Netflix’s ‘I’m Thinking of Ending Things’ is another dizzying triumph by Charlie Kaufman
All film criticism is personal. Every review requires revealing something of a critic’s own experiences, their knowledge, their tastes, their values, their interests and obsessions. But writing about a Charlie…
Even a Federal Judge Agrees That the FBI and NSA Are Flouting Civil Liberty Safeguards
FBI Director Christopher Wray testifies during a House Judiciary Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in February.Photo: Drew Angerer (Getty Images) The National Security Agency and Federal Bureau of Investigation violated…
Amazon takes down a five-star fraud in the UK
Amazon’s top reviewers in the UK appear to have engaged in fraud, leaving thousands of five-star ratings in exchange for money or free products. The company took down 20,000 product…
Doom and Doom II get official widescreen support, 27 years later
Doom is the game that just won’t die, no matter how many times you blast those demons away — and owner Bethesda has seen fit to give the 27-year-old original…
Today I learned my baby’s Fisher-Price gamepad accepts the Konami Code
My wife bought a toy game controller for our baby girl. I couldn’t have been prouder. Our six-month old already loved to drum her feet on my DualShock 4 —…
Sega Dreamcast darling Shenmue is becoming an anime series
I’ve often heard that Shenmue set the standard for a living, breathing open world in video games when it was released on Sega Dreamcast in 1999. It was followed by…
Facebook test auto-shares Instagram Stories to your news feed
It didn’t take long for Facebook to copy Snapchat’s Stories format and begin to use it throughout its social networks. Unfortunately for Zuckerberg, it only really caught on for Instagram.…
Twitch’s karaoke game, Twitch Sings, will shut down by New Years
Twitch today announced it’s shutting down Twitch Sings, the built-in karaoke streaming feature it announced two years ago. While the exact reason it’s closing isn’t exactly clear, it might have…
DoD: Sorry, Amazon, Microsoft’s Still Getting That $10 Billion JEDI Contract. Sucks to Suck.
Photo: Denis Charlet (Getty Images) After a monthslong investigation by the Pentagon, the Department of Defense said Friday that it’s sticking with Microsoft for its $10 billion cloud computing contract.…
The Vizio P-Series Quantum X (2020) 4K TV is already on sale at Best Buy Vizio P-Series Quantum X (2020) 4K TV
The Vizio P-Series Quantum X (2020) has only been on store shelves for around two months now, but that hasn’t stopped Best Buy from slicing $100 off the sticker price…