Are Video Game Adaptations the New Superhero Movie?For more than a decade, blockbuster comic book adaptations reliably clobbered all competition at the box office. Disney and HBO Max built their streaming strategies around intellectual property from Marvel and DC Comics.
LinkedIn Is Adding A Gaming Feature–Are We Here For It?LinkedIn is venturing into new territory. The social platform for professionals is reportedly gearing up to launch a gaming feature.
The Rich History and Complicated Future of Pen Spinning (Yes, Pen Spinning)Celebrities. Feuds. World championships. Pen spinning has a thriving community — and an unexpectedly rich cultural history.
Game Theory: How much bullshit are you willing to sit through to get to the actual game?Every Friday, A.V. Club staffers kick off the weekend by taking a look at the world of gaming, diving in to the ideas that underpin the hobby we love with a bit of Game Theory.
Fallout Is Everything a Video Game Show Should BeMore than a year later, we’re still seeing the effects from The Last of Us proving that video game adaptations could actually make for award-winning, Sunday-night appointment television on the same level as Succession and House of the Dragon.
It is time for a democratic world orderThere has been much discussion about South Africa’s landmark case against Israel at the International Court of Justice, accusing it of committing the crime of genocide.
Physicists Finally Know How the Strong Force Gets Its StrengthThe strongest force in the universe is called, aptly, the strong force. We never get to witness its fearsome power because it works only across subatomic distances, where it binds quarks together inside protons and neutrons and joins those nucleons into atomic nuclei.
Use Thunderbird to Get All of Your Emails in One PlaceWe're now much more used to checking emails inside a browser tab, or loading up a mobile app, but for years everyone used desktop clients to get their email and try and get their inboxes into some kind of order—and since way back in 2003, Mozilla Thunderbird has been one of the best programs for t
The game emulator your phone has been missingHi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 35, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you’re new here, welcome, get ready to open some tabs, and also you can read all the old editions at the Installer homepage.)
Two years of war have impoverished many UkrainiansAS SOON AS the volunteers appear, those that have been waiting for them on Kyiv’s central Independence Square (known as Maidan) form a queue, shuffle forward and take a warm drink and a freshly cooked meal. An elderly man tries to calm a noisy outburst from his mentally disabled adult son.
Walking Backward Can Improve Joints, Arthritis and Overall HealthWalking backward down the block or in the park might seem like a bizarre way to get around, but a recent TikTok trend is lauding its potential health benefits. Social media influencers claim that backward walking—or “retro-walking”—strengthens the body and brain.
Why the shift from ‘conversions’ to ‘key events’ in GA4 is a game-changerThe recent shift from “conversions” to “key events” in (GA4) represents a significant change that digital marketers, especially SEO professionals, need to understand and act on.
How to optimize Windows 11 for gaming: Tips and tricks to get higher fps, faster load times, and moreIt’s no secret that gaming laptops can cost an arm and a leg, stuffing all of that powerful hardware inside such a small chassis is a miraculous feat of engineering.
The beauty and drama of video games and their cloudsOccasionally in a game I'll look up and I'll notice the clouds. I'll be shooting someone, or collecting something, or just walking over the crest of a hill as I follow a waypoint marker, and my gaze will drift upwards, entirely unmotivated, and-