Years after their 'City Slickers' narrative was retired, Westworld hosts Mitch (Billy Crystal) & Phil (Daniel Stern) are still happily driving cattle, however Mitch has started to malfunction and it's up to Stubbs (Luke Hemsworth) to analyze why he has gone off his loop.
When you come up with a sweet new name for a site (or just yourself online), it sucks when you find out that it’s been taken on some sites. NameCheckr searches dozens of sites at once to see if your name is free.
Double Dragon II NES was a staple in my household. I convinced just about every person I knew to take at least one run at it, and depending on their prowess, they'd either get bored after the first stage or rage at the final boss into the night.
That's partially because the series is so contentious among fans, with two distinct camps -- those who prefer the arcade version, and those who prefer NES. Going into the sudden release of Double Dragon IV this debate raged on, with folks questioning the staunch commitment to the retro aesthetic.
After actually playing it, I fall somewhere in the middle.
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The 3D platformer Donkey Kong 64 was lauded for its expansive worlds and multitude of well-hidden collectibles when it launched on the Nintendo 64 in 1999. Like many games of the era, it has enjoyed a peculiar afterlife as speedrunners blitz through...
Or, to be more specific, that small, sculpted models of said Space Vikings stop being depicted as wearing fur. Or, to be even more specific, PETA UK have written to Games Workshop, makers of Warhammer 40,000 and its myriad table-top gaming models, asking them to cease depicting imagery of its myriad characters wearing…
So an unlicensed Australian dude was pulled over for driving erratically on two blown-out tires. The cops then discovered that he was steering with a pair of pliers, oh yeah, and he was on meth. Kludge responsibly, my friends.
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People who have “experimented” with LSD know that its mind-altering effects can last upwards of 18 to 24 hours, which is unusual for a hallucinogenic drug. After nearly 30 years of research, scientists have finally mapped the physical structure of this fascinating molecule, revealing why it tends to linger in the…
Sitting in a fertility clinic is a nerve-racking experience, and it can get even more awkward for men when they're put on the spot to produce semen samples. Fortunately for them, a new device that started shipping earlier this month can help make par...
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Getting stoned with your parents can be a tricky situation, but the benefits can greatly outweigh the awkwardness that will surely ensue.
Continuing their YouTube trend of producing great cannabis videos, Cut Video got three parents and their children together and put them in a room to smoke weed together for the first time.
As you can expect, things range from loving, to embarrassing and giggly.
"A Normal Lost Phone." That's precisely what you think after launching this curious new indie game. The text messages, calendar app and music player -- everything is made to look and feel like a smartphone. You're free to poke around, but with no cre...
On the surface the story behind Super Mario Bros. seems pretty normal- moustachioed plumbers raised by egg laying dinosaurs save princess from a giant mutated turtle with a Donkey Kong complex.
Mario and his brother squash mutant mushrooms, turtles, fish and other fairly normal looking animals, but things start to get strange in the Mushroom Kingdom every time they battle ghosts and other supernatural creatures.
It's like the game designers just gave up on realism and decided to get weird with it when they created creatures like Boo, I mean, who the heck is that body shape based on?
There's a simple and obvious explanation to all the strangeness that occurs in the Super Mario Bros. franchise, as shown here in this EXTRALIFE comic by Scott Johnson.
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We’ve seen a few different magic mirror projects using a Raspberry Pi, but in the newest issue of MagPi they’ve put together what might as well be the definitive magic mirror guide as it’s easily the simplest one to make for yourself.
It's closing in on the one year anniversary of Overwatch in May (!), and I feel like Blizzard's first new IP in over a decade managed to already accomplish so much. It has a legion of fans behind it creating crafts, cosplay costumes, and a whole lot more, and it's ripping up the eSports scene and even debuted an Overwatch League this year with guaranteed salaries. Just how popular is it? Well, Blizzard just shared a new milestone of 25 million players as of last night.
I really wonder what percentage of that playerbase spends money on Loot Boxes, either as a one-time purchase or on the regular. Because somehow, if even 50% of that population was dropping $10 a month on them, it would be akin to buying a monthly subscription fee during World of Warcraft's peak.
That's...an insane amount of money even if they didn't sell any boxes, but since I know people who have dropped a few hundred bucks on their own, I think Blizzard is happy.
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Here’s some free advice if you ever find yourself in a post-apocalyptic world and need glasses: squint. Because after watching How to Make Everything attempt to make a pair of prescription eyeglasses, let me tell you, it’s going to really, really hard for you to actually make a pair yourself. There are just so many…
I didn't know what I was in for when I clicked a thread called "So I completed a Wii set" on the NintendoAge forums. Somehow, user NintendoTwizer managed to fully complete a Wii collection -- yes, I mean he has every game ever made on the Wii, which is 1262 games in all. The only thing Twizer doesn't include are variants, demos, 2-packs, and the Netflix disc, which is more than fair. Although one game was released in 2016 (Just Dance 2017), they're fairly certain that will be it.
Delineating further into the post you'll get some really interesting factoids, like why it's a great time to start a Wii collection, and the actual rarity of some of these games, culminating in a top 40. As our own Jonathan Holmes points out the Wii is now 10 years old, and a lot of folks are even starting to get nostalgic for it.
As a collector myself, I love how the full monty is displayed on that giant bookcase, with all 12 first-party Wiimotes and the four console variants (I forgot they made it in red!).
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Watch out Congress, you’re not the only clowns in Washington come this September. The Insane Clown Posse, Shaggy 2 Dope and Violent J, will be bringing their hordes of Faygo-crazed fans, the Juggalos, to Washington, DC to protest women’s rights climate change racism government corruption nuclear proliferation foreign interference on our government tax hikes special interest groups the FBI’s classification of Juggalos as a "loosely organized hybrid gang.”
In case you forgot about this, according to the Juggalo March website, this FBI classification has had pretty terrible effects on “hundreds if not thousands of people,” who were subject to “discrimination, harassment, and profiling simply for identifying as a Juggalo.”
It continues: “Over the past five years, our legal team has heard testimonies and reports from Juggalos all over the nation who have lost custody of their children, been fired from jobs, denied access into the armed forces, and the most common consequence — being officially labeled as a gang member by law enforcement agencies for wearing Juggalo related clothing or brandishing one or more Juggalo tattoos.”
Honestly, if this is true, they should march. This is America, and if you want to dress like some sort of twisted clown or claim that you work at a “dark carnival,” that’s you’re right. You shouldn’t lose your job for having bad taste.
Also, it’s some actual bullshit if Jared Leto helps Suicide Squad win an Oscar for essentially the same thing.
Go get ‘em, Juggalos.
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"We totally understand it's going to be America First — But can we just say 'The Netherlands Second?'"
This is the Dutch plan for Trump's presidency.
The video is a spoof message by news satire show Zondag met Lubach to officially introduce Holland to Trump "in a way that will probably appeal to him the most".
"We speak Dutch. It's the best language in all of Europe. We've got all the best words. All the other languages? Failed. Danish? Total disaster," a voiceover says, mimicking Trump's cadence.
"German is not even a real language."
Though it might be hard to believe, Microsoft’s Android apps are actually pretty great. From the Office apps to a great launcher, there are enough Microsoft offerings that you might prefer them to Google’s tools. Cortana made her debut as your personal assistant in Windows 10, but she’s present on Android and iOS, too. As a powerful alternative to Google Now, she can alert you to traffic jams, alert your PC to missed calls on your phone, and sync reminders between your devices. If you’re a Cortana addict, you’ll be happy to know that Microsoft is testing the ability to...
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In his directorial debut, Macon Blair cooks up a world full of assholes. Ruth, a rehab nurse, lives quietly among them in I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore — until a home break-in pushes her over the edge.
And Melanie Lynskey (Togetherness) shines equally as lonely Ruth and the full-charging vigilante she becomes as she hunts down her thief. Her performance will have you rooting for the good-girl-gone-bad, and by the time this comedy takes a turn for the dark side, you're ready for the ride.
She clocks an old antique salesman in the face, and you are still on her side. The ride can get real wacky, but that's part of the charm. Read more...
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