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Neon Signs Have Been Vanishing In Japan For Years
21.9.2021
Instagram and Pinterest are full of “neon Japan” photos. Neon or neon lighting certainly still exists in Japan, especially Tokyo or Osaka, but it’s prevalence is nowhere near decades past. Read more
Netflix's Kate Did Do Right By Japanese Tattooing
15.9.2021
For all the things that Kate gets wrong, it did get one important thing right: properly crediting tattoo artists. Read more
The Japanese Internet Reacts To Netflix's Kate
13.9.2021
Have you seen Kate yet? Folks in Japan have, and they have opinions. Let’s have a look!The Netflix original debuted last Friday. Set in Japan and starring Mary Elizabeth Winstead, it tells the story of a deadly assassin out for revenge. Internationally, the reviews for Kate have been not great!...
Black Panther Leaps Into Marvel’s Avengers Next Month
29.7.2021
We finally know when Marvel’s Avengers will receive its next major expansion after a long period of uncertainty: War for Wakanda launches for free on August 17.Read more
Twitch Gives Trans, Black, And Disabled Streamers Tags, But Not Protection
2.7.2021
It’s been a whirlwind month for Anne Atomic. The streamer saw her star suddenly begin to rocket into the stratosphere in late May when Twitch introduced both a hot tub section and hundreds of new tags, including a particularly long-requested option: “transgender.” For Anne Atomic, these proved...
Sea of Thieves: A Pirate's Life Has A Very Fun Easter Egg
1.7.2021
The whole point of Sea of Thieves: A Pirates Life was that it served as a crossover event between Rare’s pirate game and Disney’s Pirates of the Caribbean series. But tucked away at the end of the expansion is a secret that has nothing to do with Captain Jack Sparrow, or really Sea of Thieves...
Twitch Isn't Overwhelmed With Far-Right Extremists, But It Does Have A Big Misinformation Problem
3.5.2021
Twitch’s relationship with misinformation is complicated. In 2020, platforms such as YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter grappled with their outsized roles in the creation and cultivation of conspiracy movements like QAnon. Misinformation troubled Twitch in a different way, but the platform emerged...
Kate Winslet, Phoebe Robinson, Justin Theroux, and Sasquatch lead April’s TV premieres
31.3.2021
If this past February marked TV’s first steps toward its previous densely packed state, then April represents a leap. There are nearly as many promising returns as there are intriguing premieres (in the case of Dick Wolf’s latest spin-off, a combination of the two). Along with new episodes of...
What's New on HBO Max in April 2021
24.3.2021
The Nevers, HBO’s next bid for genre TV dominance, premieres April 11, carrying with it hopes it will generate, if not a Game of Thrones-level pop culture impact, then at least Lovecraft Country-level buzz. Unfortunately, the network hasn’t been able to generate any excitement based on the pedigree...
Hawkeye Can't Save Marvel's Avengers
19.3.2021
Like a sexy civilian in a superhero movie, Marvel’s Avengers needs saving. Someone, or something, needs to swoop in with panache and 11th-hour heroics. And the hero up at bat is...Hawkeye? Really? Him?Read more
Tokyo Olympics Creative Boss Resigns After Derogatory Suggestion For Naomi Watanabe
18.3.2021
Hiroshi Sasaki is resigning as creative director of the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics after suggesting that comedian and fashion icon Naomi Watanabe (pictured) should appear as a pig during the opening ceremony.Read more
These Girls Just Wanted to Run; the Right Wanted a War
3.3.2021
As a young girl in the small town of Cromwell, Connecticut, all Andraya Yearwood wanted to do was run. Born into a family that prized athleticism, she dabbled in soccer, basketball, football, and dance as a child. But one day in the sixth grade, she saw older students running around the track oval...
The Pop Culture Highlights and Lowlights of 2020
17.12.2020
In a year full of all kinds of bad real-world news, pop culture still managed to poke its head up periodically to remind us that not everything sucks. Of course, this being 2020, that same realm also managed to leave a few steaming piles for us to step in, too. Here are our picks for the year’s...
Kate Bishop Makes Avengers Exciting Again, At Least For A Few Hours
9.12.2020
The Kate Bishop version of Hawkeye has arrived as a new playable character for Marvel’s Avengers, bringing with her three or four hours of fresh single-player content to Square Enix’s stale co-op superhero game. To be fair, any new playable character would have had the same effect, but Kate...
Kate Winslet to Star in Cryptocurrency Movie About Onecoin Ponzi Scheme
11.10.2020
A movie is being made about Onecoin’s cryptocurrency Ponzi scheme starring Oscar winner Kate Winslet. This Hollywood MGM movie is based on a true story told by a victim of the cryptocurrency fraud scheme. Onecoin Movie Starring Kate Winslet Oscar-winner Kate Winslet will be starring in...