Why Alien’s Xenomorph is still the perfect sci-fi villain
This feature on Ridley Scott’s Alien and the franchise it launched was originally published as part of a package on ...
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Why Palworld and open-world survival games are having a moment
The first big video game hit of 2024 was Palworld, a game everybody thought would be “Pokémon with guns” but ...
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Why the video game industry is seeing so many layoffs
The video game industry has never been known for its job security. Game development works in cycles, and when games ...
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How to get Gallowvine in Diablo 4 and why you need it
Gallowvine is a critical resource during the early game of Diablo 4. It’s a useful herb for building elixirs, upgrading ...
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A new documentary explains why The Star Wars Holiday Special is awful
This breakdown of the documentary A Disturbance in the Force was originally published when the movie debuted at the 2023 ...
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Zelda developers explain why the series might not get its Mario Maker
In The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, players didn’t just play through another story set in Hyrule. The ...
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Why graphic nudity was so important to Saltburn’s ending
Saltburn has shaped up as one of 2023’s most divisive love-it-or-hate-it movies. Emerald Fennell’s follow-up to her 2020 writer-director debut, ...
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Why the YA dystopia fad launched, soared, crashed, and burned
Note: This essay on the Hunger Games phenomenon and the rise and fall of YA dystopias was originally published in ...
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Why Dracula kept dying in his Marvel Comics appearances
Comic books — that great gutter medium — have always been worlds of fads and crazes. Cowboys, cops, romances, and, ...
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