Trump tariffs terrify board game designers
Most games are made in China. They now face hefty fees.
Nate Anderson
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Culture
Old faces in unexpected places: The Wheel of Time season 3 rolls on
Episode six: Elayne sings karaoke, the Forsaken attack, and Rand pays his toh.
Andrew Cunningham & Lee Hutchinson
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Genres are bustin’ out all over in Strange New Worlds S3 teaser
"We want to give audiences a reflection of their own world through the lens of fantasy."
Jennifer Ouellette
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Unshittification: 3 tech companies that recently made my life… better
Enshittification is not the only option.
Nate Anderson
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Tel‘Aran’Rhiod at last—the Wheel of Time reveals the world of dreams
Perrin broods, Sea Folk sail, and Aes Sedai plot as we jump into episode five.
Andrew Cunningham & Lee Hutchinson
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Praise Kier for Severance season 2! Let’s discuss.
Marching bands? Mammalian Nurturables? An ORTBO? Yup, Severance stays weird.
Nate Anderson
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Sometimes, it’s the little tech annoyances that sting the most
macOS wouldn't remember mouse settings? This means war!
Nate Anderson
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The Wheel of Time delivers on a pivotal fan-favorite moment
A trip to the city in the clouds yields a truth that some characters can't handle.
Andrew Cunningham & Lee Hutchinson
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Most Read
Study finds AI-generated meme captions funnier than human ones on average
Mollick proclaims "the meme Turing Test has been passed," but a new study offers a key caveat.
Benj Edwards
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John Wick has a new target in latest Ballerina trailer
"This is your fate, and you cannot change it."
Jennifer Ouellette
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Behind the scenes of The Electric State
Production designer Dennis Gassner: "I have one fallback position: when in doubt, make it beautiful."
Jennifer Ouellette
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The Wheel of Time is back for season three, and so are our weekly recaps
Two WoT book readers dive back into Amazon's increasingly divergent adaptation.
Andrew Cunningham & Lee Hutchinson
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HBO drops The Last of Us S2 trailer
"By the time the sun comes up tomorrow, there's a very good chance you'll be dead."
Jennifer Ouellette
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Review: Mickey 17’s dark comedic antics make for wild cinematic ride
Bong Joon-Ho's latest suffers from chaotic third act, but it's a big creative swing that mostly works.
Jennifer Ouellette
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Andor S2 featurette teases canonical tragic event
Adria Arjona: "It's human, it's incredibly truthful, and it just happens to be in a galaxy far, far away."
Jennifer Ouellette
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69
Netflix drops trailer for the Russo brothers’ The Electric State
"We have a chance to tear their whole sick system down. Humans and bots fighting against the real enemy."
Jennifer Ouellette
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The revolution starts now with Andor S2 teaser
"We're in a war. You wanna fight? Or you wanna win?"
Jennifer Ouellette
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139
After 50 years, Ars staffers pick their favorite Saturday Night Live sketches
"Do not taunt Happy Fun Ball."
Eric Berger
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Streaming used to make stuff networks wouldn’t. Now it wants safer bets.
Opinion: Streaming gets more cable-like with new focus on live events, mainstream content.
Scharon Harding
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Wheel of Time S3 trailer tees us up for Last Battle
“There’s not enough ale in the world to deal with this.”
Jennifer Ouellette
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Apple TV+ crosses enemy lines, will be available as an Android app starting today
Apple TV+ app on Android will work mostly as it does on any other device.
Andrew Cunningham
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90
Jurassic World Rebirth roars into theaters this July
"No one's dumb enough to go where we're going."
Jennifer Ouellette
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127
Drones are now launching drones to attack other drones in Ukraine
Under the pressure of war, the pace of innovation is quick.
Nate Anderson
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151
Marvel’s first family faces Galactus in Fantastic Four: First Steps teaser
"Whatever life throws at us, we'll face it together... as a family."
Jennifer Ouellette
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140
Buoy meets satellite soulmate in Love Me
Ars chats with directors Andy and Sam Zuchero and props department head Roberts Cifersons.
Jennifer Ouellette
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The Severance writer and cast on corporate cults, sci-fi, and more
Cult documentaries, science fiction classics are named as the show's influences.
Samuel Axon
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There’s not much for anyone to like in the Star Trek: Section 31 movie
Even for fans of Discovery or franchise completists, this one is hard to watch.
Andrew Cunningham
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255
Alien: Earth will bring the horror home
The prequel series is set a couple of years before the events of the original 1979 film, Alien.
Jennifer Ouellette
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3D-printed “ghost gun” ring comes to my community—and leaves a man dead
3D-printed gun parts are worth real money on the black market.
Nate Anderson
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Reddit won’t interfere with users revolting against X with subreddit bans
Hundreds of Reddit communities are currently considering disallowing X.
Scharon Harding
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Hollywood mourns the loss of David Lynch
What better way to honor the visionary director than with a watchfest of some of his greatest work?
Jennifer Ouellette
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The trailer for Daredevil: Born Again is here
"The city can't be unchecked. Sometimes peace needs to be broken. And chaos must reign."
Jennifer Ouellette
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125
How the UK was connected to the Internet for the first time
And a few months later, the Internet's first password.
The Conversation
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We have a new teaser for The Last of Us S2
Abby: "It doesn't matter if you have a code like me. There are just some things everyone agrees are just wrong."
Jennifer Ouellette
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Bob Dylan has some Dylanesque thoughts on the “sorcery” of technology
Making high-tech resolutions for 2025 with the help of Bob Dylan.
Nate Anderson
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It’s January, which means another batch of copyrighted work is now public domain
More Mickey Mouse versions, early talkies, and classic novels all go public.
Andrew Cunningham
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