Lego’s April Releases Roll for Initiative
Image: Lego Gather your party and venture forth with this buildable Dungeons & Dragons adventure—no, really, they wrote a whole D&D adventure for you to take your friends on, to…
Star Wars Unveils The Acolyte—and the Latest Alien Movie Offers a First Tease
Screenshot: Lucasfilm, Image: Fox, Lucasfilm, James Eatock/Marvel Productions Ltd., Jagged Edge Productions, Risa Ebata/Big West, Photo: Shane Anthony Sinclair (Getty Images) This week on io9, Star Wars dropped the first…
How the Finale of the Dungeons & Dragons ’80s Cartoon Became a Pop-Culture Mystery
Hasbro’s multitude of celebrations marking the 50th anniversary of Dungeons & Dragons include streaming the fan-favorite 1980s D&D cartoon on the 24/7 Dungeons & Dragons: Adventures FAST channel. The animated…
Lego’s Dungeons & Dragons Set Is a Critical Hit
Image: Lego After weeks of teasing, Lego has finally revealed its huge collaboration with Dungeons & Dragons to celebrate the legendary roleplaying game’s 50th anniversary—and it’s huge in many ways,…
Dungeons & Dragons’ 50th Anniversary Brings Huge New Books and Vecna’s Return
Dungeons & Dragons turns 50 this year, and as you’d expect, Wizards of the Coast is marking the anniversary with big announcements—some of which look to the tabletop roleplaying giant’s…
The Most Unhinged Monopoly Variations You Can Buy Right Now
Image: Hasbro No metal tokens here; instead, this edition comes with little cut-out figures of the superstars you shuffle around the board, including wrestlers-turned-actors Dwayne “the Rock” Johnson and John…
Magic: The Gathering Posts, Defends, and Then Backtracks From Obviously AI Art
Three weeks ago, Wizards of the Coast made the bold declaration that use of generative AI tools at any stage of the creative process for Magic: The Gathering products was…
All of io9’s Best of 2023 Posts, In One Handy Place
Image: Bandai, Larian Studios, Sony Pictures Animation, Vicky Leta/Gizmodo, IFC, Mario Tama (Getty Images), and HBO A new year is upon us, but don’t say goodbye to the old one…
Year in Review: io9 Staff Picks
By Sabina Graves Rachel Smythe is now on hiatus, but she had one important stop to make before her break: San Diego Comic-Con, where she was a special guest and…
All the Fictional Characters Who Helped Us Survive 2023
Image: Peacock If we’re being honest, put Natasha Lyonne in anything and she’s likely to win us over. Her dry humor, raspy voice, and impeccable confidence almost always create a…