Valve has finally confirmed that both the Steam Machine and Steam Frame VR headset can be expected to launch sometime this summer. The two devices were first announced in late 2025 alongside a redesigned Steam Controller, and Valve’s Steam Machine has since spent its time at the center of speculation about its potential price, availability, … Read more
Anyone who played youth sports knows the type: The whiny kid of marginal skill who constantly complained to the referee over imaginary fouls, then when they lost, shouted, “No fair! This is bull! We should have won!” We call that person a sore loser, and everyone generally dislikes them. The president of the United States … Read more
There’s no better feeling than gliding through a wave of dopamine after reading an entertaining sports manga. There are countless manga about competitive athletes working to do their best, but only the greatest among them can hold onto the reader’s attention for hundreds of chapters. The sports genre, unlike action series, depends strongly on word … Read more
From worldbuilding to action sequences, Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings trilogy altered the fabric of cinema itself. And yet, every fight in LOTR arguably pales before a short duel in The Princess Bride. Rob Reiner’s 1987 adventure-fantasy remains as epic today, 38 years after its release, partly thanks to Inigo Montoya’s swashbuckling charm. Inigo’s … Read more
To a degree without modern precedent, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has used his powerful office to advance a Christian nationalist agenda. In recent months, Americans have seen him lead Christian prayer services in the Pentagon’s auditorium, invite radical Christian nationalist figures to speak at official prayer services, use social media to promote messages that suggest … Read more
The world has caught Kylie fever all over again. The new Netflix documentary Kylie is more than just a celebrity portrait — it’s a tribute to the bizarrely unkillable allure of Kylie Minogue. Stars come and go, but somehow Kylie has kept shimmying on forever. That isn’t how it’s supposed to go for dance-floor princesses—especially … Read more
Warning! Spoilers ahead for Cyclops #5! Donald Pierce is dead; long live Donald Pierce. Marvel just pulled a major swerve with the classic X-Men villain, leader of the mutant-hunting cyborgs the Reavers. Marvel has officially killed Pierce off, but while the notorious Reavers figurehead is gone, that doesn’t mean he’ll be going anywhere. How? Let’s … Read more
If you’ve been eyeing Xbox’s Free Play Days for the weekend of June 4–7, let us tell you that it has put up a big collection of exciting games for you this time around. Publisher No More Robots has taken over the Game Pass kingdom, letting players try out some of its most iconic titles … Read more
There is a line from Moulin Rouge!, both the 2001 movie and its 2019 Broadway musical adaptation, that has stuck with me: “The Moulin Rouge is my home.” When Nicole Kidman’s Satine says it in the movie, it is a stone-cold declaration that this is the way things are, and running away with her love … Read more
Police have arrested the son of actor James Handy’s girlfriend in his death after he was found stabbed in the chest in Los Angeles, law enforcement said Thursday. Officers responded to a home Wednesday morning after a 911 caller said, “I am the son of man, I just killed the man of sin,” according to … Read more