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'Caramelldansen' Owners Really Don't Want You To Know Where The Song Originated
22.12.2021
If you used Tiktok at all in March 2020, there’s a decent chance you heard a song called “Caramelldansen,” a Swedish pop song originally from the early 2000s that once made waves as an internet meme and has since experienced something of a resurgence on the video-sharing platform. As it turns...
Call of Duty Studio Vaguely Promises To Do Better A Month After Sexual Harassment Report
21.12.2021
Call of Duty studio Treyarch just issued the latest in a long series of murky apologies from Activision-owned studios regarding the ongoing investigation into company-wide sexism, harassment, discrimination, and bullying. In a tweet issued today, a little over a month after the Wall Street Journal...
Retro Zelda Game Sells For Nearly $4,000 Thanks To Ramen Sticker
21.12.2021
A rare Famicom Disk System copy of the original The Legend of Zelda was recently purchased for thousands of dollars, all because the disk features a sticker with the name of a popular instant noodle brand.Read more
The Power of NFTs in Music Distribution
21.12.2021
Mattias Tengblad is the co-founder and CEO of Corite, a Stockholm-based digital music distributor; Emil Angervall is the co-founder and Chief Operating Officer of Corite.______...
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A Live-Action Nausicaä Movie Could Look Great
21.12.2021
When manga and anime get live-action versions, one of the biggest stumbling blocks is the way things look. On the page or animated, a character and their outfit might appear awesome; however, the real-life interpretation could end up looking awkward or silly. That doesn’t seem to be true...
FTX US Partners With Monumental Sports Entertainment, Gets Exposure to 4 New Sports Teams
21.12.2021
FTX continues its path toward the sports world as it signed a partnership with Monumental Sports Entertainment (MSE) on Monday. The deal makes it so FTX US will be MSE’s exclusive crypto exchange and non-fungible token partner. FTX and Monumental Sports Entertainment to Collaborate...
Voice Actor Sayaka Kanda Dies At Age 35
20.12.2021
On Saturday, Sayaka Kanda was discovered dead after at around 1 p.m. in Sapporo, Japan. That day, Kanda had been scheduled to perform the role of Eliza Doolittle in a matinée performance of My Fair Lady, but citing an illness, her stand-in assumed the role.Warning: This article contains a mention...
The My Hero Academia Manga Could Finish In A Year
20.12.2021
My Hero Academia debuted in Weekly Shonen Jump back in July 2014 and has become one of Japan’s most popular manga. This weekend, creator Kohei Horikoshi announced that the manga was entering its home stretch. Horikoshi issued an official statement during a stage presentation at the Jump Festa event...
Hades Wins A Hugo Award, Making History As First Video Game To Ever Do So
19.12.2021
Yesterday, Hades made history by becoming the first video game to ever win a Hugo Award, an annual literary award presented to the best science fiction or fantasy works from the previous year.Read more
2021 Was Both A Great And Terrible Year For GTA Fans
18.12.2021
Rockstar’s super popular Grand Theft Auto franchise is in a weird place in 2021. It’s a game series that remains huge, despite going years without a big, new release. Its online iteration is more popular than ever, yet if you look around Reddit and Twitter you’d assume it has no fans.Read more
World Of Warcraft Turmoil Around Sudden Appearance Of People Of Color Is Surprisingly Complex
18.12.2021
An unofficial World of Warcraft Discord server has been lit ablaze in recent days. Right now, Twitter is full of screenshots showing people decrying Blizzard adding people of color to the MMORPG, with one particular comment complaining about how there are “too many Black humans in Stormwind.” This...
Let’s Talk About Those Spider-Man: No Way Home Post-Credits Scenes
17.12.2021
So, Spider-Man: No Way Home, yeah? I, an insatiable fan of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, saw it last night. This may come as a shock to hear, I know, but it’s good—like, really good. And beyond just being a wonderfully inventive blockbuster with a lot of heart, it also features some of the most...
Tencent Buys Up Back 4 Blood Devs Turtle Rock, Its Sixth Studio Purchase In 2021
17.12.2021
Today, one of the largest companies in the world, Tencent, announced it acquired Turtle Rock Studios, the developers behind the recently released zombie shooter Back 4 Blood. The deal is just the latest in a long list of acquisitions over the last few years for the Chinese tech giant, including...
12 Games Killed In 2021 That Prove Preservation Is Vital
17.12.2021
2021 was a helluva year for games. Some of it good, most of it bad, and a handful of it truly disappointing, particularly around preserving older titles. Games deserve to be played in their entirety forever, regardless of when they came out, yet this year saw so many of them unceremoniously...
BTS Just Performed 'Butter' And 'Permission to Dance' In Minecraft
17.12.2021
In a first for the super group, BTS performed two of its biggest hits in Minecraft. If you’ve ever wondered what the square-headed, blocky version of your favorite member looked like, now you know. Read more
Hardcore Media, the Biggest Entertainment Platform, Announced Sale of Hardcoin, Its Native Token
17.12.2021
The biggest entertainment platform, Hardcore Media in Dubai, UAE, is going to launch its crypto sales, HARDcoin. The token will be available to make internal payments in the Hardcore ecosystem involving MMA and fist-fighting league, its native marketplace, and about $2 million YouTube channels....
GTA Online’s New Update Finally Confirms What Happened To Michael After GTA V
17.12.2021
Grand Theft Auto Online’s relationship with GTA V’s timeline and narrative has been weird for years, thanks in large part to continued free expansions that sometimes contradict past updates or events. However, that hasn’t stopped Rockstar from trying to connect GTA Online and GTA V’s narrative...
The Year In Gaming Apologies
16.12.2021
Video games had a lot to be sorry for in 2021, from the usual screenshot apologies over delays and busted launches, to things that actually matter like years of reported workplace abuse. Don’t worry though, everyone’s trying to do better.Read more
NFTs Cause Carnage in the Latest South Park Special
16.12.2021
Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) have proven to be a disruptive force in the world of art, but in the latest special episode of the US animated series South Park, investing in such assets brings actual death and destruction.
One of the scenes in the comedy special, entitled Post Covid: The Return...
The Wandering Swordsman
16.12.2021
On tonight’s feature we’re showcasing the art of Ami Thompson, who has worked on movies like Ponyo and Across The Spiderverse.Read more