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Mortal Kombat’s Stars Believe the Film’s Diversity Gives It Added Resonance

Though Mortal Kombat is an action-packed adaptation of a hit video game, releasing it right now may wind up meaning a little something extra. The film is filled with actors from all walks of life, but many of are of Asian descent. In a time when violence against AAPI community is at the forefront of … Continued

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Netflix’s Castlevania Will End After 4 Seasons—But More May Be on the Way

It’s a horrible Friday afternoon to have a curse. But fear not, fans of very sad vampires: Netflix is not entirely done with Castlevania yet. Deadline reports that the upcoming fourth season of Powerhouse Animation, Frederator, and Netflix’s adaptation of the beloved supernatural video game series Castlevania will be the show’s last. Premiering on the … Continued

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Hacking the Game Boy’s Multiplayer Randomizer Creates the Perfect Version of Tetris

Do you remember the thrill of getting two straight line pieces in a row while playing Game Boy Tetris? It made you feel like running out and buying a lottery ticket. Now imagine the feeling if Tetris served up a never-ending buffet of just straight line pieces—this could be the greatest video game hack of … Continued

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Resident Evil: Infinite Darkness‘ First Trailer Puts Leon, Claire, and Zombies in the White House

It’s been quite a while since rookie cop Leon S. Kennedy and young motorcycle enthusiast Claire Redfield first met in the zombie-filled Raccoon City during 1998’s Resident Evil 2. Now the dynamic duo is getting back together in Netflix’s upcoming Resident Evil: Infinite Darkness CG series to deal with a new outbreak of monsters…at the … Continued

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Out of The Order‘s Ashes, Netflix Finds The Imperfects

The streaming giant may have canceled the well-regarded The Order last November, but it isn’t done with the show’s creators by a long shot. Netflix has announced The Imperfects, a new sci-fi series from the same team. Not to be confused with Netflix’s other similarly named recent series The Irregulars, the Hollywood Reporter says The … Continued

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The New Mortal Kombat Theme Remix Is So Goddamned Good, You Guys

I don’t care how good this new Mortal Kombat movie is going to be, it is extremely unlikely to be better than this glorious—update? remix? cover?—of the classic Mortal Kombat theme. It’s a banger that slaps, and whatever other cool slang kids are calling very good music nowadays. This glorious EDM update of the Mortal … Continued

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Hunting for Pokémon Cards Has Become a Different Kind of Game

A few weeks back, during a particularly unremarkable late night of insomnia-fueled doomscrolling, a notification slid its way onto my phone’s screen that quickened my pulse and dilated my pupils. For the next few minutes or so—there was no way to be sure for how long—the long out-of-stock Pokémon cards that I, and other collectors … Continued

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This Isn’t a Piece of Art. It’s an Aerial View of a Trash-Filled Landscape

At first glance, the photo above may look like a painting collaboration between Jackson Pollock and Mark Rothko. That’s what I thought when I saw it and was drawn to the bright streaks of orange covering the landscape. However, the reality is far more disgusting and alarming. This is not art: It’s an aerial view … Continued

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Sealed Super Mario Bros. Cartridge Sells for a Record-Breaking $660,000 at Auction

While it might not have generated as much as Beeple’s recent NFT sale, a sealed cartridge of Super Mario Bros for the NES just crushed the record for the most expensive video game auction ever sold going for a whopping $660,000. According to Heritage Auctions, the recent auction for this pristine Super Mario Bros cart … Continued

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Even Atari’s Reanimated Corpse Is Getting in on the NFT Grift

Let me start right off the bat with the disclaimer that this is not an April Fool’s joke. Atari, or rather, the corporate entity that now runs the shell of the beleaguered video game company, has jumped on the non-fungible token hype train to shamelessly cash in on that arcade nostalgia. The NFTs, “limited edition” … Continued

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Banjo-Kazooie and Fable 2 Are Available on Xbox’s Cloud Gaming Service, and I’m Stoked

Xbox announced this morning that 16 original Xbox and Xbox 360 games are now available on its cloud gaming service. Anyone with an active Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscription can play well-loved classics like Banjo-Kazooie, Fable 2, and Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind as of today. “We’ve listened to the feedback, going all the way back … Continued

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Chinese Police Bust Alleged $76 Million Video Game Cheating Ring, Seize Millions in Assets

The saying goes, “Winners never cheat, and cheaters never win,” but that’s apparently not the case. Police in Kunshan, China, say that a video game cheating ring pulled in an astonishing $76 million in subscription fees before a recent bust, the BBC reported on Tuesday. Police also said they seized some $46 million in assets, … Continued

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Fortnite‘s Weird Relationship With Directors Is Getting Even Weirder

Even if you don’t play one of the biggest video games on the planet, there stands a good chance you’ve heard about Fortnite recently—memetic songs about chug-jugging or otherwise—thanks to the launch of its latest season of content. But the game’s status as this bizarre black hole of media content is growing beyond crossover skins … Continued

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Marvel’s Secret Invasion TV Show Casts a Mysterious Villain

Beginnings and endings abound, as production wraps on The Batman and Netflix’s Cowboy Bebop, and begins on Sonic the Hedgehog 2. Amazon’s Lord of the Rings show loses a star. Plus, new posters for Godzilla vs. Kong and Mortal Kombat. Spoilers now! The Batman Production has officially wrapped on Matt Reeves’ The Batman. Sonic the … Continued

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Swallow‘s Haley Bennett Will Star in Eli Roth’s Borderlands Movie

Good news, blueberries—we’ve got news on your boy. (Don’t Google that and also don’t click the link; I regret everything.) Eli Roth’s adaptation of Borderlands continues to have a gloriously powerful cast. Most notably, we’ve got Cate Blanchett as Lilith, Jamie Lee Curtis as Tannis, Jack Black as Claptrap, and Kevin Hart as Roland. Now, … Continued

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I Want to Decorate My Entire Home With Classic Arcade Games Turned Into Playable Works of Art

If you grew up hanging out in arcades, now that they’re gone, there’s probably a small part of you who wants to recreate that experience at home. But sacrificing a big chunk of your living space to classic arcade cabinets no longer seems necessary as Jürgen Müller demonstrates, turning a classic Pong cabinet into a … Continued

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Updates From George R.R. Martin’s Wild Cards, Mortal Kombat, and More

New Line has set its sights on Chad Stahelski’s new supernatural action movie. The cast of Godzilla vs. Kong picks sides. Netflix’s new vampire series finds its stars. Plus, what’s to come on Superman & Lois, and look at Fear the Walking Dead’s return. Spoilers, away! Classified New Line has won an auction for Classified, … Continued

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The Roblox Boom Is About to Meet Reality

Today, the online children’s gaming platform Roblox is dumping 199 million shares of mammon onto the market through its direct listing, which likely means a Black Friday-level mob and hours of free content for CNBC’s Squawk Box on a yet-unprofitable company. Nothing new there, but it’s also an almost psychedelic amalgam of 2021 intergenerational imaginations: … Continued

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You Can Play Tetris on a Giant Mechanical Flipboard Display but Would You Want To?

There’s a certain charm to the old-school mechanical flipboard displays that were most commonly used to display arrival and departure times at airports and train stations for decades. There’s a good reason they weren’t used for much else, however, as this attempt to play Tetris on one of the displays demonstrates. Flipboard displays (also called … Continued

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The Barbarian and the Troll Is the Kid-Friendly Red Sonja With Puppets You Didn’t Know You Needed

Got six minutes? You could do far, far worse than using them to watch this giant preview of The Barbarian and the Troll, a new Nickolodeon series that adds puppetry to the sword-and-sorcery genre. Also, explosions. Lots and lots of explosions. Brendar, a surly warrior out to rescue her brother from a demon, is the … Continued