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Ubisoft Won't Give Up On Its Theme Park Dreams
27.8.2021
Back in 2015, Ubisoft announced that it was going to create a 10,000 square-meter indoor theme park in Kuala Lumpur. Read more
Jeopardy!'s Mike Richards Is Getting A Babysitter Instead Of Getting Fired
26.8.2021
Mike Richards, the Jeopardy! executive producer who gave himself a high-profile hosting gig and then immediately lost it once everyone realized he was a jerk, will remain on as the game show’s boss, The New York Times reports. Many observers expected Richards to hammer out an exit deal with...
Oh No, Jeopardy!’s Other New Host Is Pretty Bad Too
24.8.2021
Mayim Bialik, neuroscientist and sitcom actor, is the last remaining host of Jeopardy! following the high-profile departure of executive producer Mike Richards as the late, great Alex Trebek’s replacement. But where Richards was taken down by his skeevy treatment of women, Bialik is courting...
Behold, The Simpsons's TV Recreated As A Working Mini
23.8.2021
At the start of every episode of The Simpsons, the family races to the sofa to watch TV. Redditor buba447 recreated that retro television set. But it’s not just a DIY model, because it plays episodes from the first eleven seasons at random and even has working knobs.Read more
Jeopardy!’s Skeezy New Host Sure Didn’t Last Long
20.8.2021
Mike Richards, executive producer of long-running quiz show Jeopardy!, is leaving his seemingly self-appointed role as the program’s new host following a damning report by The Ringer about his shitty behavior, both on his personal podcast and in his previous role as executive producer of The Price...
Nifty News: Mike Tyson’s ear-biting tokens, the NFT that makes you a TV star, and more…
20.8.2021
An Australian TV show is auctioning off an NFT that will see the winning bidder become part of the show next season, while sporting icons Mike Tyson and Lionel Messi have entered the NFT arena
League Of Legends Player Arrested By Off-Duty Cop In Internet Café
17.8.2021
Last week in the Chinese city of Chongqing a high-ranking League of Legends player was publicly introduced over an internet cafe’s speakers. Among the people wandering past his screen to check him out was an off-duty policeman, who...thought the player looked a lot like a suspect.Read more
Adored Anime Slam Dunk Returns Fall 2022
13.8.2021
The legendary basketball anime is back! Slam Dunk will return next fall, with creator Takehiko Inoue not only writing the script, but also directing. After a long absence, the timing could not be better. Slam Dunk first debuted as a manga in Weekly Jump in 1990 and ended its run six years later....
Welcome Back To Wrestling’s Great Video Game Sign War
13.8.2021
Wrestling fans have been away from international arenas for more than a year, but following high vaccination rates in the United States, they’re back. You know what that means. Hot takes about RPGs are also back.Read more
Let's Face It: The Bachelor Is Just A Dating Speedrun
12.8.2021
The Bachelor is one of the biggest reality television franchises in the world, and like nearly everything, it can be gamed.Read more
Open-World Power Rangers Game Never Happened, But It Still Looks Cool
10.8.2021
Jason Bischoff, former Saban director and the guy currently in charge of global licensing at Funko, recently shared some fascinating information about a cool-sounding Power Rangers video game concept that never got off the ground known as Project Nomad.Read more
PAX Australia Has Been Cancelled, Will Be Replaced With Online Show
10.8.2021
PAX Australia will no longer be held as an in-person event, with the show cancelled in favour of an online convention instead.Read more
Tokyo Olympics Gold Metal Celebrated With One Piece Pose
4.8.2021
When Greek long jumper Miltiadis Tentoglou was introduced for the Tokyo Olympics, he walked out in sunglasses and stood proud before his country’s flag. What he did next was unexpected: He bent over and touched his fist to the ground. Any One Piece fans watching would immediately recognize...
FTX and Entertainment Giant Dolphin to Launch NFT Marketplace
4.8.2021
On August 2, West Realm Shire Services Inc., the owner and operator of FTX.US, revealed the company has partnered with film and television production company Dolphin Entertainment. According to the announcement, FTX and Dolphin will be launching a non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace dedicated...
Crossword Fans Are Mad At The New York Times
4.8.2021
Many fans of The New York Times’ iconic crosswords will soon have to find a new way to play, as the paper announced it will stop supporting the popular Across Lite file format third-parties use to import the daily puzzles into their apps. Crossword fans are a passionate group, and many of them...
Power Rangers Restaurant Opens In Japan
29.7.2021
Your dreams eating curry in a restaurant filled with Power Rangers merch and memorabilia are now a reality. Behold, the Super Sentai Restaurant. Read more
PAX West Backtracks, Adopts Stricter Covid-19 Policies
27.7.2021
Last year, PAX West was one of many gaming events to go online due to the pandemic. This year, while E3 and the Tokyo Game Show stayed virtual, PAX East was canceled earlier this spring. But PAX West, on the other hand, decided to allow an in-person event at the Washington State Convention Center...
1986's Super Mario Bros. Movie Is Being Painstakingly Restored, Now In 4K
21.7.2021
A long time ago, in one of the first Total Recall features I ever wrote for this site, I covered The Great Mission to Save Princess Peach!, the first—and in many ways still the best—Nintendo movie ever made.Read more
Cops Literally Steamroll Crypto-Mining Computers
20.7.2021
Earlier this year, Malaysian authorities carried out a bunch of raids around the airport at Miri, where it was suspected that crypto-mining outfits were stealing electricity off the grid. Six men were eventually charged, and to celebrate, Malaysian cops took all their rigs and publicly crushed...
Nickelodeon Fighting Game Devs Have High Hopes, Competitive Dreams
17.7.2021
Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl is an upcoming Smash-like that, despite its licensed nature, already sounds like an absolutely legit fighting game. Not only do the lead developers have experience making their own popular platform fighter, but they’re also looking into implementing rollback netcode...