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An Incredibly Cool Mecha Godzilla, and More of the Best Toys We've Seen This Week
Welcome back to Toy Aisle, io9's roundup of the merchandise most likely to burn a hole in our wallets this week. Today we’ve got a Boba Fett-inspired Nerf blaster, some retro Batman action figures, a cool way to build your own Lego Transformers, and an alarmingly adorable Xenomorph plushie.
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New Board Game The Captain Is Dead Is All About Surviving a Scifi Horror Scenario
The captain’s been killed, the engines are dead, and aliens are at the front door just waiting to come in and make a bloody mess. New board game The Captain Is Dead is basically what you get when you fast-forward to the final disastrous minutes of any Alien movie.
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More New Rumors About Doctor Who's Next Doctor
Another day, another rumor about the identity of Peter Capaldi’s replacement on Doctor Who. But an intriguing new report from the Radio Times seems to offer a comprehensive update on Who’s road to the 13th Doctor, and there’s some new names in the mix.
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Dunkirk-Style Trailer for 'Battle of the Bastards' Proves How Damn Cinematic Game of Thrones Is
Game of Thrones is lauded for its unique fantasy world and the characters that live within it, but sometimes it’s good to step back and truly appreciate how gorgeous the show is.
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Giant Sea Monster Washes On Shore Because World Is Ending
While many of us envisioned the world going out in a wicked blaze of glory, sadly, that doesn’t seem to be the way things will go. Instead, we have to settle for Ted Cruz, the other horsemen of the apocalypse, and this massive beast that just washed up on the shore of Indonesia’s Maluku province.
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What Four Game of Thrones Spin-Offs Could GRRM and HBO Possibly Be Working On?
Greetings, my garrulous guttersnipes! (I feel like I’m turning into a Batman ‘66 villain here.) This week: Those Game of Thrones spin-off series! How to improve the Iron Fist TV show’s story! Whether Stormtroopers get paid! And a question so weird, I couldn’t stop answering it! (You’ll know it when you see it.)
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Ursula K. Le Guin’s Scifi Classic Left Hand of Darkness Is Coming to TV
Ursula K. Le Guin’s award-winning scifi novel Left Hand of Darkness, one of the first and finest works in modern feminist science fiction, has been picked up as a limited television series.
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New Mister Miracle Comic Will Explore the Tragic Irony of Jack Kirby's Escape Artist Jesus
One of Jack Kirby’s most iconic (and weirdest) creations is returning to DC Comics, and bringing an equally mindbending creative team with him: Tom King—the man who wrote some of the best superhero comics in recent history in The Vision and The Omega Men—and Sheriff of Babylon’s superstar artist Mitch Gerads.
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Today's Best Deals: Anker Audio Gear, Adjustable Dumbbells, Thermos, and More
Bowflex’s insanely-popular adjustable dumbbells, an Anker audio gear Gold Box, Thermos food jars, and more lead Friday’s best deals.
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Rare Harry Potter Prequel Stolen, J.K. Rowling Pleads for Return
A one-of-a-kind Harry Potter prequel has been stolen, and author J.K. Rowling is eager to get it back in the right hands.
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A Potential Glimpse at the Ships of the Han Solo Movie
Yet another Once Upon a Time star will not return for season seven. Some deep-sea villains could play a part in Aquaman. Stephen King and J.J. Abrams’ new horror collaboration has found its star. Plus, a gross new clip from Alien: Covenant, more tiny Defenders teasers, and Shannara Chronicles has a new home. Spoilers…
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Watch NASA's Glorious 200th ISS Space Walk Live
Two hundred tangos in space and counting: today, NASA astronauts Peggy Whitson and Jack Fischer are performing the 200th American spacewalk outside the International Space Station (ISS). NASA is streaming the entire four hour endeavor on its channel here.
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The Body Is Not a Computer—Stop Thinking of It as One
When former DARPA chief Regina Dugan announced on stage last month that Facebook planned to build a brain computer interface to allow users to send their thoughts directly to the social network without a keyboard intermediary, it had all the Silicon Valley swagger of Facebook circa “move fast and break things.” With…
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Amazon's Gold Box Is Full Of Your Favorite Anker Audio Gear
Anker’s reader-favorite audio products don’t get nearly as many discounts as their iconic USB charging gear, but that changes with today’s Amazon Gold Box.
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How To Cosplay Baby Groot
If you needed any ideas for a Guardians of the Galaxy cosplay, you can always dress as Baby Groot.
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Impressive Scifi Short Is About a (Maybe) Alien Who Just Wants To Go Home
A new scifi short is all about a woman who doesn’t feel like she belongs... probably because she’s actually an alien. So, she sets on a quest to get home, though not without her trusty teddy bear.
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Agents of SHIELD and Once Upon a Time Are Both Coming Back Next Season, But Powerless Isn't
Two popular genre shows with unclear futures just got some good news. A third did not.
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Ghostbusters Has Been Turned Into Shakespeare
When something is well-written, it’s not uncommon to hear someone refer to it as “Shakespeare.” For example, hypothetically, someone might say, “The script for Ghostbusters was so good, it’s like Shakespeare.” But what if Ghostbusters actually was written by Shakespeare?
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The Disney Channel's New Musical Is a Teen Romance That Happens To Include Zombies
Remember when zombies were scary? No? You’re not alone. Zombies have become so incredibly normal and mainstream that now they’re getting their own Disney Channel TV movie musical.
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Report: After a Year of Rumors, Maisie Williams and Anya Taylor-Joy Finally Join New Mutants
The New Mutants cast is coming together. Well, more specifically, the cast members first rumored over a year ago by HitFix—Game of Thrones’ Maisie Williams and The Witch’s Anya Taylor-Joy—have finally reportedly signed on to play key members of the young X-Team.
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