The X account belonging to Sesame Street character Elmo was hacked on Sunday, resulting in a series of antisemitic posts that included violent threats against Jewish people. The six now-deleted posts called on the muppet’s followers to “kill all Jews” and declared that Donald Trump is the “puppet” of Israeli …
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After spending over a decade as a plus one to Mario’s many parties and sports outings, Donkey Kong is back to leading star status with the upcoming Switch 2 title, Donkey Kong Bananza (out July 17). It’s a big deal for a few reasons: not only is it the first …
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NBA champion and league MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is on a set so huge it makes his 6’6” frame seem small in comparison. Gilgeous-Alexander, better known as SGA, walks past a massive fur-collared coat hanging on a garment rack and over to a director’s chair, a plastic cup overflowing with Airheads …
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When you think about it, it must kind of suck to be Donkey Kong. Despite introducing the modern world to Nintendo games with 1981’s arcade classic, the great ape was quickly sidelined in favor of making Mario a star. While the mustachioed plumber and his brother became the face of …
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It takes a specific kind of marketing mind to imagine that a dark and gritty reboot of a beloved children’s character can amount to anything good. While the Golden Age of Comic Books ultimately gave way to edgier storytelling in the Seventies and Eighties, and everything from Steamboat Willie to …
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Death Stranding 2: On the Beach is like a symphony — a gorgeous classical concerto where an electric guitar occasionally cuts in to shred an off-putting, yet surprisingly sick riff. As a whole, it’s weird and uneven, but there’s something undeniably compelling about how those disparate parts fit together. If …
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Amid an aggressive escalation of immigration enforcement and country-wide raids that have resulted in mass protests, police brutality, and arrests, young players of one of the most popular video games in the world have taken to the virtual streets to protest Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). What first began as …
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When it comes to any government clean up job, there’s going to be some dirty work. The work just happens to be dirtier when extra-dimensional ghouls are involved. That’s the premise of Remedy Entertainment’s new cooperative shooter, FBC: Firebreak (out now), and it’s one that the developers have leaned into …
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There’s a great moment in 2012’s Skyfall where Daniel Craig’s superspy, James Bond, is being (very sensually) interrogated by agent-turned-villain Silva (Javier Bardem). Asked what his hobby is, Bond sternly replies, “Resurrection.” It’s a dry, self-aware bit of dialogue that encapsulates the core strength of the Bond franchise that’s kept …
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Bruno Mars is entering the gaming world. On Tuesday, Fortnite announced that the musician will be the next icon for Fortnite Festival, debuting on the Main Stage for Season Nine, which starts June 18. A digital version of the music star will be available as a playable character, with a …
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