Sources: Polygon, Kotaku
Beloved British stop-motion studio Aardman is best known as the home of Wallace and Gromit, but if you've been sleeping on the equally delightful Shaun the Sheep, you're sorely missing out. The ovine protagonist, voiced by Justin Fletcher, first appeared in the 1995 Wallace &…
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The secret to Star Trek’s longevity isn't that it has stayed the same for 60 years. In fact, it’s quite the opposite. Every era has reimagined Gene Roddenberry's universe for a new audience, from The Next Generation to the Kelvin Timeline to today's wave of streaming series.…
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Alyce Tzue always loved fairy tales, but growing up as the only Asian kid in a homogeneous community in New Jersey, she worried she would never find her happily ever after. Instead of seeing herself in Cinderella, Tzue wondered why her stepsisters didn’t get their own magic. Now…
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On October 18, 1985, the Nintendo Entertainment System launched in North America with a limited selection of games like Super Mario Bros. and Excitebike. Within a few years, it had a library of hundreds of titles, proving that rumors of the video game industry’s death throughout…
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There aren't many parts of Stephen King's bibliography that you can realistically call "obscure." As one of the most famous novelists on Earth, and perhaps the single most famous living horror novelist, even King's lesser-known works are usually best-sellers.
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While I’m sure I read it earlier, it wasn’t until I was an adult that I learned to appreciate the open-ended beauty of the last Calvin and Hobbescomic, which features the titular duo sledding off into a snowy white wilderness, suggesting that, even though the strip has ended,…
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As the glory days of classic Westerns began to fade in the 1960s, so did some of the romance associated with it, bringing about the more complex, morally ambiguous “Revisionist Westerns.” One of the most important films from the early days of the Revisionist Western is 1964’s A…
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Xbox wants more Fallout, and after a yearslong drought of new games, Bethesda Softworks is making it happen. Bethesda plans to release remasters of both Fallout 3 and Fallout: New Vegas for modern platforms, the company said in July in a massive roadmap of the developer's future.
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Pokémon Go is having a Gible Community Day Classic event on Saturday, Sept. 12 from 2-5 p.m. in your local time.
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Creators will soon be able to upload their games as standalone apps
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Wardogs is a slower, bigger and in many ways better Battlefield-like military shooter that won't appeal to everyone
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'Flock is a scourge on America'
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Twitch is testing an AI-powered stream coach that will offer suggestions on how creators can improve their channel
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This week marks the 12th annual Roblox Developers Conference (RDC), a private event held in the Bay Area for the platform's creator community. As part of the event, the San Mateo, California-based company unveiled updates that aim to expand access to user-made games, as well as…
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Flock cameras have quickly become one of the most hated and controversial technologies in America. One Grand Theft Automodder tapped into that anger, andthe results are hilarious. Grand Theft Automated License Plate Reader (a spoof of Flock’s automated license plate recognition…
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Exit: pursued by a bear
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Tanuki: Pon's Summer reminds me of a particular kind of freedom I'm unlikely to have again
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It was quite the week for Nintendo. A pair of back-to-back Direct showcases gave fans a lot to talk about, even if not all the news was equally exciting. The headliner of the week, of course, was The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. We finally got a deep look at the upcoming…
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