Matthew McConaughey On Why He Turned Down The Role Of Joel From The Last Of Us Show: ‘It Wasn’t For Me At The Time’
‘All right, all right, all right, Ellie. There was no cure’
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Takoyaki At ‘Disastrous’ Deltarune Fan Event Leaves Attendees With Food Poisoning
Just a liiiiiittle too faithful to the game
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Four Minutes Of Spider-Man: Beyond The Spider-Verse Leak Online, And They Look Amazing
Sony doesn't want you to see it, however
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New Sci-Fi Thriller From Godzilla Director Officially Drops in 3 Weeks
Adam Wingard got his start in low-budget horror, but the American filmmaker is best known for helming the MonsterVerse franchise for the last few years. In 2021, he gave audiences the showdown they wanted with Godzilla vs. Kong, and he followed that up a few years later with…
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Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse Clip Has Leaked, and Sony Is Working Hard to Take It Down
Fans still have to wait another year until Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse, the third entry in the series, hits theaters. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse ended on a cliffhanger that left fans on the edge of their seats. But it appears not everyone is willing to wait…
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A Pokémon Game Becomes the Second Best-Selling Nintendo Switch 2 Game
Pokémon Pokopia's success shouldn't come as much of a surprise, given how well it was received by both critics and players alike at launch. On Metacritic, it has an average critic score of 89 and a user score of 8.7. Meanwhile, OpenCritic says 97% of critics recommend it, and it…
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Magic's Reality Fracture Revives a 16-Year-Old Commander Card From an Erased Timeline
While the attention of Magic: The Gathering players may currently be fully focused on The Hobbit set, the wheel never stops spinning, and Reality Fracture is already around the corner. This in-universe set is a special one. It will serve as the culmination of the Magic storyline…
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Rami Malek’s $60 Million Spy-Thriller Flop Is Officially a Streaming Hit on Prime Video
Winning an Oscar can make you a star, but it doesn’t necessarily make you a bankable one. Rami Malek learned this after the success of Bohemian Rhapsody, the $900 million-plus blockbuster that won him the Academy Award for best actor and seemingly positioned the Mr. Robot star…
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Streamers Are Telling Twitch How Much They Hate That Generative AI Training Is Opt-Out By Default
'They know we don't want it, they do not care'
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How does the Explorer Gadget work in Pokémon Go?
The Explorer Gadget, a new key item, has begun to roll out globally in Pokémon Go. This nifty tool will help you catch Pokémon and spin PokéStops when you're not necessarily playing, though it has some quirks.
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Insomniac’s Explanation For Why Wolverine’s Suit Heals Itself Is Simple And Honest
They could have made up some bullshit, but this is better
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Netflix closes more game studios as it pulls back on video games
Netflix is closing two more of its video game studios as the streaming giant continues to scale back on internal game development.
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Judge Throws Out ‘Mortal Kombat Stabbing’ Lawsuit On Free Speech Grounds
Video games are not products, and not subject to product liability claims, judge says
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‘A Court of Thorns and Roses’ Is Getting a New Strategy Board Game
Romantasy has conquered bookstores, bestseller lists, and BookTok, turning romantically inclined dragons, fae, and assorted dangerously attractive magical men into an enormous publishing business.
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I Definitely Do Not Like March From Fields Of Mistria And Absolutely Will Not Be Marrying Him Under Any Circumstances
Not today, not ever, not me, nosiree
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WB Is Releasing Its First NC-17 Movie In Over 20 Years This October
Ken Russell's controversial and highly acclaimed film The Devils is finally getting the 4K director's cut it has long deserved
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Free on Steam Right Now: Deponia, a Classic Adventure Comedy
If you're a PC gamer who is looking for a good laugh, Steam is here to deliver. Valve's digital platform is making a well-regarded point-and-click game Deponia free to keep for the next week. Here's why you should care.
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5 Brilliant Anime That Don’t Waste a Single Episode
There’s also the question of subjective taste, as a more contemplative story like Mushi-shi or even a sprawling space opera like Legend of the Galactic Heroes might win you over with their inspired approach to storytelling. This makes space for endless possibilities, but for the…
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