In an industry rife with remakes, remasters, and re-releases, few companies have mastered the art of repacking leftovers for a nostalgia-driven appetite than Nintendo. With games like 1985’s NES classic Super Mario Bros. reissued dozens of times over four decades, even the youngest players are familiar with the look, feel, …
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What’s the song of the summer? Is it “Espresso“? “Not Like Us“? “Hot to Go“? This writer would like to humbly submit another candidate: “We Bring the BOOM!” by A.J. and Big Justice, a Boca Raton, Florida-based father-and-son duo with flawlessly groomed eyebrows, heavy New Jersey accents, and a predilection …
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Back in April 2019, during a presentation on Tesla’s progress toward a fully autonomous driving system, Elon Musk made a startling prediction: “Next year for sure, we will have over a million robotaxis on the road,” he said. What the CEO meant was that Teslas sold with a “Full Self-Driving” …
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“Wop, wop, wop, wop, wop.” Those five words are among the most memorable of all the vicious punches thrown by Kendrick Lamar in his Drake diss track “Not Like Us” — and now, they have inspired a video game. Not Like Us: The Game is a web-based whack-a-mole clone based …
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Warning: This post contains spoilers about several Star Wars properties, including The Force Awakens and The Acolyte. How do you write a love story?For some authors online, it’s as easy as turning their wildly popular fan-fiction into a version that keeps all of its heart — and uses none of …
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Jane Austen’s celebrated second novel, Pride and Prejudice, is a timeless love story about the perils of judging someone before we really know them. Had Florida Commissioner of Education Manny Diaz Jr. ever read it, he might have taken that lesson to heart and based his monthly reading lists for …
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Just two days before his death, Richard Simmons reflected on loss in his final interview. On Monday, People published an interview with the late fitness guru who died of apparent natural causes in Los Angeles on July 13. During the interview, Simmons revealed that he had been working on turning …
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After convincing people that mold exposure or postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS) were to blame for their fatigue, brain fog, anxiety, and headaches, TikTok’s latest mass diagnosis is facial swelling and puffiness known as “moon face,” caused by high levels of the stress hormone cortisol. Along with the popular awareness-raising …
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Evan Wright could write about anything. The celebrated journalist, who died by suicide last weekend at the age of 59, was best known for his war zone reporting in Afghanistan and Iraq during the early 2000s. His three-part series for Rolling Stone, “The Killer Elite,” won a National Magazine Award …
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Starting this week, close to 3 million people will descend on Paris for the 2024 Olympic games. But when some elite athletes step off the field — or lane, or pool, or field — and into the village, they won’t just be experiencing a monumental life experience. They’ll be clocking …
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