Enlarge / “Look dead. No, more dead.” Ars writer in a horror playground inspired by 2017 film adaptation of Stephen King’s It. reader comments 7 with 5 posters participating Share this story Horror-movie fans are known for their love of immersive “haunts:” special exhibits of events that pay tribute to their favorite films while letting ..
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reader comments 41 with 27 posters participating Share this story Electronic engineer/robot-musician conductor Moritz Simon Geist performs at the SXSW Innovation Awards. Nathan Mattise Unlike other electronic/techno artists, Geist is obsessed with tactile instruments—he just builds them from old tech parts and then builds rigs to automate ‘em. Nathan Mattise Some of Geist’s robots are ..
Enlarge / Andrew Koji plays Ah Sahm, a master martial artist who comes to San Francisco’s Chinatown and gets drawn in the infamous tong wars. HBO/David Bloomer reader comments 29 with 22 posters participating Share this story There’s juicy political intrigue, forbidden love, and plenty of kung-fu fighting in Warrior, a new ten-episode series from ..
Enlarge / The arrow is pointing to a PC that’s just off-frame to the right. reader comments 45 with 35 posters participating Share this story Microsoft is reportedly planning a couple of new subscription services for gamers, per Brad Sams and WalkingCat. First up is a “Game Pass Ultimate” that combines an Xbox Live Gold ..
reader comments 246 with 95 posters participating, including story author Share this story It’s not hard to identify when the review bomb started for Borderlands 2. It’s… not hard to find a pattern in the recent negative Steam reviews for Borderlands 2 The original Borderlands shows the same suspicious review patterns on Steam… …as does ..
Enlarge / How much fun is Shazam! at its best? This fun. reader comments 74 with 55 posters participating Share this story In order to have a reputation as a more fleshed-out film studio, DC Comics doesn’t just need the likes of Wonder Woman. It also needs films like Shazam!—one-off morsels that are free from ..
reader comments 48 with 44 posters participating Share this story Breath of the Wild in VR? I honestly have no idea how that’s going to feel, if it’s locked at a 30fps refresh. This mode converts the entire game into a VR experience. Thus, the game appears to look exactly the same as in non-VR ..
Pretty much every part of that “Buy Sell Trade” sign is suffering in GameStop’s latest fiscal year. reader comments 81 with 57 posters participating, including story author Share this story One of the world’s biggest video game retailers just announced its worst annual performance in decades, raising renewed questions about the health of the physical ..
reader comments 92 with 72 posters participating Share this story [embedded content] Joaquin Phoenix plays Arthur Fleck, a failed stand-up comedian who goes insane in Warner Bros. Pictures’ Joker. When Warner Brothers and DC Films announced they would be making a Joker film back in 2017, the reactions from fans were… mixed. Did we really need ..
reader comments 92 with 54 posters participating Share this story For reasons that were never entirely clear, Microsoft released a book store for Windows 10 back in 2017. The Edge browser was given support for EPUB books, and the Microsoft Store had a book category, offering a range of free and non-free books. No longer: ..
