reader comments 19 with 14 posters participating Share this story [embedded content] Trailer for Silk Road. In the last decade or so of Ars, two pre-COVID news stories stand out to me as the “biggest”—the kind of stuff that captivates a general audience in the moment and will attract the eyes of Hollywood eventually. The ..
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reader comments 79 with 61 posters participating Share this story [embedded content] A family on a tropical holiday discovers that the secluded beach where they are relaxing for a few hours is somehow causing them to age rapidly in Old, a new thriller from M. Night Shyamalan. Director M. Night Shyamalan has a well-known fondness for ..
reader comments 48 with 39 posters participating Share this story [embedded content] Our favorite ensigns are back with more wacky hijinks in the second season of Star Trek: Lower Decks. The animated series Star Trek: Lower Decks was one of our favorite TV shows of 2020, so we’ve been looking forward to its second season. We ..
reader comments 80 with 59 posters participating Share this story Henry Golding, seen here doing one of many unnecessary combat-adjacent poses in Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins. Tommy (Andrew Koji) grimaces in the rain. Snake starts out fighting random heavies for no reason. He’s asked to kill Tommy early in the film for seemingly unclear ..
reader comments 258 with 114 posters participating Share this story A vision of a mysterious woman on a desert planet. Paul Atreides (Timothée Chalamet) wonders what his dreams might mean. YouTube/Warner Bros. The heir of House Atreides salutes you. A spot of combat training. YouTube/Warner Bros. Oscar Isaac plays Duke Leto Atreides. YouTube/Warner Bros. Rebecca ..
Enlarge / Sign on facade of Activision’s Los Angeles offices. Getty Images reader comments 185 with 103 posters participating Share this story On Wednesday, a California State agency filed a lawsuit against the game publisher Activision Blizzard over allegations of rampant sexual discrimination and sexual harassment. The nature of this harassment is so widespread, the lawsuit ..
LPETTET | Getty Images reader comments 140 with 108 posters participating Share this story Netflix lost 430,000 subscribers in the US and Canada in the second quarter and issued weaker than expected forecasts for later in the year, rekindling investor doubts over how the streaming group will fare after the economic reopening. The California-based company ..
reader comments 22 with 21 posters participating Share this story [embedded content] New study explores how the mockingbird structures its song, using techniques of timbre change, pitch change, stretch, and squeeze. These are similar strategies used in Tuvan throat singing, Beethoven, Broadway musicals, and hip hop. What do the remarkably complex songs of the mockingbird ..
reader comments 81 with 58 posters participating, including story author Share this story At the Museum of Pinball in Southern California, you rarely had to wait long for any particular game, but attendance was solid. (They had 700 machines when we visited in 2015; they’ve added roughly 400 since.) A panoramic taken before the crowds ..
Enlarge / Collectors say bare cartridges in “sous vide” condition can command a premium at auction. Aurich Lawson reader comments 108 with 86 posters participating Share this story If you aren’t immersed in the world of high-end video game collecting, it’s probably hard to understand why someone paid in excess of $1.5 million for a ..
