Tag: Media
The Morning After: The Borderlands movie proves bad video game adaptations can still happen
Eli Roth’s Borderlands movie adaptation sounds like a recipe for a solid sci-fi romp: Oscar-winner Cate Blanchett as the wise-cracking gunslinger Lilith; Jack Black as the quippy Claptrap; and even Jamie Lee Curtis. Lionsgate But according to Engadget’s Devindra Hardawar, it squanders the story potential and all that on-screen talent.…
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Summit is an incredible precision platformer for Playdate that’ll hit you right in the feels
I was not expecting to cry while playing Summit, a $6 mountain climbing platformer for Playdate that’s impossible not to compare to Celeste. Scream in frustration? Yes. Storm away from the game only to come crawling back minutes later? Definitely. Get all up in my feels, though? Not so much.…
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X appears to be suppressing Trump-related searches
If you want to find a specific tweet by Donald Trump, you may have to go through his timeline and look for it yourself. According to Mediaite, X has switched off the ability to search for Trump's tweets. As the publication explains, you can do a search for specific posts…
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The Borderlands movie is an astounding waste of potential
On paper, Eli Roth's Borderlands adaptation sounds like a recipe for a solid sci-fi romp: Oscar-winner Cate Blanchett as the wise-cracking gunslinger Lilith; Jack Black, fresh off of voicing Bowser, as the quippy/annoying Claptrap; and freaking Jamie Lee Curtis back in the genre fray after Everything Everywhere, All At Once.…
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The Morning After: Humane AI Pins are being returned faster than the company can sell them
Humane’s universally derided AI Pin (“the solution to none of technology’s problems”) is not exactly flying off store shelves, according to internal sales documents published by The Verge. Worse, returns are apparently outpacing purchases. The company had once hoped to sell 100,000 in the first year — but there are…
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‘Industry’ tackles the impact of overhyped tech in its ambitious third season
If you miss the colorfully profane world of Succession, a show where most characters would gladly sell their souls for power and money, then you should be watching HBO Max's Industry. While they share some similarities — both come from British creators and follow a cadre of anti-heroic characters into…
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