Author Neil Gaiman takes to Twitter to answer the internet’s burning questions about mythology. What links Viking and Greek myths? Why does Anubis have a dog head? Why do so many cultures have a ‘Great Flood’ myth? What do Biblical angels look like? Neil answers all these questions and much, much more! [Wired]
Nichelle Nichols, who played Lieutenant Nyota Uhura in Star Trek, has died of natural causes at the age of 89. A pioneering black actress, she later worked for NASA to encourage more women and people of color to go to space. While Nichols was not the first African-American woman on US television, she was the […]
A time travel in beautiful New York 1945. We can clearly see what is happening in broad daylight. The right turn at 0:41 is onto 8th Avenue, traveling south. The turn appears to be around 50th Street. The Squire Theater, first visible in the distance on the right at about 1:20, was between 43rd and […]
Aaron Paul, Kate Mara and Josh Harnett will all be in the next season of Black Mirror. Perhaps the more exciting news is that season 6 will have more than the three episodes of season 5. Other confirmed cast members include Zazie Beetz (Atlanta), Paapa Essiedu (The Lazarus Project), Danny Ramirez (Top Gun: Maverick), Clara […]
In a true meta-expansion, D&D players can now play as Stranger Things characters. An unofficial but well-researched codex has pre-rolled sheets for four characters (in both the game and show sense.) It’s the work of freelance game designed Anthony Joyce-Rivera, who has issued it as a free PDF. He’s a consultant for D&D publisher Wizards […]
George RR Martin says the writing process has taken the ending of the A Song Of Ice & Fire book series “further and further away” from the Game Of Thrones TV series. He suggests there’ll be more differences than similarities. Writing on his blog, Martin repeated an analogy he has made several times: he thinks […]
A SNES devotee has completed a quest to find and archive all 844 English-language manuals for games on the console. It took eight years, though nearly half of the work was completed in the final two years. The collector, who goes by the handle Peebs, originally concentrated on playing (and beating) SNES games on Twitch. […]
A truly open-world remake of The Simpsons Hit & Run is once again in the works. But it looks unlikely the (very unofficial) remake will get a public release. Of the nearly 30 video games based on the show, Hit & Run was the best received, with a family-friendly take on the Grand Theft Auto-like […]
The co-creators of Stranger Things have confirmed they have gone back to edit past episodes of the show. They described the episodes as having been “George Lucas-ed.” Speaking to Variety, Matt and Ross Duffer said they weren’t going to reveal details of the edits to past seasons but noted obsessive fans could find them by […]
When I was wandering the back streets of Edinburgh, Scotland on vacation and came across a bar named The Cocktail Geeks, I was intrigued enough to stop. When I found it was temporarily themed as “The Upside Down”, I knew it was my duty to report for this site. The bar has been running for […]