‘Game of Thrones’ Finale Predictions: Everything We Demand From the Final Episode Man, these short Game of Thrones seasons are brutal, aren’t they? Now that the fantasy series is in its final run, HBO is cramming more action into fewer episodes and making them longer—at nearly […]
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‘Observer’ Review: The Mind-Bending Sci-Fi Game Made Me Doubt Reality
‘Observer’ Review: The Mind-Bending Sci-Fi Game Made Me Doubt Reality I press a buzzer on a dingy apartment door, and a single pulsing eye appears on the intercom screen. My voice comes out frail, disappointed, all age and regret. “KPD,” says the visitor, meaning Krakow Police […]
Twitter Has Great Ideas For Movies—Will Hollywood Listen?
Twitter Has Great Ideas For Movies—Will Hollywood Listen? You’ve seen the iconic snapshot: Rihanna in midnight shades and a coat with a mustard-colored fur lapel, seated next to Lupita Nyong’o, waring poindexter frames and a modest crewneck sweater. You’ve also doubtless heard the story that arose […]
The 7 Best Sci-Fi Movies You Can Stream Right Now, From ‘E.T.’ to ‘Ex Machina’
The 7 Best Sci-Fi Movies You Can Stream Right Now, From ‘E.T.’ to ‘Ex Machina’ Science fiction gets a bad rap in some circles for being a genre with nothing but a bunch of spaceships and robots. But it’s so much more than that. It’s also […]
Virginia Heffernan on Learning to Read the Internet, Not Live in It Of course, every metaphor carries its own baggage. For example, maybe bitcoin is “money.” Money surfaces all the emotional chaos surrounding credit, debt, thrift, riches, banks, bankruptcy.
Self-Driving Cars. Rogue Nuke Launches. Evil AI. What Tech Threats You Should (and Shouldn’t) Worry About
Self-Driving Cars. Rogue Nuke Launches. Evil AI. What Tech Threats You Should (and Shouldn’t) Worry About Technology is transforming our lives so profoundly, so quickly, that it can be scary. We asked experts to weigh in on how much we should be stressed about self-driving cars, […]
Netflix Is Using ‘The Defenders’ to Understand Its Audience
Netflix Is Using ‘The Defenders’ to Understand Its Audience Todd Yellin is pretty sure his wife would have never watched Jessica Jones if he hadn’t tricked her. She’s not a fan of shows based on comic books, and even though he’s a Netflix exec, nepotism wouldn’t […]
We Can’t Stop Checking the News Either. Welcome to the New FOMO This other type of FOMO, the all-news, all-the-time kind, is new enough that nobody has really studied it much, yet of the half-dozen experts in sociology, anthropology, economics, and neurology I spoke to, all […]
‘Game of Thrones’ Recap, Season 7 Episode 6: Heroes Do Stupid Things
‘Game of Thrones’ Recap, Season 7 Episode 6: Heroes Do Stupid Things The game of thrones has always been less of a battle and more of an art. Although weapons and armies are essential tools for its players, statecraft and spycraft are the defining forces that […]
Tim Allen’s Question About Apes Tops this Week’s News Roundup
Tim Allen’s Question About Apes Tops this Week’s News Roundup From the white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia (and death of Heather Heyer) to the terror attacks in Spain, this last week has been an especially rough one both online and off. Sure, a few small, […]