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Whenever I write about Apple tech, even Apple tech I’m really excited about, I end up reflexively mentioning the aggravating design decisions the company stubbornly sticks to. I’m still mad, all these years […] The post EU to Apple: “Use StandardFlashpoint Preserves Vital Internet Gaming History
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I’ll never stop defending the honor of Adobe Flash. Sure the program gave us some security risks and battery-draining video players. But I still don’t think tech people, especially Apple-worshiping tech people, ever […] The post Flashpoint PreserveStar Wars Comic Finally Explains What Happened to Luke’s Lightsaber
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Mark Hamill (Photo via StarWars.com) When Han Solo sees Maz Kanata holding Luke Skywalker’s first lightsaber in The Force Awakens, he asks her “where did you get that,” sparking the smuggler queen to reply with the infamous line […] TThese Are the Games You Should Check Out in February 2020
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In our These Are the Games You Should Check Out in January 2020 piece, I said it was good that January was slow because of the big titles releasing in February. Thanks to […] The post These Are the Games You Should Check Out in February 2020 appeared fiIt Should Have Been Nominated!: ‘Nightcrawler’
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There is good acting and there is Oscar acting and the two are not always one and the same. Good acting is hard to define as acting encompasses so many techniques and comes […] The post It Should Have Been Nominated!: ‘Nightcrawler’ appeareMarvel, Bond, and More Super Bowl Trailers
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I’ve never liked football. I’m not into huge concerts. And at this point I’m too leftist to spend hours watching something solely for the commercials. So the Super Bowl basically has nothing to […] The post Marvel, Bond, and More Super Bowl TraileGrey Seals Clap Underwater to Communicate
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Wild grey seal (via Ben Burville/Monash University) Researchers in Australia discovered that wild grey seals clap their flippers underwater to communicate. While most marine mammals use vocal calls or whistles to chat, Halichoerus grypus can alsOh No! Kool-Aid Man to Blame For Birth of Planters’ Baby Nut
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Matt Walsh and Wesley Snipes meet Baby Nut (via Planters) Super Bowl LIV was full of surprises—not least the rebirth of Planters’ nutty mascot. Following last week’s bizarre pre-game ad (in which the legume sacrifices itself to savStephen King Quit Facebook, Too
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Master of horror Stephen King (via Mark Lennihan/AP) Stephen King is the latest high-profile user to ditch Facebook over misinformation and privacy concerns. The author and activist on Saturday announced via Twitter that he’s “quittinOh no! Kool-Aid Man to Blame For Birth of Planters’ Baby Nut
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Matt Walsh and Wesley Snipes meet Baby Nut (via Planters) Super Bowl LIV was full of surprises—not least the rebirth of Planters’ nutty mascot. Following last week’s bizarre pre-game ad (in which the legume sacrifices itself to sav‘Doctor Who’ S12, E6: Team TARDIS Tackle Plastic Pollution
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(via BBC) This article contains spoilers for “Praxeus,” episode six of Doctor Who season 12. Another week, another virtuous message from Chris Chibnall. Following a season of not-so-subliminal messages of social justice (and a less-thThis Hot Little Hatchback Can Talk To Traffic Lights
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This snazzy little number is the all-new Leon from Spanish automaker SEAT. It’ll be hitting the streets in Europe later this year and breaking new ground in the process. The Leon will be […] The post This Hot Little Hatchback Can Talk To Traffic L‘Fast and Furious 9’ Trailer Delivers Justice
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There are no jokes we can crack about the Fast and Furious movies than are funnier than their earnest reality. Vin Diesel and his family have endured mediocre street racing movie roots, ill-advised […] The post ‘Fast and Furious 9’ Trailer DNintendo Says No Switch Pro in 2020, But That Doesn’t Mean Anything
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Nintendo just announced a new model of the Nintendo Switch for 2020. And it’s the one we’ve all been waiting for. That’s right, to go along with Animal Crossing: New Horizons, this March you […] The post Nintendo Says No Switch Pro in 2020, But TThis $350 Baby Yoda Statue Is Priceless
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In case it wasn’t obvious before, the real reason Disney was so quick to crack down on unofficial Baby Yoda merch on Etsy or whatever was so that they could sell you their limited […] The post This $350 Baby Yoda Statue Is Priceless appeared first oLavish Test Footage for Cancelled Live-Action Star Wars TV Show Resurfaces
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With the success of The Mandalorian, a new season of The Clone Wars coming to Disney+ in a few weeks, and news of a live-action Obi-Wan show hitting the same platform somewhere down […] The post Lavish Test Footage for Cancelled Live-Action Star Wars TBlizzard Owns Your ‘Warcraft 3: Reforged’ Mods
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While I really really really don’t like MOBAs, I can’t help but be impressed by their humble and weirdly accidental extremely online roots. The first incarnation Defense of the Ancients, or Dota, wasn’t […] The post Blizzard Owns Your ‘WarcraftUntitled Goose App Terrorizes Your Desktop
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Untitled Goose Game was one of the biggest gaming phenomenons of last year. And that’s not me just still being starstruck after seeing the goose in person at the New York Video Game Awards last […] The post Untitled Goose App Terrorizes Your DesktoLive-Action ‘One Piece’ Sets Sail at Netflix
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If you thought Disney’s Pirates of the Caribbean franchise was a massive, endless piece of magical pirate mythology, One Piece became the best-selling manga is history by following a band of noble sea thieves […] The post Live-Action ‘One Piece’‘Riverdale’ Season 4 Episode 11 Recap: Jeo-Parody!
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Sarah Dejardins as Donna, Alex Barima as Jonathan, Doralyn Mui as Joan and Sean Depner as Bret -- Photo: Cate Cameron/The CW Only a week has passed since the big football game and Riverdale is already preparing for another big game. This time,‘Nancy Drew’ Season 1 Episode 12 Recap: It’s a Madhouse
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Kennedy McMann as Nancy -- Photo: Bettina Strauss/The CW We know the drill on Nancy Drew by now. New week, new lead. Nancy helpfully reminds us what she found out at the end of last week’s episode: Her mom was Lucy Sable’s guidance‘Star Trek: Picard’ Season 1 Episode 2 Recap: Out of Warp Speed
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Patrick Stewart (Via CBS) CBS All Access’ long-awaited Star Trek: Picard began with a giant lore dump. Last week’s premiere was so packed with information, it was hard to keep it all straight. This week begins with probably […]Galaxy’s Edge Now Selling $11 Star Wars Sporks
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Ever want to eat a bantha steak and sip some bone broth at the same time? Well, now you can, thanks to the official metal Star Wars…sporks…now for sale at Star Wars: Galaxy’s […] The post Galaxy’s Edge Now Selling $11 Star Wars Sporks apJapanese Billionaire Decides He Doesn’t Need a Girlfriend to Visit the Moon
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Yusaku Maezawa is SpaceX's first citizen astronaut (via Yasunari Kikum) Money really can’t buy you love. Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa has pulled out of a reality TV show designed to find a female partner for his journey to the MoonThis Image Is The Closest You’ll Ever Get to the Sun
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This photo, taken at 789nm, shows features on the Sun's surface as small as 18 miles in size for the first time ever (via NSO/AURA/NSF) The surface of the Sun, it turns out, looks a lot like peanut brittle. The National Science Foundation’New Emoji Are More Gender-Inclusive Than Ever
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Unicode has finalized 117 new emojis for release in 2020 (via Emojipedia) Unicode this week unveiled 117 new emojis set for release in 2020. Among pinched fingers, fondue, and magic wand icons are a long-awaited transgender flag and symbol, as weBeyond Meat Menu Items Added to KFC, Pulled From Tim Hortons
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KFC Beyond Fried Chicken expands to two new markets (via Kentucky Fried Chicken) Following a successful test launch in Atlanta last summer, KFC is expanding its Beyond Fried Chicken to restaurants in Kentucky, North Carolina, and Tennessee. The pTop TV and Movie Trailers of the Week: ‘Ghost in the Shell,’ ‘Hunters,’ and More
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'Hunters' is coming to Amazon Prime Video in February. (Photo Credit: Christopher Saunders / Amazon Studios) TGIF. While you’re planning for the long weekend ahead, we’ve rounded up the top movie and TV trailers that you may have missed duri
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Mortal Kombat never really went away, but it also feels like it’s super back. The recent trilogy of truly excellent core fighting games (capped off by last year’s GOTY contender Mortal Kombat 11) […] The post ‘Mortal Kombat Legends: Scorpion’s RChandra Takes a Peek at Mega-Cluster of Galaxies
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Chandra's X-ray Observatory spotted four galaxy clusters engaging in colliding activity. (Photo Credit: X-ray: NASA / CXC / SAO / G.Schellenberger et al.; Optical:SDSS) NASA’s Chandra captured a sweet view of many galaxy clusters and they l‘Paper Mario’ Nintendo Switch Rumors Reminds Me Why Mario RPGs Are Bad
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As Nintendo fans get itchy for a new Nintendo Direct that’s surely days away, rumors for big upcoming Nintendo Switch games are cropping up as they often do. At this point we’ve heard […] The post ‘Paper Mario’ Nintendo Switch Rumors RemindBryan Cranston’s Mountain Dew Super Bowl Ad Is Terrifying
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Bryan Cranston stars in Mountain Dew's Super Bowl 2020 TV commercial. (Photo Credit: Mountain Dew / YouTube) If you thought The Shining was disturbing, wait until you see Mountain Dew’s Super Bowl 2020 commercial… The TV ad, which sta‘Undertale’s’ Sans and Cuphead Are Basically a Brand New ‘Smash Bros.’ Fighters
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A few months ago Super Smash Bros. Ultimate added a Mii costume for Sans that was so detailed there was virtually no difference between it and a hypothetical “official” version of the Undertale […] The post ‘Undertale’s’ Sans and C
