Category: Arts & Entertainment
Marvel’s ‘What If…?’ is a fun diversion, but not required viewing
Marvel has often been taken to task for poor pacing on its shows. The Netflix programs were always said to be padded out, with more installments than they really needed per season. The Disney+ era has given us shows with fewerepisodes, but that hasn’t deterred complaints about slow pacing. What…
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Hitting the Books: How our lying eyes trick the brain into seeing motion during movies
Visual media has come a long way since the first proto-human cave dwellers used the flickering of torch light to bring the hand-drawn art on their walls to life. Today, the pixel — despite its humble, low-resolution origins — sits as the current pinnacle of digital display technology. In his…
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What you’ll get in the ‘Back 4 Blood’ open beta
After playing a few hours of Back 4 Blood, the new co-op survival shooter from Left 4 Dead studio Turtle Rock, I was left with two questions: How is this legal? And, when can I play again? Turns out, right now. The Back 4 Blood open beta runs from August…
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Apple TV+’s ‘Watch the Sound’ is an invitation to start making music
If Gary Numan had heard a different sound the first time he encountered a synthesizer, we might not have had “Cars,” “Are 'Friends' Electric?” or even Gary Numan (he was born Gary Webb before adopting his stage name). The New Wave movement might have been little more than a ripple,…
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‘Skin Deep’ is a stinky sci-fi shooter from indie icon Brendon Chung
Brendon Chung knows what people expect out of a first-person shooter. Guns? Check. Strafing? Yep. Ammo drops in strategic yet predictable locations? You betcha. A sneezing system? Uh, sure. Noxious green clouds that follow you when you're smelly, giving away your location? Um. Actually, yes. Skin Deep is the latest…
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Jason Schwartzman plays a floating brain in musical adventure ‘The Artful Escape’
The Artful Escape is an idealized vision of everything the music industry could be, straight out of the brain of Australian rockstar Johnny Galvatron. In five years of development (at least), The Artful Escape has transformed into a psychedelic adventure game with a living soundtrack of original folk and rock…
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