Forty years of joystick waggling: the glory of multi-sport video games | Games

Moving a joystick left to right propels a runner forward in Track and Field.

The 1984 Los Angeles Olympics are memorable for a lot of things – the jetpack at the opening ceremony, the historic performance by Carl Lewis, the greater focus on female athletes – but for nerds […]

Why Aretha Franklin Feuded With Dionne Warwick for Years — Best Life

Dionne Warwick performing in 1969

They’re two of the most popular singers of all time and share a number of musical connections, but Aretha Franklin and Dionne Warwick never got along. At the very least, Franklin didn’t have many positive […]

‘The past is immaterial’: Ry Cooder and Taj Mahal, reunited after 56 years | Ry Cooder

The Rising Sons in 1966.

Ry Cooder was just 14 when he first saw Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee playing live. “Just their walk to the stage was unbelievably dramatic,” he remembers. The harmonica and guitar-playing folk-blues duo were appearing […]

20 Years Married: How ‘My Big Fat Greek Wedding’ Became a Smash Hit

20 Years Married: How ‘My Big Fat Greek Wedding’ Became a Smash Hit

On the long list of movies that don’t get made anymore, the romantic comedy is typically at the top. In technical terms, this isn’t strictly true; as the mid-budget film has been driven out of […]

Ron Gilbert’s Return to Monkey Island announcement was a joke ‘18 years in the making’

Ron Gilbert’s Return to Monkey Island announcement was a joke ‘18 years in the making’

This year, Ron Gilbert pulled off perhaps the best April Fools’ joke ever. On April 1st, he announced on his personal blog that he was making a new Monkey Island game. It was hard to […]

Woman Records Her Husband Snoring For 4 Years, Remixes It Into ‘Despacito’, Breaks The Internet

Despacito snoring remix

YouTube We’ve got a good ol’ fashioned viral video on our hands here. Yup, this is some bonafide virality right here. This cute old lady recorded her husband snoring for 4 long years. Then, with […]

Hugh Jackman Celebrates 26 Years Of Marriage With ‘Extraordinary Wife’ Deborra-Lee Furness

Hugh Jackman, seen her at the opening night of Broadway's "The Music Man" on Feb. 10, has never been shy about declaring his love for his wife on social media.

Actor Hugh Jackman wants to tell the world how much he appreciates his “extraordinary wife,” Deborra-Lee Furness. On Monday, “The Wolverine” star shared a special shoutout to Furness, an Australian actor and producer, as he […]