-informed reader, are proud to answer with ease. America’s landmarks hold deeper mysteries, […]
PGA Awards: The Oscar for best picture is ‘Oppenheimer’s’ to lose
Christopher Nolan’s big canvas biopic “Oppenheimer” won the Producers Guild of America’s top honor Sunday night, a day after it took the ensemble prize at the Screen Actors Guild Awards. Nolan won the Directors Guild […]
How Avatar The Last Airbender pulled from anime in a way no one else did
Folks who grew up watching Avatar: The Last Airbender have high-key been in distress since its series finale aired in 2008. Unlike other notable pop cultural phenomenons like HBO’s Game of Thrones, whose divisive ending […]
Bradley Cooper dating timeline: Who has the actor dated?
BRADLEY COOPER is best known for bringing powerful roles to the silver screen. However, he is also known for dating some of the most beautiful and famous women in entertainment. Who has Bradley Cooper dated? […]
Madame Web’s Spider-Women all have utterly bonkers backstories
Madame Web’s poor initial performance at the box office suggests that few people want to see it in a theater, let alone talk about it sight unseen. But there’s one aspect of it we should […]
Here’s How A Mere Weakling Can Become Super Strong Thanks to Adrenaline
At this point, the idea of super strength lent to the human body by an adrenaline rush is practically a mythical tale all its own. The most prevalent version is the story of a mother, […]
The 5 Worst Podcasts Hosted by an ‘SNL’ Cast Member
Last summer, I ran down a list of the best podcasts hosted by current or former members of Saturday Night Live, so it only makes sense that I’d eventually get to the genre’s worst. Since the federal […]
Labyrinth and Dark Crystal wouldn’t happen now, say Jim Henson’s kids
“They don’t make ’em like they used to” is a phrase you’ve heard a thousand times. But for famously puppet-forward, dark fantasy films like Jim Henson’s Labyrinth and The Dark Crystal, the reasons seem apparent, […]
Madame Web villain Ezekiel is an aggressively bad plot hole
Sony’s baffling Spider-Man Universe movie Madame Web leaves a lot of questions behind, some of them entirely practical (are we ever going to see all these young heroes actually gain their powers and… become heroes?) […]
5 Extremely Short-Lived World Records
The work of a lifetime. Years and years of grueling training, pushing your own limits. All in pursuit of being the very best to ever do it in your chosen discipline. However, that moment when […]
Pregnant Stingray Can’t Have Shark Babies, Expert Claims
iStockphoto / Lindsay Lou There is a very strange situation developing at The Aquarium and Shark Lab by Team Ecco in Hendersonville, North Carolina where a pregnant stingray will soon give birth to four pups […]
Madame Web review: A post-credits scene as an entire cynical movie
Madame Web might be the most shameless superhero movie of all time. Far from just the cash-in that it seemed like a few years ago when this movie headlined by an F-tier superhero was first […]
7 Leap-Year Anniversaries We Should Go Out of Our Way to Celebrate
Even if it’s mostly a bit of math meant to smooth out the way we’ve decided to divide our lives, leap years are still a pretty fun concept — especially if you choose to ignore […]
9 Early Aughts Energy Drinks That Flamed Out Before You Could Count to Four Loko
At this point, the energy drink industry is an absolute titan, fueled by whatever the hell guarana is. But oversaturated as it is, there are always a few new entries that can’t find market share. […]